FINA World Cup Series Final Leg In Singapore This Weekend; SOFLO’s Rojas Competes Saturday At Speedo Winter Championships

By Sharon Robb

November 17, 2017—Chad Le Clos of South Africa and Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden are expected to clinch the overall titles going into this weekend’s final leg of the FINA/Airweave World Cup Series in Singapore.

Both have huge leads and favored to clinch at the OCBC Aquatics Centre. If they clinch, they will be awarded $150,000.

Le Clos, a four-time Olympic medalist, leads the men’s standings with 402 points, a 129-point cushion.

Sjostrom, who won three gold medals at the Budapest World Championships, has 578 points, 132 points ahead of three-time Olympic gold medalist Katinka Hosszu of Hungary, the defending World Cup Series overall champion. It is the first time Sjostrom has done the entire World Cup circuit.

Four-time Jamaican Olympian Alia Atkinson of SOFLO is among the women’s field. Atkinson is coming off a win in the 200-meter breaststroke in 2:19.58 and 50-meter breaststroke. She has won 51 World Cup medals overall including 11 gold medals this year.

SPEEDO WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS

SOFLO’s Marc Rojas, 23, will compete in one event Saturday at the 27th annual Speedo Winter Championships at Plantation Aquatics Complex.

Rojas, who represents the Dominican Republic internationally, is seeded first in the 100-yard breaststroke in 55.70 among 25 swimmers in the open field.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com
http://www.swim4soflo.com

FINA/Airweave Swimming World Cup Series Continues Tuesday In Tokyo; Sjostrom, Le Clos Lead Series

By Sharon Robb

November 13, 2017—-Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden and Chad Le Clos of South Africa continue to lead the FINA/Airweave Swimming World Cup rankings going into the seventh leg Tuesday in Tokyo, Japan.

Sjostrom leads the women’s standings with 515 points followed by Katinka Hosszu of Hungary, 404, and Ranomi Kromowidjojo (227).

Le Clos leads the men’s series with 360 points ahead of Vladimir Morozov of Russia with 237 and Kirill Prigoda of Russia with 210.

On the second and final day of the Beijing, China leg on Saturday, four-time Jamaican Olympian Alia Atkinson, 28, of SOFLO won the 200-meter breaststroke in 2:19.58 against a less than stellar field. On Friday, she won the 50 breaststroke in 29.57.

It was her second gold medal of the meet. She has won 11 gold medals this year and 51 World Cup gold medals overall.

Also in Beijing, Le Clos won three gold medals over two days. Sjostrom also won three events.

American Michael Andrew broke a world junior record in the 100-meter individual medley in 51.86 and was second overall behind Morozov in 50.36, just .06 off his own world record.

The finals of the seventh leg in Tokyo will be live streamed on FINAtv. The series ends Nov. 18-19 in Singapore.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com
http://www.swim4soflo.com

2017 FINAL BROWARD COUNTY SWIMMING & DIVING HONOR ROLL, WEEK TEN

November 13, 2017

GIRLS

200-yard Medley Relay: 1. Pine Crest 1:46.38, 2. Cooper City 1:49.11, 3. Cypress Bay 1:50.15, 4. Westminster Academy 1:50.52, 5. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:53.00, 6. Fort Lauderdale 1:53.85, 7. Somerset 1:54.31, 8. Deerfield Beach 1:54.46, 9. Calvary Christian 1:54.98, 10. South Florida Heat 1:56.63; 2016 TOP TIME: Pine Crest 1:47.47 (Annabella Lyn, Hannah Virgin, Andrea Santander, Jamie Flores).

200-yard Freestyle: 1. Andrea Santander, PC 1:47.02, 2. Alexandra Meszaros, PC 1:52.69, 3. Rachel Contich, CALV 1:53.89, 4. Paige Lane, CB 1:53.98, 5. Annabella Lyn, PC 1:54.10, 6. Haley Cisewski, PC 1:55.73, 7. Ulrike Tovilla, CB 1:56.12, 8. Delaney Biro, CSCS 1:56.68, 9. Kasey Jordan, STA 1:56.87, 10. Marissa Brannan, PC 1:57.22, 11. Elizabeth Riley, CB 1:58.69, 12. Summer Schulte, PB 1:59.05; 2016 TOP TIME: Mary Smutny, South Florida Heat 1:46.62.

200-yard Individual Medley: 1. Kathleen Golding, CC 1:59.72, 2. Andrea Santander, PC 2:03.45, 3. Hannah Virgin, PC 2:07.17, 4. Kelley Heron, PPC 2:07.21, 5. Mary Smutny, SFH 2:08.79, 6. Molly Golding, CC 2:10.13, 7. Amanda Kopas, NSUS 2:10.39, 8. Emily Weiss, PC 2:10.92, 9. Lara Jones, PC 2:12.09, 10. JoJo Richter, WA 2:13.66, 11. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 2:14.50, 12. Jessica Nava, WA 2:15.64, 13. Adriana Gooding, SAGE 2:15.70, 14. Thea Mckenna, AHP 2:15.95; 2016 TOP TIME: Kathleen Golding, Cooper City 2:00.34.

50-yard Freestyle: 1. Cathy Cooper, AHP 23.53, 2. Rachel Botting, PC 23.64, 3. Jessica Nava, WA 23.84, 4. Gaby Banks, CB 23.88, 5. 6. Savannah Yates, CG 24.05, 7. Allora Williams, WES 24.14, 8. Racine Ross, FTL 24.24, 9. Solana Capalbo, CC 24.26, 10. Olivia Mason, AHP 24.53, 11. Marissa Brannan, PC 24.94, 12. Matea Smith, TAR 25.01, 13. Katrina Del Vecchio, SOM 25.06, 14. Emily Chen, DB 25.17, 15. JoJo Richter, WA 25.22, 16. Maya Coffey, WB 25.52, 17. Sarah Souza, CALV 25.71, 18. Anna Montgomery, PC 25.81, 19. Robyn Patton, CALV 25.85, 20. Emily Puia, STA 25.88; 2016 TOP TIME: Marta Ciesla, Pine Crest 22.61.

1-meter Springboard Diving: 1. Maia Goldstein, NSUS 529.85, 2. Ishani Singh, PC 496.70, 3. Olivia Rosen, DOUG 459.40, 4. Leanne Sheffer, SP 456.40, 5. Courtney Russo, CC 437.40, 6. Olivia Rosen, DOUG 421.60, 7. Sophia Souza, CALV 409.35, 8. Shiraz Shiff, PC 408.05, 9. Penelope Jacobson, DOUG 406.15, 10. Makenzie Blake, WA 383.85, 11. Lily Ehrlich, PB 380.45; TOP POINTS: 1. Karlee Price, St. Thomas Aquinas 523.95.

100-yard Butterfly: 1. Jessica Nava, WA 53.39, 2. Alexandra Meszaros, PC 55.79, 3. Racine Ross, FTL 56.73, 4. Mary Smutny, South Florida Heat 57.01, 5. Molly See, PC 58.04, 6. Esther Lin, PC 58.10, 7. Delaney Biro, CSC 58.27, 8. Katrina Del Vecchio, SOM 59.80, 9. Elizabeth Riley, CB 1:00.82, 10. Jacque Lugo, CB 1:00.89, 11. Gwen Bencie, PB 1:01.02, 12. Adriana Gooding, SAGE 1:01.49, 13. Isabella DiSalvo, SOM 1:01.73, 14. Simone Vale, PC 1:01.96; 2016 TOP TIME: Jessica Nava, Westminster Academy 53.45.

100-yard Freestyle: 1. Kathleen Golding, CC 49.79, 2. Andrea Santander, PC 49.99, 3. Jessica Nava, WA 51.07, 4. Rachel Botting, PC 52.05, 5. Cathy Cooper, AHP 52.34, 6. Solana Capalbo, CC 52.57, 7. Paige Lane, CB 52.82, 8. Annabella Lyn, PC 52.91, 9. Gaby Banks, CB 53.01, 10. Mary Smutny, SFH 53.14, 11. Haley Cisewski, PC 53.56, 12. Kasey Jordan STA 53.85, 13. Allora Williams, WES 53.98, 14. Olivia Mason, AHP 54.27, 15. Matea Smith, TAR 55.74, 16. Amanda Kopas, NSUS 55.87, 17. Thais Carrion, NSUS 56.13, 18. Hannah Virgin, PC 56.20, 19. Ulrike Tovilla, CB 56.28, 20. Sofia Sarros NSUS 56.53; 2016 TOP TIME: Marta Ciesla, Pine Crest 49.67.

500-yard Freestyle: 1. Rachel Contich, CALV 5:00.83, 2. Marissa Brannan, PC 5:02.99, 3. Anna Montgomery, PC 5:06.12, 4. Giulia Guerre Montes, FTL 5:07.31, 5. Molly See, PC 5:12.54, 6. Sarah Acevedo, EVER 5:13.36, 7. Summer Schulte, PB 5:14.18, 8. Ulrike Tovilla, CB 5:14.62, 9. Amanda Kopas, NSUS 5:15.33, 10. Barbara Bernal, CC 5:18.62, 11. Jessica Nava, WA 5:20.64, 12. Lara Jones, PC 5:21.59, 13. Megan Schimansky, CGL 5:22.17, 14. Adriana Rodriguez, CG 5:22.66, 15. Sara Quintero, SAGE 5:23.68, 16. Gabriella Chambers, STA 5:24.33, 17. JoJo Richter, WA 5:26.45; 2016 TOP TIME: Rachel Contich, Calvary Christian 5:00.32.

200-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Pine Crest 1:34.70, 2. Cooper City 1:39.23, 3. American Heritage Plantation 1:39.32, 4. Calvary Christian 1:40.63, 5. Westminster Academy 1:41.10, 6. NSU University School 1:42.69, 7. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:42.76, 8. Cypress Bay 1:42.94, 9. Pompano Beach 1:43.52, 10. Taravella 1:45.07, 11. Fort Lauderdale 1:45.67, 12. Cardinal Gibbons 1:47.78; 2016 TOP TIME: Pine Crest 1:35.13 (Andrea Santander, Alexandra Meszaros, Marissa Brannan, Marta Ciesla).

100-yard Backstroke: 1. Jessica Nava, WA 55.10, 2. Kelley Heron, PPC 57.10, 3. JoJo Richter, WA 58.15, 4. Gwen Bencie, PB 58.60, 5. Giulia Guerre Montes, FTL 58.67, 6. Mary Smutney, SFH 59.32, 7. Victoria Abad, SP 59.43, 8. Kayla Cunningham, EVER 59.60, 9. Megan Schimansky, CGL 1:00.01, 10. Simone Vale, PC 1:00.56, 11. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 1:00.79, 12. Emily Chen, DB 1:00.87, 13. Daniela Gomez, PC 1:00.92, 14. Annabella Lynn, PC 1:01.70, 15. Solana Capalbo, CC 1:01.89, 15. Lalainie Bannister, STA 1:02.23; 2016 TOP TIME: Jessica Nava, Westminster Academy 54.20.

100-yard Breaststroke: 1. Hannah Virgin, PC 1:03.89, 2. Savannah Yates, CG 1:05.75, 3. Esther Lin, PC 1:05.95, 4. Emily Weiss, PC 1:06.75, 5. Molly Golding, CC 1:06.84, 6. Gina Fimiano, STA 1:08.85, 7. Elise Larin, SOM 1:08.90, 8. Samantha Trodick, NOVA 1:09.01, 9. Sara Lin, PC 1:09.27, 10. Daniela Kim, CB 1:09.37, 11. Riley Botting, SFH 1:09.51, 12. Emme Ham, AHP 1:10.02, 13. Thea Mckenna, AHP 1:10.50, 14. Samantha Trodick, NOVA 1:10.73, 15. Victoria Torres, PPC 1:10.78, 16. Alicja Zielinski, NE 1:10.83, 17. Andrea Santander, PC 1:10.87, 18. Abigail Bush, STA 1:10.88; 2016 TOP TIME: Hannah Virgin, Pine Crest 1:04.06.

400-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Pine Crest 3:27.85, 2. Cypress Bay 3:38.29, 3. Somerset 3:43.37, 4. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:43.56, 5. American Heritage Plantation 3:44.04, 6. Cooper City 3:44.99, 7. NSU University School 3:45.62, 8. Fort Lauderdale 3:50.29, 9. Pompano Beach 3:56.01, 10. Coral Springs Charter 3:57.53; 2016 TOP TIME: Pine Crest 3:27.02.

WEEK TEN GIRLS POLL: 1. Pine Crest, 2. Cooper City, 3. Cypress Bay, 4. American Heritage Plantation, 5. Westminster Academy, Fort Lauderdale.

BOYS

200-yard Medley Relay: 1. Pine Crest 1:33.15, 2. Pembroke Pines Charter 1:38.22, 3. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:38.56, 4. Fort Lauderdale 1:38.92, 5. Cypress Bay 1:40.82, 6. Sagemont 1:42.32, 7. American Heritage Plantation 1:44.36, 8. NSU University School 1:44.49, 9. Coral Glades 1:45.13, 10. Douglas 1:45.39, 11. Deerfield Beach 1:45.88, 12. Pompano Beach 1:46.82, 13. Calvary Christian 1:47.31, 14. Western 1:47.89; 2016 TOP TIME: Pine Crest 1:35.80 (Elvis Kotikovski, Matthew Petreski, Nicholas Vale, Christian Soderberg).

200-yard Freestyle: 1. Daniel Jacobs, NSUS 1:39.37, 2. Andres Lares, PPC 1:41.17, 3. Carlos Vasquez-Moreno, STA 1:41.29, 4. Diego Machado, CB 1:41.53, 5. Rafael Rodriguez, PPC 1:43.03, 6. Heath Brames, CC 1:43.09, 7. Luis Bucaro, CB 1:43.10, 8. CJ Kopecki, AHP 1:43.72, 9. Chase Perry, WA 1:45.09, 10. Juan Diaz, CB 1:45.66, 11. Jack D’Avi, CB 1:45.94, 12. Alex Marrero, SB 1:47.15, 13. Nicholas Pacitti, AHP 1:47.30, 14. Andres McKeon, CS 1:47.34, 15. Kalvin Hernandez, STA 1:47.47; 2016 TOP TIME: Tyler Zuyus, Fort Lauderdale 1:39.32.

200-yard Individual Medley: 1. Patrick Groters, US 1:49.02, 2. Kevin De Grijz, FTL 1:52.45, 3. Ricardo Roche, PPC 1:53.46, 4. Juan Zapata, STA 1:55.20, 5. Jacob Silberman, PC 1:56.56, 6. Nicholas Vale, PC 1:57.11, 7. Joshua Hanks, PC 1:57.54, 8. Raphael Santos, PB 1:57.79, 9. Sam Quintero, SAGE 1:58.76, 10. Matthew Petreski, PC 1:59.26, 11. Leonardo Mateus, EVER 2:00.04, 12. Rafael Rodriguez, PPC 2:01.16, 13. Luis Villanueva, SAGE 2:01.23, 14. Elvis Kotikovski, PC 2:01.47, 15. Yona Rubin, FTL 2:01.66; 2016 TOP TIME: Patrick Groters, US 1:48.52.

50-yard Freestyle: 1. Nico Ferrara, PC 20.91, 2. Chase Perry, WA 21.00, 3. Mattheus Santos, PB 21.45, 4. Juan Serna, WB 21.54, 5. Nicholas Dworet, DOUG 21.62, 6. Robert Wilson, CC 21.81, 7. Kevin Porto, AHP 22.08, 8. Casey Moya, PPC 22.16, 9. Christian Carlson, CALV 22.17, 10. Dante Poe, PB 22.26, 11. Patrick Groters, NSUS 22.28, 12. Nick Dereils-Douglas, STA and Leo Manrique, CB 22.40, 14. Emilio Barrantes, DB 22.59, 15. Daniel Jacobs, NSUS 22.76, 16. Kalvin Hernandez, STA 22.78, 17. Ivan Capalbo, CC 22.83, 18. Alexander Meyer, CGL 22.85, 19. Nicholas Vale, PC 22.87, 20. Guy Bogoslavsky, DOUG 22.88, 21. Cameron Brown, SAGE 22.97; 2016 TOP TIME: Philippe Marcoux, FTL 20.70.

1-meter Springboard Diving: 1. Kevin Mendez, PC 537.00, 2. Hudson Coldren, CG 519.10, 3. Lyle Hayes-Macaluso, PC 488.15, 4. Blake Shaw, WA 487.35, 5. Connor Dietrich, DOUG 465.25, 6. Tyler Flowers, CC 429.65, 7. Dillon Kadish, NOVA 377.15, 8. Brandon Austin, NE 306.95; 2016 Top Points: 1. Zach Allen, Cardinal Gibbons 551.90.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Carlos Vasquez-Moreno, STA 49.71, 2. Nicholas Vale, PC 49.79, 3. Juan Zapata, STA 50.99, 4. Rafael Rodriguez, PPC 51.33, 5. Diego Machado, CB 51.84, 6. Kalvin Hernandez, STA 52.66, 7. CJ Kopecki, AHP 52.78, 8. Kevin De Grijze, FTL 52.97, 9. Juan Serna, WB 53.27, 10. Sam Bauta, SFH 53.43, 11. Luis Villanueva, SAGE 53.94, 12. Alexio Musleh, CGL 54.69, 13. Jacob Silberman, PC 54.79, 14. Robert Wilson, CC 54.89, 15. Nico Ferrara, PC 54.90, 16. Jose Diaz Lainez, WES 54.92; 2016 TOP TIME: Sebastian Vargas, American Heritage 50.87.

100-yard Freestyle: 1. Nico Ferrara, PC 45.60, 2. Chase Perry, WA 46.06, 3. Nicholas Dworet, DOUG 46.53, 4. Mattheus Santos, PB 46.90, 5. Heath Brames, CC 47.38, 6. Juan Serna, WB 47.49, 7. Kevin Porto, AHP 47.64, 8. Robert Wilson, CC 48.01, 9. David Blanco. CGL 49.05, 10. Nick Dereils-Douglas, STA 49.20, 11. Guy Bogoslavsky, DOUG 49.39, 12. Rafael Santos, PB 49.47, 13. Dante Poe, PB 49.62, 14. David Blanco, CGL 49.93, 15. Diego Jose Darquea-Juris, NSUS 50.13, 16. Ivan Capalbo, CC 50.21, 17. Ralph Meadows, FTL 50.81, 18. David Blanco, CGL 50.22; 2016 TOP TIME: Philippe Marcoux, FTL 44.61.

500-yard Freestyle: 1. Daniel Jacobs, NSUS 4:28.38, 2. Andres Lares, PPC 4:31.18, 3. Nicholas Pacitti, AHP 4:34.05, 4. Ricardo Roche, PPC 4:35.38, 5. Carlos Vasquez, STA 4:38.17, 6. Luis Bucaro, CB 4:39.14, 7. Raphael Santos, PB 4:42.40, 8. Patrick Groters, NSUS 4:43.19, 9. Leonardo Mateus, EVER 4:45.26, 10. Nicolas Rossi, AHP 4:46.23, 11. Andres McKeon, CS 4:46.72, 12. Daniel Escobar, AH 4:48.66, 13. Ronald Hache, PB 4:48.98, 14. Max Miller, CB 4:53.50, 15. Rafael Rodriguez, PPC 4:53.51; 2016 TOP TIME: Daniel Jacobs, US 4:30.64.

200-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Pompano Beach 1:27.80, 2. Pine Crest 1:27.84, 3. Cypress Bay 1:28.29, 4. NSUS 1:29.22, 5. Cooper City, 1:29.57, 6. Douglas 1:29.87, 7. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:31.98, 8. Fort Lauderdale 1:31.99, 9. Westminster Academy 1:32.53, 10. Calvary Christian 1:33.37, 11. Pembroke Pines Charter 1:33.66, 12. Deerfield Beach 1:33.87, 13. American Heritage Plantation 1:34.58, 14. South Broward 1:34.60; 2016 TOP TIME: Pine Crest 1:26.04, AA-C, (Nico Ferrara, Elvis Kotikovski, Nicholas Vale, Christian Soderberg).

100-yard Backstroke: 1. Patrick Groters, NSUS 50.18, 2. Elvis Kotikovski, PC 51.10, 3. Nicholas Vale, PC 51.47, 4. Ricardo Roche, PPC 52.58, 5. Lance Lesage, FTL 52.76, 6. Juan Diaz, CB 53.33, 7. Kyle-Anthony Kaufman, STA 53.45, 8. Juan Zapata, STA 53.62, 9. Alex Marrero, SB 53.90, 10. Christian Carlson, CALV 54.60, 11. Jose Diaz Lainez, WES 55.09, 12. Jack D’Avi, CB 57.19, 13. Alexandro Marquez, PB 57.20, 14. Patrick Doyle, CGL 57.43, 15. Sam Nimroozi, CC 57.61, 16. Chad Kersey, FTL 57.66, 17. Yesh Mandava, CB 57.95; 2016 TOP TIME: Patrick Groters, US 49.19.

100-yard Breaststroke: 1. Jacob Silberman, PC 58.16, 2. Kevin Grijze, FTL 58.39, 3. Matthew Petreski, PC 58.68, 4. Andrew Rogantinsky, SB 59.71, 5. Cameron Brown, SAGE 59.73, 6. Sam Quintero, SAGE 59.81, 7. Patrick Groters, NSUS 59.93, 8. Joshua Hanks, PC 1:00.01, 9. Yona Rubin, FTL 1:00.19, 10. Pablo Murillo, CB 1:00.79, 11. Joseph Lee, AHP 1:03.01, 12. Ricardo Roche, PPC 1:03.22, 13. Sam McCormick, CSC 1:03.65 and Shane Schulte, PB 1:03.65, 15. David Avalos, WB 1:04.01, 16. David Blanco, CGL 1:04.30, 17. Ethan Di Egidio, NBP 1:04.55, 18. Kyle Jones, DOUG 1:04.66, 19. tie, CJ Kopecki, AHP 1:04.79 and Renato Franchi Filho, NSUS 1:04.79; 2016 TOP TIME: Adan Diaz, Westlake Prep 56.67.

400-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Cypress Bay 3:11.47, 2. Pembroke Pines Charter 3:13.10, 3. Pompano Beach 3:13.35, 4. NSU University School 3:14.75, 5. Cooper City 3:15.26, 6. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:15.64, 7. American Heritage Plantation 3:15.98, 8. Pine Crest 3:16.81, 9. Westminster Academy 3:23.46, 10. Sagemont 3:24.68; 2016 TOP TIME: Pine Crest 3:08.04, AA-C (Christian Soderberg, Elvis Kotikovski, Nicholas Vale, Nico Ferrara).

WEEK TEN BOYS POLL: 1. Pine Crest, 2. Cypress Bay, 3. Pompano Beach, 4. American Heritage Plantation, Pembroke Pines Charter, NSU University School.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com for results and questions.

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Doral Academy, Pembroke Pines Charter Finish Among Top Five Boys Teams At FHSAA State 3A Meet

By Sharon Robb

STUART, November 11, 2017—Doral Academy and Pembroke Pines Charter, coached by two South Florida Aquatic Club age group coaches, finished among the top five boys teams Saturday night at the FHSAA State 3A Swimming and Diving Championships.

On a rainy and windy night at Sailfish Splashpark Aquatic Athletics Center, Doral Academy Firebirds finished runner-up with 157 points behind state champion Tallahassee Chiles with 320.

It was Chiles second straight title. Chiles returned depth and talent and did not miss any time out of the pool because of Hurricane Irma.

Pembroke Pines Charter’s boys team was fourth with 135 points, the program’s highest finish in school history.

The Doral Firebirds, buoyed by depth, took a first, second and third in the boys relays.

Doral won the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:08.83 with Adrian Aguilar, Nestor Montero, Vittorio Parravano and Aaron Rodriguez.

Doral was second behind Chiles in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:26.74 with Rodriguez, Parravano, David Montana and Aguilar.

The Firebirds opened the meet with a third place in the 200-yard medley relay behind Chiles and Naples in 1:36.76 with Montero, Santiago Gomez, Aguilar and Rodriguez.

Aguilar also placed second in the 100-yard butterfly in 50.10 behind Chiles’ Ryland Sun in 48.55.

Pembroke Pines Charter was led by Andres Lares, third in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:31.18 and third in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:41.17. It was his best finish at a state meet.

Pembroke Pines Charter’s 400-yard freestyle relay was fifth in 3:14.16 with Ricardo Roche, Sebastian Sevilla, Rafael Rodriguez and Lares. The Jaguars were also sixth in the 200-yard medley relay in 1:38.28 with Lares, Roche, Rodriguez and Casey Moya.

Rodriguez and Roche also finished among the top eight in individual events. Rodriguez, a sophomore, was sixth in the 100-yard butterfly in 51.50 and seventh in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:43.03. Roche, a senior, was seventh in the 200-yard individuaol medley in 1:54.16 and eighth in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:42.01.

The girls teams were less fortunate. Doral placed 13th with 68 points among a field of 48 teams. Pembroke Pines Charter tied for 25th with 27 points.

Creekside won the girls team title with 237 points.

Pembroke Pines Charter senior Kelley Heron was fifth in the 100-yard backstroke in 58.43 and sixth in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:08.17.

GIRLS TEAM TOTALS

1. St. John’s Creekside 237, 2. Bartram Trail 160, 3. Chiles 141, 4. Land O’Lakes 131, 5. Osceola 128, 6. Martin County 123, 7. Nease 120, 8. Gainesville 116, 9. Clearwater 94, 10. tie, Freedom, Seminole 86, 12. Fort Myers 84, 13. Doral Academy 68, 14. Washington 56, 15. Fort Lauderdale 49, 16. Gulf Coast 47, 17. Venice 41, 18. tie, Niceville, Estero 36, 20. Forest 35, 21. tie, Lincoln, Pensacola 33, 23. tie, Vanguard, Barron Collier 30, 25. tie, Braden River, Pembroke Pines Charter 27, 27. Lake Minneola 26, 28. Tampa King 21, 29. tie, Viera, Sebastian River 20, 31. Leon 19, 32. Atlantic Coast 18, 33. Jensen Beach 17, 34. tie, Robert E. Lee, Northeast 15, 36. tie, St. Augustine, East Lake, New Smyrna Beach 13, 39. Dixie Hollins 11, 40. Riverdale 10, 41. South Fork 9, 42. Mitchell 8, 43. Charlotte 7, 44. Lakeland 4, 45. tie, Mater Academy, Hialeah Miami Lakes 3, 47. Dwyer 2, 48. tie,Windermere, Hillsborough 1.

GIRLS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Creekside 1:46.58, 2. Gainesville 1:46.78, 3. Land O’ Lakes 1:48.13, 12. Fort Lauderdale 1:54.57 (Giulia Guerra Montes, Alexis Hicks, Diana Freshour, Racine Ross).

200-yard freestyle: 1. Alena Kraus, GAIN 1:47.33, 2. Stephanie Holmes, CHIL 1:51.27, 3. Kealyn Bowie, CHIL 1:51.97, 7. Stephanie Hernandez, DORAL 1:53.19.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Olivia McMurray, FTM 1:59.99, 2. Summer Stanfield, BATR 2:02.52. 3. Saige Kemeny, LINC 2:05.51, 6. Kelley Heron, PPC 2:08.17, 12. Stephanie Suarez, DORAL 2:10.30.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Chloe Grimme, SUN 23.11, 2. Ria Malhotra, NEAS 23.45, 3. Lia Campbell, CREE 23.86.

1-meter diving: 1. Sarah Rousseau, VIER 505.05, 2. Carina Lumia, OSC 440.15, 3. Olivia Ricard, GUCO 417.20.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Kristen Nutter, VEN 55.66, 2. Grace Molinaro, CLEA 56.25, 3. Racine Ross, FTL 56.73, 14. Jocelyn Ruiz, HML 59.46, 22. Sophia Diaz, DORAL 1:01.38

100-yard freestyle: 1. Alena Kraus, GAIN 50.02, 2. Chloe Grimme, SUN 51.18, 3. Sloan Sizemore, MART 51.84, 10. Stephanie Hernandez, DORAL 52.86.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Olivia McMurray, FTMY 4:50.44, 2. Elise Bauer, FORE 4:54.70, 3. Katelyn Kilpatrick, VANO 4:55.77, 24. Madeleine Peraza, DORAL 5:21.00.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Land O’ Lakes 1:36.88, 2. Creekside 1:37.03 3. Martin County 1:37.27, 8. Doral 1:43.11 (Stephanie Hernande, Stephanie Sequera, Sabrina Perna, Madeleine Peraza).

100-yard backstroke: 1. Helena Heuberger, CLEA 55.86, 2. Summer Stanfield, BATR 56.80, 3. Clara Williams, OSC 57.78, 5. Kelley Heron, PPC 58.43, 18. Jocelyn Ruiz, HML 1:01.54.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Matthew Limbacher, NAP 54.98, 2. Jackson Skigen, ATCO 57.18, 3. Chase Geheb, ELAK 57.30.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Bartram 3:30.09, 2. Creekside 3:30.23, 3. Osceola 3:35.60, 9. Doral 3:43.80 (Stephanie Hernandez, Madeleine Peraza, Stephanie Suarez, Stephanie Sequera).

BOYS TEAM TOTALS

1. Chiles 320, 2. Doral Academy 157, 3. Bartram Trail 153, 4. Pembroke Pines Charter 135, 5. Belen Jesuit 110, 6. Naples 109, 7. Barron Collier 105, 8. Creekside 103, 9. tie, Niceville, Venice 94, 11. Sebastian River 84, 12. Osceola 73, 13. Gainesville 68, 14. tie, Fort Lauderdale, Northeast 63, 16. Gulf Coast 62, 17. Atlantic 59, 18. Pensacola Washington 48, 19. Lincoln 44.5, 20. Martin County 38, 21. Vanguard, Pensacola High 35, 23. Jensen Beach 31, 24. Charlotte 29, 25. Land O’Lakes 24, 26. East Lake 23, 27. Viera 21, 28. Windermere 19, 29. Leon 18.5, 30. South Broward 18, 31. Lake Minneola 13.5, 32. Brandon 12, 33. Fort Myers 8, 34. Clearwater 7, 35. Mater Academy 6.5, 36. Kathleen 4.5, 37. Pace, 4, 38. East River 3, 39. Seminole 2.5, 40. Escambia 1.

BOYS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Chiles 1:33.94, 2. Naples 1:36.49, 3. Doral Academy 1:36.76 (Nestor Montero, Santiago Gomez, Adrian Aguilar, Aaron Rodriguez), 6. Pembroke Pines Charter 1:38.28 (Andres Lares, Ricardo Roche, Rafael Rodriguez, Casey Moya), 9. Fort Lauderdale 1:38.92.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Aitor Fungairino, BJ 1:34.89, 2. Quintin Scholz, NICE 1:41.16, 3. Andres Lares, PPC, 1:41.17, 7. Rafael Rodriguez, PPC 1:43.03, 10. Gregory Espinoza, DORAL 1:44.53.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Ricardo Martinez, OSC 1:49.51, 2. Jack Van Deusen, BATR 1:50.95, 3. Kevin De Grijze, FTL 1:52.45, 7. Ricardo Roche, PPC 1:54.16, 16. Nestor Montero, DORAL 2:00.41, 21. Santiago Gomez, DORAL 2:01.54.

50-yard freestyle: 1. John Yambor-Maul, CHIL 21.20, 2. Davis Olmsted, NAP 21.27, 3. Matthew Limbacher, NAP 21.47, 16. Casey Moya, PPC 22.16, 19. David Montana, DORAL 22.38, 20. Vittorio Parravano, DORAL 22.39.

1-meter diving: 1. Nathan Howse, BATR 433.30, 2. Taj Cole, LEON 429.20, 3. Jake Servaites, SB 425.55.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Ryland Sun, CHIL 48.55, 2. Adrian Aguilar, DORAL 50.10, 3. Coler Gutknecht GUCO 50.33, 6. Rafael Rodriguez, PPC 51.50, 13. Gregory Espinoza, DORAL 52.83.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Quinton Scholz, NICE 45.79, 2. Colton Gray NESP 46.36, 3. John Yambor-Maul, CHIL 46.37, 8. Aaron Rodriguez, DORAL 48.81, 16. Vittorio Parravano, DORAL 48.98.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Aitor Fungairino, BJ 4:25.73, 2. Jack VanDeusen, BATR 4:29.86, 3. Andres Lares, PPC 4:31.18, 8. Ricardo Roche, PPC 4:42.01, 9. Nestor Montero, DORAL 4:37.66.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Chiles 1:26.22, 2. Doral 1:26.74 (Aaron Rodriguez, Vittorio Parravano, David Montana, Adrian Aguilar), 3. Belen Jesuit 1:26.75.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Ryland Sun, CHIL 49.96, 2. Ethan McCloud, SBRI 51.120, 3. Ricardo Martinez, OSC 51.37.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Matthew Limbacher, NAP 54.98, 2. Jackson Skigen, ATCO 57.18, 3. Chase Geheb, ELAK 57.30.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Doral 3:08.83 (Adrian Aguilar, Nestor Montero, Vittorio Parravano, Aaron Rodriguez), 2. Bartram Trail 3:0892, 3. Venice 3:13.08, 5. Pembroke Pines Charter 3:14.16 (Ricardo Roche, Sebastian Sevilla, Rafael Rodriguez, Andres Lares).

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com
http:www.swim4soflo.com

Four Double Winners On Day One Of FINA World Cup In Beijing; Atkinson Wins Sprint Event

By Sharon Robb

November 11, 2017—On the opening day of the FINA/Airweave Swimming World Cup Friday in Beijing, China, four swimmers each won two gold medals.

In front of their hometown fans at the National Aquatic Center Water Cube, China’s Xu Jiayu and Zhang Yuei were double winners. World champions Katinka Hosszu of Hungary and Olympic gold medalist Chad Le Clos of South Africa also were double winners.

Xu won the 50-meter backstroke in 23.09 just ahead of Florida State alum Pavel Sankovich of Belarus in 23.11. He was also a member of the winning 4×50-meter medley relay.

Le Clos won the 200-meter freestyle in 1:41.81 and 100-meter butterfly in 49.18.

Hosszu, the Olympic and world champion, won the 100-meter backstroke in 56.34 and 100-meter individual medley in 57.50.

Four-time Jamaican Olympian Alia Atkinson, 28, of SOFLO won the 50-meter breaststroke in 29.57. It was her fifth consecutive win in the event this season. In her second and final event of Day One, she went 1:02.06 in the 100-meter individual medley and failed to medal.

Fifteen-year-old Wang Jianjiahe of China set a world junior record in the women’s 400-meter freestyle in 3:59.69.

Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom won the 50-meter freestyle in 23.40.

Daiya Seto of Japan broke the meet record in the 400-meter individual medley in 3:58.20. The previous record was 3:58.69.

The 2017 World Cup Series features eight stops with Beijing being the sixth. The last two stops are Tokyo and Singapore. The Beijing competition continues on Saturday.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com
http://www.swim4soflo.com

Cooper City’s Kathleen Golding Three-Peats, Wins State Title At FHSAA State 4A Meet

By Sharon Robb

STUART, November 10, 2017—-In front of a packed house at Sailfish Splashpark Aquatic Athletics Center on an electrifying Friday night, Kathleen Golding won another state title at the FHSAA State 4A Swimming and Diving Championships.

The Cooper City junior defended her title in the 200-yard individual medley in an automatic All-American time of 1:59.72, the only swimmer to crack 2 minutes in the field. It was her third consecutive state title in the challenging event.

“I had confidence since I had won it twice before,” Golding said. “I’m glad I did well and had a better time that was under two minutes.”

Golding was the only girl or boy swimmer from Broward County to capture a state title. She was also second in the 100-yard freestyle in a close race with Micayla Cronk of Flagler Palm Coast, 49.58-49.79. It was the first time she swam the 100 freestyle at state. In the past two state meets, her second event was the 100 butterfly.

Golding was a member of the Cowboys’ seventh place 200-yard medley relay that finished in 1:49.11 with teammates Solana Capalbo, Molly Golding and Barbara Bernal. She also anchored the tenth place 200-yard freestyle relay.

Cooper City was the top Broward girls team finisher placing eighth with 93 points. The next Broward girls finisher was Cypress Bay, 19th with 32 points. Cypress Bay was the top boys team, placing 11th with 79 points.

Jennifer Rodriguez of Hialeah Gardens had a Top 10 finish placing ninth in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:06.57.

Cypress Bay freshman Paige Lane was 11th in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:53.98 and 12th in the 100-yard freestyle in 52.97. Another freshman, Molly Golding of Cooper City was tenth in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:06.84.

Cooper City’s Heath Brames, making his first state meet appearance, was tenth in the 100-yard freestyle in 47.38. Brames also led off the Cowboys’ 200-yard freestyle relay that was ninth in 1:29.59 with teammates Ivan Capalbo, Mark Zhang and Robert Wilson.

Juan Diaz of Cypress Bay was 12th in the 100-yard backstroke in 53.56.

Park Vista senior Kyle DiMatteo ended his high school career with two state titles in the 50-yard freestyle in 20.42 and 100-yard freestyle in 44.45. The high school All-American is headed to Florida State next fall.

Jupiter’s Will Lefebre won the 1-meter diving title with 505.75 points.

Mandarin senior Keegan Fluharty, seeded second, won the girls diving title with 470.30. She is the first northeast Florida diver to win a state girls title since 2013 after placing sixth, sixth and fifth the past three seasons.

Gainesville Buchholz won the girls team title with 360.5 points, ahead of Tampa Plant with 273. Sarasota Riverview won the boys title with 278.5 points. Laker Brantley was second with 198.

The FHSAA state championships conclude on Saturday with the Class 3A finals with Pembroke Pines Charter and Doral Academy swimmers vying for state titles.

STATE 4A RESULTS
GIRLS TEAM TOTALS

1. Buchholz 360.5, 2. Tampa Plant 273, 3. Riverview 196, 4. Oviedo 161, 5. Palm Harbor 101, 6. Boca Raton 98, 7. Seminole 97, 8. Cooper City 93, 9. Lake Brantley 89, 10. Sarasota 78, 11. Forest Hill 69, 12. Mandarin 68, 13. Winter Park 65, 14. George Steinbrenner 63, 15. tie, Durant, Lakewood 44, 17. West Orange 43, 18. Dr. Philips 39, 19. Cypress Bay 32, 20. Strawberry 30, 21. Flagler Palm Coast 29, 22. Freedom 28.5, 23. Newsome 26, 24. tie, Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter 24, 26. Countryside 21, 27. Hialeah Gardens 19, 28. Wellington 16, 29. Olympia Winter Springs 15, 31. tie, Lake Nona, St. Petersburg 12, 33. Douglas 7, 34. Timber Creek 5, 35. tie, Bloomingdale, Hagerty, Western, Fleming Island, 4, 39. tie, Spanish River, Apopka, Vero Beach, Gateway 3.

GIRLS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Buchholz 1:42.34, 2. Tampa Plant 1:45.89, 3. Oviedo 1:47.78, 7. Cooper City 1:49.11 (Solana Capalbo, Molly Golding, Kathleen Golding, Barbara Bernal), 14. Hialeah Gardens 1:51.62 (Claudia Acosta, Jennifer Rodriguez, Daniela Curbelo, Jenneily Montes), 15. Cypress Bay 1:52.21 (Ellie Koch, Isabella Nigro, Paige Lane, Gaby Banks).

200-yard freestyle: 1. Isabel Ivey, BUCH 1:44.68, 2. Morgan Tankersley, TP 1:46.75, 3. Kensey McMahon, MAND 1:50.30, 11. Paige Lane, CB 1:53.98.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Kathleen Golding, CC 1:59.72, 2. Emma Weyant, RIVS 2:02.44, 3. Kirschtine Balbuena, BUCH 2:02.64, 18. Molly Golding, CC 2:11.74.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Talia Bates, BUCH 22.67, 2. Lexie Mulvihill, GEOS 23.16, 3. Abigail Gibbons, OVDO 23.24, 16. Solana Capalbo, CC 24.67.

1-meter diving: 1. Keegan Fluharty, MAND 470.30, 2. Kaleigh Dundov, BR 443.65, 3. Julia Wortman, WELL 441.75.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Talia Bates, BUCH 53.28, 2. Abigail Gibbons, OVDO 53.60, 3. Caroline Cooper, WP 53.99.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Micayla Cronk, FLPC 49.58, 2. Kathleen Golding, CC 49.79, 3. Kirschtine Balbuena, BUCH 50.82, 12. Paige Lane, CB 52.97, 16. Solana Capalbo, CC 54.12.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Morgan Tankersley, TP 4:44.75, 2. Emma Weyant, RIVS 4:45.11, 3. Kensey McMahon, MAND 4:45.85, 24. Sarah Acevedo 5:20.49.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Buchholz, 1:31.66, 2. Tampa Plant 1:34.35, 3. Seminole 1:37.03, 10. Cooper City 1:39.87 (Solana Capalbo, Barbara Bernal, Molly Golding, Kathleen Golding).

100-yard backstroke: 1. Caitlin Brooks, BUCH 52.65, 2. Celi Guzman, STRA 54.90, 3. Megan Murphy, FOHL 56.37, 23. Kayla Cunningham, EVER 1:00.26.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Isabel Ivey, BUCH 1:00.99, 2. Leah Gentry-Tuney, FROR 1:04.77, 3. Paige MacEachern, BR 1:05.10, 5. Victoria Miyamoto, BR 1:05.62, 9. Jennifer Rodriguez, HG 1:06.57, 10. Molly Golding, CC 1:06.84.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Buchholz 3:20.95, 2. Tampa Plant 3:24.16, 3. Riverview 3:30.87, 12. Cypress Bay 3:39.05 (Paige Lane, Ulrike Tovilla, Jacque Lugo, Gaby Banks).

BOYS TEAM TOTALS

1. Sarasota Riverview 278.5, 2. Lake Brantley 198, 3. Fleming Island 162, 4. Buchholz 150, 5. Seminole 139, 6. Olympia 126, 7. Oviedo 109, 8. Countryside 105, 9. Jupiter 93, 10. Boca Raton 83, 11. Cypress Bay 79, 12. St. Petersburg 68, 13. St. Thomas Aquinas 67, 14. Tampa Plant 53, 15. Palm Harbor 52, 16. Douglas 43, 17. Park Vista 41, 18. Strawberry 39.5, 19. Columbus 37, 20. Cooper City 31, 21. Sarasota 29, 22. George Steinbrenner 26, 23. Apopka 25, 24. tie, Winter Park, Dr. Phillips 24, 26. East Ridge 23, 27. West Port Ocala 21, 28. Lakewood 20, 29. DeLand 17, 30. Treasure Coast 16, 31. tie, Atlantic, Miami, 15, 33. Lake Worth 13, 34. Vero Beach 12, 35. Mandarin 11, 36. Spanish River 10, 37. tie, Braddock, West Broward 9, 39. tie, Boone, Lyman 7, 41. tie, Newsome, Miami Beach, Palmetto, George Jenkins, Fletcher 4, 4. tie, Spruce Creek, Santaluces, Lake Howell, 3, 49. Everglades, 2, 50. Southwest Miami 1.

BOYS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Lake Brantley 1:33.72, 2. Buchholz 1:33.99, 3. Sarasota Riverview 1:34.44.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Julian Hill, BUCH 1:37.68, 2. Brendan Firlie, RIVS 1:38.57, 3. Nick Hackett, FLEM 1:39.61, 17. Heath Brames, CC 1:43.59, 20. Juan Diaz, CB 1:45.66.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Robert Finke, COUN 1:47.41, 2. Gabe Parnell, LB 1:47.50, 3. Brett Riley, RIVS 1:50.97, 15. Leonardo Mateus, EVER 2:00.99.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Kyle DiMatteo, PV 20.42, 2. Jack Neeley, FLEM 21.10, 3. Luke Carey, OLYM 21.31, 9. Juan Serna, WB 21.54.

1-meter diving: 1. Will Lefebvre, JUP 505.75, 2. Emanuel Vazquez, DRPH 498.50, 3. Tyler Coffey, JUP 459.15.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Mason Wilby, BUCH 48.12, 2. Nick Hackett, FLEM 48.89, 3. Carlos Vasquez, STA 49.71.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Kyle DiMatteo, PV 44.45, 2. JJ Corrigan, RIVS 46.11, 3. Wesley Kephart, SMSA 46.25, 10. Heath Brames, CC 47.38, 19. Juan Serna, WB 48.08.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Robert Finke, COUN 4:18.74, 2. Brendan Firlie, RIVS 4:25.59, 3. Julian Hill, BUCH 4:28.31, 22. Leonardo Mateus, EVER 4:50.63.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Fleming 1:24.82, 2. Seminole 1:25.45, 3. Riverview 1:26.19, 7. Cypress Bay 1:28.29 (Leo Manrique, Juan Diaz, Diego Homes, Diego Machado), 9. Cooper City 1:29.59 (Heath Brames, Ivan Capalbo, Mark Zhang, Robert Wilson).

100-yard backstroke: 1. Joey Licht, COUN 49.56, 2. Mason Wilby, BUCH 49.58, 3. Brett Riley, RIVS 50.60, 12. Juan Diaz, CB 53.56.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Gabe Parnell, LB 56.07, 2. Hector Rodriguez, WP 56.88, 3. Daniel Varon, TRCO 57.01.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Riverview 3:05.23, 2. Lake Brantley 3:07.11, 3. Fleming Island 3:07.28, 7. Cypress Bay (Diego Machado, Luis Bucaro, Diego Homes, Juan Diaz), 14. Cooper City 3:16.25 (Ivan Capalbo, Nicolas Christakis, Heath Brames, Robert Wilson).

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com
http://www.swim4soflo.com

Doral Firebirds, Pembroke Pines Charter Swimmers Ready For Saturday’s FHSAA State 3A Meet; Doral Wins First Region 4-3A Boys’ Title

By Sharon Robb

STUART, November 9, 2017–Pembroke Pines Charter and Doral Academy swimmers, coming off good Region 4-3A showings, will try and continue the success at the FHSAA State 3A Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday at Sailfish Splashpark Aquatic Athletics Center.

Several swimmers are among top seeds.

Doral Academy’s Adrian Aguilar is top seed in the 100-yard butterfly in 50.18. The Firebirds’ boys 400-yard freestyle relay is seeded first in 3:11.04 and 200-yard freestyle relay is seeded second in 1:28.05.

Andres Lares of Pembroke Pines Charter is second seed in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:42.45 behind Belen Jesuit’s Aitor Fungairino. Lares is also seeded second in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:34.90. Teammate Rafael Rodriguez is fourth seed in the 100-yard butterfly in 52.04 and fifth seed in 1:44.42.

Ricardo Roche of Pembroke Pines Charter is also seeded second in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:54.77.

Kelley Heron of Pembroke Pines Charter is fourth seed in the 100-yard backstroke in 58.41.

REGION 4-3A

Doral Academy Firebirds made more history capturing its first-ever Region 4-3A boys’ team title.

The Firebirds topped a field of 18 teams from Dade, Broward and Palm Beach with 418 points, more than 200 points over defending champion Fort Lauderdale.

Martin County won the girls’ team title with 385 points and Doral Academy was runner-up with 303 points.

Doral swept all three boys relays, had two swimmers finish runner-up, David Montana and Aaron Rodriguez and two swimmers, Gregory Espinoza and Nestor Montero place third to add another major accomplishment to its swim program.

The Doral girls won the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays and had three swimmers, Stephanie Hernandez, Stephanie Suarez and Madeleine Peraza place second and one swimmer, Stephanie Sequera finish third.

Pembroke Pines Charter boys finished fourth with 241 points and girls finished fifth with 162 points.

Pembroke Pines Charter swimmers turned in several good swims.

Michigan State-bound Kelley Heron was a double winner in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:11.71 and 100-yard backstroke in 58.41.

Middle schooler Victoria Torres was fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:10.89.

Ricardo Roche won the 200-yard individual medley in 1:54.77 and was fourth in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:40.06.

Casey Mora won the 50-yard freestyle in 22.25.

Andres Lares won the 500-yard freestyle in 4:34.90 and second in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:42.45.

Rafael Rodriguez was second in the 100-yard butterfly in 52.04 and fourth in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:44.42.

Pembroke Pines Charter lost its’ girls 400-yard freestyle relay of Victoria Torres, Maria Herne Katherine DeBarros and Kelley Heron when a swimmer took off the blocks too early.

REGION 4-3A RESULTS
GIRLS TEAM TOTALS

1. Martin County 385, 2. Doral Firebirds 303, 3. Fort Lauderdale 296, 4. South Fork 168, 5. Pembroke Pines Charter 162, 6. Mater Academy 142, 7. Jensen Beach 136, 8. Northeast 123, 9. West Boca Raton 120, 10. Dwyer 113, 11. Terra Institute 97, 12. Nova 95, 13. South Broward 61, 14. Hialeah-Miami Lakes 49, 15. Okeechobee 16, 16. tie, Westland, Dillard 12, 18. Olympic Heights 2.

GIRLS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Martin County 1:52.17, 2. Fort Lauderdale 1:53.85, 3. Doral Academy 1:54.66.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Emily Miller, JB 1:53.96, 2. Stephanie Hernandez, DF 1:54.79, 3. Margot Parrilli, SF 1:59.90.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Kelley Heron, PPC 2:11.71, 2. Stephanie Suarez, DF 2:13.37, 3. Stephanie Sequera, DF 2:15.70.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Sloan Sizemore, MC 24.10, 2. Delaney Simpkins, MC 24.35, 3. Racine Ross, FTL 25.14.

1-meter diving: 1. Emma Slinkma, SF 409.65, 2. Aubrey Quintanilla, DWY 405.95, 3. Autumn Bros, MC 377.60.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Racine Ross, FTL 57.62, 2. Gabby Johnson, MC 58.61, 3. Jocelyn Ruiz, HML 59.01.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Sloan Sizemore, MC 52.06, 2. Delaney Simpkins, MC 52.79, 3. Emily Miller, JB 53.17.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Giulia Guerra Montes, FTL 5:09.78, 2. Madeleine Peraza, DF 5:26.73, 3. Emma Cavendish, DWY 5:32.99.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Doral Firebirds 1:42.83 (Stephanie Hernandez, Stephanie Sequera, Sabrina Perna, Madeleine Peraza), 2. Martin County 1:43.93, 3. Fort Lauderdale 1:45.67.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Kelley Heron, PPC 58.41, 2. Giulia Guerra Montes, FTL 59.03, 3. Gabby Johnson, MC 1:00.87.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Stephanie Suarez, DF 1:08.37, 2. Samantha Trodick, NOVA 1:09.01, 3. Alicja Zielinski, NE 1:10.83, 4. Victoria Torres, PPC 1:10.89

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Doral Firebirds 3:41.93 (Stephanie Hernandez, Madeleine, Stephanie Suarez, Stephanie Sequera), 2. Fort Lauderdale 3:50.29, 3. West Boca Raton 3:53.89.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS

1. Doral Firebirds 418, 2. Fort Lauderdale 270, 3. Martin County 259, 4. Pembroke Pines Charter 241, 5. Belen Jesuit 196, 6. Jensen Beach 184, 7. Terra Institute 117, 8. Mater Academy 107, 9. tie, Nova, South Broward 88, 11. West Boca Raton 69, 12. Northeast 53, 13. Westland Hialeah 32, 14. Olympic Heights 30, 15. South Fork 26, 16. Hialeah Miami Lakes 23, 17. Okeechobee 16, 18. Dwyer 1.

BOYS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Doral Firebirds 1:38.06 (Nestor Montero, Santiago Gomez, Adrian Aguilar, Aaron Rodriguez), 2. Pembroke Pines Charter 1:39.60 (Andres Lares, Ricardo Roche, Rafael Rodriguez, Casey Moya), 3. Fort Lauderdae 1:41.59.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Aitor Fungairino, BJ 1:38.08, AA-A 2. Andres Lares, PPC 1:42.45, 3. Andres Wong, BJ 1:42.79, 4. Rafael Rodriguez, PPC 1:44.42.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Ricardo Roche, PPC 1:54.77, 2. Kevin De Grijze, FTL 1:55.24, 3. Noah Proctor, MC 1:56.21, 4. Nestor Montero, DF 1:57.99.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Casey Mora, PPC 22.25, 2. David Montana, DF 22.33, 3. Michael Fernandez, WBR 22.38.

1-meter diving: 1. Michael Tsiopelas, MC 452.50, 2. Javier Saumell, BJ 431.20, 3. Dillon Kadish, NOVA 321.05.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Adrian Aguilar, DF 50.18, 2. Rafael Rodriguez, PPC 52.04, 3. Gregory Espinoza, DF 52.49.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Andres Wong, BJ 47.51, 2. Aaron Rodriguez, DF 48.40, 3. Hugo Marin, BJ 48.46.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Andres Lares, PPC 4:34.90, 2. Aitor Fungairino, BJ 4:35.04, 3. Nestor Montero, DF 4:39.92, 4. Ricardo Roche, PPC 4:40.06.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Doral Firebirds 1:28.05, 2. Belen Jesuit 1:29.50, 3. Jensen Beach 1:31.02, 6. Pembroke Pines Charter 1:36.01 (Sebastian Sevilla, Christian Vasquez, Martin Berti, Casey Moya).

100-yard backstroke: 1. Noah Proctor, MC 52.36, 2. Alex Marrero, SB 54.70, 3. Lance Lesage, FTL 55.01.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Kevin De Grijze, FTL 58.39, 2. Victor Valdes, MA 1:00.07, 3. Andrew Rogantinsky, SB 1:00.38.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Doral Firebirds 3:11.04 (Adrian Aguilar, Nestor Montero, Vittorio Parravano, Aaron Rodriguez), 2. Pembroke Pines Charter 3:15.91 (Ricardo Roche, Sebastian Sevilla, Rafael Rodriguez, Andres Lares), 3. Martin County 3:20.31.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com
http://www.swim4soflo.com

SOFLO Swimmers Shine At Sunrise Sizzler

By Sharon Robb

SUNRISE, November 9, 2017–South Florida Aquatic Club won the boys’ 8-and-under 100-yard freestyle relay and posted fifteen best times Friday at the Sunrise Swimming 8&Under Sizzler at Sunrise Civic Center Pool.

Seven SOFLO swimmers competed in the Sizzler which featured events for 6-and-under and 7-8 swimmers. Events were 25-yard sprint races in all four strokes and each age group and 8-and-under 100-yard freestyle relay.

The SOFLO group featured Jordan Evans, 6; Shelby Evans, 7; Martin Petkov, 8; Adrian Sowma, 8; Aryav Thakur, 8; Juan Vallmitjana, 8; and Oleksii Viazmetinov, 8.

SOFLO’s relay won in 1:13.30 ahead of Sunrise Swimming in 1:19.96.

Evans was the top SOFLO girls’ finisher with three third places in the 25-yard butterfly, 25-yard backstroke and 25-yard freestyle. She was also fourth in the 25-yard breaststroke.

Viazmetinov was the top SOFLO boys’ finisher with a third place in the 25-yard breaststroke, fourths in the 25-yard backstroke and 25-yard freestyle and eighth place in the 25-yard butterfly.

The Florida Gold Coast meet featured Azura Florida Aquatics, Bone Island Swim Club, Coral Springs, Cyclones, Hammerhead Aquatics, Pine Crest Swim Team, Plantation, SwimFast and host Sunrise Swimming.

FRIDAY RESULTS
GIRLS

25-yard butterfly: 6-and-under, 1. Athena Rilo, SUN 23.19; SOFLO: 3. Jordan Evans 26.97, time drop; 7-8, 1. Katja Milevska, Azura 17.15; SOFLO: 4. Shelby Evans 22.46.

25-yard backstroke: 6-and-under, 1. Uma Vogan, BISC 23.96; SOFLO: 3. Jordan Evans 25.58; 7-8, 1. Sabina LaPietra, PST 21.89; SOFLO: 7. Shelby Evans 23.73, time drop.

25-yard breaststroke: 6-and-under, 1. Athena Rilo, SUN 28.81; SOFLO: 4. Jordan Evans 29.31, time drop; 7-8, 1. Katja Milevska, Azura 21.80; SOFLO: 3. Shelby Evans 24.00, time drop.

25-yard freestyle: 6-and-under, 1. Athena Rilo, SUN 21.32; SOFLO: 3. Jordan Evans 25.03 7-8, 1. Katja Milevska, Azura 16.80; SOFLO: 4. Shelby Evans 18.99, time drop.

100-yard freestyle relay: 8-and-under, 1. Azura 1:18.72, 2. Sunrise Swimming 1:19.14, 3. Pine Crest 1:26.56.

BOYS

25-yard butterfly: 6-and-under, 1. Daniel Gil-Restrepo, CSSC 24.54; 7-8, 1. Adrian Rendon, UAZUR 14.84; SOFLO: 5. Juan Vallmitjana 19.94, 8. Alex Viazmetinov 21.75, time drop, 9. Aryav Thakur 22.27, time drop, 13. Adrian Sowma 24.07, time drop, 16. Martin Petkov.

25-yard backstroke: 6-and-under, 1. Daniel Gil-Restrepo, CSSC 25.46; 7-8, 1. Adrian Rendon, UAZUR 18.47; SOFLO: 4. Alex Viazmetinov 21.41, 7. Juan Vallmitjana 22.44, 9. Arya Thakur 2334, time drop , 15. Martin Petkov 24.43, time drop, 16. Adran Sowma 24.97.

25-yard breaststroke: 6-and-under, 1. Rhett Herring, HAFL 28.29; 7-8, 1. Adrian Rendon, UAZUR 19.45; SOFLO: 3. Alex Viazmetinov 23.37, time drop, 4. Juan Vallmitjana 23.56 9. Martin Petkov 25.91, 14. Aryav Thakur 28.20, 15. Adrian Sowma 28.91, time drop.

25-yard freestyle: 6-and-under, 1. Rhett Herring, HAFL 20.09; 7-8, 1. Adrian Rendon, UAZUR 14.32; SOFLO: 4. Alex Viazmetinov 17.21, time drop, 6. Juan Vallmitjana 17.40, 10. Aryav Thakur 18.77, time drop, 18. Martin Petkov 21.09, 22. Adrian Sowma 21.86, time drop.

100-yard freestyle relay: 8-and-under, 1. SOFLO 1:13.30, 2. Sunrise Swimming 1:19.96.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com
http://www.swim4soflo.com

Golding, Lane, Brames, Serna, Acevedo, Rodriguez Head Friday’s FHSAA State 4A Meet; Boca Raton Boys, Jupiter Girls Win FHSAA Region 3-4A Titles; Cypress Bay Sweeps Region 4-4A Meet

By Sharon Robb

STUART, November 9, 2017—Defending champion and top-seed Kathleen Golding of Cooper City heads the field for Friday’s FHSAA State 4A Swimming and Diving Championships at Sailfish Splashpark Aquatic Athletics Center.

Golding, a junior, is seeded first in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:02.51, an All-American consideration time. She is also in a three-way tie for second seed in the 100-yard freestyle in 50.90, also an All-American consideration time.

Golding is also a member of the Cowboys 200-yard medley, seeded third, and 200-yard freestyle, seeded ninth, relays.

Her younger sister, Molly Golding, will make her state meet debut on both relays and 200-yard individual medley and 100-yard breaststroke. Cooper City was 15th among girls teams last year and expected to move into the Top 10 this year.

Cooper City teammate Heath Brames, a senior, is seeded eighth in the boys’ 100-yard freestyle in 47.48 and tenth in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:43.09.

Brames will also swim lead-off on the seventh-seeded 200-yard freestyle relay with teammates Ivan Capalbo, Mark Zhang and Robert Wilson. Cypress Bay has the same seed time of 1:29.57 with Leo Manrique, Juan Diaz, Diego Homes and Diego Machado. Brames is on the 12th-seeded 400-yard freestyle relay.

Paige Lane, a freshman at Cypress Bay, is making her state meet debut. She is seeded 18th in the 100-yard freestyle in 53.67 and 19th in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:55.39. Lane is also a member of the sixth-seeded 200-yard medley relay and tenth seeded 400-yard freestyle relay.

Region champion Cypress Bay is among girls teams favored to challenge defending state champion Buchholz that won with 276 points. Tampa Plant was second with 204, the only two teams to crack 200 points. Cypress Bay was 30th last year with 15 points.

Juan Serna of West Broward is seeded sixth in the 50-yard freestyle in 21.77 and ninth in the 100-yard freestyle in 47.49. Serna is the only swimmer from West Broward.

Hialeah Gardens sophomore Jennifer Rodriguez is seeded sixth in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:06.52. She is also a member of the 200-yard medley relay.

Everglades freshmen Kayla Cunningham and Sarah Acevedo will also make their state meet debuts. Cunningham, a region champion, will make her state meet debut seeded 20th in the 100-yard backstroke in 59.60. Acevedo, a region runner-up, is seeded 24th in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:13.36.

Everglades sophomore Leonardo Mateus is seeded 18th in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:45.09 and 22nd in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:01.20. Cypress Bay senior Juan Diaz is seeded 12th in the 100-yard backstroke in 53.69 and 20th in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:45.20.

REGION 4-4A MEET

Cooper City’s Kathleen Golding and Heath Brames were double winners at the Region 4-4A Swimming and Diving Championships at the Boca Raton Aquatic Center.

Golding won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:02.51 and 100-yard freestyle in 50.90.

Brames won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:43.09 and 100-yard freestyle in 47.48.

Cooper City swept the diving titles. Sophomore Courtney Russo won the girls 1-meter diving title with 407.65, the only diver to crack 400 points. Freshman Tyler Flowers won with 429.65.

Everglades freshman Sarah Acevedo was outstanding in the 500-yard freestyle to qualify for her first state meet. She was second in 5:13.36, just behind Coral Reef junior Sidney Starman in 5:11.34. Acevedo was also sixth in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:01.32.

Everglades freshman Kayla Cunningham won her first region title in the 100-yard backstroke in 59.60, the only swimmer to break 1 minute.

Cypress Bay swept the boys and girls team titles and Cooper City was runner-up in both the boys and girls divisions.

GIRLS TEAM RESULTS

1. Cypress Bay 455, 2. Cooper City 271, 3. Coral Reef 218, 4. Hialeah Gardens 178, 5. Miami Palmetto 171, 6. tie, Everglades, Miami Beach 146, 8. Western 132, 9. Ferguson 113, 10. Coral Gables 99, 11. Braddock 76, 12. West Broward 63, 13. Southwest 38, 14. Hialeah 34, 15. Dr. Krop 29, 16. McArthur 27, 17. tie, Our Lady of Lourdes, Flanagan 17, 19. Miami Killian 13, 20. South Dade 6, 21. American 1.

GIRLS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Cooper City 1:49.70 (Solana Capalbo, Molly Golding, Kathleen Golding, Barbara Bernal), 2. Cypress Bay 1:50.15, 3. Hialeah Gardens 1:51.89.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Paige Lane, CB 1:55.39, 2. Ulrike Tovilla, CB 1:56.12, 3. Sidney Starman, CR 1:57.11.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Kathleen Golding, CC 2:02.51, AA-C, 2. Molly Golding, CC 2:10.13, 3. Anelis Roque, FERG 2:12.90.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Gaby Banks CB 23.89, 2. Allora Williams, WES 24.27, 3. Solana Capalbo, CC 24.38.

1-meter diving: 1. Courtney Russo, CC 407.65, 2. Cecilia Bernardi, CB 372.85, 3. Sofia Gross, WES 355.80.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Shannelle Gonzalez, HIA 58.03, 2. Anelis Roque, FERG 58.39, 3. Angelina Roque, FERG 59.02.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Kathleen Golding, CC 50.90, AA-C, 2. Solana Capalbo, CC 52.70, 3. Gaby Banks, CB 53.01.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Sidney Starman, CR 5:11.34, 2. Sarah Acevedo, EVER 5:13.36, 3. Ulrike Tovilla, CB 5:14.62.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Cooper City 1:40.00 (Solana Capalbo, Barbara Bernal, Molly Golding, Kathleen Golding), 2. Cypress Bay 1:42.94, 3. Coral Reef 1:44.94.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Kayla Cunningham, EVER 59.60, 2. Angelina Roque, FERG 1:00.11, 3. Madison Schain, MP 1:01.15.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Jennifer Rodriguez, HG 1:06.52, 2. Molly Golding, CC 1:07.24, 3. Daniela Kim, CB 1:09.70.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Cypress Bay 3:38.29 (Paige Lane, Ulrike Tovilla, Jacque Lugo, Gaby Banks), 2. Hialeah Gardens 3:41.93, 3. Coral Reef 3:43.61.

BOYS TEAM RESULTS

1. Cypress Bay 347, 2. Cooper City 226, 3. Columbus 184, 4. Braddock 159, 5. Coral Reef 151, 6. Hialeah Gardens 147, 7. Palmetto 144, 8. West Broward 130, 9. Miami Southwest 108.5, 10. Miami Beach 99, 11. Western 78, 12. South Dade 71.5, 13. Miami 70, 14. Coral Gables 63, 15. Ferguson 59, 16. Everglades 40, 17. Dr. Krop 30, 18. Varela 23, 19. Hialeah 20, 20. tie, Flanagan, Miami Killian 16.

BOYS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Braddock 1:41.68, 2. Hialeah Gardens 1:43.08, 3. Miami Palmetto 1:45.01.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Heath Brames, CC 1:43.09, 2. Diego Machado, CB 1:43.10, 3. Luis Bucaro, CB 1:44.71.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Brandon Vives, COL 1:57.47, 2. Alejandro Timp, BRAD 2:00.20, 3. Dominic Bono, CR 2:00.30.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Juan Serna, WB 21.77, 2. Robert Wilson, CC 22.11, 3. Alejandro Gonzalez. SD 22.34.

1-meter diving: 1. Tyler Flowers, CC 429.65.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Diego Machado, CB 52.19, 2. Brandon Vives, COL 52.21, 3. John Torres, BRAD 52.57.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Heath Brames, CC 47.48, 2. Juan Serna, WB 47.49, 3. Robert Wilson, CC 48.38.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Roberto Valdes, MP 4:39.68, 2. Andres Vargas, SWM 4:40.07, 3. Luis Bucaro, CB 4:41.57.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. tie, Cypress Bay 1:29.57 and Cooper City 1:29.57, 3. Columbus 1:31.34.

100-yard backstroke: 1. John Torres, BRAD 53.18, 2. Juan Diaz, CB 53.69, 3. Jose Diaz Lainez, WES 54.57.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Teolio Darias, MIA 1:00.68, 2. Pablo Murillo, CB 1:00.78, 3. Jose Hermida, CR 1:01.66.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Cypress Bay 3:12.54, 2. Cooper City 3:16.52, 3. Columbus 3:17.64.

REGION 3-4A MEET

Boca Raton boys and Jupiter girls won the team titles at the Region 3-4A Swimming and Diving Championships at Boca Raton Aquatic Center.

The boys team won the region team title for the eighth consecutive year with 336 points. St. Thomas Aquinas was runner-up with 301 and Jupiter was third with 260.

The girls team was third with 285 points. Jupiter won the team title with 388 and St. Thomas Aquinas was runner-up with 288.5.

Against a fast, competitive field from Palm Beach and Broward, the Bobcats broke three school records. They were:

Freshman Paige MacEachern, winning the 200-yard individual medley in 2:06.11, breaking the previous record of 2:06.13 set by Natalie Pike in 2003. MacEachern was also second in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:06.52.

Junior Cameron Taddonio, winning the 500-yard freestyle in 4:31.70 breaking the previous mark of 4:34.22 set by Brady Eldridge in 1993. It was also Taddonio’s first USA Swimming junior national cut. Taddonio was also second in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:41.79.

Senior Jose Garcia, winning the 100-yard backstroke in 52.40 breaking the old record of 52.54 set by Alejandro Vassallo in 2013. Garcia was also second in the 100-yard butterfly in 51.06.

The boys relied on talent and depth to win the region crown. The Bobcat girls were just as successful with a win in the 200-yard medley relay and two individual victories.

The top two in each event plus relay winners automatically advanced to Class 4A state meet on Friday at Sailfish Splashpark Aquatic Athletics Center in Stuart. The remaining qualifiers were chosen on the next fastest times in region meets around the state.

REGION 3-4A RESULTS
BOYS TEAM TOTALS

1. Boca Raton 336, 2. St. Thomas Aquinas 301, 3. Jupiter 260, 4. Park Vista 177, 5. Douglas 169, 6. Spanish River 149, 7. Coral Glades 138, 8. Wellington 113, 9. Vero Beach 103, 10. Deerfield Beach 86, 11. Coral Springs 80, 12. Atlantic 63, 13. Taravella 60, 14. Seminole Ridge 51, 15. Treasure Coast 35, 16. tie, Lake Worth, South Plantation 34, 18. Santaluces 31.

BOYS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:38.56, 2. Boca Bobcats 1:39.05 (Jose Garcia, Cameron Taddonio, Ben Fleishman, Ryan Nordheim), 3. Jupiter 1:30.23.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Carlos Vasquez-Moreno, STA 1:41.29, 2. Cameron Taddonio, BR 1:41.79, 3. Jovan Maduro, SAN 1:46.75, 6. Eric Matheus, BR 1:47.43, 11. David Genz, BR 1:51.74, 12. Arda Aktarma, BR 1:54.07.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Juan Zapata, STA 1:55.23, 2. Caleb Petranchuk, JUP 2:01.17, 3. Kyle-Anthony Kaufman, STA 2:03.57, 19. Lorant Domokos, BR 2:16.60

50-yard freestyle: 1. Kyle DiMatteo, PV 20.89, 2. Charlie Gijsendorfer, LW 21.50, 3. Nicholas Dworet, DOUG 21.98, 4. Kyle Tatton, BR 22.11, 7. Ryan Nordheim, BR 22.60, 18. Tadas Seniuta, BR 23.77, 19. Bobby Wotton, BR 24.07.

1-meter diving: 1. Will Lefebvre, JUP 491.70, 2. Tyler Coffey, JUP 490.85, 3. Luke Stivers, ATL 439.35, 7. Nicholas Weber, BR 369.60, 8. Spencer Johnson, BR 302.70, 9. Wyatt Johnson, BR 297.10.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Carlos Vasquez-Moreno, STA 50.32, 2. Jose Garcia, BR 51.06, 3. Juan Zapata, STA 51.65, 15. Ben Fleishman, BR 57.27.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Kyle DiMatteo, PV 45.21, 2. Charlie Gijsendorfer, LW 47.15, 3. Nicholas Dworet, DOUG 47.53, 6. Kyle Tatton, BR 48.75, 7. Eric Matheus, BR 48.84, 12. Ryan Nordheim, BR 50.38.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Cameron Taddonio, BR 4:31.70, school record, 2. Andres McKeon, CS 4:46.72, 3. Drake Gil, SR 4:57.34, 8. Arda Aktarma, BR 5:09.60, 17. Brian Farias, BR 5:28.64, 20. Teagan Peck, BR 5:38.80.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Jupiter 1:29.01, 2. Douglas 1:30.59, 3. Boca Bobcats 1:30.65 (Eric Matheus, Tadas Seniuta, Ryan Nordheim, Kyle Tatton).

100-yard backstroke: 1. Jose Garcia, BR 52.40, school record, 2. Kyle-Anthony Kaufman, STA 53.45, 3. Ethan Roach, SR 54.56, 9. Tadas Seniuta, BR 59.34, 13. Ben Fleishman, BR 1:01.85, 15. Lorant Domokos, BR 1:04.05.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Daniel Varon, TC 1:00.09, 2. Michael Hartshorne, JUP 1:00.33, 3. David Blanco, CGL 1:04.30, 4. David Genz, BR 1:04.51, 21. Mark Mahady, BR 1:13.07.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Boca Bobcats 3:15.43 (Kyle Tatton, Tadas Seniuta, Cameron Taddonio, Eric Matheus), 2. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:15.94, 3. Park Vista 3:19.52.

GIRLS TEAM TOTALS

1. Jupiter 388, 2. St. Thomas Aquinas 288.5, 3. Boca Raton 285, 4. Wellington 212, 5. Vero Beach 208.5, 6. Forest Hill 176 7. Park Vista 136, 8. Taravella 112, 9. Deerfield Beach 79, 10. Palm Beach Central 76, 11. Coral Glades 69, 12. Douglas 59, 13. Palm Beach Gardens 53, 14. South Plantation 36, 15. Seminole Ridge 32, 16. Spanish River 31, 17. Atlantic 30, 18. Santaluces 20, 19. Monarch 10, 20. Coral Springs 8, 21. Lake Worth 7, 22. Treasure Coast 6, 23. Fort Pierce Central 3.

GIRLS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Boca Bobcats 1:50.69 (Paige MacEachern, Monika Seniuta, Victoria Miyamoto, Caroline Nordheim), 2. Forest Hill 1:51.18, 3. Jupiter 1:52.05.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Anna Auld, FH 1:53.02, 2. Elizabeth Richardson, VB 1:54.05, 3. Erika Wesch, JUP 1:54.61, 8. Naomi Glanzman, BR 2:00.31, 21. Elizabeth Johnson, BR 2:08.50, 22. Shelley Sikes, BR 2:10.71, 23. Jillian Fisher, BR 2:12.57.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Paige MacEachern, BR 2:06.11, school record, 2. Victoria Miyamoto, BR 2:07.60, 3. Ryan Flynn, FH 2:10.64, 19. Gabriella Castillo, BR 2:34.41, 21. Gabriella Genz, BR 2:36.26.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Megan Murphy, FH 24.14, 2. Caroline Nordheim, BR 24.75, 3. Matea Smith, TAR 25.01, 11. Channing Keith, BR 26.01.

1-meter diving: 1. Julia Wortman, WELL 478.08, 2. Olivia Seminara, PBG 445.80, 3. Haley Fekee, JUP 426.65, 7. Kaleigh Dundov, BR 416.85, 9. Grace Koenig, BR 385.60, 18. Aubrey Schnars, BR 216.10.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Ashley Cozad, WELL 58.51, 2. Ella Gates, PV 58.78, 3. Chloe Griskie, JUP 1:00.93, 10. Naomi Glanzman, BR 1:02.73, 12. Monika Seniuta, BR 1:03.11.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Elizabeth Richardson, VB 53.64, 2. Kasey Jordan, STA 54.60, 3. Caroline Nordheim, BR 54.65, 12. Channing Keith, BR 57.95, 23. Zyara Luciano, BR 1:04.55.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Anna Auld, FH 4:55.10, 2. Erin Tague, PBG 5:07.37, 3. Erika Wesch, JUP 5:10.52, 11. Shelley Sikes, BR 5:41.46.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Jupiter 1:40.91, 2. Vero Beach 1:41.98, 3. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:42.76, 7. Boca Raton 1:45.72 (Elizabeth Johnson, Jillian Fisher, Naomi Glanzman, Channing Keith).

100-yard backstroke: 1, Megan Murphy, FH 56.48, 2. Hana Song, JUP 58.99, 3. Ella Gates, PV 59.19, 13. Elizabeth Johnson, BR 1:05.56, 14. Jillian Fisher, BR 1:06.29.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Victoria Miyamoto, BR 1:05.66, 2. Paige MacEachern, BR 1:06.52, 3. Ryan Flynn, FH 1:07.57, 7. Monica Seniuta, BR 1:10.22.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Jupiter 3:38.99, 2. Boca Raton 3:41.53 (Caroline Nordheim, Monika Seniuta, Paige MacEachern, Victoria Miyamoto), 3. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:43.56.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com
http://www.swim4soflo.com

Bolles Sweeps FHSAA State 1A Titles, Makes History; Quintero Swims Best Times

By Sharon Robb

STUART, November 8, 2017—Jacksonville Bolles made a little more history Saturday night at the FHSAA State 1A Swimming and Diving Championships at Sailfish Splashpark Aquatic Center.

Bolles won a national record 30th consecutive boys team title surpassing the national record of 29 held by Punahou of Hawaii (from 1958 to 1986). The girls won their 27th state title without winning an event.

Bolles boys won by more than 100 points with 350. The girls won with 333.5 points. Pine Crest was the top Broward finisher, placing second among girls with 288 and fourth among boys teams with 187 points.

Trinity Prep also made history. Trinity Prep became the first 1A team other than Bolles to win both the boys 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays. Bolles had won the 400 relay 29 years in a row. Trinity Prep edged Bolles, 3:03.03-3:04.10. It was also only the third time since 1990 Bolles did not win the 200 relay.

“It was huge, very historic,” Trinity Prep coach Rocco Aceto told the Orlando Sentinel. “My phone lit up like a Christmas tree with coaches calling from all over the country.”

Ariel Spektor led Bolles with two individual wins in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:47.25 and 100-yard butterfly in 48.20. He also led the winning 200-yard medley relay.

Despite Bolles dominance among teams, there were several outstanding swims by Broward County athletes.

Westminster Academy senior Jessica Nava defended her 100-yard butterfly title with a state record performance in 53.39, an automatic All-American time. She broke her own record of 53.46 set last year. She also won the 100-yard backstroke in 55.10.

Pine Crest sophomore Andrea Santander won the 200-yard freestyle in an automatic All-American time of 1:47.02. She was also second in the 100-yard freestyle in 49.99.

Pine Crest won the 400-yard freestyle relay in an automatic All-American time of 3:27.85 with Santander, Annabella Lyn, Marissa Brannan and Alexandra Meszaros.

NSU University School senior Patrick Groters ended his high school career in style winning the 100-yard backstroke in 50.23. He was second in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:49.02. Longtime teammate Daniel Jacobs, also a senior, was second in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:28.38 and third in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:39.37.

Pine Crest senior Nico Ferrara was third in the 100-yard freestyle in 45.60 and fourth in the 50-yard freestyle in 20.91.

South Florida Aquatic Club’s Sam Quintero, at age 12 one of the youngest swimmers in the field, swam lifetime-bests in two events for Sagemont. Quintero was 14th in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:59.24. He was also 14th in the 100-yard breaststroke in 59.96. He also swam the breatstroke leg of the 200-yard medley relay that finished 12th in 1:42.32 with teammates Luis Villanueva, Samuel Cesin-Salazar and Cameron Brown.

Julia Podkoscielny of Pine Crest made her state meet debut and finished 24th in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:16.76 and 22nd in the 100-yard backstroke in a lifetime-best time 1:00.79. The seventh grader was the only middle schooler in the girls’ field.

Broward County swept the 1-meter diving titles. Sophomore Maia Goldstein of NSU University School won her second girls title with 486.45 points.

Pine Crest eighth grader Kevin Mendez, who overcame a broken toe this season, defended his title in the boys competition with 537 points.

STATE 1A RESULTS
GIRLS TEAM TOTALS

1. Jacksonville Bolles 333.5, 2. Pine Crest 288, 3. St. Andrew’s 208.5, 4. Trinity Christian 161, 5. Lake Highland Prep 156, 6. Montverde 131, 7. Berkeley Prep 114, 8. Tampa Prep 96, 9. Trinity Prep 82, 10. tie, Westminster Academy, Community School 73; Other local teams: 12. Benjamin 62, 16. King’s Academy 39, 17. Calvary Christian 38, 18. NSU University School 34, 19. Oxbridge 31.

GIRLS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Bolles 1:44.48, 2. St. Andrew’s 1:44.64, 3. Lake Highland Prep 1:45.75.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Andrea Santander, PC 1:47.02, 2. Nicole Gomez, TC 1:48.59, 3. Jillian Santiago, CMOO 1:50.70.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Christin Rockway, TC 2:00.02, 2. Alessandra Baldari, BEN 2:01.28, 3. Jen Secrest, OXB 2:01.99.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Kaitlyn Schorr, MONT 22.89, 2. Chade Nercisio, TC 22.93, 3. Abby Burke, LH 23.33.

1-meter diving: 1. Maia Goldstein, NSUS 486.45, 2. Nicole Stambo, BERK 452.90, 3. Ishani Singh, PC 445.45.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Jessica Nava, WA 53.39, 2. Maddy Burt, STJN 53.62, 3. Alessandra Baldari, BEN 53.77.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Kaitlyn Schorr, MONT 49.90, 2. Andrea Santander, PC 49.99, 3. Chade Nercisio, TC 50.22.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Christin Rockway, TC 4:49.90, 2. Nicole Gomez, TCLW 4:53.23, 3. Leah DeGeorge, BOLL 4:55.22.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Pine Crest 1:34.70, 2. Trinity Christian 1:35.47, 3. Bolles 1:35.67.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Jessica Nava, WA 55.10, 2. Anna Freed, BRCH 55.41, 3. Gabriela Donahue, BERK 55.67.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Shayna Fetes, STA 1:02.40, 2. Hannah Virgin, PC 1:04.32, 3. Katherine Baker, BOLL 1:05.17.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Pine Crest 3:27.85, 2. Bolles 3:28.17, 3. Trinity Christian 3:28.62.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS

1. Jacksonville Bolles 350, 2. St. Andrew’s 202, 3. Trinity Prep 193, 4. Pine Crest 187, 5. Berkeley Prep 173, 6. NSU University School 108, 7. Montverde 98, 8. Episcopal 94.5, 9. Clearwater Central 94, 10. Out of Door 90; Other local teams: 12. King’s Academy 85, 18. Westminster Academy 39, 19. Ransom Everglades 38, 24. Sagemont 18, 32. Miami Country Day 4, 35. American Heritage Delray Beach 1.

BOYS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Bolles 1:31.58, 2. St. Andrew’s 1:31.86, 3. Pine Crest 1:33.15, 15. Sagemont 1:42.79 (Luis Villanueva, Sam Quintero, Samuel Cesign-Salazar, Cameron Brown).

200-yard freestyle: 1. Hayden Curley, LH 1:37.81, 2. Coleman Kramer, STED 1:39.36, 3. Daniel Jacobs, NSUS 1:39.37.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Ariel Spektor, BOLL 1:47.25, 2. Patrick Groters, NSUS 1:49.02, 3. Paul DeGrado, BOLL 1:51.42, 15. Sam Quintero, SAGE 1:58.76, time drop.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Cole Crane, EPIS 20.40, 2. Izaak Bastian, STA 20.56, 3. Lucas De Oliveira, MONT 20.85.

1-meter diving: 1. Kevin Mendez, PC 537.00, 2. Ben Blizard, WIND 477.40, 3. Nick Carlin, TP 477.35.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Ariel Spektor, BOLL 48.20, 2. Cole Crane, EPIS 48.44, 3. Jake Adcock, BOLL 49.70.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Luke Uttley, TRIN 45.35, 2. Jan Collazo Torres, TRIN 45.54, 3. Nico Ferrara, PC 45.60.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Hayden Curley, LH 4:21.92, 2. Daniel Jacobs, NSUS 4:28.38, 3. Coleman Kramer, STED 4:30.60.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Trinity Prep 1:23.64, 2. St. Andrew’s 1:24.73, 3. Bolles 1:25.22.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Patrick Groters, NSUS 50.23 2. Martin Baffico, OUTD 50.68, 3. Joshua Zuchowski, KINGS 50.70.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Izaak Bastin, STA 54.54, 2. Paul DeGrado, BOLL 54.90, 3. Ryaan Hatoum, BERK 56.65, 15. Sam Quintero, SAGE 59.81, time drop.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Trinity Prep 3:03.03, 2. Bolles 3:04.10, 3. St. Andrew’s 3:10.33.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com
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