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South Florida Aquatic Club Ends On Good Note On Final Day Of 25th Speedo Winter Championships

By Sharon Robb

November 22, 2015—South Florida Aquatic Club swimmers ended on a good note Sunday at the 25th annual Florida Gold Coast Speedo Winter Swimming Championships at Plantation Aquatic Complex.

South Florida Aquatic Club, with a small contingent, finished 15th with 344.5 points.

Among SOFLO Top 10 finishers were:

Alejandro Mateus, second, 50-yard backstroke, 33.93; fifth, 50-yard butterfly, 32.57; sixth, 100-yard freestyle, 1:04.86

Jacob Navarro, fifth 50-yard breaststroke, 39.94; seventh, 50-yard butterfly 34.04

Enrique Rodriguez, sixth, 50-yard backstroke, 37.28; tenth, 100-yard freestyle, 1:06.39.

Alessandro Pereira, sixth 50-yard breaststroke, 40.99; eighth, 50-yard butterfly, 34.25

Valerie Vank, sixth, 50-yard breaststroke, 38.46; eighth, 100-yard freestyle, 1:05.14

Sofia Osorio, eighth, 50-yard backstroke, 36.61

Nathaniel Garrick, ninth, 50-yard backstroke, 37.73

Logan Gonzalez, eighth, 100-yard freestyle, 1:06.08; ninth, 50-yard breaststroke, 41.54

Alex Zepeda, tenth, 50-yard backstroke 37.87

Azura Florida Aquatics swept the combined (1,536) and men’s (1,075) team titles.

Pine Crest Swim won the women’s team title with 795.5 points.

The field featured most of the Florida Gold Coast teams including Pine Crest, Heritage Aquatics, Azura Florida Aquatics, Wellington, Boca Raton Swim Team, Miami-Dade, Miami Swimming, Hialeah, Jupiter and Plantation Swim Team and several international teams including Jamaica and Bahamas.

SUNDAY RESULTS

COMBINED TEAM TOTALS: 1. Azura Florida Aquatics 1,536, 2. Pine Crest 1,386.5, 3. North Palm Beach 861, 4. Swim Fort Lauderdale 836.5, 5. Jupiter Dragons 780, 15. South Florida Aquatic Club 344.5.

MEN’S TEAM TOTALS: 1. Azura 1,075, 2. Pine Crest 591, 3. Swim Fort Lauderdale 443.5, 4. Hialeah 387, 5. Blue Marlins 370, 8. SOFLO 268.5.

WOMEN’S TEAM TOTALS: 1. Pine Crest 795.5, 2. North Palm Beach 725, 3. Jupiter 525, 4. Azura 461, 5. Coral Springs Swim Club 460.5, 22. SOFLO 76.

HIGH POINT AWARDS

SOFLO GIRLS: 10-and-under, 9. Valerie Vank, 32, 18. Sofia Osorio, 10, 21. Sabrina Osorio, 8

SOFLO BOYS: 10-and-under, 3. Alejandro Mateus, 58; 11. Logan Gonzalez, 25, 12. Jacob Navarro, 24, 15. Alessandro Pereira, 17, 17. Enrique Rodriguez, 13, 20. Aldo Zepeda, 10, 25. Nathaniel Garrick, 6; 11-year-olds, 24. Mark Andre De Gracia, 8.

GIRLS

1,650-yard freestyle:

11-and-under, 1. Kiara Caamano, NPB 19:31.67, 2. Faith Mutschler, WOW 19:33.55, 3. Isa Troccoli, SUN 20:39.24; 12, 1. Bailey Durkin, OAC 18:46.23, 2. Anelis Roque, MAC 18:53.02, 3. Gaby Chambers, PCT 18:54.59; 13-14, 1. Nicole Gomez, NPB 17:30.43, 2. Jacqueline Bedard, JD 18:05.49, 3. Sidney Starman, BGS 18:08.84; 15-16, 1. Marissa Brannan, PC 17:58.40, 2. Hannah Trieschmann, SAS 18:29.26, 3. Samantha Knight, PST 19:13.22; 17-and-over, 1. Audrey Mason, PC 17:30.32, 2. Lacy Phillips, WOW 17:51.09, 3. Andrea Van den Berg, Azura 18:12.06.

50-yard backstroke:

10-and-under, 1. Athena Kovacs, SFTL 29.80, 2. Aspen Gersper, SAS 33.00, 3. Tawannah McLemore, BEST 33.83; SOFLO: 8. Sofia Osorio 36.61; 11, 1. Lily Iglesias, MS 30.91, 2. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 31.80, 3. Emily Lopez-Diaz, YBC 32.46; 12, 1. Mattie Barfield, FLA 29.07, 2. Gina DiLullo, BD 29.26, 3. Lalainie Bannister, Unattached 29.39; 13-14, 1. Gabby Beltrano, CSSC 28.41, 2. Claudia Acosta, HSC 28.55, 3. Jocelyn Ruiz, BM 29.19; 1. 15-16, 1. Angara Sinclair, JAM 27.42, 2. Giulia Montes, Unattached 27.91, 3. Megan Schimansky, CSSC 27.97; Open, 1. Courtney Stewart, BEST 27.84, 2. Alexa Rivera, NPB 27.85, 3. Jillian Contich, WA 27.91.

50-yard breaststroke:

10-and-under, 1. Riley Botting, CSSC 34.92, 2. Michelle Fernandez, HSC 35.70, 3. Erin Miller, JD 37.83; SOFLO: 6. Valerie Vank 38.46, 13. Sabrina Osorio 41.63; 11, Isabella Chambers, PST 33.41, 2. Julia Carvalho, WOW 34.59, 3. Rachel Yordi, NM 35.33; 12, 1. Heidi Smithwick, JD 32.35, 2. Isabella Taylor, HAT 32.72, 3. Regina Gallastegui, PC 33.21; 13-14, 1. Johanna Bruk, NPB 29.90, 2. Hailey Jerew, AKS 29.90, 3. Shayna Fetes, SAS 31.22; 15-16, 1. Victoria Miyamoto, PB 30.94, 2. Hannah Cordes, MS 31.78, 3. Frances Morales, BR 32.41; Open, 1. Valentina Artemeva, NSU 28.56, 2. Fatimah Westbrook, PB 29.82, 3. Patricia Casellas, Azura 29.82.

50-yard butterfly:

10-and-under, 1. Athena Kovacs, SFTL 27.40, 2. Becca Montero, AKS 29.85, 3. Liah Perez, WOW 30.39; 11, 1. Nicole Aguilar, WOW 29.53, 2. Rachel Lundy, BSC 30.76, 3. Mercey McLemore, BEST 30.90; 12, 1. Ana Kondratovitch, Unattached 27.65, 2. Heidi Smithwick, JD 27.88, 3. Anna Kasprski, CSSC 28.23; 13-14, 1. Delaney Biro, CSSC 26.49, 2. Sydney Biscui Torres, Unattached 26.50, 3. Vanessa Mesa, Unattached 26.90; 15-16, 1. Racine Ross, Azura 26.03, 2. Cathy Cooper, SFTL 26.77, 3. Molly See, PC 27.17; Open, 1. Kyla Valls, MS 25.91, 2. Daniela Hernandez, CSC 26.27, 3. Sydney Groth, NPB 26.64.

100-yard freestyle:

10-and-under, 1. Athena Kovacs, SFTL 57.08, 2. Liah Perez, WOW 58.92, 3. Michelle Fernandez, HSC 1:00.10; SOFLO: 8. Valerie Vank 1:05.14, 29. Kaitlyn Barrios 1:11.68, 33. Sofia Osorio 1:12.49, 41. Sabrina Osorio 1:14.61; 11, 1. Kiara Caamano, NPB 58.06, 2. Nicole Aguilar, WOW 59.54, 3. Lily Iglesias, MS 59.65; 12, 1. Ana Kondratovitch, Unattached 55.41, 2. Margaret Miao, AKS 56.35, 3. Beatriz Amorim, Unattached 57.02; 13-14, 1. Alexandra Meszaros, PC 52.64, 2. Sydney Biscui Torres, Unattached 52.66, 3. Hailey Jerew, AKS 52.79; 15-16, 1. Sloan Sizemore, PB 52.13, 2. Alessandra Baldari, NPB 52.42, 3. Allora Williams, SF 53.86; Open, 1. Kelly Harrington, BR 51.54, 2. Kyla Valls, MS 51.82, 3. Daniela Hernandez, CSC 53.00.

200-yard individual medley:

11, 1. Isabella Chambers, PST 2:21.86, 2. Giulianna Garcia, CSSC 2:27.48, 3. Nicole Aguilar, WOW 2:34.29; 12, 1. Mattie Barfield, FLA 2:16.51, 2. Emily Trieschmann, Unattached 2:17.05, 3. Adriana Gooding, Azura 2:18.84; 13-14, 1. Alexandra Meszaros, PC 2:09.30, 2. Rachel Contich, PC 2:13.02, 3. Iliza Aguiar, FLA 2:13.99; 15-16, 1. Alessandra Baldari, NPB 2:07.20, 2. Victoria Miyamoto, PB 2:09.85, 3. Tara Leininger, NPB 2:13.62; Open, 1. Elizabeth Zubero, SFTL 2:06.35, 2. Kelly Harrington, BR 2:07.51, 3. Lacy Phillips, WOW 2:15.97.

BOYS

1,650-yard freestyle:

11-and-under, 1. Jorge Lopez, BM 19:59.79, 2. Christian Proscia, WOW 20:46.47; 12, 1. Emiliano Garcia, FLA 18:28.33, 2. Dominic Bono, AKS 18:58.20, 3. Hector Paz, MAC 19:00.09; 13-14, 1. John Torres, BGS 16:47.61, 2. Andres McKeon, CSSC 17:11.66, 3. Cristian Tortola, Azura 17:24.01; 15-16, 1. Diego Avellaneda, SUN 17:19.68, 2. Diego Homes, YBC 17:27.34, 3. Pierce Rotman, SAS 17:30.69; 17-and-over, 1. Marcelo Acosta, Azura 15:06.54, 2. Franco Lupoli, Azura 15:43.66, 3. Alex Cronin, JD 15:45.75.

50-yard backstroke:

10-and-under, 1. Dylan Smiley, SGST 33.76, 2. Alejandro Mateus, SOFLO 33.93, 3. Aitor Arrese-Igor, PC 35.28; SOFLO: 6. Enrique Rodriguez 37.28, 9. Nathaniel Garrick 37.73, 10. Alex Zepeda 37.87, 15. Matthew Kim 39.09; 11, 1. Josh Zuchowski, Unattached 27.93, 2. Matthew Tarafas HSC30.43, 3. Luca Lesntier, 31.43; 12, Miguel Sierra SWAT 29.23, 2. Ethan Roach, SAS 30.33, 3. Denny Shea, JD 30.34; 13-14, 1. Elvis Kotikovski, PC 24.89, 2. DeVante Carey, SWIFT 25.71, 3. Reid Banciella, MS 26.68; 15-16, 1. Tyler Zuyus, PB 24.06, 2. George Lubian, BGS 24.65, 3. Andres Lares, Azura 24.93; Open, 1. Kevin Lindgren, MCA 24.12, 2. Fernando Alatorre, Azura 24.51, 3. Guillaume Bolivard, SFTL 24.81.

50-yard breaststroke:

10-and-under, 1. Aiden Kohanyi, SUN 35.69, 2. Dylan Smiley, SGST 36.22, 3. Steven Curtis, JD 36.57; SOFLO: 5. Jacob Navarro 39.94, 6. Alessandro Pereira 40.99, 9. Logan Gonzalez 41.54, 15. Matthew Kim 42.92; 11, 1. Erick Zepeda, SFTL 36.07, 2. Yannai Michael, PST 36.12, 3. Jake Schultz, PB 37.34; 12, 1. Victor Valdes, HSC 32.33, 2. Joshua Hanks, PC 32.67, 3. Michael Fernandez, PC 33.30; 13-14, 1. Izaak Bastian, SAS 26.52, 2. Matthew Petreski, PC 28.98, 3. DaVante Carey, SWIFT 29.16; 15-16, 1. Victor Fajer, Azura 27.64, 2. Sean-Douglas Gooden, JAM 27.80, 3. Francisco Cantu, Azura 28.43; Open, 1. Nicolo’ Ossola, Azura 24.58, 2. Garland Sullivan, WA 25.31, 3. Luca Dioli, Unattached 25.41.

50-yard butterfly:

10-and-under, 1. Finn Winkler, FLA 29.10, 2. Kaii Winkler, FLA 29.61, 3. Steven Curtis, JD 31.29; SOFLO: 5. Alejandro Mateus 32.57, 7. Jacob Navarro 34.04, 8. Alessandro Pereira 34.25, 14. Nathaniel Garrick 36.06, 17. Fernando Barreto 36.90, 18. Lucas Porven 36.90; 11, 1. Matthew Tarafas, HSC 27.95, 2. Alex Nunez, Unattached 30.27, 3. Dylan Felt, SFTL 30.40; 12, 1. Tiago Pereira, PC 26.30, 2. Kevin Fanjul, BM 26.95, 3. AJ Martinez, NM 27.67; 13-14, 1. Izaak Bastian, SAS 23.82, 2. Kalvin Hernandez, CSSC 24.27, 3. Diego Machado, Azura 24.47; 15-16, 1. Nico Ferrara, CSSC 23.95, 2. Jesse Marsh, SAS 24.08, 3. Parker Bierman, NPB 24.28; Open, 1. AJ Barbar, WA 22.48, 2. George Simisterra, Unattached 22.83, 3. Raiz Tjon-A-Joe, Azura 22.87.

100-yard freestyle:

10-and-under, 1. Kaii Winkler, FLA 57.45, 2. Finn Winkler, FLA 58.40, 3. Steven Curtis, JD 1:01.74; SOFLO: 6. Alejandro Mateus 1:04.86, 8. Logan Gonzalez 1:06.08, 10. Enrique Rodriguez 1:06.39, 15. Nathaniel Garrick 1:09.44, 23. Aldo Zepeda 1:11.51, 31. Fernando Barreto 1:13.54; 11, 1. Matthew Tarafa, HSC 55.29, 2. Josh Zuchowski, Unattached 55.56, 3. Agustin Rodriguez, HSC 57.91; 12, 1. Tre ‘V Monroe, NPB 54.53, 2. Kevin Fanjul, BM 56.03, 3. George Goncharov, SFTL 56.96; 13-14, 1. Mattheus Santos, PB 47.73, 2. Elvis Kotikovski, PC 48.52, 3. Nicolas Vale, PC 50.31; 15-16, 1. Tyler Zuyus, PB 47.08, 2. Nico Ferrara, CSSC 47.19, 3. Jorge Depassier, Azura 47.50; Open, 1. Raiz Tjon-A-Joe, Azura 45.05, 2. Nicolo’ Ossola, Azura 46.22, 3. Kevin Lindgren, MCA 46.44.

200-yard individual medley:

11, 1. Agustin Rodriguez, HSC 2:22.04, 2. Yannai Michael, PST 2:30.35, 3. Sebastian Pacheco, MAC 2:31.01; 12, 1. Joshua Hanks, PC 2:13.71, 2. Lucio Massimo Orlandini, FLA 2:15.83, 3. Emiliano Garcia, FLA 2:15.86; 13-14, 1. Elvis Kotikovski, PC 1:57.42, 2. Matthew Petreski, PC 2:01.73, 3. Juan Zapata, Azura 2:01.81; 15-16, 1. Jorge Depassier, Azura 1:57.38, 2. Luis Villanueva, Azura 1:59.27, 3. Noah Zhang, NPB 2:00.57; Open, 1. Luca Dioli, Unattached 1:48.50, 2. Marco Guarente, Azura 1:53.33, 3. Stefano Pisu, Azura 1:54.37.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

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SOFLO Takes Gold On Day Three Of 25th Speedo Winter Championships; Murillo Breaks Second National Record At Colombian Nationals

By Sharon Robb

November 21, 2015—South Florida Aquatic Club’s 10-and-under boys’ medley relay team won the club’s first relay gold medal of the meet Saturday night at the 25th annual Florida Gold Coast Speedo Winter Swimming Championships at Plantation Aquatic Complex.

The 200-yard medley relay team of Logan Gonzalez, Jacob Navarro, Nathaniel Garrick and Enrique Rodriguez won in 2:20.32 faster than its seed time of 2:22.26.

The relay was SOFLO’s only champion of the day. With the relay’s points, SOFLO’s small contingent is eighth among the boys with 195 points and 15th overall.

SOFLO girls’ 200-yard medley relay was sixth in 2:26.87 with Sofia Osorio, Sabrina Osorio, Valerie Vank and Kaitlyn Barrios.

Other Top 10 SOFLO finishers were:

Valerie Vank, third, 200-yard freestyle, 2:24.13; fifth, 100-yard breaststroke, 1:24.28; seventh, 100-yard individual medley, 1:14.10.

Sabrina Osorio, sixth, 100-yard breaststroke, 1:28.38.

Sofia Osorio, sixth, 100-yard backstroke, 1:18.33.

Logan Gonzalez, third, 100-yard backstroke, 1:14.38; eighth, 100-yard individual medley, 1:16.89.

Alessandro Pereira, fourth, 100-yard breaststroke, 1:25.86; ninth, 100-yard individual medley, 1:17.16.

Enrique Rodriguez, sixth, 200-yard freestyle, 2:23.62; tenth, 100-yard individual medley, 1:17.72; tenth, 100-yard backstroke, 1:20.92.

Alejandro Mateus, second, 100-yard butterfly, 1:10.90; second, 100-yard backstroke, 1:11.72.

Jacob Navarro, sixth, 100-yard breaststroke, 1:26.28; ninth, 100-yard butterfly, 1:18.19.

Nathaniel Garrick, seventh, 200-yard freestyle, 2:27.45.

Aldo Zepeda, fifth, 100-yard backstroke, 1:18.14.

The four-day Florida Gold Coast sanctioned-meet concludes Sunday at 8:30 a.m.

The field features most of the Florida Gold Coast teams including Pine Crest, Heritage Aquatics, Azura Florida Aquatics, Wellington, Boca Raton Swim Team, Miami-Dade, Miami Swimming, Hialeah, Jupiter and Plantation Swim Team and several international teams including Jamaica and Bahamas.

SATURDAY RESULTS

COMBINED TEAM TOTALS: 1. Azura Florida Aquatics 1,217, 2. Pine Crest 1,065.5, 3. North Palm Beach 646, 15. South Florida Aquatic Club 260.

MEN’S TEAM TOTALS: 1. Azura 829, 2. Pine Crest 433, 3. Swim Fort Lauderdale 348, 8. SOFLO 195.

WOMEN’S TEAM TOTALS: 1. Pine Crest 632.5, 2. North Palm Beach 560, 3. Jupiter 413.5, 17. SOFLO 65.

GIRLS

100-yard individual medley:

10-and-under, 1. Athena Kovacs, SFTL 1:05.26, 2. Riley Botting, CSSC 1:10.07, 3. Michelle Fernandez, HSC 1:10.11; SOFLO: 7. Valerie Vank 1:14.10, 15. Sabrina Osorio 1:20.03, 17. Sofia Osorio 1:20.57; 11, 1. Isabella Chambers, PST 1:05.07, 2. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 1:07.65, 3. Lily Iglesias, MS 1:08.41; 12, 1. Ana Kondratovitch, Unattached 1:02.85, 2. Mattie Barfield, FLA 1:03.66, 3. Emily Trieschmann, Unattached 1:03.79; 13-14, 1. Jennifer Secrest, NPB 59.71, 2. Alexandra Meszaros, PCS 59.94, 3. Savannah Yates, PC 1:02.17; 15-16, 1. Victoria Miyamoto, PB 1:00.21, 2. Paloma Sanchez, MS 1:01.82, 3. Dominique Fajardo, CSSC 1:02.55; Open, 1. Valentina Artemeva, NSU 58.14, 2. Allison Kopas, SFTL 59.75, 3. Marin Mullen, SAS 1:00.63.

100-yard butterfly:

10-and-under, 1. Athena Kovacs, SFTL 1:02.09, 2. Becca Montero, AKS 1:05.49, 3. Liah Perez. WOW 1:06.46; SOFLO: 15. Sabrina Osorio 1:27.36; 11, 1. Giulianna Garcia, CSSC 1:05.30, 2. Nicole Aguilar, WOW 1:05.95, 3. Rachel Lundy, BSC 1:10.47; 12, 1. Heidi Smithwick, JD 1:00.28, 2. Ana Kondratovitch, Unattached 1:00.73, 3. Anelisa Roque, MAC 1:02.41; 13-14, 1. Alexandra Meszaros, PC 56.84, 2. Jennifer Secrest, NPB 58.18, 3. Violeta Tumolo, SFTL 59.84; 15-16, 1. Alessandra Baldari, NPB 56.06, 2. Racine Ross, Azura 56.90, 3. Molly See, PC 58.57; Open, 1. Kyla Valls, MS 55.23, 2. Kelly Harrington, BR 55.81, 3. Elizabeth Zubero, SFTL 57.30.

200-yard freestyle:

10-and-under, 1. Morgan Cogle, JD 2:16.97, 2. Elena Dinehart, AKS 2:20.40, 3. Valerie Vank, SOFLO 2:24.13; SOFLO: 14. Sofia Osorio 2:32.30; 11, 1. Faith Mutschler, WOW 2:07.64, 2. Lily Iglesias, MS 2:10.75, 3. Gabby Santiago, NPB 2:13.98; 12, 1. Emily Trieschmann, Unattached 2:01.39, 2. Ana Knodratovitch, Unattached 2:01.40, 3. Beatriz Amorim, Unattached 2:04.05; 13-14, 1. Nicole Gomez, NPB 1:53.50, 2. Rachel Contich, PC 1:55.28, 3. Erika Wesch, JD 1:56.35; 15-16, 1. Alessandra Baldari, NPB 1:52.96, 2. Sloan Sizemore, PB 1:53.77, 3. Marissa Brannan, PC 1:56.49; Open, 1. Daniela Hernandez, CSC 1:51.55, 2. Daniella Van den Berg, Azura 1:54.12, 3. Audrey Mason, PC 1:58.03.

200-yard medley relay:

10-and-under, 1. AquaKids 2:11.07, 2. Wellington Wahoos 2:19.64, 3. Jupiter 2:22.22, 6. SOFLO 2:26.87 (Sofia Osorio, Sabrina Osorio, Valerie Vank, Kaitlyn Barrios).

100-yard breaststroke:

10-and-under, 1. Riley Botting, CSSC 1:15.77, 2. Michelle Fernandez, HSC 1:20.35, 3. Olivia Dinehart, AKS 1:21.64; SOFLO: 5. Valerie Vank 1:24.28, 6. Sabrina Osorio 1:28.38; 15-16, 1. Victoria Miyamoto, PB 1:06.47, 2. Tara Leininger, NPB 1:07.73, 3. Frances Morales, BR 1:09.91; 11, 1. Isabella Chambers, PST 53.56, 2. Julia Carvalho, WOW 1:17.00, 3. Giulianna Garcia, CSSC 1:17.68; 12, 1. Isabella Taylor, HAT 1:10.67, 2. Jo-Jo Richter, PC 1:11.68, 3. Heidi Smithwick, JD 1:11.84; 13-14, 1. Shayna Fetes, SAS 1:06.92, 2. Hailey Jerew, AKS 1:07.01, 3. Jennifer Secrest, NPB 1:08.94; 15-16, 1. Victoria Miyamoto, PB 1:06.47, 2. Tara Leininger, NPB 1:07.73, 3. Frances Morales, BR 1:09.91; Open, 1. Valentina Artemeva, NSU 1:03.37, 2. Elizabeth Zubero, SFTL 1:05.87, 3. Patricia Casellas, Azura 1:06.35.

100-yard backstroke:

10-and-under, 1. Athena Kovacs, SFTL 1:03.39, 2. Liah Perez, WOW 1:08.41, 3. Elena Dinehart, AKS 1:16.27; SOFLO: 6. Sofia Osorio 1:18.33; 11, 1. Lily Iglesias, MS 1:07.54, 2. Faith Mutschler, WOW 1:07.83, 3. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 1:08.95; 12, 1. Mattie Barfield, FLA 1:00.59, 2. Adriana Gooding, Azura 1:03.92, 3. Simone Vale, PC 1:04.40; 13-14, 1. Shayna Fetes, SAS 1:00.72, 2. Gabby Beltrano, CSSC 1:01.41, 3. Amanda Kopas, SFTL 1:02.48; 15-16, 1. Francesca Choy, JD 59.69, 2. Megan Schimansky, CSSC 59.78, 3. Giulia Montes, Unattached 59.92; Open, 1. Alexa Rivera, NPB 58.54, 2. Samantha Stinemire, PC 1:00.51, 3. Courtney Stewart, BEST 1:00.51.

200-yard freestyle relay:

10-and-under, 1. AquaKids 1:55.87, 2. Jupiter 2:04.26, 3. Wellington Wahoos 2:04.68, 8. SOFLO 2:11.59 (Kaitlyn Barrios, Sofia Osorio, Sabrina Osorio, Valerie Vank).

400-yard freestyle relay:

13-14, 1. Pine Crest 3:36.78, 2. North Palm Beach 3:40.17, 3. Coral Springs 3:44.52; Open, 1. North Palm Beach 3:33.39, 2. Pompano Beach 3:34.74, 3. Miami Swimming 3:36.50.

BOYS

100-yard individual medley:

10-and-under, 1. Finn Winkler, FLA 1:07.51, 2. Steven Curtis, JD 1:10.29, 3. Aiden Kohanyi, SUN 1:13.56; SOFLO: 8. Logan Gonzalez 1:16.88, 9. Alessandro Pereira 1:17.16, 10. Enrique Rodriguez 1:17.72, 11. Jacob Navarro 1:18.28, 19. Matthew Kim 1:22.83; 11, 1. Josh Zuchowski, Unattached 1:01.38, 2. Yannai Michael, PST 1:09.64, 3. Jake Schulte, PB 1:09.75; 12, 1. Lucio Massimo Orlandini, FLA 1:03.22, 2. Victor Valdes, HSC 1:03.63, 3. Emiliano Garcia, FLA 1:03.70; 13-14, 1. Izaak Bastian, SAS 53.27, 2. Elvis Kotikovski, PC 53.98, 3. Michael Fernandez, HSC 58.75; 15-16, 1. Nikita Tratyakov, SFTL 51.76, 2. Philippe Marcoux, SFTL 53.48, 3. Noah Chang, NPB 54.65; Open, 1. Luca Dioli, Unattached 50.47, 2. Till Barthel, NSU 50.78, 3. Nicolo’ Ossola, Azura 51.41.

100-yard butterfly:

10-and-under, 1. Finn Winkler, FLA 1:05.55, 2. Alejandro Mateus, SOFLO 1:10.90, 3. Vadim Burunov, HAFL 1:14.27; SOFLO: 9. Jacob Navarro 1:18.19, 11. Lucas Porven 1:22.73, 13. Fernando Barreto 1:24.66; 11, 1. Agustin Rodriguez, HSC 1:04.93, 2. Jorge Lopez, BM 1:07.10, 3. Dylan Felt, SFTL 1:09.79; 12, 1. Kevin Fanjul, BM 59.03, 2. Tiago Pereira, PC 1:00.09, 3. Aj Martinez, NMSt 1:00.59; 13-14, 1. Kalvin Hernandez, CSSC 53.73, 2. Diego Machado, Azura 54.21, 3. Samuel Gibson, BSC 54.31; 15-16, 1. Liam Cosgrove, NJRC 50.90, 2. Jesse Marsh, SAS 52.39, 3. Sebastian Vargas, SFTL 52.43; Open, 1. Luca Dioli, Unattached 49.05, 2. Sean Arrington, MS 50.01, 3. Julian Pinon, SFTL 50.13.

200-yard freestyle:

10-and-under, 1. Kaii Winkler, FLA 2:17.98, 2. Makar Goncharov, SFTL 2:20.11, 3. Luca Echeumuna, Azura 2:20.28; SOFLO: 6. Enrique Rodriguez 2:23.62, 7. Nathaniel Garrick 2:27.45, 15. Fernando Barreto 2:37.33; 11, 1. Matthew Tarafa, HSC 2:02.03, 2. Agustin Rodriguez, HSC 2:03.96, 3. Carlos Lezcano, MAC 2:11.02; 12, 1. Emilio Barrantes, PB 1:57.08, 2. Kevin Fanjul, BM 2:01.12, 3. AJ Martinez, NM 2:02.80; 13-14, 1. Andres McKeon, CSSC 1:48.25, 2. Bryan Rivero, HSC 1:48.81, 3. Diego Machado, Azura 1:48.97; 15-16, 1. Tyler Zuyus, PM 1:43.03, 2. Andres Lares, Azura 1:43.36, 3. Jorge Depassier, Azura 1:45.00; Open, 1. Marcelo Acosta, Azura 1:38.77, 2. Franco Lupoli, Azura 1:40.15, 3. Alex Cronin, JD 1:41.39.

200-yard medley relay:

10-and-under, 1. SOFLO (Logan Gonzalez, Jacob Navarro, Nathaniel Garrick, Enrique Rodriguez) 2:20.32, 2. Barracuda 2:20.83, 3. Jupiter 2:25.31.

100-yard breaststroke:

10-and-under, 1. Aiden Kohanyi, SUN 1:17.04, 2. Steven Curtis, Jupiter 1:18.73, 3. George Gonzalez, BGS 1:25.17; SOFLO: 4. Alessandro Pereira 1:25.86, 6. Jacob Navarro 1:26.28, 12. Matthew Kim 1:33.36; 11, 1. Yannai Michael, PST 1:18.56, 2. Erick Zepeda, SFTL 1:19.88, 3. Leif Bouwman, JD 1:22.70; 12, 1. Victor Valdes, HSC 1:08.61, 2. Joshua Hanks, PC 1:11.10, 3. Marcelo Carrion, SFTL 1:13.12; 13-14, 1. Izaak Bastian, SAS 58.06, 2. Matthew Petreski, PC 1:01.23, 3. Joshus Murray, SWIFT 1:03.41; 15-16, 1. Felipe Urrutia, MS 59.78, 2. Victor Fajer, Azura 1:00.14, 3. Francisco Cantu, Azura 1:01.17; Open, 1. Nicolo’ Ossola, Azura 54.09, 2. Luca Dioli, Unattached 55.13, 3. Marco Guarente, Azura 56.58.

100-yard backstroke:

10-and-under, 1. Kaii Winkler, FLA 1:06.81, 2. Alejandro Mateus, SOFLO 1:11.72, 3. Logan Gonzalez, SOFLO 1:14.38; SOFLO: 5. Aldo Zepeda 1:18.14, 10. Enrique Rodriguez 1:20.92, 11. Nathaniel Garrick 1:21.84, 15. Fernando Barreto 1:27.26; 11, 1. Josh Zuchowski, Unattached 59.01, 2. Matthew Tarafa, HSC 1:07.00, 3. Luca Lesentier, NM 1:11.06; 12, 1. Miguel Sierra, SWAT 1:03.46, 2. Joshua Hanks, PC 1:034.79, 3. Nicolas Gallego, WOW 1:04.94; 13-14, 1. Elvis Kotikovski, PC 51.99, 2. Bryan Rivero, HSC 57.01, 3. Joshua Balbi, WOW 57.03; 15-16, 1. Philippe Marcouz, SFTL 52.44, 2. Liam Cosgrove, NJRC 53.12, 3. Tyler Zuyus, PB 53.30; Open, 1. Kevin Lindgren, MCA 51.81, 2. Fernando Alatorre, Azura 52.64, 3. Cody Cline, WOW 52.78.

400-yard freestyle relay:

13-14, 1. Azura 3:22.48, 2. Pine Crest 3:22.55, 3. Pompano Beach 3:29.37; Open, 1. Azura 3:03.58, 2. Swim Fort Lauderdale 3:04.37, 3. Wellington Wahoos 3:12.97.

COLOMBIAN NATIONALS

SOFLO’s Jorge Murillo broke his second national record at the Colombian Nationals. After breaking the 50-meter breaststroke earlier in the week, Murillo broke the 100-meter breaststroke in 1:00.23. “I just keep fighting to give the best I have,” Murillo said. “This year has been full of joy in my sport.”

IF YOU GO

What: 25th annual Florida Gold Coast Speedo Winter Swimming Championships

When: Today

Where: Plantation Aquatic Complex, 9151 NW Second St.

Schedule: SUNDAY—8:30 a.m., 11:45 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Admission: $5 per session, $3 heat sheets per session. For more information go to http://www.swimpst.com.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

Mateus, Gonzalez, Vank Top SOFLO Finishers On Day Two Of 25th Speedo Winter Championships

By Sharon Robb
November 20, 2015—Alejandro Mateus, Valerie Vank and Logan Gonzalez were top finishers for South Florida Aquatic Club Friday night at the 25th annual Florida Gold Coast Speedo Winter Swimming Championships at Plantation Aquatic Complex.
Mateus, 10, was second in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:34.87; 500-yard freestyle in 6:04.75; and 50-yard freestyle in 29.41.
Vank, 10, was fifth in the 200-yard individual medley in lifetime-best 2:41.25, shaving 8.26 off her previous best.
Logan Gonzalez, 10, was third in the 500-yard freestyle in 6:21.42 and tenth in the 50-yard freestyle in a best tie, 29.63, dropping 0.10.
Other Top 10 SOFLO finishers:
Jacob Navarro, 9, fourth, 500-yard freestyle, 6:23.79.
Aldo Zepeda, 10, seventh, 200-yard IM, 2:49.10, best time, dropping 26.87.
Sabrina Osorio, 10, eighth, 200-yard IM, 2:47.54, best time dropping 7.30.
Sofia Osorio, 10, ninth, 200-yard IM, 2:47.55, best time, dropping 30.78.
The four-day meet continues Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
Azura Florida Aquatics leads the combined and men’s team standings and Pine Crest leads the women’s team standings.
The field features most of the Florida Gold Coast teams including Pine Crest, Heritage Aquatics, Azura Florida Aquatics, Wellington, Boca Raton Swim Team, Miami-Dade, Miami Swimming, Hialeah, Jupiter and Plantation Swim Team and several international teams including Jamaica.
FRIDAY RESULTS
COMBINED TEAM TOTALS: 1. Azura Florida Aquatics 780, 2. Pine Crest 602, 3. Coral Springs Swim Club 348.5, 16. SOFLO 132.
MEN’S TEAM TOTALS: 1. Azura 544, 2. Pine Crest 239, 3. Swim Fort Lauderdale 158, 9. SOFLO 111.
WOMEN’S TEAM TOTALS: 1. Pine Crest 363, 2. North Palm Beach Swim Club 309, 3. Azura 236, 25. SOFLO 21.
GIRLS
50-yard freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Michelle Fernandez, HSC 27.22, 2. Liah Perez, WOW 27.89, 3. Riley Botting, CSSC 28.26; SOFLO: 21. Kaitlyn Barrios 32.11; 11, 1. Kiara Caamano, NPB 26.24, 2. Isabella Chambers, PST 26.35, 3. Mercy McLemore, BEST 27.50; 12, 1. Summer Schulte, PB 26.25, 2. Charlot Russell, DSC 26.63, 3. Gaby Chambers, PST 26.28; 13-14, 1. Hailey Jerew, AKS 23.64, 2. Sydney Biscui Torres, Unattache 23.93, 3. Alexandra Meszaros, PC 24.33; 15-16, 1. Sloan Sizemore, PB 23.94, 2. Allora Williams, SF 24.18, 3. Paloma Sanchez, MS 24.43; Open, 1. Valentina Artemeva, NSU 23.58, 2. Kyla Valls, MS 23.72, 3. Patricia Casellas, Azura 24.24.
200-yard individual medley:
10-and-under, 1. Olivia Dinehart, AKS 2:28.00, 2. Riley Botting, CSSC 2:28.65, 3. Liah Perez, WOW 2:31.49; SOFLO: 5. Valerie Vank 2:41.25, 8. Sabrina Osorio 2:47.54, 9. Sofia Osorio 2:47.55.
500-yard freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Becca Montero, AKS 5:40.37, 2. Olivia Dinehart, AKS 5:55.26, 3. Erin Miller, JD 5:58.06.
200-yard backstroke:
13-14, 1. Shayna Fetes, SAS 2:07.52, 2. Gabby Beltrano, CSSC 2:11.37, 3. Amanda Kopas, SFTL 2:14.00; 15-16, 1. Giulia Montes, Unattached 2:03.49, 2. Megan Schimansky, CSSC 2:06.33, 3. Francesca Choy, JD 2:09.55; Open, 1. Caroline Schirmer, SAS 2:07.10, 2. Alexa Rivera, NPB 2:09.20, 3. Sydney Mutschler, WOW 2:14.85.
200-yard breaststroke:
13-14, 1. Shayna Fetes, SAS 2:20.80, 2. Hailey Jerew, AKS 2:23.76, 3. Dahlia Delgado, JD 2:27.85; 15-16, 1. Victoria Miyamoto, PB 2:20.10, 2. Hannah Virgin, PC 2:20.67, 3. Frances Morales, BR 2:26.95; Open, 1. Valentina Artemeva, NSU 2:19.27, 2. Elizabeth Zubero, SFTL 2:20.53, 3. Kelly Harrington, BR 2:20.85.
200-yard butterfly:
13-14, 1. Alexandra Meszaros, PC 2:05.23, 2. Jennifer Secrest, NPB 2:09.39, 3. Erika Wesch, JD 2:12.59; 15-16, 1. Alessandra Baldari, NPB 2:02.92, 2. Molly See, PC 2:06.80, 3. Racine Ross, Azura 2:11.56; Open, 1. Jessica Nava, PC 1:59.56, 2. Kyla Valls, MS 2:00.74, 3. Daniela Hernandez, CSC 2:07.31; SOFLO: 9. Natasha Testa 2:25.32.
400-yard medley relay:
13-14, 1. North Palm Beach 3:59.80, 2. Pine Crest 4:01.63, 3. Jupiter 4:09.56; Open, 1. Swim Fort Lauderdale 3:54.99, 2. North Palm Beach 3:56.52, 3. Pine Crest 4:00.70.
BOYS
50-yard freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Kaii Winkler, FLA 26.89, 2. Finn Winkler, FLA 27.32, 3. Steven Curtis, JD 27.55; SOFLO: 9. Alejandro Mateus 29.41, 10. Logan Gonzalez 29.63, 11. Enrique Rodriguez 29.72, 18. Alessandra Pereira 31.12, 26. Aldo Zepeda 31.95; 11, 1. Matthew Tarafa, HSC 25.69, 2. Agustin Rodriguez, HSC 26.53, 3. Diego Lopez, CAM 28.00; 12, 1. Emilio Barrantes, PB 24.68, 2. Tiago Pereira, PC 24.77, 3. Tre ‘V Monroe, NBP 25.00; 13-14, 1. Izaak Bastian, SAS 22.17, 2. Mattheus Santos PB 22.22, 3. Kalvin Hernandez, CSSC 22.80; 15-16, 1. Tyler Zuyus, PB 21.65, 2. Nico Ferrara, CSSC 21.81, 3. Jorge Depassier, Azura 21.99; Open, 1. Till Barthel, NSU 20.45, 2. Raiz Tjon-A-Joe, Azura 20.54, 3. Esau Simpson, NSU 20.83.
200-yard individual medley:
10-and-under, 1. Finn Winkler, FLA 2:25.96, 2. Alejandro Mateus, SOFLO 2:34.87, 3. Aiden Kohanyi, SUN 2:41.44; SOFLO: 7. Aldo Zepeda 2:49.10.
500-yard freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Kaii Winkler, FLA 5:29.39, 2. Alejandro Mateus, SOFLO 6:04.75, 3. Logan Gonzalez, SOFLO 6:21.42; SOFLO: 4. Jacob Navarro 6:23.79.
200-yard backstroke:
13-14, 1. Elvis Kotikovski, PC 1:50.67, 2. John Torres, BGS 1:57.17, 3. Bryan Rivero, HSC 1:57.55; 15-16, 1. Andres Lares, Azura 1:53.31, 2. Tyler Zuyus, PB 1:55.42, 3. Juan Imposimato, YBC 1:57.64; Open, 1. Fernando Alatorre, Azura 1:51.30, 2. Mauricio Limon, Azura 1:55.78, 3. Miguel Bermudez, Azura 1:56.66.
200-yard breaststroke:
13-14, 1. Izaak Bastian, SAS 2:05.36, 2. Matthew Petreski, PC 2:11.09, 3. Alfredo Vieira Wolfermann, MS 2:16.08; 15-16, 1. Felipe Urrutia, MS 2:08.05, 2. Victor Fajer, Azura 2:11.77, 3. Jorge Depassier, Azura 2:13.75; Open, 1. Nicolo’ Ossola, Azura 2:01.16, 2. Marco Guarente, Azura 2:01.20, 3. Adan Diaz, Azura 2:03.86.
200-yard butterfly:
13-14, 1. John Torres, BGS 2:00.04, 2. Juan Zapata, Azura 2:00.63, 3. Joshua Balbi, WOW 2:01.15; 15-16, 1. Anyelo Mendoza, Cam 1:54.86, 2. Brayan Perez, BM 1:56.57, 3. Parker Bierman, NPB 1:56.83; Open, 1. Marcelo Acosta, Azura 1:51.69, 2. Alex Cronin, JD 1:52.21, 3. Max Garcia del Pozo, MAC 1:53.24.
400-yard medley relay:
13-14, 1. Pine Crest 3:43.15, 2. Azura 3:50.93, 3. Hialeah 3:53.95; Open, 1. Azura 3:21.49, 2. Swim Fort Lauderdale 3:30.13, 3. St. Andrew’s 3:34.51.
IF YOU GO
What: 25th annual Florida Gold Coast Speedo Winter Swimming Championships
When: Today-Sunday
Where: Plantation Aquatic Complex, 9151 NW Second St.
Schedule: SATURDAY, 8:30 a.m., noon and 5 p.m.; SUNDAY—8:30 a.m., 11:45 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Admission: $5 per session, $3 heat sheets per session. For more information go to http://www.swimpst.com.
Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com
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Marin, Rodriguez Lead SOFLO At 25th Speedo Winter Championships; Murillo, Colorado Win Gold At Colombian Nationals

By Sharon Robb

November 19, 2015—South Florida Aquatic Club’s Ervin Marin, coming off the high school state meet, started off on a winning note Thursday night at the 25th annual Florida Gold Coast Speedo Winter Swimming Championships at Plantation Aquatic Complex.

Marin, 16, won the 15-16 400-yard individual medley in 4:07.32 ahead of Azura’s Luis Villanueva in 4:18.78.

Marin’s splits were 55.68, 1:06.24, 1:08.38 and 57.02.

Marin also led off SOFLO’s fourth-place 800-yard freestyle relay team that finished in 7:10.48 with teammates Kevin Porto, Max Asnis and CJ Kopecki, also coming off state meets.

Asnis, 16, was also second in the 15-16 1,000-yard freestyle in 9:47.51, dropping 20.02.

SOFLO boys had six swimmers in the overall Top 20 of the 1,000-yard freestyle.

Max Asnis, 16, was also seventh overall among all age groups. Four of his teammates, Kevin Porto, Sam Asnis, Ricardo Roche and Juan Diaz also had time drops.

SOFLO’s top girls’ finisher was Jessica Rodriguez, 16, third in the 400-yard individual medley in 4:32.38.

SOFLO swimmers are among 1,100 swimmers and 51 teams. SOFLO’s contingent includes:

Alana Acevedo, 14; Andres Arias, 15; Max Asnis, 16; Sam Asnis, 17; Fernando Barreto, 9; Kaitlyn Barrios, 9; Brennan Thomas Binder, 11; Ian Chalmers, 12; Mark Andre De Gracia, 11; Juan Diaz, 15; Odin Farkas, 12; Nathaniel Garrick, 10; Logan Gonzalez, 10; Madison Johnson, 14; Matthew Kim, 10; CJ Kopecki, 16; Ervin Marin, 16; Jacob Navarro, 9; Sebastian Navarro, 11; Sabrina Osorio, 10; Sofia Osorio, 10; Alessandro Pereira, 9; Kevin Porto, 15; Lucas Porven, 10; Ricardo Roche, 16; Enrique Rodriguez, 10; Jessica Rodriguez, 16; Natasha Testa, 17; Valerie Vank, 10; Alejandro Zambrano, 21 and Aldo Zepeda, 10.

COLOMBIAN NATIONALS

SOFLO’s two-time Olympian Carolina Colorado and national record holder Jorge Murillo-Valdes came up big at the Colombian National Championships.

Murillo-Valdes won the 50-meter breaststroke in 27.32. Earlier in the day, Murillo-Valdes broke the national record in 27.10, third fastest time in the world this year. Murillo-Valdes dropped 5/10ths of a second off his previous best time.

Colorado won the 100-meter butterfly in 1:01 and 100-meter backstroke in 1:02.

DARA TORRES LEADS 2016 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Five-time Olympian and former local swimmer Dara Torres heads the International Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2016.

Torres shares the record for U.S. Olympic medals won by a woman with 12. She retired at age 45 after just missing the 2012 U.S. Olympic team.

Torres will be joined by U.S. Olympic backstroke champion Aaron Peirsol, Olympic Coach Bob Bowman, Olympic diving champion Dmitry Sautin of Russia and China diving champion Guo Jingjing.

Other inductees are: Larisa Ilchenko, Russia; Camille Muffat, France; Yelena Azarova, Russia; 2008 Hungarian Olympic men’s team; Des Renford, Australia; Monique Wildschut, Netherlands; Sir Peter Heatly, Great Britain; Simeon Boychenko, Russia; Horst Gorlitz, Italy; Frank Gorman, U.S.; Hilda James, Great Britain; and Leonid Meshkov, Russia.

The athletes will be inducted June 3-5 at ISHOF’s 52nd annual honors weekend in Santa Clara, Calif., the Hall of Fame Museum’s new home since moving from Fort Lauderdale earlier this year.

SPEEDO WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS

GIRLS

1,000-yard freestyle:

14-and-under, 1. Cameron Thomas, SF 10:40.94, 2. Jacqueline Bedard, JDST 10:47.56, 3. Juliana Talamo, MAC 10:48.62; 15-16, 1. Marissa Brannan, PC 10:37.69, 2. Sloan Sizemore, PB 10:51.78, 3. Adriana Rodriguez, Unattached 11:23.52; 17-and-under, 1.Daniella Van den Berg, Azura 10:14.51, 2. Audrey Mason, PC 10:27, Lacy Phillips, WOW 10:38.42.

800-yard freestyle relay:

13-14, 1. Pine Crest 7:57.77, 2. Jupiter 8:07.49, 3. Metro Aquatics 8:29.26; Open, 1. Pompano Beach (Victoria Miyamoto, Kelly Gest, Fatimah Westbrook, Sloan Sizemore) 7:46.10, 2. Azura 7:53.95, 3. Miami Swimming 8:06.79.

400-yard individual medley:

14-and-under, 1. Shayna Fetes, SAS 4:30.97, 2. Nicole Gomez, NPB 4:33.86, 3. Amanda Kopas, SFTL 4:47.25; 15-16, 1. Alessandra Baldari, NPB 4:28.68, 2. Victoria Miyamoto, PB 4:31.07, 3. Jessica Rodriguez, SOFLO 4:32.38; 17-and-over, 1. Lacy Phillips, WOW 4:42.44, 2. Rebecca Battles, JD 4:47.35, 3. Sydney Mutscher, WOW 4:.56.45

200-yard medley relay:

1.North Palm Beach 1:47.91, 2. Swim Fort Lauderdale 1:48.77, 3. Pine Crest 1:51.19.

200-yard freestyle relay:

13-14, 1. Pine Crest 1:39.56, 2. North Palm Beach 1:39.84, 3. Jupiter Dragons 1:43.76; Open, 1. North Palm Beach 1:37.19, 2. Swim Fort Lauderdale 1:38.17, 3. Pompano Beach 1:38.25.

BOYS

1,000-yard freestyle:

14-and-under, 1. John Torres, BGS 9:56.48, 2. Andres Vargas, MAC 10:01.18, 3. Mattheus Santos, PB 10:05.99; 15-16, 1. Andres Lares, Azura 9:36.74, 2. Max Asnis, SOFLO 9:47.51, 3. Nick Pacitti, PST 9:47.90; SOFLO: 4. Kevin Porto 9:49.07, 6. Ricardo Roche 9:52.27, 8. Juan Diaz 9:58.63, 10. CJ Kopecki 10:03.71; 17-and-over, Open, 1. Marcelo Acosta, Azura 8:58.86, 2. Franco Lupoli, Azura 9:12.13, 3. Nico Medina, PC 9:36.26; SOFLO: 6. Sam Asnis 9:49.99.

800-yard freestyle relay:

13-14, 1. Azura 7:17.10, 2. Pine Crest 7:19.94, 3. Pompano Beach 7:34.69; Open, 1. Azura 6:55.95, 2. Metro Aquatics 7:05.93, 3. YSF Barracudas 7:07.79, 4. SOFLO (Ervin Marin, Kevin Porto, Max Asnis, CJ Kopecki) 7:10.48.

400-yard individual medley:

14-and-under, 1.Bryan Rivero, HSC 4:16.67, 2. Nicholas Vale, PC 4:17.67, 3. John Torres, BGS 4:18.87; 15-16, 1. Ervin Marin, SOFLO 4:07.32, 2. Luis Villanueva, Azura 4:18.78, 3. Elad Fraiman, Azura 4:22.93; 17-and-over, 1. Luca Dioli, Unattached 3:54.06, 2. Marcelo Acosta, Azura 3:59.29, 3. Marco Guarente, Azura 4:03.79.

200-yard medley relay:

1.Azura 1:33.07, 2. Westminster Academy 1:35.95, 3. Metro Aquatics 1:36.60.

200-yard freestyle relay:

13-14, 1. Pine Crest 1:32.60, 2. Azura 1:34.29, 3. Pompano Beach 1:35.05; Open, 1. Azura 1:23.10, 2. St. Andrew’s 1:24.82, 3. Swim Fort Lauderdale 1:24.92.

IF YOU GO

What: 25th annual Florida Gold Coast Speedo Winter Swimming Championships

When: Today-Sunday

Where: Plantation Aquatic Complex, 9151 NW Second St.

Schedule: FRIDAY, Session 3, 8:30 a.m., noon and 5 p.m.; SATURDAY, 8:30 a.m., noon and 5 p.m.; SUNDAY—8:30 a.m., 11:45 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Admission: $5 per session, $3 heat sheets per session. For more information go to http://www.swimpst.com.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

http://www.swim4soflo.com

SOFLO Swimmers Ready For 25th Speedo Winter Championships

By Sharon Robb

November 18, 2015— South Florida Aquatic Club swimmers will be among 1,100 swimmers and 51 teams at the 25th annual Florida Gold Coast Speedo Winter Swimming Championships that begin Thursday at Plantation Aquatic Complex.

Hosted by Plantation Swim Team and City if Plantation, it is the state’s largest age group meet and one of the nation’s largest LSC meets.

The meet will feature mystery heats at finals with Speedo products for awards. The awards for Top 3 finishers are custom-made seahorse medals.

SOFLO will be well-represented in one of its last major age group meets of the year with 30 swimmers.

SOFLO boys are led by Logan Gonzalez, 10, seeded second in the 500-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke and Valerie Vank, 10, seeded fourth in the 200-yard freestyle.

SOFLO’s contingent includes: Alana Acevedo, 14; Andres Arias, 15; Max Asnis, 16; Sam Asnis, 17; Fernando Barreto, 9; Kaitlyn Barrios, 9; Brennan Thomas Binder, 11; Ian Chalmers, 12; Mark Andre De Gracia, 11; Juan Diaz, 15; Odin Farkas, 12; Nathaniel Garrick, 10; Logan Gonzalez, 10; Madison Johnson, 14; Matthew Kim, 10; CJ Kopecki, 16; Ervin Marin, 16; Jacob Navarro, 9; Sebastian Navarro, 11; Sabrina Osorio, 10; Sofia Osorio, 10; Alessandro Pereira, 9; Kevin Porto, 15; Lucas Porven, 10; Ricardo Roche, 16; Enrique Rodriguez, 10; Jessica Rodriguez, 16; Natasha Testa, 17; Valerie Vank, 10; Alejandro Zambrano, 21 and Aldo Zepeda, 10.

Several swimmers in the field are coming off the high school season that ended last week with the state championships including Kopecki, who played a key role in American Heritage winning its third consecutive boys state 2A title.

SOFLO will also compete at the Dec. 4-6 Gator Swim Club Holiday Classic, one of the top age group and senior invitationals in the state and held indoors in the Stephen O’Connell Center.

IF YOU GO

What: 25th annual Florida Gold Coast Speedo Winter Swimming Championships

When: Thursday-Sunday

Where: Plantation Aquatic Complex, 9151 NW Second St.

Schedule: THURSDAY, 5 p.m.; FRIDAY, Session 3, 8:30 a.m., noon and 5 p.m.; SATURDAY, 8:30 a.m., noon and 5 p.m.; SUNDAY—8:30 a.m., 11:45 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Admission: $5 per session, $3 heat sheets per session. For more information go to http://www.swimpst.com.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

http://www.swim4soflo.com

SOFLO Sends Three Swimmers To Colombian Nationals

By Sharon Robb

November 17, 2015—South Florida Aquatic Club will have three swimmers competing when the XX Colombian National Aquatic Championships begin on Wednesday in Antioquia, Colombia.

Olympian Carolina Colorado, Jorge Murillo-Valdes and Catalina Mendieta, all medal hopefuls, will represent SOFLO at the 11-day event that features all aquatic sports.

Colorado, 28, is a two-time Olympian and national record holder in the 50-, 100- and 200-meter backstroke events, 50-meter butterfly and relays.

Murillo-Valdes is a national record holder in the 50-, 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events and relays.

Murillo-Valdes broke the 100 (1:00.53) and 200 (2:11.62) national records at this past summer’s Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. He also is qualified in the 200 for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Mendieta, a Douglas High School alum, is ranked among the top five in the 50- and 100-meter butterfly and 50- and 100- meter freestyle in Colombia.

The trio are members of SOFLO’s pro team.

COLLEGE NEWS

SOFLO swimmer Kylie Herman of Brandeis University was named University Athletic Association Swimmer of the Week for her performance in the team’s season-opener.

In her collegiate debut against Wheaton College, the freshman won two events–the 200-yard freestyle in 2:03.24 and 500-yard freestyle in 5:26.35. She was also second by less than a second in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:18.01.

Herman is a Cypress Bay High School alum and lives in Weston.

HIGH SCHOOL NEWS

SOFLO’s Kathleen Golding, a freshman at Cooper City High School, is among top-ranked swimmers on the annual Florida Swim Network Mythical High School State Championship list.

The list is the network’s annual compilation of all four classes (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A) held at the Pinch-a-Penny FHSAA State Swimming and Diving Championships in Stuart to determine the ultimate champion.

Golding is ranked second in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:00.40, just 1/100^th behind Tampa Catholic’s Christin Rockway. Golding is also ranked eighth in the 100-yard butterfly in 55.18.

SOFLO teammate Jessica Rodriguez, a junior at Hialeah Gardens, is ranked fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:03.63 ranked behind Caroline White of Trinity Prep (1:01.68), Kelly Fertel of Gulliver Prep (1:03.29) and Isabella English of Winter Park (1:03.31).

Jacksonville Bolles boys and Gainesville Buchholz girls just edged out Gulliver Prep for top team honors.

The full list can be found posted on the Florida Swim Network website.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

http://www.swim4soflo.com

2015 FINAL BROWARD COUNTY SWIMMING & DIVING HONOR ROLL

2015 BROWARD COUNTY SWIMMING & DIVING FINAL HONOR ROLL, Week Eleven

November 16, 2015

GIRLS

200-yard Medley Relay: 1. Pine Crest 1:49.29, 2. Fort Lauderdale 1:50.23, 3. Westminster Academy 1:51.14, 4. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:51.46, 5. Cardinal Gibbons 1:52.82, 6. South Florida Heat 1:54.97, 7. Cooper City 1:55.55, 8. Deerfield Beach 1:55.69, 9. University School 1:55.77,10. Calvary Christian 1:56.28, 11. American Heritage 1:57.53, 12. Coral Glades 1:57.62; 2014 BEST: 1. Pine Crest 1:43.11 (Miriyam Ghali, Lindsey Swartz, Tyla Martin, Marta Ciesla).

200-yard Freestyle: 1. Marta Ciesla, PC 1:49.53, 2. Mary Smutny, SFH 1:51.07, 3. Alexandra Meszaros, PC 1:53.33, 4. Rachel Contich, CALV 1:55.30, 5. Audrey Mason, AH 1:55.64, 6. Marissa Brannan, PC 1:56.70, 7. Kelly Gest, CG 1:56.71, 8. Kathleen Golding, CC 1:56.78, 9. Andrea Van den Berg, CB 1:57.03, 10. Daniela Gomez, PC 1:57.33, 11. Morgan Meadows, FTL 1:57.53, 12. Sabrina Gornisiewicz, PC 1:58.03, 13. Rachel Botting, SFH 1:58.32, 14. Cameron Thomas, WES 1:58.39, 15. Elizabeth Zubero, WA and Julianna Russell, CG 1:58.61,17. Marianna Serrao, CB 1:59.43, 18. Andrea Bucaro, CB 2:00.62, 19. Angela Petrillo, FTL 2:01.30, 20. Megan Schimansky, CG 2:01.38; 2014 BEST: 1. Tyla Martin, Pine Crest 1:51.11.

200-yard Individual Medley: 1. Kathleen Golding, CC 2:00.40, 2. Allison Kopas, US 2:04.38, 3. Kelley Heron, PPC 2:05.37, 4. Elizabeth Zubero, WA 2:05.78, 5. Hannah Virgin, PC 2:07.77, 6. Alexandra Meszaros, PC 2:09.50, 7. Sarah Asseraf, STA 2:12.37, 8. Amanda Kopas, US 2:13.02, 9. Megan Schimansky, CGL 2:14.54, 10. Mary Smutny, SFH 2:14.94, 11. Daniela Kim, CB 2:16.05, 12. Adrianna Cortes-Urbina, NOVA 2:17.73, 13. Kaitlyn Moreschi, FTL 2:17.79, 14. Acacia Jones, SFH 2:18.09, 15. Dominique Tajardo, CGL 2:18.11,16. Abigail Fossas, TAR 2:18.62, 17. Thea Mckenna, AH 2:19.29, 18. Alemy Barreto, CB 2:19.55, 19. Kelly Gest, CG 2:19.72, 20. Molly See, PC 2:20.46; 2014 BEST: 1. Lindsey Swartz, Pine Crest 2:03.24.

50-yard Freestyle: 1. Marta Ciesla, PC 22.89, 2. Catharine Cooper, AH 23.46, 3. Fatimah Westbrook, FTL 24.04, 4. Allora Williams, PHS 24.10, 5. Courtney Stewart, PB 24.12, 6. Savannah Yates, CG 24.70, 7. Brooke Bernstein, PC 24.90, 8. Racine Ross, HH 25.06, 9. Jillian Contich, CALV and Emiliana Pelaez, CB 25.08, 11. Carly Swanson, CB 25.13, 12. Jessica Nava, WA 25.27, 13. Dominique Tajardo, CGL 25.44, 14. Solana Capalbo, CC 25.65, 15. Emily Puia, STA 25.70, 16. Allison Kopas, US 25.72, 17. Rachel Botting, SFH 25.79, 18. Carly Hyman, STA 25.83, 19. Morgan Meadows, FTL 25.90, 20. Gwen Bencie, PB 25.94, 21. Hannah Roseman, DOUG 25.96, 22. Samantha Stinemire, STA 26.07, 23. Abigail Carswell, US 26.09, 24. Sarah Bucaro, CB, 26.12, 25. Jamie Flores, PC 26.22, 26. Bianca Monti, WB 26.30, 27. Juliana Russell, CG 26.33, 28. Alexandra Sanchez, NOVA 26.36, 29. Sara Souza, CALV 26.39, 30. Sabrina Gornisiewicz, PC 26.43; 2014 BEST: 1. Marta Ciesla, Pine Crest 22.60.

1-meter Springboard Diving: 1. Karlee Price, STA 523.25, 2. Johanna Holloway, WA 521.05, 3. Maia Goldstein, US 502.45, (state champion), 4. Ali Watson, PC 473.70, 5. Juliette Pozzuoli, PC 470.75, 6. Remy Hollender, WA 468.30, 7. Ishani Singh, PC 451.65, 8. Daniela Castillo, SAGE 448.30, 9. Carolyn Ehrlich, PB 438.45, 10. Daniela Castillo, SAGE 424.75, 11. Skye Warriner, FTL 406.15, 12. Leanne Sheffer, SP 398.45, 13. Adaliz Pelcastre, FTL 383.15, 14. Cassandra Catesson, FTL 376.65, 15. Hannah Lindgren, PB 361.35; 2014 BEST: 1. Carolyn Chaney, Pine Crest 520.75.

100-yard Butterfly: 1. Jessica Nava, WA 53.77 (state record), 2. Kathleen Golding, CC 55.18, 3. Alexandra Meszaros, PC 56.30, 4. Racine Ross, HH 56.50, 5. Molly See, PC 58.21, 6. Elizabeth Zubero, WA 58.52, 7. Violeta Tumolo, FTL 59.15, 8. Mary Smutny, SFH 59.32, 9. Delaney Biro, CSC 59.44, 10. Allora Williams, PLAN 59.72, 11. Sarah Asseraf, STA 59.79, 12. Adriana Cortes-Urbina, NOVA 59.98, 13. Quinn Connor, STA 1:00.22, 14. Rachel Milazzo, FTL 1:00.59,15. Mia Marquez, PB 1:01.31, 16. Allison Kopas, US 1:01.60, 17. Cameron Thomas, WES 1:01.77, 18. Natasha Testa, CC 1:02.08, 19. Angela Petrillo, FTL 1:02.35, 20. Jade Grabow, AH 1:02.62; 2014 BEST: 1. Jessica Nava, Westminster Academy 54.05.

100-yard Freestyle: 1. Catharine Cooper, AH 51.04, 2. Marta Ciesla, PC 51.11, 3. Mary Smutny, SFH 53.58, 4. Rachel Contich, CALV 53.77, 5. Kelly Gest, CG 53.79, 6. Courtney Stewart, PB 53.85, 7. Jessica Nava, WA 54.02, 8. Morgan Meadows, FTL 54.04, 9. Emiliana Pelaez, CB 54.12, 10. Brooke Bernstein, PC 54.49, 11. Solana Capalbo, CC 54.68, 12. Delaney Biro, CSC 54.74, 13. Dominique Tajardo, CGL 54.93, 14. Carly Hyman, STA 55.70, 15. Elizabeth Zubero, WA 55.80, 16. Emily Puia, STA 56.32, 17. Savanah Yates, CG 56.34, 18. Natalya Wozab, STA 56.35, 19. Sabrina Gornisiewicz, PC 56.40, 20. Abby Oyetunji, SOM 56.57, 21. Thais Carrion, US and Victoria Abad, SP 56.61, 23. Allison Kopas, US 56.82, 24. Cameron Thomas, WES 56.87, 25. Daniela Munoz, PC 56.94; 2014 BEST: 1. Marta Ciesla, Pine Crest 49.30.

500-yard Freestyle: 1. Mary Smutny, SFH 5:00.48, 2. Audrey Mason AH 5:01.67, 3. Marissa Brannan, PC 5:04.76, 4. Sabrina Gornisiewicz, PC 5:09.97, 5. Andrea Van den Berg, CB 5:10.00, 6. Julianna Russell, CG 5:13.17, 7. Juliana Talamo, FTL 5:14.43, 8. Daniela Gomez, PC 5:14.47, 9. Alexandra Meszaros, PC and Marianna Serrao, CB 5:16.20, 11. Allison Kopas, US 5:19.44, 12. Jessica Nava, WA 5:22.57, 13. Rachel Botting, SFH 5:23.80, 14. Delaney Biro, CSC 5:24.76, 15. Lilli Calero, PPC 5:25.87, 16. Elizabeth Zubero, WA 5:26.81, 17. Daria Chiarella, TAR 5:27.98, 18. Anna Montgomery, PC 5:30.85, 19. Adriana Rodriguez, CG 5:32.57, 20. Sarah Bucaro, CB 5:34.36, 21. Alexandra Crespo, CB 5:34.81, 22. Zoe Abovitz, POS 5:35.07, 23. Samantha Knight, STA 5:35.45, 24. Alexis Hicks, FTL 5:37.16, 25. Simone Vale, SAGE 5:37.40; 2014 BEST: 1. Melissa Marinheiro, West Broward 4:52.96.

200-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Pine Crest 1:39.33, 2. American Heritage 1:39.85, 3. South Florida Heat 1:40.98, 4. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:41.81, 5. Fort Lauderdale 1:42.44, 6. Calvary Christian 1:43.16, 7. Cypress Bay 1:43.33, 8. Pompano Beach 1:43.79, 9. Cardinal Gibbons 1:44.89, 10. Nova 1:44.90, 11. Deerfield Beach 1:46.27, 12. Westminster Academy 1:46.56, 13. West Broward 1:47.72, 14. University School 1:47.84, 15. Hollywood Hills 1:48.35; 2014 BEST: 1. Pine Crest 1:36.09 (Marta Ciesla, Brooke Bernstein, Tyla Martin, Jamie Flores).

100-yard Backstroke: 1. Jessica Nava, WA 56.07, 2. Kelley Heron, PPC 57.09, 3. Allison Kopas, US 57.25, 4. Megan Schimansky, CGL 58.55, 5. Jillian Contich, CALV 59.35, 6. Gwen Bencie, PB 59.38, 7. Samantha Stinemire, STA 1:00.11, 8. Amanda Kopas, US 1:00.65, 9. Victoria Abad, SP 1:01.12, 10. Racine Ross, HH 1:01.15, 11. Carly Swanson, CB 1:01.46, 12. Elizabeth Zubero, WA and Adriana Cortes-Urbina, NOVA 1:02.07, 14. Abigail Fossas, TAR 1:02.42, 15. Emily Chen, DB 1:02.52, 16. Molly See, PC 1:02.66, 17. Allora Williams, PHS 1:02.89, 18. Sophia Bucaro, CB 1:03.15, 19. Jamie Flores, PC 1:03.21, 20. Kristen Sauer, SFH 1:03.33, 21. Rachel Milazzo, FTL 1:03.48, 22. Carly Hyman, STA 1:03.89, 23. Adri Gooding, SAGE 1:03.96, 24. Quinn Connor, STA 1:04.33, 25. Daniela Munoz, PC 1:04.62; 2014 BEST: 1. Amanda Tipton, Nova 56.63.

100-yard Breaststroke: 1. Elizabeth Zubero, WA 1:03.60, 2. Hannah Virgin, PC 1:04.88, 3. Fatimah Westbrook, FTL 1:05.45, 4. Savannah Yates, CG 1:06.83, 5. Marta Ciesla, PC 1:07.41, 6. Elise Larin, SOM and Natalya Wozab, STA 1:07.89, 8. Allison Kopas, US 1:08.41, 9. Alemy Barreto, CB 1:09.15, 10. Daniela Kim, CB 1:09.76, 11. Hayley Johnson, DB 1:10.04, 12. Kaitlyn Moreschi, FTL 1:10.60, 13. Alicia Zeilinski, NE 1:11.40, 14. Thea McKenna, AH 1:12.17, 15. Rachel Botting, SFH 1:12.99, 16. Acacia Jones, SFH and Nadia Ajirnia, STA 1:13.80, 18. Ya Ya Jackson, STR 1:13.95, 19. Amanda Kopas, US 1:14.33, 20. Solana Capalbo, CC 1:14.34; 2014 BEST: 1. Caitlin Ahern, St. Thomas Aquinas 1:03.30.

400-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Pine Crest 3:33.10, 2. American Heritage 3:37.71, 3. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:41.31, 4. Cardinal Gibbons 3:41.68, 5. Cypress Bay 3:42.33, 6. University School and Westminster Christian 3:42.64, 8. Fort Lauderdale 3:46.94, 9. Cooper City 3:48.32,10.Coral Glades 3:50.63, 11. Pompano Beach 3:50.76, 12. Pembroke Pines Charter 3:51.55; 2014 BEST: 1. American Heritage 3:35.30 (Catharine Cooper, Lindsay Hay, Marissa Brannan, Alexandra Pacitti).

GIRLS RANKINGS

1.Pine Crest, 2. Fort Lauderdale, Cypress Bay, 3. American Heritage, 4. Westminster Academy, 5. University School

BOYS

200-yard Medley Relay: 1. Pine Crest 1:34.83, 2. American Heritage 1:38.40, 3. Pembroke Pines Charter 1:38.49, 4. Sagemont 1:39.70, 5. Calvary Christian 1:41.68, 6. Cypress Bay 1:41.77, 7. Pompano Beach 1:42.14, 8. Fort Lauderdale 1:42.60, 9. Douglas 1:43.94, 10. Monarch 1:44.11, 11. University School 1:44.66, 12. South Florida Heat 1:44.73; 2014 BEST: 1. American Heritage 1:36.90 (Nico Medina, Jonathan Farah, Fernando Bohorquez, Taylor Eaddy).

200-yard Freestyle: 1.Julien Pinon, AH 1:37.75, 2. Daniel Jacobs, US 1:42.08, 3. CJ Kopecki, AH 1:42.64, 4. Tyler Zuyus, FTL 1:42.90, 5. Andres Lares, PPC 1:43.12, 6. Padraic Cassidy, STA 1:43.34, 7. Max Asnis, US 1:44.29, 8. Sebastian Vargas, AH 1:44.40, 9. Esteban Diaz-Velasco, SOM 1:45.78, 10. Eduardo Pineiro-Barros, CB 1:46.37, 11. Mattheus Santos, PB 1:47.20, 12. Raphael Marcoux, FTL 1:47.67, 13. Juan Lucas, PPC 1:47.76, 14. Martin Vivas, CB 1:48.03, 15. Samuel Asnis, US 1:48.24, 16. Chase Perry, WA 1:48.56, 17. Luke Smutny, SFH 1:48.96, 18. Daniel Lobaton, CC 1:49.26, 19. Nicholas Pacitti, AH 1:49.38, 20. Bennett Rodriguez, SB 1:49.90; 2014 BEST: 1. Julien Pinon, American Heritage 1:38.66

200-yard Individual Medley: 1. Patrick Groters, US 1:50.22, 2. Marco Guarente, CB 1:51.82, 3. Fernando Alatorre, SAGE 1:52.56, 4. Adan Diaz-Vazquez, WESP 1:53.10, 5. Jonathan Farah, AH 1:53.14, 6. Ricardo Roche, SOM 1:58.52, 7. Bruno Berti, PPC 1:59.11, 8. Juan Zapata, STA 1:59.41, 9. Matthew Petreski, PC 1:59.96, 10. Luis Villanueva-Ojeda, WESP 2:00.13, 11. Eric Veit, CB 2:00.38, 12. James Dika, FTL 2:00.90, 13. Henrique Yamamoto, DOUG 2:01.01, 14. Nick Vale, SAGE 2:01.34, 15. Philippe Marcoux, FTL 2:02.25, 16. Sebastian Vargas, AH 2:02.51, 17. Juan Lucas, PPC 2:04.00, 18. Ryan Graff, PC 2:04.43, 19. Francisco Cantu, NOVA 2:04.31; 2014 BEST: 1. Mateo Gonzalez, Sagemont 1:49.65.

50-yard Freestyle: 1. Raiz Tjon-A-Joe, WESP 20.10, 2. Raphael Marcoux, FTL 20.49, 3. Anton Voronin, NBP 20.78, 3. 4. Philippe Marcoux, FTL 20.84, 5. Ryan Capote, PPC 21.22. 6. Nico Ferrara, NBP 21.46, 7. Hank Contich, CALV 21.54, 8. Carlos Rodriguez, AH 22.22, 9. Ryan Graff, PC 22.23, 10. Gustavo Valery, FLAN 22.42, 11. Kearn Kurbanali, STA 22.48, 12. Kyle Caracciolo, TAR 22.50, 13. Eric Veit, WES and Fernando Navarrete, CB 22.57,15. Tristan Celestin, DOUG 22.71, 16. Patrick Groters, US 22.85, 17. Fernando Navarrete, CB 22.91, 18. Fernando Fagundes, MON 22.95, 19. Joao Vitor Pereira, PC 23.02, 20. Enrique Perez, CC 23.05, 21. Alejandro Lombo, AH and Luiz Renato Freire, CB 23.09, 23. Leo Manrique, CB 23.15, 24. Matteus Santos, PB and Santiago Ospina, MHS 23.17; 2014 BEST: 1. Raphael Marcoux, Fort Lauderdale 20.61.

1-meter Springboard Diving: 1. Zach Allen, CG 617.30, 2. Logan Downey, SP 578.65 (state champion), 3. Austin Fields, PC 557.20 (state champion), 4. Sky Geovanni, FTL 517.70, 5. Louis Giroire, FTL 507.15, 6. Hudson Coldren, CG 498.60, 7. Kevin Mendez, PC 493.20, 8. Lyle Hayes-Macaluso, PC 470.90, 9. Devin Nugent, STA 449.65, 10. Hunter Fields, PC 443.00; 2014 BEST: 1. Logan Downey, South Plantation 591.65.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Julien Pinon, AH 48.83, 2. Luke Smutny, SFH 50.00, 3. Raphael Marcoux, FTL 51.63, 4. Sebastian Vargas, AH 51.94, 5. Bruno Berti, PPC 52.32, 6. Joao Vitor Pereira, PC 52.41, 7. Kyle Caracciolo, TAR 52.59, 8. Nico Medina, AH 52.62, 9. Luis Villanueva-Ojeda, WESP 53.16, 10. Carlos Gallego, CB 53.18, 11. Daniel Lobaton, CC 53.39, 12. Quinn Roth, MON 53.57,13. Max Asnis, US 53.66, 14. Kalvin Hernandez, STA 53.91, 15. Giancarlo Payamps, CSC 54.72, 16. Philippe Marcoux, FTL 54.74, 17. Fernando Alatorre, SAGE 54.78, 18. Luiz Renato Freire, CB 54.88, 19. Henrique Yamamoto, DOUG 54.89, 20. Juan Zapata, STA 55.26, 21. Martin Vivas, CB 55.43, 22. Alex Monti, WB 55.59, 23. Juan Lucas, PPC 55.78, 24. Tyler Gibson, PPC 55.93; 2014 BEST: 1. Mateo Gonzalez, Sagemont 48.06.

100-yard Freestyle: 1. Philippe Marcoux, FTL 45.06, 2. Raphael Marcoux, FTL 45.07, 3. Anton Voronin, NBP 45.19, 4. Raiz Tjon-A-Joe, WESP 45.82, 5. Ryan Capote, PPC 46.18, 6. Daniel Jacobs, US 47.03, 7. Christian Soderberg, PC 47.43, 8. Fernando Navarrete, CB 47.68, 9. Nicolas Ferrara, NPB 47.79, 10. Kearn Kurbanali, STA 48.14, 11. Juan Imposiamato, SAGE 48.22, 12. Julien Pinon, AH 48.35, 13. Santiago Ospina, MON 49.08, 14. Chase Perry, WA 49.10, 15. Anton Generalov, PC 49.32, 16. Matthew Menocal, PPC 49.49, 17. Enrique Perez, CC 50.10, 18. Jose Pac, STR 50.33, 19. Hank Contich, CALV 50.52, 20. Sebastian Vargas, AH 50.95; 2014 BEST: 1. Raphael Marcoux, Fort Lauderdale 45.17.

500-yard Freestyle: 1. Patrick Groters, US 4:33.50, 2. CJ Kopecki, AH 4:35.71, 3. Andres Lares, PPC 4:35.96, 4. Luke Smutny, SFH 4:35.98, 5. Eduardo Pineiro-Barros, CB 4:39.90, 6. Padraic Casssidy, STA 4:39.92, 7. Max Asnis, US 4:40.37, 8. Mattheus Santos, PB 4:40.88, 9. James Dika, FTL 4:44.02, 10. Samuel Asnis, US 4:44.29, 11. Nicholas Pacitti, AH 4:44.30, 12. Ricardo Roche, SOM 4:46.19, 13. Fernando Alatorre, SAGE 4:47.91, 14. Juan Diaz, CB 4:49.11, 15. Kalvin Hernandez, STA 4:59.45, 16. Bennett Rodriguez, SB 5:00.80, 17. Nicholas DiStefano, AH 5:02.00, 18. Jaime Esteban Lasso, SOM 5:02.70, 19. Tomas Pelaez, CB 5:02.76, 20. Matthew Petreski, PC 5:02.86; 2014 BEST: 1. Patrick Groters, University School 4:31.82.

200-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Fort Lauderdale 1:25.29, 2. Pine Crest 1:25.67, 3. American Heritage 1:26.68, 4. Cypress Bay 1:26.70, 5. University School 1:28.93, 6. Calvary Christian 1:29.70, 7. Pembroke Pines Charter 1:31.21, 8. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:31.48, 9. South Florida Heat 1:32.77, 10. Douglas 1:32.83, 11. Pompano Beach 1:35.40, 12. Deerfield Beach 1:37.17; 2014 BEST: St. Thomas Aquinas 1:26.50 (Gabriel Perez Silva, Andrew Szatkowski, Esteban Velasquez, Kearn Kurbanali).

100-yard Backstroke: 1. Fernando Alatorre, SAGE 51.96, 2. Tyler Zuyus, FTL 52.62, 3. Philippe Marcoux, FTL 52.74, 4. Jonathan Farah, AH 52.96, 5. Anton Generalov, PC 53.25, 6. Juan Imposiamato, SAGE 53.43, 7. Andres Lares, PPC 53.66, 8. Esteban Diaz Velasco, SOM 53.87, 9. Juan Lucas, PPC 53.89, 10. Nico Medina, AH 54.60, 11. Gustavo Valery, FLAN 54.71, 12. Joao Vitor Pereira, PC 54.96, 13. Patrick Groters, US 55.03, 14. Christian Carlson, CALV 55.22, 15. Nick Vale, SAGE 56.02, 16. Quinn Roth, MON 56.04, 17. Carlos Gallego, CB 56.42, 18. Alejandro Lombo, AH 56.53, 19. Christian Carlson, CALV 56.60, 20. Juan Zapata, STA 57.32, 21. Jose Diaz, WES 57.33, 22. Clement Bowe, STA 57.66, 23. Luis Villanueva, WESP 58.58, 24. Christian Soderberg, PC 58.66; 2014 BEST: Philippe Marcoux, Fort Lauderdale 52.31.

100-yard Breaststroke: 1. Raiz Tjon-A-Joe, WESP 54.64, 2. Marco Guarente, CB 55.76, 3. Adan Diaz-Vazquez, WESP 57.10, 4. Ryan Graff, PC 57.58, 5. Hank Contich, CALV 57.63, 6. Victor Fajer, WES 59.50, 7. Tristan Celestin, DOUG 59.91, 8. Matthew Petreski, PC 1:00.46, 9. Eric Veit, CB 1:01.52, 10. Brendan Cassie, WB 1:01.74, 11. Francisco Cantu, NOVA 1:01.78, 12. Andre Bacic, DB 1:02.23, 13. Christopher Schulte, PB 1:02.37, 14. Tyler Bland, PPC 1:02.91, 15. Elad Fraiman, POS 1:03.17, 16. Yona Rubin, FTL 1:03.20, 17. Fernando Alatorre, SAGE 1:03.30, 18. Jonathan Farah, AH 1:03.32, 19. Christian Carlson, CALV 1:03.34, 20. Guy Bogoslavsky, DOUG 1:04.32; 2014 BEST: Daniel Pereira, University School 58.43.

400-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Fort Lauderdale 3:05.14, 2. Pine Crest 3:08.99, 3. American Heritage 3:09.08, 4. Cypress Bay 3:09.24, 5. Pembroke Pines Charter 3:10.84, 6. University School 3:13.50, 7. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:18.92, 8. Sagemont 3:19.55, 9. Monarch 3:21.76, 10. Pompano Beach 3:22.00, 11. Cooper City 3:28.70, 12. Somerset 3:32.54; 2014 BEST: American Heritage 3:09.17 (Taylor Eaddy, Chris Garcia, Nico Medina, Julien Pinon).

BOYS RANKINGS

1. American Heritage, 2. Pine Crest, Fort Lauderdale, 4. Cypress Bay, 5. University School.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

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SOFLO’s Kathleen Golding Wins Gold, Bronze; Jessica Rodriguez Takes Silver At FHSAA State 4A Meet

By Sharon Robb

November 14, 2015—Kathleen Golding of Cooper City High School became one the youngest state champions in meet history Saturday night at the Pinch-A-Penny FHSAA State 4A Swimming and Diving Meet at Sailfish Splashpark Aquatic Athletics Center in Stuart.

Golding, a freshman making her high school state meet debut, won the 200-yard individual medley in an All-American automatic time of 2:00.40. She finished undefeated in her signature event in her first year of high school swimming.

Golding was also third in the 100-yard butterfly in 55.18, an All-American consideration time.

Golding, who trains with South Florida Aquatic Club, is the first state swim champion in 19 years at Cooper City since Leslie Anderson in 1996.

“I am super happy,” Golding said after her race. “To be a state champion as a freshman is incredible.”

Golding pulled away from the field for nearly a four second margin of victory over Sarasota freshman Isabel Traba in 2:04.72.

“I felt my backstroke which normally is my weakest point of race had a really fast tempo and I thought it made a difference why I dropped so much time,” Golding said. “This was my best high school race.

“I wasn’t sure about the butterfly because I wasn’t focusing on it. I was more focused on the IM so I was really happy over dropping a second in the fly.”

Golding scored 36 of her team’s 38 points enabling the Cowboys to finish among the Top 20.

“Swimming high school was so much fun, I loved it,” Golding said. “All my teammates were very supportive. They were cheering at the end of my lane and it really helped me.

“I don’t think it was a perfect meet for me, there’s definitely things I could improve on. I wanted to go under 2 minutes in the IM and I didn’t get that. But for my first state meet it was pretty good.”

SOFLO teammate Jessica Rodriguez, a junior at Hialeah Gardens making her third state meet appearance, just missed a state title in the 100-yard breaststroke. The top morning seed finished second in a best time 1:03.63, an All-American consideration time. Last year she was fourth in 1:05.53. Winter Park junior Isabel English won in 1:03.31.

Rodriguez also finished eighth in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:09.17 after going 2:08.63 in prelims.

Both Golding and Rodriguez wore tech suits but did not shave for the meet. The pair are focusing on USA Swimming Jr. Nationals which they are both qualified for.

“I am really happy with how both girls swam tonight,” SOFLO coach Chris Anderson said. “They have the confidence now which will be good for them at juniors.

“I am really happy how all our swimmers did at all four state meets,” Anderson said. “This is the first time we have had so many swimmers in finals in all four classes. That’s never happened before and it was kind of cool.

“It was a very successful showing for our club. They all swam very well. We did a good job preparing them well for states. Every one of our kids that made it swam faster at state.”

Broward County had two boys state champions.

Cypress Bay senior Marco Guarente was a double winner in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:49.77 and 100-yard breaststroke in 55.76. Both were automatic All-American times.

For South Plantation High School two-time defending champion Logan Downey the day was bittersweet. The talented diver won his third consecutive state title in 1-meter springboard diving with 533.30 points on the same day his father, Stuart, died seven years ago.

Buchholz junior Brooke Schultz won the girls diving title with 525.15 points. She was the only diver to crack 500 points.

In the team competition, Sarasota Riverview defended its boys team title with 324 points. Gainesville Buchholz won its sixth girls state title with 262, nearly 100 points ahead of Sarasota Riverview. It was Gainesville’s first title since 2009.

SATURDAY STATE 4A RESULTS

GIRLS TEAM TOTALS

1.Gainesville Buchholz 262, 2. Sarasota Riverview 195, 3. Olympia 174, 4. Oviedo 157, 5. Boca Raton 126, 6. Lakewood 125, 7. Tampa Plant 114, 8. Palm Harbor 103, 9. Mandarin 96, 10. Lake Brantley 82, 16. Jupiter 53, 18. Cooper City 38, 24. Hialeah Gardens 28, 25. St. Thomas Aquinas 24, 29. Park Vista 17, 34. Wellington 9.

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

200-yard medley relay:

1.Buchholz (Caitlin Brooks, Savannah Fissenden, Julia Rodriguez, Kaitlyn Cronin) 1:44.81, 2. Lakewood Ranch 1:45.58, 3. Tampa Plant 1:46.59.

200-yard freestyle:

1.Morgan Tankersley, PLAN 1:47.54, 2. Spence Atkins, RIVS 1:49.03, 3. Peyton Palsha, SPET 1:50.37.

200-yard individual medley:

1.Kathleen Golding, CC 2:00.40, 2. Isabel Traba, SARA 2:04.72, 3. Ashley Boddiford, HAGR 2:04.76, 8. Jessica Rodriguez, HG 2:09.17.

50-yard freestyle:

1.Talia Bates, BUCH 23.07, 2. Katie Vasiloff, DURT 23.31, 3. Kaitlyn Cronin, BUCH 23.45.

100-yard butterfly:

1.Katie Vasiloff, DUR 54.78, 2. Madison Jean, LAKE 55.06, 3. Kathleen Golding, CC 55.18.

100-yard freestyle:

1.Lauren Dunn, MAND 50.96, 2. Eli Richardson, VB 51.15, 3. Klaudia Greer, NEW 51.19.

500-yard freestyle:

1.Spence Atkins, RIVS 4:48.74, 2. Morgan Tankersley, PLAN 4:50.52, 3. Peyton Palsha, SPET 4:51.91

200-yard freestyle relay:

1.Buchholz (Kirschtine Balbuena, Kaitlyn Cronin, Juia Rodriguez, Talia Bates) 1:33.88, 2. Tampa Plant 1:35.81, 3. Oviedo 1:37.60.

100-yard backstroke:

1.Caitlin Brooks, BUCH 55.67, 2. Courtney Chapin, LAKE 56.51, 3. Celismar Guzman, SC 56.66.

100-yard breaststroke:

1.Isabel English, WP 1:03.31, 2. Jessica Rodriguez, HG 1:03.63, 3. Victoria Miyamoto, BR 1:05.39.

400-yard freestyle relay:

1.Buchholz (Kirschtine Balbuena, Savannah Fissenden, Julia Rodriguez, Talia Bates) 3:28.50, 2. Sarasota Riverview 3:29.24, 3. Boca Raton 3:32.05.

1-meter springboard diving:

1.Brooke Schultz, BUCH 525.15, 2. Makayla Robillard, OLYM 491.55, 3. Karlee Price, STA 490.65.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS

1.Sarasota Riverview 324, 2. Countryside 138, 3.Fleming Island 133, 4. Cypress Bay 123, 5. Seminole 119, 6. Boca Raton 107, 7. Jupiter 100, 8. Buchholz 96, 9. Fletcher 88, 10. Winter Park 75, 10. Wellington 75, 18. Miami Beach 39, 19. St. Thomas Aquinas 37, 22. Park Vista 30, 22. Ferguson 30, 27. South Plantation 20

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

200-yard medley relay:

1.Sarasota Riverview (Austin Katz, Campbell Lee, Keanan Dols, Tyler Carmichael) 1:33.30, 2. Countryside 1:35.11, 3. Seminole 1:36.57.

200-yard freestyle:

1.Austin Katz, RIVS 1:37.05, 2. Daniel Erlenmeyer, LWRA 1:38.81, 3. Drew Clark, RIVS 1:39.20.

200-yard individual medley:

1.Marco Guarente, CB 1:49.77, 2. Keanan Dols, RIVS 1:50.11, 3. John Fulginiti, HAGR 1:50.85.

50-yard freestyle:

1.Cody Cline, WELL 20.14, 2. Brody Heck, BR 20.18, 3. Maverick Layne, SMSA 20.75.

100-yard butterfly:

1.Noah Lense, COUN 48.18, 2. Nick Hackett, FI 48.96, 3. Walker Brooks, GATE 49.27.

100-yard freestyle:

1.Brody Heck, BR 44.49, 2. Maverick Layne, SEM 45.09, 3. Gavin Jones, FLET 45.38.

500-yard freestyle:

1.Drew Clark, RIVS 4:21.84, 2. Daniel Erlenmeyer, LWRA 4:22.67, 3. Alex Cronin, JUP 4:29.41.

200-yard freestyle relay:

1.Fleming Island (John Hutton, Jack Neeley, Drew Heinton, Nick Hackett) 1:25.00, 2. Boca Raton 1:26.57, 3. Seminole 1:26.69.

100-yard backstroke:

1.Austin Katz, RIV 47.92, 2. Keanan Dols, RIV 50.40, 3. Walker Brooks, GATE 51.22.

100-yard breaststroke:

1.Marco Guarente, CB 55.76, 2. Paxton Rhoads, TP 56.60, 3. Campbell Lee, RIV 57.32.

400-yard freestyle relay:

1.Riverview (Austin Katz, Keanan Dols, Drew Clark, Bretty Riley) 3:06.02, 2. Countryside 3:08.76, 3. Cypress Bay 3:09.24.

1-meter springboard diving:

1.Logan Downey, SP 533.30, 2. Dylan Power, PLAN 515.00, 3. Max Jenkins, PLAN 481.95.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

http://www.swim4soflo.com

SOFLO’s Lisa Blackburn Swims Lifetime-Best On Day Two Of Minneapolis Arena Pro Swim Series

By Sharon Robb

November 14, 2015—Bermuda national record holder Lisa Blackburn of South Florida Aquatic Club swam a lifetime-best during second day action in the Arena Pro Swim Series Friday at University of Minnesota Aquatic Center in Minneapolis.

Blackburn, at 43, one of the oldest swimmers in the meet, turned in a 26.77 in the 50-meter freestyle. Her seed time was 27.50. It was the first time she broke 27.1. She has now turned in three lifetime-bests this year.

Blackburn is one of two 43-year-olds in the meet. Erika Braun of Marlins of Raleigh is the other.

Several other Florida swimmers did well during the meet.

Marcelo Acosta, 19, of Azura Florida Aquatics was among top finishers, placing second in the 400-meter freestyle in 3:53.57 after going 3:54.84 in prelims, which earned him the second seed.

Florida alum Conor Dwyer won the 400-meter freestyle by two body lengths in 3:53.47. True Sweetser, 18, of Gator Swim Club tied for sixth in 3:58.19. Joey Pedraza of RallySport Aquatics was 16th in 4:07.43 after going 4:02.83 in prelims.

Canadian and Bolles alum Santo Condorelli was second in the 50-meter freestyle in 22.24 behind Nathan Adrian in 21.56. Bolles alum George Bovell of Trinidad and Tobago was fourth in 22.44 and Elvis Burrows of Trinity Prep was eighth in 22.86.

Gator Swim Club’s Arkady Vyatchanin was third in the 100-meter backstroke in 54.45. SwimMAC’s Ryan Lochte of Daytona Beach was fourth in 55.24 after going 55.02 in prelims. Former American Heritage swimmer Dylan Carter of Trinidad and Tobago was 16th in 56.97 after going 56.82 in prelims.

St. Petersburg’s Melanie Margalis, 23, one of the early leaders, finished fifth in the 200-meter breaststroke in 2:27.73.

St. Andrew’s alum Rachael Bradford-Feldman, 18, a freshman at Louisville, finished tenth in the 200-meter breaststroke in 2:32.55, slower than her prelim time of 2:32.49, both Olympic Trials cut times.

Andreina Pinto, 24, of Gator Swim Club was fifth in the 200-meter butterfly in 2:14.87 after going 2:14.28 in prelims.

In other finals:

WOMEN

200-meter butterfly: Cammile Adams of SwimMAC pulled away in the final 50 meters to win in 2:08.16. Former Clearwater swimmer Becca Mann of North Baltimore was fourth in 2:11.16.

50-meter freestyle: Brazilian Etien Medeiros broke open a close three-woman race to win in 24.92. She broke the pool record in prelims in 24.73.

100-meter backstroke: Olympian Missy Franklin reeled in the early leaders to win in 1:00.18. Early leader Rachel Bootsma faded to fourth in 1:01.02. Thirteen-year-old Regan Smith of Riptide Swim Team won the “B” final in 1:01.49 holding off Kendyl Stewart of Trojan Swim Club in 1:01.95.

200-meter breaststroke: Minnesota’s Kierra Smith came from behind to win in 2:24.73. Minnesota’s Haley Spencer was second in 2:26.92.

400-meter freestyle: Teenage world record holder Katie Ledecky, 18, of Nation’s Capital had no problem winning by more than a body length in 4:02.67.

MEN

200-meter butterfly: Chase Kalisz of North Baltimore won after trailing 18-time Olympic gold medalist and training mate Michael Phelps for most of the race until the final 20 meters. Kalisz won in 1:58.07 and Phelps was second in 1:58.38. The pair were swimming stroke for stoke in the final 20 meters.

50-meter freestyle: California’s Nathan Adrian pulled away early to win in 121.56.

100-meter backstroke: David Plummer, 30, of New York Athletic Club won in 52.85. Plummer went out in 25.59.

200-meter breaststroke:

University of Louisville’s Carlos Claverie of Venezuela held off Nick Fink of Athens Bulldogs to win in 2:10.86. Fink was second in 2:10.93.

On the third and final day, Saturday’s events are: 200 individual medley, 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 800 freestyle and 1500 freestyle.

Prelims are 10 a.m. and finals 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The meet is being live streamed at usaswimming.org.

The Arena Pro Swim Series is the first of seven stops. The circuit will award a record $350,000 in total prize money. The top three finishers in each event win $1,000, $600 and $200. The overall point series winners will earn an additional $10,000 in bonus money and one-year lease for a BMW.

FRIDAY RESULTS

WOMEN

200-meter butterfly:

1.Cammile Adams, SwimMAC 2:08.16, 2. Hannah Saiz, SSTY 2:10.37, 3. Haley Anderson, TROJ 2:10.77; FLORIDA: 13. Andreina Pinto, GSC 2:14.87, 23. Vien Nguyen, STA 2:18.93, 35. Elizabeth Beisel, GSC 2:20.02, 43. Claire Donahue, SOFLO 2:22.81.

50-meter freestyle:

1.Etiene Medeiros, Brazil 24.92, 2. Simone Manuel, Unattached 24.94, 3. Abbey Weitzell, CANY 25.07; FLORIDA: 18. Sveta Khakhlova, Club Seminole 25.73, 21. Chin Pigot, Unattached 26.04, 30. Rhi Jeffrey, APEX 26.41, 50. Lisa Blackburn, SOFLO 26.77, 53. Claire Donahue, SOFLO 26.86, 66. Stephanie Peacock, MV 27.06, 68. Justine Bowker, T2 Aquatics 27.15, 87. Carolina Colorado, SOFLO 28.72, 88. Michel Konkoly, T2 Aquatics 29.24.

100-meter backstroke:

1.Missy Franklin, STAR 1:00.18, 2. Kylie Masse, UTS 1:00.31, 3. Dominique Bouchard, OAK 1:00.66; FLORIDA: 40. Carolina Colorado, SOFLO 1:05.35.

200-meter breaststroke:

1.Kierra Smith, Unattached 2:24.36, 2. Haley Spencer, MINN 2:26.92, 3. Martha McCabe, TSC 2:17.23; FLORIDA: 5. Melanie Margalis, SPA 2:27.73, 9. Justine Bowker, T2 Aquatics 2:30.85, 10. Rachel Bradford-Feldman, LOU 2:32.55, 45. Elizabeth Beisel, GSC 2:45.03.

400-meter freestyle:

1.Katie Ledecky, Nation’s Capital 4:02.67, 2. Leah Smith, Unattached 4:04.67, 3. Becca Mann, NB 4:07.67; FLORIDA: 5. Stephanie Peacock, MV 4:08.23, 10. Melanie Margalis, SPA 4:11.52, 14. Vien Nguyen, SA 4:16.15, 23. Andreina Pinto, GSC 4:22.94.

MEN

200-meter butterfly:

1.Chase Kalisz, NBAC 1:58.07, 2. Michael Phelps, NBAC 1:58.38, 3. Grant Shoults, MVN 2:00.41; FLORIDA: 10. Sebastian Rousseau, GSC 2:02.10, 32. Dan Wallace, GSC 2:09.61.

50-meter freestyle:

1.Nathan Adrian, CAL 21.56, 2. Santo Condorelli, CANY 22.24, 3. Brad Tandy, FORD 22.27; FLORIDA: 4. George Bovell, CW 22.44, 8. Elvis Burrows, TP 22.86, 13. Renzo Tjon A Joe, Unattached 22.98, 53. Teo D’Alessandro, Princeton 23.84, 90. Kile Aukerman, SOFLO 25.00.

100-meter backstroke:

1.David Plummer,NYAC 52.85, 2. Grigory Tarasevich, LOU 54.28, 3. Arkady Vyatchanin,NYAC 54.45; FLORIDA: 4. Ryan Lochte, SwimMAC 55.24, 16. Dylan Carter, Unattached 56.97, 31. Pavel Sankovich, Club Seminole 57.96, 37. Niki Denisyako, GSC 58.48, 50. Sebastien Rousseau, GSC 59.68.

200-meter breaststroke:

1.Carlos Claverie, LOU 2:10.86, 2. Nicolas Fink, ABSC 2:10.93, 3. Cody Miller, BAD 2:13.91; FLORIDA: 41. Eduardo Solaeche-Gomez, GSC 2:25.98, 45. Matt Limbacher, T2 Aquatics 2:27.19, 47. Kile Aukerman, SOFLO 2:27.35, 54. Nick D’Innocenzo, GSC 2:29.28.

400-meter backstroke:

1.Conor Dwyer, TROJ 3:48.11, 2. Marcelo Acosta, Azura 3:53.57, 3. Connor Jaeger, CW 3:55.23; FLORIDA: 6. True Sweetser, GSC 3:58.19, 16. Joey Pedraza, RACE 4:07.43, 19. Dan Wallace, GSC 4:03.49, 43. Carlos Omana, GSC 4:08.46, 44. Alex Gomez, GSC 4:08.49.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

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SOFLO’s Heron, Capote Make Top Eight At FHSAA State 3A Meet

By Sharon Robb

November 13, 2015—Kelley Heron and Ryan Capote of Pembroke Pines Charter were top eight finishers for South Florida Aquatic Club Friday night at the Pinch-A-Penny FHSAA State 3A Swimming and Diving Meet at Sailfish Splashpark Aquatic Athletics Center in Stuart.

Heron, a sophomore, was third in the 100-yard backstroke in 57.39. She was second fastest qualifier after morning prelims in 57.09.

Heron was also fourth in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:07.02, after going 2:05.37 in prelims.

Capote, a senior, was fourth in the 100-yard freestyle in 46.78 after going 47.18 in prelims. He was sixth in the 50-yard freestyle in 21.22, equalling his prelim time.

SOFLO teammate Juan Lucas, a junior at Pembroke Pines Charter, was second in the “B” final and tenth overall in the 100-yard backstroke in 53.89, faster than his prelim time of 54.40.

Pembroke Pines Charter boys 400-yard freestyle relay team was seventh in 3:12.55 after going 3:10.84 in prelims with Andres Lares, Ryan Capote, Matthew Menocal and Bruno Berti.

Berti was also second in the “B” final and tenth overall in the 100-yard butterfly in 52.32 after going 52.99 in prelims. Lares was 14th in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:43.94 after going 1:43.80 in prelims and 15th in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:43.36 after going 4:38.73 in prelims.

The Doral Academy Firebirds boys swimming and diving team made history.

The Firebirds captured the school’s first-ever state title in any sport by winning the boys team title in a close finish with 186 points. Fort Lauderdale, after finishing seventh last season, was runner-up with 177.

Doral head coach and longtime Florida Gold Coast coach Cathy Silveira is the first woman head coach to capture a state swimming title in high school history.

In one of the most exciting races of the night, Doral won the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:25.23, finishing ahead of Fort Lauderdale in 1:25.29 with relay swimmers Adrian Moya, Adrian Aguilar, Alex Arrieta and Diego Faucher.

Doral’s runner-up finishes in the 200-yard medley relay (Adrian Aguilar, Mumy Llenin, Adrian Moya, Diego Faucher) and 400-yard freestyle relay (Moya, Arrieta, Aguilar, Faucher) clinched the title.

The Firebirds’ depth was key since they had no individual swimmers finish among the Top 3. A week earlier, Doral finished second to Fort Lauderdale at the Region 4-3A meet, 339-294.

Viktor Toth of Seabreeze and Hans Schroeder of Charlotte were double winners.

Toth knocked off Fort Lauderdale’s Raphael Marcoux to win the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races. Toth won the 50 in 20.59 and 100 free in 44.90, both All-American automatic times. The top four swimmers in the 50 and top three in the 100 all turned in either automatic or consideration All-American times.

Schroeder won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:38.94 and 100-yard backstroke in 48.70, both automatic All-American times.

Gainesville High School won the girls team title with 196 points and Bartram Trails was second with 166.

Gainesville won the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:38.87 with Savannah Buch, Alena Kraus, Yvette Smith and Jessie Jones and 400-yard freestyle in 3:30.95 with Monona Martin, Courtney Bryant, Smith and Kraus.

Kraus was also an individual event double winner for Gainesville, capturing the 200-yard freestyle in 1:47.86, an automatic All-American time and 100-yard freestyle in 50.78, a consideration time.

Sarah Rousseau of Viera won the girls 1-meter springboard diving title with 456.90 points.

Chiles’ Chase Lane won the boys 1-meter diving title with 479.60 points.

On Saturday, the Class 4A swimmers, including Cooper City freshman Kathleen Golding in her state meet debut, will compete.

FRIDAY STATE 3A RESULTS

GIRLS TEAM TOTALS

1.Gainesville 196, 2. Bartram Trail 166, 3. Pensacola Washington 162, 4. Creekside 141.5, 5. Estero 130, 6. Clearwater 119, 7. Chiles, 8. Barron Collier 102, 9. Niceville 101, 10. Osceola 91, 11. Fort Myers 73, 12. Fort Lauderdale 71, 15. Doral 60, 21. Martin County 42, 22. Pembroke Pines Charter 31.

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

200-yard medley relay:

1.Pensacola Washington (Brooke Ferrara, Heidi Schellin, Sophie Diagne, Peyton Parra) 1:47.28, 2. Bartram Trail 1:47.57, 3. Clearwater 1:49.42.

200-yard freestyle:

1.Alena Kraus, GAIN 1:47.86, 2. Kendall Brent, FTMY 1:49.55, 3. Kaitlyn Hauser, ESTO 1:50.88.

200-yard individual medley:

1.Summer Stanfield, BATR 2:03.31, 2. Grace Patrice, VENC 2:03.46, 3. Kayla Tennant, GUCO 2:04.47.

50-yard freestyle:

1.Abby Garner, BCOL 23.97, 2. Brooke Ferrara, WSHP 23.98, 3. Fatimah Westbrook, FTL 24.09.

100-yard butterfly:

1.Kayla Tennant, GUCO 55.42, 2. Lindsey Coheee, VANO 56.36, 3. Racine Ross, HH 56.50.

100-yard freestyle:

1.Alena Kraus, GAIN 50.78, 2. Abby Garner, BCOL 51.74, 3. Helena Heuberger, CLEA 52.41.

500-yard freestyle:

1.Kendall Brent, FTMY 4:47.45, 2. Katelyn Kilpatrick, VANO 4:54.06, 3. Stephanie Holmes, CHIL 4:54.71.

200-yard freestyle relay:

1.Gainesville (Savannah Buch, Alena Kraus, Yvette Smith, Jessie Jones) 1:38.87, 2. Creekside 1:39.07, 3. Niceville 1:39.18.

100-yard backstroke:

1.Helena Heuberger, CLEA 56.89, 2. Brooke Ferrara, WSHP 56.90, 3. Kelley Heron, PPC 57.39.

100-yard breaststroke

1.Morgan Ayers, CHIL 1:04.81, 2. Heidi Schelin, WSHP 1:05.51, 3. Fatimah Westbrook, FTL 1:05.93.

400-yard freestyle relay:

1.Gainesville (Monona Martin, Courtney Bryant, Yvette Smith, Alena Kraus) 3:30.95, 2. Bartram Trail 3;34.83, 3. Creekside 3:36.61.

1-meter springboard diving:

1.Sarah Rousseau, VIER 456.90, 2. Amber Brickey, OSC 443.20, 3. Ali Giuliani, EGAL 339.85.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS

1.Doral Academy 186, 2. Fort Lauderdale 177, 3. Creekside 162, 4. Belen Jesuit 147, 5. Chiles 144, 6. Gainesville 142, 7. Venice 134, 8. Atlantic Coast 126, 9. Pembroke Pines Charter 99, 10. Naples 91, 11. Charlotte 84, 12. Sickles 64, 16. Mater 37.

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

200-yard medley relay:

1.Belen Jesuit (Alejandro Carriazo, Juan Ramirez, Max Garcia del Pozo, Daniel Simpson) 1:34.60, 2. Doral Academy 1:34.80, 3. Chiles 1:36.48.

200-yard freestyle:

1.Hans Schroeder, CHAR 1:38.94, 2. Aitor Fungairino, BJES 1:39.06, 3. Nazareno Boscaino, SICK 1:40.01.

200-yard individual medley:

1.Julio Horrego, Mater Academy 1:51.09, 2. Seth Borgert, GAIN 1:51.64, 3. Gianmario Garcia, CREE 1:51.97.

50-yard freestyle:

1.Viktor Toth, SEAB 20.59, 2. Raphael Marcoux, FTL 20.63, 3. Philippe Marcoux, FTL 20.84.

100-yard butterfly:

1.Gianmario Garcia, CREE 50.33, 2. Max Garcia del Pozo, BJES 50.66, 3. Will Tabor, ATCO 50.68.

100-yard freestyle:

1.Viktor Toth, SEA 44.90, 2. Raphael Marcoux, FTL 45.23, 3. Philippe Marcoux, FTL 45.62.

500-yard freestyle:

1.Nazareno Boscaino, SICK 4:26.14, 2. Shawn Lemarie, NAPL 4:28.72, 3. Ludovico Boscaino, SICK 4:29.01.

200-yard freestyle relay:

1.Doral 1:25.23 (Adrian Moya, Adrian Aguilar, Alex Arrieta, Diego Faucher), 2. Fort Lauderdale 1:25.29, 3. Atlantic Coast 1:27.17.

100-yard backstroke:

1.Hans Schroeder, CHAR 48.70, 2. Jackson DeFore, VENC 49.41, 3. Seth Borgert, GAIN 51.54.

100-yard breaststroke:

1.Ryan Walker,BRRV 56.41, 2. Julio Horrego, MAT 56.73, 3. Al Madden, JENB 57.02.

400-yard freestyle relay:

1.Fort Lauderdale (Philippe Marcoux, James Dika, Tyler Zuyus, Raphael Marcoux) 3:05.14, 2. Doral 3:06.26, 3. Venice 3:11.08, 7. Pembroke Pines Charter (Andres Lares, Ryan Capote, Matthew Menocal, Bruno Berti) 3:12.55.

1-meter springboard diving:

1.Chase Lane, CHIL 479.60, 2. Mason Osborn, WHAV 405.85, 3. Taj Cole, LEON 372.90.

IF YOU GO

What: Pinch-A-Penny FHSAA State 4A Swimming and Diving Meet.

When: Saturday, 9 a.m., 5:30 p.m. finals

Where: Sailfish Splashpark Aquatic Athletics Center, 931 S.E. Ruhnke St., Stuart.

Admission: $9 per session, parking $5.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

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