SOFLO’s Ellie Phan Triple Winner At NMST Junior Open Invite


By Sharon Robb
NORTH MIAMI, June 11, 2022—After a week’s delay because of bad weather, South Florida Aquatic Club swimmers got the chance to race and improve times during the North Miami Swim Team June Open Invite Saturday at Miami-Dade North College.

Ellie Phan, 7, led SOFLO with three wins in the 25-yard backstroke 19.87, 3.14 time drop; 25-yard butterfly, 19.60, 0.99 time drop; and 25-yard freestyle, 17.27, time drop 1.57. She was also second in 25-yard breaststroke, 24.13, time drop 1.25.

Jackson Puntervold, 10, won the 50-yard backstroke in a best time 42.48 with a time drop of 5.41.

Haley Garcia, 14, won the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:54.32, also a best time with a time drop of 1.77.

There were also several impressive time drops:

Molly Barber, 7, 25-yard backstroke, 29.14, 6.50 drop.

Savanna Alonso, 9, 50-yard butterfly, 46.77, 8.74 drop.

Eva Ortiz, 10, 50-yard freestyle, 36.93, 6.16 drop.

Mariana Wotfe, 12, 50-yard freestyle, 32.99, 10.13 drop.

Kourtney Eargle, 11, 50-yard freestyle 36.07, 4.00 drop.

Justin Campos, 14, 200-yard freestyle 2:18.72, 13.97 drop.

Sean Tee, 9, 50-yard butterfly, 48.23, drop 8.72.

Leonardo Zuluaga, 9, 200-yard individual medley 3:17.04, 8.20 drop.

SOFLO had 42 swimmers (24 girls and 18 boys) compete in 165 individual events in the 10-team meet.

Among the Florida Gold Coast teams that competed were Alper J Swim Club, Atlantis, Hammerhead Aquatics, Heritage Aquatics, Eagle Aquatics, SwimRight MarJCC Swim Team, Atlantis Swim Club, Swim Gym Swim Team, Southern Wahoos Aquatic Team, Metro Aquatics and host North Miami Swim Team.

SATURDAY RESULTS
GIRLS

200-yard freestyle: 1. Kaylie Santirzo, MAC 2:11.34; SOFLO TOP 10: 7. Sophia Avila 2:31.28, 8. Haley Garcia 2:34.89, time drop 1.42.

25-yard backstroke: 8-and-under, 1. Ellie Phan, SOFLO 19.87, time drop 3.14; SOFLO TOP 10: 3. Dalyah Bouti 23.06, 5. Victoria Colmenares 24.75, time drop 0.06, 10. Molly Barber 29.14, time drop 6.50.

25-yard butterfly: 8-and-under, 1. Ellie Phan, SOFLO 19.60, time drop 0.99; SOFLO: 4. Victoria Colmenares 27.43, time drop 1.40, 5. Dalyah Bouti 29.16, 9. Molly Barber 35.90.

50-yard backstroke: 10-and-under, 1. Eva Kolobova, NMST 36.66; SOFLO: 4. Sofia Rufeev 42.67, 6. Eva Ortiz 46.36; 11-12, 1. Miri Levy, MJST 35.25; SOFLO: 5. Victoria Diaz 42.52, 8. Sofia Martinez 42.89, time drop 2.42, 9. Kourtney Eargle 42.93, time drop 3.03.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Angelika Morales, EA 1:10.34; SOFLO: 5. Juline Paas 1:20.27, 6. Marianna Wotfe 1:21.79, 10. Karen Lino 1:36.62.

200-yard breaststroke: 1. Haley Garcia, SOFLO 2:54.32, time drop 1.77.

25-yard breaststroke: 8-and-under, 1. Arina Sorina, MJST 23.59; SOFLO: 2. Ellie Phan 24.13, time drop 1.25, 4. Victoria Colmenares 29.46, 6. Dalyah Bouti 31.02, 9. Molly Barber 38.42.

25-yard freestyle: 8-and-under, 1. Ellie Phan, SOFLO 17.27, time drop 1.57; SOFLO: 4. Dalyah Bouti 20.16, 7. Victoria Colmenares 23.05, time drop 1.47, 9. Molly Barber 23.87, time drop 1.32.

50-yard butterfly: 10-and-under, 1. Nika Kavaliou, MJST 38.63; SOFLO: 6. Savanna Alonso 46.77, time drop 8.74; 11-12, 1. Miri Levy, MJST 34.86; SOFLO: 4. Victoria Diaz 41.07, time drop 1.37, 5. Sofia Martinez 42.30, time drop 3.11.

100-yard individual medley: 1. Kristen Bachmann, EA 1:13.66; SOFLO: 5. Gabriela Marin 1:20.52, 6. Sophia Avila 1:23.27.

50-yard freestyle: 10-and-under, 1. Eva Kolobova, NMST 31.87; SOFLO: 6. Sofia Rufeev 35.75, 7. Eva Ortiz 36.93, time drop 6.16; 11-12, 1. Miri Levy, MJST 29.42; SOFLO: 3. Mariana Wotfe 32.99, time drop 10.13, 7. Kourtney Eargle 36.07, time drop 4.00.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Kristen Bachmann, EA 1:01.82; SOFLO: 9. Sophia Avila 1:09.45, 10. Haley Garcia 1:09.89.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Julietta Diez, SGST 1:11.95; SOFLO: 3. Judith-Alison Natino 1:22.67, 4. Haley Garcia 1:24.74, 9. Savanna Alonso 1:52.81.

50-yard breaststroke: 10-and-under, 1. Eva Kolobova, NMST 39.25; SOFLO: 4. Eva Ortiz 48.25, time drop 2.94, 6. Karen Lino 53.72, time drop 3.66; 11-12, 1. Miri Levy, MJST 39.82; SOFLO: 3. Sofia Martinez 47.16, time drop 0.98.

200-yard backstroke: 1. Kaia Zaney, EA 1:07.51.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Angelika Morales, EA 1:10.13.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Kristen Bachmann, EA 2:40.16; SOFLO: 2. Gabriela Marin 2:48.27, 3. Sophia Avila 2:58.70, 4. Mariana Wotfe 2:58.86.

BOYS
200-yard freestyle: 1. Nahuel Balade, EA 1:53.08; SOFLO TOP 10: 6. Kenny Paas 2:11.20, 9. Justin Campos 2:18.72, time drop 13.97.

25-yard backstroke: 8-and-under, 1. Sylvester Andrews-May, EA 20.14.

25-yard butterfly: 8-and-under, 1. Jayson Zayas, ASC 21.29.

50-yard backstroke: 10-and-under, 1. Jackson Puntervold, SOFLO 42.48, time drop 5.41; SOFLO: 4. Sean Tee 46.83, time drop 1.81; 11-12, 1. Ian Estrada, UN 36.79.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Vadim Burunov, HAFL 54.29; SOFLO: 11. Bruno Martins 1:14.40, time drop 3.51.

200-yard breaststroke: 1. James Diaz, NMST 2:49.90.

25-yard breaststroke: 8-and-under, 1. Zahar Diatlov, MJST 25.46.

25-yard freestyle: 8-and-under, 1. Zahar Diatlov, MJST 17.41.

50-yard butterfly: 10-and-under, 1. Elad Rubenstein, NMST 37.24; SOFLO: 2. Leonardo Zuluaga 40.10, time drop 2.46, 5. Sean Tee 48.23, time drop 8.72, 6. Ian Ibarra 49.03, time drop 2.17; 11-12, 1. Ian Estrada, UN 34.56.

100-yard individual medley: 1. Vadim Burunov, HAFL 56.41; SOFLO: 8. Bruno Martins 1:10.11, time drop 0.53, 9. Kenny Paas 1:10.38.

50-yard freestyle: 10-and-under, 1. Elad Rubenstein, NMST 32.86; SOFLO: 7. Jackson Puntervold 38.07, time drop 2.86, 8. Sean Tee 39.03, 10. Leonardo Zuluaga 39.76; 11-12, 1. Luigi Villani, SGST 25.92.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Aria Besharat, NMST 49.05.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Vasyl Romankiv, AJSC 1:13.63; SOFLO: 4. Kenny Paas 1:17.69, time drop 1.59.

50-yard breaststroke: 10-and-under, 1. Dymytril Khruslov, MJST 50.27; SOFLO: 2. Sean Tee 51.04, time drop 2.03, 5. Santiago Zuluaga 56.15, 0.62 time drop, 7. Seb Schumann 1:07.51, 8. Mattias Tejada 1:11.06; 11-12, 1. Luigi Villani, SGST 36.30.

200-yard backstroke: 1. Santana De La Cruz, NMST 52.98.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Najuel Balade, EA 56.96; SOFLO: 5. Bruno Martins 1:06.47, time drop 3.16, 10. Nicholas Diaz 1:18.02.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Aria Besharat, NMST 2:22.11; SOFLO: 4. Leonardo Zuluaga 3:17.04, time drop 8.20.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com
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