By Sharon Robb
May 21, 2017—-South Florida Aquatic Club dominated the final two sessions of the Gulliver Summer Invitational on Sunday at Gulliver Prep Aquatics Center.
SOFLO’s depth and talent took center stage, particularly in the girls and boys 11-12 age groups.
SOFLO swept nine of the top 11 spots in the girls’ 11-12 50-meter backstroke with eight swimmers dropping times. Sofia Osorio, 12, was top finisher placing second in 37.51 with a time drop of 1.54.
SOFLO girls also had seven swimmers in the top 12 of the 11-12 50-meter butterfly, with six dropping time.
SOFLO boys swept the top five places in the 11-12 200-meter individual medley.
SOFLO boys took ten of the top 12 spots in the 11-12 50-meter backstroke with eight time drops.
SOFLO boys took nine of the top 10 spots in the 11-12 100-meter freestyle with eight time drops.
In the boys’ 11-12 50-meter butterfly, SOFLO had five of the top seven places all with time drops.
SOFLO’s individual event champions were:
Anastasia Lutz, 10, 10-and-under, 100-meter freestyle, 1:16.81, time drop of 12.58. She was also third in the 200 IM in 3:13.43 with a drop of 45.49 and third in the 100 breaststroke with a drop of 16.37.
Zackary Harris, 12, 11-12, 200-meter individual medley, 2:38.70, time drop of 1.84.
Moises Rodriguez, 12, 11-12, 50-meter backstroke, 35.18.
Lance Lesage, 14, open, 100-meter backstroke, 1:04.74, time drop of 1.44.
Alessandro Pereira, 10, 10-and-under, 100-meter freestyle, 1:08.82, time drop of 3.55; 100-meter breaststroke, 1:33.04.
Enrique Rodriguez, 12, 11-12, 100-meter freestyle, 1:03.73, time drop of 2.41.
Christopher Hau, 12, 11-12, 100-meter breaststroke, 1:23.66, time drop of 20.97.
SOFLO had 59 boys and 53 girls compete in 569 individual events during the three-day meet. All events were timed finals. No team scores were kept.
In addition to SOFLO and host Gulliver Swim Club, other Florida Gold Coast teams that competed included AquaKids Sharks, Azura, Miami Swimming, Metro Aquatics, Heritage Aquatics, Swim Fort Lauderdale, FIU, Hurricanes, Sunrise and North Miami.
SUNDAY SESSION FOUR AND FIVE RESULTS
GIRLS
200-meter individual medley:
10-and-under, 1. Giovanna Musiello, Gulliver 3:01.18; SOFLO: 3. Anastasia Lutz 3:13.43, time drop, 4. Fiorella Di Salvo 3:14.21, time drop, 7. Mary Sawyer, 3:20.00, time drop; 11-12, 1. Olivia Dinehart, AquaKids Sharks 2:39.05; SOFLO: 4. Valerie Vank 2:48.19, time drop, 6. Sofia Osorio 2:51.71, time drop, 8. Sabrina Osorio 2:53.44, time drop, 11. Kerry Cunningham 3:08.59, time drop; Open, 1. Allison Kopas. SFTL 2:29.18; SOFLO: 5. Daniela Curbelo 2:37.07, time drop, 8. Molly Golding 2:37.28, 9. Katrina Del Vecchio 2:37.48, 10. Mallory Schleicher 2:38.46, time drop.
50-meter backstroke:
10-and-under, 1. Erika Pelaez, Miami Swimming 33.19; SOFLO: 4. Fiorella DiSalvo 44.05, 8. Giada Porven 45.44, time drop, 12. Mary Sawyer 48.51, time drop; 11-12, 1. Sophia Diaz, Metro Aquatics 35.70; SOFLO: 2. Sofia Osorio 37.51, time drop, 4. Kaitlyn Barrios 40.06, time drop, 5. Leah Pando 40.68, time drop, 6. Mariann Catalasan 40.70, time drop, 7. Kailey Smith 41.88, time drop, 8. Victoria Torres 42.11, 9. Kerry Cunningham 42.66, time drop, 10. Alexis Christensen 42.81, time drop, 11. Natalia Sibug 43.11, time drop.
100-meter backstroke:
Open, 1. Roxanne Yu, Hurricanes 1:08.00; SOFLO: 2. Kayla Cunningham 1:12.13.
100-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. tie, Anastasia Lutz, SOFLO, 1:16.81, time drop and Giovanna Musiello, Gulliver 1:16.81; SOFLO: 3. Mary Sawyer 1:20.06, time drop, 11. Sarah Vasquez 1:29.58, 12. Giada Porven 1:30.05; 11-12, 1. Olivia Dinehart, AquaKids Sharks 1:04.19; SOFLO: 7. Sabrina Osorio 1:11.34, time drop, 8. Victoria Torres 1:12.34, 9. Kaitlyn Barrios 1:12.68, time drop, 10. Alexis Christensen 1:15.64, time drop; Open, 1. Letizia Bertelli, FIU 59.40; SOFLO: 7. Paige Lane 1:01.88.
100-meter breaststroke:
10-and-under, 1. Reese Rosenthal, Gulliver 1:41.77; SOFLO: 3. Anastasia Lutz 1:43.77, time drop, 4. Fiorella DiSalvo 1:46.63, time drop, 10. Annie Schulze 1:59.32, time drop, 11. Anvitaa Pottigari 1:59.65; 11-12, 1. Olivia Dinehart, AquaKids Sharks 1:23.41; SOFLO: 2. Sabrina Osorio 1:27.38, time drop, 3. Valerie Vank 1:27.57, 4. Victoria Torres 1:28.70, 6. Leah Pando 1:37.62, best time, 8. Natalia Sibug 1:38.92, time drop, 10. Mariann Catalasan 1:41.19, time drop.
200-meter breaststroke:
Open, 1. Nicole Hunnewell, FIU 2:46.42; SOFLO: 4. Molly Golding 2:53.60, 11. Valerie Vank 3:05.67.
50-meter butterfly:
10-and-under, 1. Erika Pelaez, Miami Swimming 32.03; SOFLO: 7. Giada Porven 42.19, time drop; 11-12, 1. Sophia Diaz, Metro Aquatics 32.61; SOFLO: 3. Sofia Osorio 35.49, time drop, 4. Luna Delgado 37.08, time drop, 5. Kaitlyn Barrios 38.35, time drop, 6. Kailey Smith 39.66, time drop, 7. Celeste Estrada 41.34, time drop, 10. Carleigh Schleicher 44.74, time drop, 12. Kaitlyn Consuegra 48.27.
100-meter butterfly:
Open, 1. Mary Smutny, AquaKids Sharks 1:03.96; SOFLO: 6. Paige Lane 1:09.26, 8. Katrina Del Vecchio 1:10.00, time drop, 10. Daniela Curbelo 1:10.22, time drop.
400-meter freestyle:
Open, 1. Mary Smutny, AquaKids Sharks 4:29.92; SOFLO: 4. Mallory Schleicher 4:46.55, time drop, 6. Paige Lane 4:48.54, 8. Katrina Del Vecchio 4:54.85, time drop, 10. Kayla Cunningham 4:56.57, time drop, 11. Daniela Curbelo 4:58.20, time drop.
BOYS
200-meter individual medley:
10-and-under, 1. Jason Cuffe, SFTL 2:52.56; SOFLO: 4. Jonathan Lozano 3:03.91, time drop, 12. Luca Hincapie 3:29.53; 11-12, 1. Zackary Harris, SOFLO 2:38.70, time drop; SOFLO: 2. Alejandro Mateus 2:40.58, time drop, 3. Christopher Hau 2:43.32, time drop, 4. Moises Rodriguez 2:51.43, time drop, 5. Nathaniel Garrick 2:54.35; Open, 1. Miguel Cancel, Gulliver 2:12.75; SOFLO: 11. Sebastian Lares 2:26.57, time drop.
50-meter backstroke:
10-and-under, 1. Julian Laezcano, Metro Aquatics 40.12; SOFLO: 6. Derek Hau 44.53, time drop, 7. Owen Smith 44.61, time drop, 8. Luca Hincapie 45.37, 10. Brandon Rios 47.28; 11-12, 1. Moises Rodriguez, SOFLO 35.18; SOFLO: 2. Enrique Rodriguez 35.56, time drop, 3. Logan Gonzalez 35.68, 4. Christopher Hau 36.57, time drop, 5. Diego Dulieu 37.03, time drop, 6. Christian Tijero 37.12, time drop, 8. Lucas Porven 39.77, time drop, 9. Sebastian Shy 45.35, time drop, 11. Alan Cortinas 45.51, 12. Steven Sawyer 45.56.
100-meter backstroke:
Open, 1. Lance Lesage, SOFLO 1:04.74, time drop; SOFLO: 3. Leonardo Mateus 1:06.70, 10. Nicolas Munoz 1:10.16, time drop.
100-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Alessandro Pereira, SOFLO 1:08.82, time drop; SOFLO: 3. Javier Colmenares 1:09.72, time drop, 8. Owen Smith 1:21.90; 11-12, 1. Enrique Rodriguez, SOFLO 1:03.73, time drop; SOFLO: 2. Alejandro Mateus 1:05.66, time drop, 3. Diego Dulieu 1:06.59, time drop, 4. Moises Rodriguez 1:07.88, 5. Logan Gonzalez 1:08.13, time drop; 6. Christian Tijero 1:09.37, time drop, 7. Nathaniel Garrick 1:11.00, time drop, 8. Samuel Bullen 1:13.24, time drop, 10. Lucas Porven 1:14.05, time drop; Open, 1. Nikita Tretyakov, SFTL 52.83; SOFLO: 6. Michael Arias 56.96, time drop, 7. Luke Lezotte 57.08.
100-meter breaststroke:
10-and-under, 1. Alessandro Pereira, SOFLO 1:33.04; SOFLO: 2. Javier Colmenares 1:33.31, time drop, 5. Jonathan Lozano 1:46.71, time drop, 8. Derek Hau 1:48.11, time drop; 11-12, 1. Christopher Hau, SOFLO 1:23.66, time drop; SOFLO: 2. Zackary Harris 1:26.48, time drop, 3. Enrique Rodriguez 1:28.42, time drop, 4. Logan Gonzalez 1:28.69, 5. Samuel Bullen 1:29.67, time drop, 6. Alejandro Mateus 1:32.48, time drop.
200-meter breaststroke:
Open, 1. Marcelo Lauzurique, Gulliver 2:33.78; SOFLO: 6. Yannai Michael 2:43.79, time drop.
50-meter butterfly:
10-and-under, 1. Jason Cuffe, SFTL 32.79; SOFLO: 2. Alessandro Pereira 35.30, time drop, 5. Javier Colmenares 36.58, time drop, 6. Jonathan Lozano 41.25, 7. Owen Smith 41.44, 8. Luca Hincapie 42.23, 9. Derek Hau 42.73, time drop; 11-12, 1. David Chavez, Miami Swimming 31.69; SOFLO: 2. Zackary Harris 32.67, time drop, 3. Christian Tijero 35.28, time drop, 5. Diego Dulieu 35.69, time drop, 6. Lucas Porven 36.45, time drop, 7. Nathaniel Garrick 36.83, time drop.
100-meter butterfly:
Open, 1. Nikita Tretyakov, SFTL 56.85.
400-meter freestyle:
Open, 1. Miguel Cancel, Gulliver 4:13.77.
Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com