SOFLO Swimmers Ready To Sizzle At Friday HAT Sizzler

By Sharon Robb

May 4, 2017—-Joseph-Blake Natino leads South Florida Aquatic Club’s six-swimmer contingent for the 8&Under Sizzler Meet hosted by Heritage Aquatic Team and American Heritage School Friday at American Heritage School in Plantation.

Blake, 8, will compete in all four sprint events for 7-8-year-olds.

Other SOFLO swimmers entered are Clara Bland, 7; Sofia Lugo, 8; Stefano Mazzi, 8; Ella Michael, 7; and Aryav Thakur, 8. All five will also compete in all four individual sprint events.

The pool features six short course racing lanes (25 yards x 25 meters) with separate warm-up and swim-down lanes.

The events in order are girls and boys 25-butterfly, 6-and-under and 7-8; girls and boys 25-yard backstroke, 6-and-under and 7-8; girls and boys 25-yard breaststroke, 6-and-under and 7-8; girls and boys 25-yard freestyle 6-and-under and 7-8; and 100-yard freestyle relay for 8-and-under.

Warm-up is 5 p.m. and competition begins 5:30 p.m.

IF YOU GO

What: 8&Under Sizzler Meet.

When: Friday, 5:30 p.m., warm-up 5 p.m.

Where: American Heritage School, 12200 W. Broward Blvd., Plantation.

Of note: Admission is $2 and heat sheet is $1. For more information call 954-325-0400.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

http://www.swim4soflo.com

SOFLO Swimmers Clean Up At MACM Invitational; Lane, Lesage Win Five Events

By Sharon Robb

May 3, 2017—South Florida Aquatic Club swimmers dominated this past weekend’s Metro Aquatic Club of Miami (MACM) Invitational at Tamiami Aquatic Center.

The three-day Florida Gold Coast long course meet featured teams mostly from Dade. SOFLO was the top Broward team.

Among SOFLO’s individual winners were:

Paige Lane won five events in the 13-14 age group division. She won the 50-meter butterfly, 30.84; 100-meter butterfly, 1:11.98; 50-meter freestyle, 28.95; 400-meter freestyle, 4:50.19; and 200-meter freestyle, 2:16.79

Fiorella DiSalvo won the 10-and-under 100-meter backstroke in 1:35.77.

Isabella DiSalvo won the 13-14 100-meter backstroke in 1:17.23.

Mia Escudero won the 11-12 100-meter breaststroke in 1:31.33.

Katrina Del Vecchio won the 13-14 200-meter individual medley in 2:39.17.

Lance Lesage led the boys team winning five events in the 13-14. He won the 50-meter backstroke, 30.57; 50-meter freestyle, 27.24; 200-meter individual medley, 2:28.84; 400-meter freestyle, 4:35.71; and 200-meter freestyle, 2:11.49.

Javier Colmenares won three 10-and-under events. He won the 100-meter butterfly, 1:22.54; 100-meter backstroke, 1:27.12; and 200-meter freestyle 2:33.34

SOFLO showed off its depth with several other swimmers finishing in the Top 10 including two event sweeps and several top three finishes.

MACM INVITATIONAL SOFLO TOP 10 RESULTS

GIRLS

50-meter butterfly:

13-14, 1. Paige Lane, SOFLO 30.84, 2. Katrina Del Vecchio, SOFLO 31.24, 4. Daniela Curbelo, SOFLO 32.24, 8. Jena Legaspi, SOFLO 36.85; 15-and-over, 2. Natasha Testa, SOFLO 32.41, 8. Maya Coffey, SOFLO 35.42.

100-meter butterfly:

13-14, 1. Paige Lane, SOFLO 1:11.98, 2. Isabella DiSalvo, SOFLO 1:14.52.

200-meter butterfly:

13-14, 2. Daniela Curbelo, SOFLO 2:35.81, 3. Jena Legaspi, SOFLO 2:59.24.

50-meter backstroke:

13-14, 2. Paige Lane, SOFLO 36.51, 3. Daniela Curbelo, SOFLO 37.12, 5. Michelle Ordonez, SOFLO 38.95; 15-and-over, 5. Maya Coffey, SOFLO 38.39.

100-meter backstroke:

10-and-under, 1. Fiorella Di Salvo, SOFLO 1:35.77; 13-14, 1. Isabella Di Salvo, SOFLO 1:17.23, 2. Kalin Hubbard, SOFLO1:22.43, 7. Emma Twombly, SOFLO 1:35.19.

200-meter backstroke:

13-14, 2. Isabella Di Salvo, SOFLO 2:44.74.

50-meter breaststroke:

13-14, 6. Sophia Bedoya, SOFLO 44.43; 15-and-over, 9. Natasha Testa, SOFLO 45.40.

100-meter breaststroke:

10-and-under, 3. Fiorella DiSalvo, SOFLO 1:49.44, 9. Sarah Vasquez, SOFLO 2:01.36; 11-12, 1. Mia Escudero, SOFLO 1:31.33; 13-14, 7. Sophia Bedoya, SOFLO 1:43.44.

50-meter freestyle:

13-14, 1. Paige Lane, SOFLO 28.95, 2. Katrina Del Vecchio, SOFLO 29.68, 4. Daniela Curbelo, SOFLO 31.37, 6. Fabiana Avendano, SOFLO 32.46, 11. Emma Twombly, SOFLO 33.38, 12. Jena Legaspi, SOFLO 33.74, 13. Michelle Ordonez, SOFLO 33.84; 15-and-over, 6. Maya Coffey, SOFLO 32.22, 13. Natasha Testa, SOFLO 33.75.

400-meter individual medley:

13-14, 2. Jena Legaspi, SOFLO 6:00.90.

200-meter individual medley:

10-and-under, 3. Sarah Vasquez, SOFLO 3:47.59; 11-12, 2. Mia Escudero, SOFLO 2:55.93; 13-14, 1. Katrina Del Vecchio, SOFLO 2:39.17, 3. Daniela Curbelo, SOFLO 2:41.20, 4. Paige Lane, SOFLO 2:46.15, 5. Isabella DiSalvo, SOFLO 2:47.03, 6. Jena Legaspi, SOFLO 2:52.52, 7. Kalin Hubbard, SOFLO 2:53.94, 8. Michelle Ordonez, SOFLO 2:57.57, 11. Sophia Bedoya, SOFLO 3:10.08, 12. Emma Twombly, SOFLO 3:16.38; 15-and-over, 4. Maya Coffey, SOFLO 2:53.44.

400-meter freestyle:

13-14, 1. Paige Lane, SOFLO 4:50.19, 2. Katrina Del Vecchio, SOFLO 4:58.22, 3. Daniela Curbelo, SOFLO 5:11.98, 8. Emma Twombly, SOFLO 5:41.19, 9. Sophia Bedoya, SOFLO 5:43.39.

200-meter freestyle:

11-12, 2. Mia Escudero, SOFLO 2:38.11; 13-14, 1. Paige Lane, SOFLO 2:16.79, 2. Katrina Del Vecchio, SOFLO 2:19.97, 3. Daniela Curbelo, SOFLO 2:24.98, 6. Jena Legaspi, SOFLO 2:37.43, 8. Emma Twombly, SOFLO 2:38.31, 13. Sophia Bedoya, SOFLO 2:48.75; 15-and-over, 5. Maya Coffey, SOFLO 2:31.24.

100-meter freestyle:

10-and-under, 3. Fiorella Di Salvo, SOFLO 1:24.06, 5. Sarah Vasquez, SOFLO 1:30.64; 11-12, 3. Mia Escudero, SOFLO 1:14.68; 13-14, 1. Paige Lane, SOFLO 1:02.63, 2. Katrina Del Vecchio, SOFLO 1:03.37, 3. Kalin Hubbard, SOFLO 1:08.87, 4. Emma Twombly, SOFLO 1:10.74, 6. Michelle Ordonez, SOFLO 1:12.38, 7. Jena Legaspi, SOFLO 1:12.44; 15-and-over, 3. Maya Coffey, SOFLO 1:09.67.

BOYS

50-meter butterfly:

13-14, 2. Lance Lesage, SOFLO 30.74, 4. Juan Colmenares, SOFLO 30.84.

100-meter butterfly:

10-and-under, 1. Javier Colmenares, SOFLO 1:22.54; 13-14, 4. Juan Colmenares, SOFLO 1:09.29, 10. Chris Vasquez, SOFLO 1:15.55.

50-meter backstroke:

13-14, 1. Lance Lesage, SOFLO 30.57, 4. Ty Lezotte, SOFLO 33.98, 5. Juan Colmenares, SOFLO 34.21.

100-meter backstroke:

10-and-under, 1. Javier Colmenares, SOFLO 1:27.12; 13-14, 1. Lance Lesage, SOFLO 1:06.40, 4. Mark Andre De Gracia, SOFLO 1:18.42; 15-and-over, 9. Gabriel Quiros, SOFLO 1:17.61.

200-meter backstroke:

13-14, 2. Ty Lezotte, SOFLO 2:40.78.

50-meter breaststroke:

13-14, 3. Mark Andre De Gracia, SOFLO 37.90, 4. Yannai Michael, SOFLO 37.95, 6. Juan Colmenares, SOFLO 38.61.

100-meter breaststroke:

13-14, 4. Mark Andre De Gracia, SOFLO 1:24.54.

200-meter breaststroke:

13-14, 3. Juan Colmenares SOFLO 3:02.18.

50-meter freestyle:

13-14, 1. Lance Lesage, SOFLO 27.24, 15. Yannai Michael, SOFLO 29.90, 16. Juan Colmenares, SOFLO 29.96.

100-meter freestyle:

13-14, 11. Chris Vasquez, SOFLO 1:06.09;15-and-over, 13. Gabriel Quiros, SOFLO 1:03.34

400-meter individual medley:

13-14, 3. Yannai Michael, SOFLO 5:37.59.

200-meter individual medley:

10-and-under, 2. Javier Colmenares, SOFLO 2:50.71; 13-14, 1. Lance Lesage, SOFLO 2:28.84, 3. Juan Colmenares, SOFLO 2:36.60, 11. Chris Vasquez, SOFLO 2:48.87

400-meter freestyle:

13-14, 1. Lance Lesage, SOFLO 4:35.71, 6. Juan Colmenares, SOFLO 4:55.38.

200-meter freestyle:

10-and-under, 1. Javier Colmenares, SOFLO 2:33.34; 13-14, 1. Lance Lesage, SOFLO 2:11.49, 3. Juan Colmenares, SOFLO 2:17.77, 7. Ty Lezotte, SOFLO 2:24.09.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

http://www.swim4soflo.com