Handal, DiSalvo, Rossi Lead SOFLO At XX FLA International Cup

By Sharon Robb

PEMBROKE PINES, June 26, 2018—John Paul Handal, Fiorella Di Salvo and Nicolas Rossi were top finishers for South Florida Aquatic Club at the XX FLA International Cup at Academic Village Swimming Pool.

Handal, 15, won the 200-meter butterfly in a best time 2:21.80. He shaved 2.55 seconds off his previous best of 2:24.35. Handal finished with 15 points in high point and was SOFLO’s lone individual champion.

Handal was also ninth in the 100-meter breaststroke in a best time 1:16.95, dropping 1.10 seconds off his previous best. He was eighth in the 50-meter butterfly in 29.75.

Di Salvo, 10, was the only SOFLO swimmer in the Top 10 of high point finishing with 22 points in the 10-and-under age group category.

Di Salvo’s best finish was second place in the 400-meter freestyle in a best time 5:29.16, dropping 6.85 seconds off her previous best. She had four best times in the five events she swam. She had third, fourth, fifth and sixth place finishes.

Also in the 400-meter freestyle, Nicolas Rossi, 15, finished fourth in 4:31.92 and earned 15 points.

Juancamilo Rivero, 15, was fifth in the 200-meter butterfly in a best time 2:34.09, dropping 14.90. He was ninth in the 50-meter butterfly in 30.90. He earned five points.

Other Top 10 SOFLO finishers:

Ruth Kauffman, 15, 200-meter backstroke, sixth, 2:54.20, time drop 6.86, three points.

Sofia Gonzalez, 12, 50-meter breaststroke, sixth, 41.70; 200-meter backstroke, seventh, 2:53.78, time drop 5.83; 100-meter breaststroke, eighth, 1:31.53, six points.

Manuel Melendez, 14, 50-meter backstroke, seventh, 33.83; 50-meter breaststroke, seventh 36.96, four points.

Nicolas Munoz, 15, 50-meter backstroke, eighth 32.37, five points.

Matthew Kim, 13, 200-meter breaststroke, eighth, 3:07.76, time drop 8.79, one point.

Reagan Lowe, 12, 200-meter backstroke, eighth, 2:54.02; 100-meter freestyle, ninth 1:10.06, time drop 1.62, 11 points.

Stefano Mazzi, 10, 50-meter butterfly, eighth, 41.96; 200-meter backstroke, 3:10.88, eight points.

Matt McVeigh, 10, 50-meter breaststroke, fifth, 49.66; 50-meter backstroke, ninth, 45.06, one point.

Anastasia Lutz, 11, 200-meter freestyle, ninth, 2:14.17.

Caterina Fogli, 10, 50-meter butterfly, ninth, 46.98.

Marcos Vazquez, 15, 100-meter backstroke, ninth, 1:10.21, time drop 1.54; 100-meter butterfly, tenth, 1:06.44, time drop 0.96.

Alessio Mazzi, 11, 200-meter backstroke, tenth, 3:22.64.

Pilar Duranti, 10, 50-meter butterfly, tenth, 46.99, time drop 0.51.

Sophia Bedoya, 15, 50-meter breaststroke, tenth 43.43.

Marvan Ekanayake, 11, 200-meter backstroke, fifth, 2:56.01; 50-meter backstroke, ninth, 38.89, four points.

Hashan Ekanayake, 11, 200-meter backstroke, seventh, 2:56.56; 200-meter freestyle, tenth, 2:38.38, five points.

Joseph-Blake Natino, 9, 100-meter backstroke, ninth, 1:40.81, time drop 3.92.

Preston Feldman, 10, 100-meter backstroke, tenth, 1:41.23.

As expected, Gator Swim Club won the combined and men team titles. Gator Swim Club finished with 1,070 points and Aiken-Augusta was second with 1,004. SOFLO was 12th with 160 points.

Gator Swim Club won the men’s team title with 689. Aiken-Augusta was second with 397. SOFLO was 11th with 76 points.

Aiken-Augusta won the women’s team title with 503. Gator Swim Club was second witgh 381. SOFLO was tenth with 84 points.

COMBINED TEAM TOTALS: 1. Gator Swim Club 1,070, 2. Aiken-Augusta 1,004, 3. Southwest Stars 644.5, 4. Eagle Aquatics 514, 5. YMCA of South Florida 468, 12. South Florida Aquatic Club 160.

MEN TEAM TOTALS: 1. Gator Swim Club 689, 2. Aiken-Augsta 397, 3. Southwest Stars 310, 4. City of Miami Parks 234, 5. Heritage Aquatic Team, 11. South Florida Aquatic Club 76.

WOMEN TEAM TOTALS: 1. Aiken-Augusta 503, 2. Gator Swim Club 381, 3. Eagle Aquatics 370, 4. Southwest Stars 334.5, 5. YMCA of South Florida 283, 10. South Florida Aquatic Club 84.

HIGH POINT GIRLS: 10-and-under, 1. Gioia Balzano, EA 101, 8. Fiorella Di Salvo, SOFLO 22; 11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 168; 13-14, 1. Athena Meneses Kovacs, EA 98; 15-16, 1. Anna Summers, Aiken-Augusta 115; 17-and-over, 1. Annabella Boardman, Southwest Stars 55.

HIGH POINT BOYS: 10-and-under, 1. Farouk Musa, HAT 110; 11-12, 1. Landon Kyser, HAT 97; 13-14, 1. Matvey Ivanov, Gator Swim Club 88; 15-16, 1. Matthew McDonald, Gator Swim Club 77; 17-and-over, 1. Robinson Molina, Westminster Academy 56.

200-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Gioia Balzano, EA 2:28.26; 11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 2:14.41; SOFLO: 9. Anastasia Lutz 2:41.17.

400-meter freestyle:
13-14, 1. Amy Riordan, ASL 4:39.36; 15-16, 1. Anna Summers, ASL 4:43.59; 17-and-over, 1. Ashley Williamson, ASL 4:40.50.

200-meter butterfly:
12-and-under, 1. Gioia Balzano, EA 2:51.88; 13-14, 1. Amy Riordan, ASL 2:41.92; 15-16, 1. Ava Bartolomei, STAR 2:33.22; 17-and-over, None.

50-meter backstroke:
10-and-under, 1. Tania Mantilla, YSF 37.90; SOFLO: 5. Fiorella Di Salvo 41.93, time drop 1.15; 11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 31.50; 13-14, 1. Athena Meneses Kovacs, EA 30.63; 15-16, 1. Anna Summers, ASL 32.79; 17-and-over, 1. Melannie Vargas, GPA 31.88.

100-meter breaststroke:
10-and-under, 1. Izabella Gonzalez, YSF 1:41.11; 11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 1:23.11; SOFLO: 8. Sofia Gonzalez 1:31.53; 13-14, 1. Rachel Yordi, OSC 1:22.86; 15-16, 1. Caitlyn Harney, STAR 1:23.34; 17-and-over, 1. Annabella Boardman, STAR 1:18.88.

50-meter butterfly:
10-and-under, 1. Tania Mantilla, YSF 35.83; SOFLO: 6. Fiorella DiSalvo 39.37, time drop 1.03, 9. Caterina Fogli 46.98, 10. Pilar Duranti 46.99, time drop 0.51; 11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 29.67; 13-14, 1. Athena Meneses Kovacs 28.89; 15-16, 1. Anna Summers, ASL 30.50; 17-and-over, 1. Letizia Bertelli, GPA 29.48.

200-meter backstroke:
12-and-under, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 2:28.82; SOFLO: 7. Sofia Gonzalez 2:53.78, time drop 5.83, 8. Reagan Lowe 2:54.02; 13-14, 1. Athena Meneses Kovacs, EA 2:21.31; 15-16, 1. Anna Summers, ASL 2:31.70; SOFLO: 6. Ruth Kauffman 2:54.20, time drop 6.86; 17-and-over, 1. Melannie Vargas, GPA 2:31.20.

100-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Gioia Balzano, EA 1:06.62; SOFLO: 4. Fiorella DiSalvo 1:14.80, time drop 5.24; 11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 1:01.59; SOFLO: 9. Reagan Lowe 1:10.06, time drop 1.62; 13-14, 1. Athena Meneses Kovacs, EA 59.05; 15-16, 1. Alexa Cecchi, MV 1:00.69; 17-and-over, 1. Letizia Bertelli, GPA 1:00.60.

200-meter freestyle relay:
12-and-under, 1. Delfines Del Naco 2:06.87, 2. SOFLO A 2:12.13, 3. SOFLO B 2:26.71; 14-and-under, 1. Aiken-Augusta 1:57.62; Open, 1. Aiken-Augusta 1:58.22.

50-meter breaststroke:
10-and-under, 1. Valentina Foster, Unattached 44.56; 11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 37.51; SOFLO: 6. Sofia Gonzalez 41.70; 13-14, 1. Rachel Yordi, OSC 37.66; 15-16, 1. Emmy Higgins, BGSC 38.64; SOFLO: 10. Sophia Bedoya 43.43; 17-and-over, 1. Nicole Hunnewell, GPA 36.52.

100-meter backstroke:
10-and-under, 1. Gioia Balzano, EA 1:19.43; 11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 1:08.49; 13-14, 1. Athena Meneses Kovacs, EA 1:05.60; 15-16, 1. Anna Summers, ASL 1:11.05; 17-and-over, 1. Melannie Vargas, GPA 1:22.41.

100-meter butterfly:
10-and-under, 1. Gioia Balzano, EA 1:17.71; 11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 1:07.03; 13-14, 1. Athena Meneses Kovacs, EA 1:02.68; 15-16 1. Anna Summers, ASL 1:10.98; 17-and-over, 1. Letizia Bertelli, GPA 1:05.30.

200-meter breaststroke:
12-and-under, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 3:02.99; 13-14, 1. Rachel Yordi, OSC 3:01.06; 15-16, 1. Caitlyn Harney, STAR 2:58.55; 17-and-over, 1. Daniela Kim, YSF 2:48.99.

50-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Tania Mantilla, YSF 32.11; 11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 28.62; 13-14, 1. Athena Meneses Kovacs, EA 27.32; 15-16, 1. Alexa Cecchi, MVAC 28.35; 17-and-over, 1. Helina Reyes, LACES 29.31.

BOYS

200-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Farouk Musa, HAT 2:31.45; 11-12, 1. Kaii Winkler, EA 2:12.42; SOFLO: 10. Hashan Ekanayake 2:38.38, 11. Marvan Ekanayake 2:43.77.

400-meter freestyle:
13-14, 1. Matvey Ivanov, BGSC 4:26.57; 15-16, 1. Sasha Shashkov, BGSC 4:22.74; SOFLO: 4. Nicolas Rossi 4:31.92; 17-and-over, 1. Andrew Matejka, BGSC 4:09.03.

200-meter butterfly:
12-and-under, Kaii Winkler EA 2:38.25; 13-14, 1. Matvey Ivanov, BGSC 2:21.68; 15-16, 1. John Paul Handal, SOFLO 2:21.80, time drop 2.55; SOFLO: 5. Juancamilo Rivero 2:34.09, time drop 14.90; 17-and-over, 1. Christopher Trinidad, NACO 2:16.36.

50-meter backstroke:
10-and-under, 1. Andy Serrano-Pena, CM 37.39; SOFLO: 9. Matt McVeigh 45.06, 14. Joseph-Blake Natino 47.03, 15. Matthew Jimenez 47.17, 22. Preston Feldman 49.52, 27. Mathias Galarraga 53.64; 11-12, 1. Landon Kyser, HAT 31.39; SOFLO: 9. Marvan Ekanayake 38.89, 12. Hashan Ekanayake 40.83; 13-14, 1. Ethan Sido, STAR 31.17; SOFLO: 7. Manuel Melendez 33.83, 14. Matthew Kim 35.96, time drop 2.73; 15-16, 1. Matthew McDonald, BGSC 29.54; SOFLO: 8. Nicolas Munoz 32.37; 17-and-over, 1. Robinson Molina, WA 26.73.

100-meter breaststroke:
10-and-under, 1. Joshua Barreto, OSC 1:30.92; 11-12, 1. Michael Yang, BGSC 1:21.33; 13-14, 1. Kevin Jiang, BGSC 1:13.61; SOFLO: 12. Manuel Melendez 1:12.08, time drop 0.68; 15-16, 1. Andy Rogatinsky, PST 1:12.77; SOFLO: 9. John Paul Handal 1:16.95, time drop 1.10; 17-and-over, 1. Davion Conley, WA 1:08.06.

50-meter butterfly:
10-and-under, 1. Carlos Viada-Coroba, CM 36.12; SOFLO: 8. Stefano Mazzi 41.96; 11-12, 1. Kaii Winkler, EA 29.88; 13-14, 1. Nikita Efimov, OSC 28.59; 15-16, 1. Matthew McDonald, BGSC 26.77; SOFLO: 8. John Paul Handal 29.75, 9. Juancamilo Rivero 30.90; 17-and-over, 1. Mark Anthony Beckles, FFSC 26.39.

200-meter backstroke:
12-and-under, 1. Landon Kyser, HAT 2:28.55; SOFLO: 5. Marvan Ekanayake 2:56.01, 7. Hashan Ekanayake 2:56.56, 9. Stefano Mazzi 3:10.88, 10. Alessio Mazzi 3:22.64; 13-14, 1. Caleb Maldari, BGSC 2:19.64; 15-16, 1. Jack D’Avi, YSF 2:21.72; 17-and-over, 1. Drew Dickson, WA 2:20.94.

100-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Farouk Musa, HAT 1:10.77; 11-12, 1. Nicholas Cecchi, STAR 1:00.77; 13-14, 1. Joshua Justin, WA 51.95; 15-16, 1. Manuel Lopez, Unattached 55.93; 17-and-over, 1. Robinson Molina, WA 51.95.

200-meter freestyle relay:
14-and-under, 1. Delfines Del Naco 1:52.09; Open, 1. Westminster Academy 1:39.68.

50-meter breaststroke:
10-and-under, 1. Joshua Barreto, OSC 42.04; SOFLO: 5. Matt McVeigh 49.66; 11-12, 1. Nicholas Cecchi, STAR 37.62; 13-14, 1. Nikita Efimov, OSC 33.73; SOFLO: 7. Manuel Melendez 36.96; 15-16, 1. Andy Rogatinsky, PST 32.56; 17-and-over, 1. Davion Conley, WA 29.72.

100-meter backstroke:
10-and-under, 1. Farouk Musa, HAT 1:19.58; SOFLO: 9. Joseph-Blake Natino 1:40.81, time drop 3.92, 10. Preston Feldman 1:41.23; 11-12, 1. Nicholas Cecchi, STAR 1:07.82; SOFLO: 11. Marvan Ekanayake 1:24.50; 13-14, 1. Caleb Maldari, BGSC 1:04.22; 15-16, 1. Matthew McDonald. BGSC 1:05.32; SOFLO: 9. Marcos Vazquez 1:10.21, time drop 1.54; 17-and-over, 1. Robinson Molina, WA 57.76.

100-meter butterfly:
10-and-under, 1. Carlos Viada-Coroba, C 1:21.52; 11-12, 1. Kaii Winkler, EA 1:06.23; 13-14, 1. Nikita Efimov, OSC 1:02.09; 15-16, 1. Matthew McDonald, BGSC 1:02.29; SOFLO: 10. Marcos Vazquez 1:06.44, time drop 0.96; 17-and-over, 1. Christopher Trinidad, NACO 57.85.

200-meter breaststroke:
12-and-under, 1. Michael Yang, BGSC 2:55.43; 13-14, 1. Andy Wei, BGSC 2:43.06; SOFLO: 8. Matthew Kim 3:07.76, time drop 8.79; 15-16, 1. Ty Hoffman, BGSC 2:41.76; 17-and-over, 1. Mike Jeschke, ASL 2:33.82.

50-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Farouk Musa, HAT 33.04; 11-12, 1. Landon Kyser, HAT 27.92; 13-14, 1. Cesar Alvarez, NACO 26.99; 15-16, 1. Reid Chafin, ASL 25.79; 17-and-over, 1. Robinson Molina, WA 24.03.

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