Pompano Beach Sweeps District 11-2A Team Titles; SOFLO’s Sabrina Osorio, Enrique Rodriguez Win

By Sharon Robb
STUART, October 30, 2022–Pompano Beach won the boys and girls team titles at the District 11-2A Swimming and Diving Championships at Sailfish Splash Waterpark.

In one of the closest finishes at a district meet, the Tornadoes edged Somerset by one point, 333-332, to win the girls title.

Pompano Beach, with two big relay wins and double winner Giuliano Brunetti, won the boys team title with 390 points. Riviera Beach Suncoast was second with 330.

South Florida Aquatic Club’s Sabrina Osorio and Enrique Rodriguez won individual titles for Somerset.

Osorio won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:09.08 and was a member of the winning 200-yard medley relay with SOFLO teammates Natalia Sibug and Sofia Osorio that won in 1:55.27. She was also second in the 200 IM.

Rodriguez won the 100-yard backstroke in 53.89 ahead of Somerset and SOFLO teammate Aldo Zepeda in 54.73.

Lilia Blanco of Pompano Beach and Brynn Stoneburg of Jensen Beach were double winners.

Stoneburg won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:56.11 and 500-yard freestyle in 5:07.28.

Blanco won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:15.82 and 100-yard freestyle in 54.08. She also anchored the Tornadoes winning 400-yard freestyle relay.

Brunetti won the 200-yard individual medley in 1:57.85 and 500-yard freestyle in 4:43.23. He was also a member of the winning 200-yard and 400-yard freestyle relays.

Daniel Burg of American Heritage Plantation was a double winner in the 50-yard freestyle in 22.76 and 100-yard freestyle in 48.44.

The top qualifiers now advance to the Region 4-2 meet on Nov. 2 at 10 a.m. in Stuart. The qualifiers can be found at FHSAA.org.

GIRLS TEAM SCORES

1. Pompano Beach 333, 2. Somerset 332, 3. Suncoast 323, 4. Cardinal Gibbons 291, 5. Jensen Beach 280, 6. American Heritage Plantation 190, 7. Dreyfoos 171, 8. American Heritage Boca Delray 113, 9. Okeechobee 52, 10. Northeast 21, 11. Somerset Canyons 14.

GIRLS RESULTS
200-yard medley relay: 1. Somerset 1:55.27 (Natalia Sibug, Sabrina Osorio, Sofia Osorio, Sofia Hernandez), 2. Cardinal Gibbons 1:56.63, 3. Suncoast 1:59.04.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Brynn Stoneburg, JB 1:56.11, 2. Evelyn Balog, PB 2:03.16, 3. Natalia Sibug, SOM 2:04.73.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Lilia Blanco, PB 2:15.82, 2. Sabrina Osorio, SOM 2:20.85, 3. Pilar Duranti, SOM 2:21.31.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Angelina Sharp, SUN 25.25, 2. Sofia Hernandez, SOM 25.63, 3. Stephanie Udell, CG 26.11.

1-meter diving: 1. Juliet Radich, CG 493.80, 2. Madison Newman, JB 378.35, 3. Giann Moscariello, SUN 316.10.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Sofia Hernandez, SOM 1:01.66, 2. Isabel Torres-Mendoza, PB 1:02.01, 3. Stephanie Udell, CG 1:02.15.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Lilia Blanco, PB 54.08, 2. Jaclyn Nelson, CG 54.89, 3. Madelyn Wood, SUN 57.37.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Brynn Stoneburg, JB 5:07.28, 2. Cameron Kindig, JB 5:22.90, 3. Evelyn Balog, PB 5:29.75.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Jensen Beach 1:43.65 (Brynn Stoneburg, Melody McAfee, Cameron Kindig, Ugne Koveraite), 2. Pompano Beach 1:44.79, 3. Cardinal Gibbons 1:46.13.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Nicole Creed, CG 59.96, 2. Jaclyn Nelson, CG 1:01.13, 3. Melody McAfee, JB 1:02.95.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Sabrina Osorio, SOM 1:09.08, 2. Miranda Han, DREY 1:12.57, 3. Harper Thurston, SUN 1:13.44.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Pompano Beach 3:47.87 (Isabel Torres-Mendoza, Julia Freshour, Evelyn Balog, Lilia Blanco), 2. Cardinal Gibbons 3:50.92, 3. Jensen Beach 3:50.98.

BOYS TEAM SCORES

1. Pompano Beach 390, 2. Suncoast 330.5, 3. Jensen Beach 289, 4. American Heritage Plantation 276, 5. Somerset 232, 6. Dreyfoos 155, 7. Cardinal Gibbons 142, 8. Okeechobee 91, 9. Northeast 46.5, 10. American Heritage Boca Delray 46, 11. Somerset Canyons 45, 12. Stranahan 17.

BOYS RESULTS
200-yard medley relay: 1. American Heritage 1:43.12 (Rithvik Marri, Alessandro Pereira, AuJavae Dixon Whitfield, Daniel Burg), 2. Somerset 1:43.68 (Aldo Zepeda, Giorgio Rusconi, Enrique Rodriguez, Sebastian Fernandez), 3. Jensen Beach 1:50.60.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Ayden Cason, JB 1:46.31, 2. Enrique Rodriguez, SOM 1:47.09, 3. Gianni Famiano, PB 1:47.33.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Giuliano Brunetti, PB 1:57.85, 2. Alessandro Pereira, AHP 1:58.82, 3. Kaleb Cason, JB 2:02.67.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Daniel Burg, AHP 22.76, 2. Xavier Foman, SUN 22.84, 3. Alden Thompson, JB 23.06.

1-meter diving: 1. Mason Starkman, CG 337.50, 2. Brandon Allen, STRAN 270.35.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Marcus Szabo, CG 53.40, 2. Adriano Brunetti, PB 55.82, 3. Connor Barral Aranguren, JB 59.06.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Daniel Burg, AHP 48.44, 2. Ayden Cason, JB 48.48, 3. Gianni Famiano, PB 49.23.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Giuliano Breunetti, PB 4:43.23, 2. Alessandro Pereira, AHP 4:49.98, 3. Felix Gonzalez, SOM 4:52.81.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Pompano Beach 1:30.09 (Charles Wingold, Gianni Famiano, Giuliano Brunetti, Steven Gary), 2. Jensen Beach 1:30.46, 3. Suncoast 1:34.14.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Enrique Rodriguez, SOM 53.89, 2. Aldo Zepeda, SOM 54.73, 3. Marcus Szabo, CG 56.39.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Dylan Dam, DREY 1:02.50, 2. Giorgio Rusconi, SOM 1:05.89, 3. Vikram Saxena, SUN 1:07.53.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Pompano Beach 3:18 (Gianni Famiano, Giuliano Brunetti, Steven Gary, Charles Wingold), 2. Jensen Beach 3:21.28, 3. American Heritage Plantation 3:21.70.

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

South Florida Heat Girls, Pine Crest Boys Win District 11-1A Team Titles; N.C. State Commit Erika Pelaez Double Winner

By SHARON ROBB
FORT LAUDERDALE, October 30, 2022—South Florida Heat knocked off defending girls champion Pine Crest to capture the District 11-1A Swimming and Diving Championships Friday at NSU University School Aquatic Center.

South Florida Heat, led by double winner Erika Pelaez, won with 528 points. Pine Crest was runner-up with 424 and host NSU University School was third with 255.50. Pine Crest had won 32 girls district titles in the last 34 years.

Pine Crest boys, with two relay wins and three individual winners, won their 32nd title in 35 years. The Panthers finished with 562 points. South Florida Heat was second and Westminster Academy was third with 263.

Pelaez, who recently committed to North Carolina State, won the 100-yard butterfly in 54.35 and 100-yard backstroke in 53.50. She was also a member of the winning 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle relays.

Pelaez, a junior home schooler and U.S. junior national team member, announced her verbal commitment to the Wolfpack’s class of 2028 last week.

“I’m blessed to announce my verbal commitment to North Carolina State University!” Pelaez announced on social media. “Thank you to my family, Coach Adam, Coach Eric, and teammates for their guidance during this process. And a special thank you to the staff and team at NC state! So excited to become part of the Wolfpack!! Go Pack!”

Other South Florida Heat winners were Anais Gedeon and Alera Hurwitz tying in the 50-yard freestyle, Alanis Santiago in the 200-yard freestyle and Gioia Balzano in the 100-yard freestyle. The Heat also won the 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle relays.

University of Florida-bound Julia Podkoscielny led Pine Crest with a win in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:05.42 and second in the 100-yard backstroke in 55.79.

Other Pine Crest winners were Riley Botting in the 500-yard freestyle and Sara Lin in the 100-yard breaststroke and 400-yard freestyle relay.

Pine Crest’s Ava Andersen won the diving title with 452.05 points. The Panthers swept diving with Allen Levitis winning the boys with 547.65.

Pine Crest won the boys 200-yard and 400-yard freestyle relays. Colin Nealy won the 100-yard butterfly and Freddy Rosenthal won the 500-yard freestyle.

Kaii Winkler was a double winner for the Heat in the 100-yard freestyle in 44.57 and 200-yard freestyle in 1:39.18. Other Heat winners were Nikita Efimov in the 200 IM, Finn Winkler in the 100 backstroke and Giulian Martin in the 100 breaststroke. The Heat also won the 200-yard medley relay.

The only other district champion was sprinter Christian Clark of Westminster Academy in the 50 freestyle in 22.34.

The top district qualifiers now advance into the Region 4-1A meet on Nov. 4 at 10 a.m. at NSU University School.

GIRLS TEAM SCORES

1. South Florida Heat 528, 2. Pine Crest 424, 3. NSU University School 255.50, 4. Coral Springs Charter 242, 5. Calvary Christian 189.50, 6. Westminster Academy 178, 7. North Broward Prep 75, 8. Posnack 47, 9. Sagemont 18.

GIRLS RESULTS
200-yard medley relay: 1. South Florida Heat 1:45.77 (Samantha Schoenborn, Erika Pelaez, Alera Hurwitz, Gioia Balzano), 2. Pine Crest 1:48.53, 3. NSU University School 1:55.91.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Alanis Santiago, SFH 1:55.71, 2. Alexis Christensen, NSU 1:56.61, 3. Alejandra Gil-Restrepo, CSC 2:02.54.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 2:05.42, 2. Samantha Schoenborn, SFH 2:09.08, 3. Riley Botting, PC 2:09.89.

50-yard freestyle: 1. tie, Anais Gedeon, SFH 24.40 and Alera Hurwitz, SFH 24.40, 3. Mia Patton, SFH 24.66.

1-meter diving: 1. Ava Andersen, PC 452.05, 2. Mackenzie Blake, WA 439.45, 3. Kirra Reid, PC 310.25.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Erika Pelaez, SFH 54.35, 2. Alera Hurwitz, SFH 58.95, 3. Riley McCormick, CSC 59.67.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Gioia Balzano, SFH 51.59, 2. Alanis Santiago, SFH 53.27, 3. Emory Jacobson-Bertanzetti, PC 55.90

500-yard freestyle: 1. Riley Botting, PC 5:04.99, 2. Alexis Christensen, NSU 5:20.39, 3. Alejandra Gil-Restrepo, CSC 5:26.04.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. South Florida Heat 1:36.38 (Gioia Balzano, Alera Hurwitz, Alanis Santiago, Erika Pelaez), 2. Calvary Christian 1:42.92, 3. Pine Crest 1:45.59.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Erika Pelaez, SFH 53.50, 2. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 55.79, 3. Samantha Schoenborn, SFH 57.21.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Sara Lin, PC 1:06.01, 2. Rafaella Araujo, NSU 1:09.88, 3. Alani Lopez, SFH 1:11.21.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. South Florida Heat 3:34.39 (Anais Gedeon, Samantha Schoenborn, Mia Patton, Alanis Santiago), 2. Pine Crest 3:36.10, 3. NSU University School 3:45.27.

BOYS TEAM SCORES

1. Pine Crest 562, 2. South Florida Heat 361, 3. Westminster Academy 263, 4. Calvary Christian 198, 5. NSU University School 164, 6. Coral Springs Charter 130, 7. Chaminade-Madonna 105, 8. North Broward Prep 99, 9. Posnack 80.

BOYS RESULTS
200-yard medley relay: 1. South Florida Heat 1:35.52 (Finn Winkler, Giulian Martin, Nikita Efimov, Kaii Winkler), 2. Pine Crest 1:40.74, 3. NSU University School 1:42.66.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Kaii Winkler, SFH 1:39.18, 2. Surfiel Santiago, SFH 1:49.18, 3. Andres Teran, NSU 1:49.39.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Nikita Efimov, SFH 1:53.61, 2. Giulian Martin, SFH 1:56.98, 3. Salvatore Lanzafame, NSU 1:58.74.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Christian Clark, WA 22.34, 2. Lucas Opperman, PC 22.89, 3. Egor Frantsevsky, NBP 23.12.

1-meter diving: 1. Allen Levitis, PC 547.65, 2. Danyal Ghadiali, PC 445.80, 3. Ashton Jacobi, PC 423.95.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Colin Nealy, PC 53.72, 2. Sebastian Lobaton, NSU 53.79, 3. Christopher Lin, PC 55.62.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Kaii Winkler, SFH 44.57, 2. Finn Winkler, SFH 47.97, 3. Christian Clark, WA 48.38.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Freddy Rosenthal, PC 4:54.59, 2. Surfiel Santiago, SFH 4:57.63, 3. Andres Teran, NSU 5:02.48.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Pine Crest 1:30.79 (Kingsley Bailey, Colin Nealy, Kian Saffari, Roman Ferrara), 2. Westminster Academy 1:31.39, 3. South Florida Heat 1:32.21.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Finn Winkler, SFH 53.86, 2. Joshua Justin, WA 57.47, 3. Kian Saffari, PC 57.58.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Giulian Martin, SFH 58.45, 2. Salvatore Lanzafame, NSU 58.48, 3. Nikita Efimov, SFH 59.62.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Pine Crest 3:20.92 (Lucas Opperman, Kingsley Bailey, Roman Ferrara, Jake Jones), 2. NSU University School 3:24.15, 3. Calvary Christian 3:49.84.

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

St. Thomas Aquinas Sweeps Team Titles At Region 4-3A Swimming and Diving Championships; SOFLO’s Catalasan, Colmenares Win Region Titles

STUART, October 29, 2022–St. Thomas Aquinas girls and boys teams set themselves up nicely for a Top 3 finish at next week’s Class 3A state meet.

The Raiders dominated the Region 4-3A Swimming and Diving Championships at Sailfish Splash Waterpark by sweeping the boys and girls team titles.

The girls team swept all three relays and won seven individual events to total 505 points. South Fork was a distant second with 214.

The boys team won two relays and four individual events to finish with 466 points. Belen Jesuit was runner-up with 291.

Julianne McCranie and Anastasia Lutz were double winners for the Raiders. McCranie won the 100-yard butterfly in 56.36 and 100-yard backstroke in 58.06. Lutz won the 50-yard freestyle in 24.63 and 100-yard freestyle in 53.91. Teammate Jade Renaud won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:15.23.

Kaitlyn Raby was among St. Thomas winners, capturing the 1-meter diving title with 495.55 points.

Alex Mansur was a double winner for the Raider boys in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:42.52 and 100-yard freestyle in 47.03 and anchored the winning 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays.

Samuel Collingwood and Gabriel Tortola also won region titles for the Raiders in the 50-yard and 500-yard freestyles respectively.

South Florida Aquatic Club’s Mariann Catalasan, a junior at St. Thomas Aquinas, won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:08.43 and was a member of the winning 200-yard medley relay.

SOFLO teammate Javier Colmenares of Everglades won the 200-yard individual medley in 1:55.81 and 100-yard breaststroke in 57.76. SOFLO and Everglades teammate Alejandro Mateus took second in the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard backstroke.

Kaitlyn Jorgensen of Pembroke Pines Charter won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:56.06.

The FHSAA State 3A meet is Friday, Nov. 4 at Sailfish Splash Waterpark in Stuart. The state qualifiers and psych sheet will be posted at fhsaa.org after the completion of all region meets around the state.

GIRLS TEAM SCORES

1. St. Thomas Aquinas 505, 2. South Fork 214, 3. Viera 196, 4. Sebastian River 184, 5. Pembroke Pines Charter 173, 6. Seminole Ridge 142, 7. Archbishop McCarthy 141, 8. Terra 116, 9. Heritage 96, 10. Westwood 93, 11. Our Lady of Lourdes 91, 12. Atlantic 55, 13. Mater 44, 14. Plantation 41, 15. South Plantation 33, 16. Piper 31, 17. Everglades 27, 18. tie, Varela 20 and Miami Southridge 20, 20. McArthur 1.

GIRLS RESULTS
1-meter diving: 1. Kaitlyn Raby, STA 495.55, 2. Sadie Dempz, VIER 437.15, 3. Julia Hirt, SF 400.30.

200-yard medley relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:49.17 (Julianna McCranie, Mariann Catalasan, Teresa Landron, Jade Renaud), 2. Sebastian River 1:55.74, 3. Pembroke Pines Charter 2:07.65.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Kaitlyn Jorgensen, PPC 1:56.06, 2. Emily Franco, TERR 1:56.73, 3. Corina Wong, OLL 1:56.75.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Jade Renaud, STA 2:15.23, 2. Mariann Catalasan, STA 2:16.81, 3. Abigail Santos, STA 2:20.40.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Anastasia Lutz, STA 24.63, 2. Marin Chapon, VIER 25.20, 3. Taylor Rizzi, SR 25.28.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Julianne McCranie, STA 56.36, 2. Teresa Landron, STA 58.83, 3. Lena Lajko, STA 59.22.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Anastasia Lutz, STA 53.91, 2. Mia Gelin, STA 54.66, 3. Carolina Gonzalez, PIP 55.69.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Corina Wong, OLL 5:13.45, 2. Mary Twomey, SB 5:15.88, 3. Kaitlyn Jorgensen, PPC 5:16.76.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:40.18 (Teresa Landron, Jade Renaud, Mia Gelin, Anastasia Lutz), 2. South Fork 1:45.37, 3. Viera 1:46.13.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Julianne McCranie, STA 58.06, 2. Lena Lajko, STA 1:00.46, 3. Zoe Keppel, SR 1:02.51.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Mariann Catalasan, STA 1:08.43, 2. Mary Twomey, SR 1:09.57, 3. Oneika Gayle, PTTN 1:09.62.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:35.94 (Teresa Landron, Mia Gelin, Anastasia Lutz, Julianne McCranie), 2. South Fork 3:48, 3. Sebastian River 3:53.19.

BOYS TEAM SCORES

1. St. Thomas Aquinas 466, 2. Belen Jesuit 291, 3. Sebastian River 248.5, 4. Pembroke Pines Charter 171, 5. Everglades 132, 6. Terra 127, 7. Mater 115, 8. South Fork 112.5, 9. Archbishop McCarthy 108, 10. Viera 97, 11. Hialeah 57, 12. Miami Southridge 41, 13. Atlantic 38, 14. Varela 33, 15. Heritage 31, 16. South Plantation 23, 17. Piper 18, 18. Seminole Ridge 14, 19. Ronald Reagsn 9.

BOYS RESULTS
1-meter diving: None.

200-yard medley relay: 1. Sebastian River 1:39.55 (Jace Domster, Nash Fuller, Mitchell Ledford, Louis St. Petery), 2. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:42.07, 3. Belen Jesuit 1:42.12.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Alex Mansur, STA 1:42.52, 2. Gabriel Tortola, STA 1:45.19, 3. Jonathan Lozano, MAT 1:48.01, 4. Nathaniel Garrick, ABM 1:48.61.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Javier Colmenares, EVER 1:55.81, 2. Anthony Lander, TERR 2:03.71, 3. Thomas Fanjul, BJ 2:03.78.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Samuel Collingwood, STA 21.12, 2. Brady Zink, VIER 22.44, 3. Ernesto Cabrera, BJ 22.77.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Mitchell Ledford, SR 48.67, 2. Alejandro Mateus, EVER 51.93, 3. Roni Gonzalez, TERR 53.18.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Alex Mansur, STA 47.03, 2. Samuel Collingwood, STA 47.37, 3. Zackary Harris, PPC 49.36.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Gabriel Tortola, STA 4:42.95, 2. Jonathan Lozano, MAT 4:51.52, 3. Mateo Shearer, STA 4:51.66.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:27.65 (Samuel Collingwood, Charles Burnette, Gabriel Tortola, Alex Mansur), 2. Belen Jesuit 1:30.58, 3. Terra 1:38.59.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Mitchell Ledford, SR 50.96, 2. Alejandro Mateus, EVER 53.61, 3. Mateo Shearer, STA 55.74, 4. Nathaniel Garrick, ABM 56.69.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Javier Colmenares, EVER 57.76, 2. Oscar Rios, HIA 1:00.67, 3. Nash Fuller, SR 1:02.32.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:16.69 (Gabriel Tortola, Matthew Tan, Juan Orjuela, Alex Mansur), 2. Sebastian River 3:16.85, 3. Belen Jesuit 3:20.38.

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

Cypress Bay Girls, Braddock Boys Win Region 4-4A Team Titles; Flying Ls Divers Cavaretta, Boardman Win; Villamil, Kaplan, DeLuna Top SOFLO Finishers

By SHARON ROBB

BOCA RATON—Cypress Bay girls and Holmes Braddock boys won the team titles at the Region 4-4A Swimming and Diving Championships at Boca Raton Aquatic Center.

Cypress Bay, buoyed by three relay wins and double winner Mariana Cote, won the girls crown with 404.5 points. Fort Lauderdale was runner-up with 246.

Holmes Braddock, led by three relay wins and five individual wins including double winners George Gonzalez and Marcelo Mansur, captured the boys team title with 330 points followed by Miami Beach with 245 and Fort Lauderdale was third with 208.

For the second week in a row, Fort Lauderdale divers Sophia Cavaretta and James Boardman won the 1-meter springboard titles after winning last wek’s district titles.

Cavaretta, a freshman, won the girls title with 461.50 points for her second major title. The Flying Ls swept the top four girls spots. Boardman, a sophomore, won the boys title with 530.05.

South Florida Aquatic Club’s Ana Villamil, Carley Kaplan and Gabriella DeLuna were South Florida Aquatic Club’s top finishers.

Villamil of Cypress Bay was a member of two winning relays, the 200-yard medley relay (1:49.53) and 200-yard freestyle relay (1:40.77). She was also second in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:05.93.

DeLuna was a member of the winning 200-yard medley relay. She was also third in the 100-yard butterfly in 58.09.

Kaplan of West Broward was third in the 50-yard freestyle in 24.74.

Fort Lauderdale’s Tawannah McLemore was a double winner in the 50-yard freestyle in 23.50, an All-American consideration time, and 100-yard freestyle in 52.41.

Cote was a double winner in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:53.54 and 500-yard freestyle in 4:57.81.

The only Broward boys winners were Fort Lauderdale’s Makar Goncharov in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:56.70 and Mason Green of Taravella in the 100-yard butterfly in 50.23.

The FHSAA State 4A meet is Saturday, Nov. 5 at Sailfish Splash Waterpark in Stuart. The state qualifiers and psych sheet will be posted at fhsaa.org after the completion of all region meets around the state.

GIRLS TEAM SCORES

1. Cypress Bay 404.5, 2. Fort Lauderdale 246, 3. Douglas 225, 4. Doral 172, 5. West Broward 135, 6. Braddock 125, 7. Ferguson 124, 8. Western 119, 9. South Broward 103, 10. Coral Glades 81, 11. Cooper City 73, 12. Coral Reef 71.5, 13. Hialeah Gardens 71, 14. Miami Palmetto 68, 15. Miami Beach 54, 16. Goleman 53, 17. Taravella 44, 18. Monarch 35, 19. Miami Southwest 20, 20. Coral Gables 19, 21. Nova 18.

GIRLS RESULTS
1-meter diving: 1. Sophia Cavaretta, FTL 461.50, 2. Hayden Ferenc, FTL 444.35, 3. Catherine Kilroy, FTL 406.80, 4. Ginger Boardman, FTL 401.35.

200-yard medley relay: 1. Cypress Bay 1:49.53 (Nicol Bellardi, Ana Villamil, Gabriella DeLuna, Mariana Cote), 2. Douglas 1:51.21, 3. Doral 1:58.19.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Mariana Cote, CB 1:53.54, 2. Samira Zambrano, CB 1:57.21, 3. Erika Duardo, GOLE 1:58.60.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Paola Gonzalez, BRAD 2:07.75, 2. Nicol Bellardi, CB 2:08.05, 3. Adriana Roldan, FERG 2:08.14.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Tawannah McLemore, FTL 23.50, AA-C, 2. Sofia Jorge, FERG 24.02, 3. Carley Kaplan, WB 24.74.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Sofia Jorge, FERG 56.28, 2. Casey Perez, HG 57.87, 3. Gabriella De Luna, CB 58.09.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Tawannah McLemore, FTL 52.41, 2. Cassia Flynn CGL 53.76, 3. Brianna Hernandez, WB 53.95.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Mariana Cote, CB 4:57.81, 2. Katherine Voet, FTL 5:11.42, 3. Daniella Balkcom, DOUG 5:16.26.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Cypress Bay 1:40.77 (Ana Villamil, Natalia Ortiz, Daniela Ortiz, Samira Zambrano), 2. West Broward 1:43.94 (Gabriela Avila, Anjana Andapally, Kayla Diaz, Carley Kaplan), 3. Ferguson 1:46.21.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Carolyn Levy-Powell, DOUG 57.78, 2. Nicol Bellardi, CB 58.32, 3. Ainnara Lzzaro, DOR 59.39.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Paola Gonzalez, BRAD 1:05.43, 2. Anna Villamil, CB 1:05.93, 3. Brianna Hernandez, SB 1:06.52.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Cypress Bay 3:37.36 (Samira Zambrano, Natalia Ortiz, Nicol Bellardi, Mariana Cote), 2. Douglas 3:44.15, 3. Fort Lauderdale 3:44.75.

BOYS TEAM SCORES

1. Braddock 330, 2. Miami Beach 245, 3. Fort Lauderdale 208, 4. Doral 183.5, 5. Taravella 156.5, 6. Miami Palmetto 149, 7. Douglas 134, 8. Coral Reef 122, 9. Columbus 99.5, 10. Cypress Bay 95.5, 11. Western 92, 12. Cooper City 61, 13. Coral Glades 52, 14. Monarch 49, 15. Krop 40, 16. tie, South Broward 34 and Deerfield Beach 34, 18. Ferguson 27, 19. Coral Gables 19, 20. tie, Flanagan 17 and Goleman, 17, 22. Miami Senior 16, 23. Miami Southwest 13, 24. West Broward 7, 25. Hialeah Gardens 4, 26. Nova 2.

BOYS RESULTS
1-meter diving: 1. James Boardman, FTL 530.05, 2. Josiash Richardson, FLAN 291.10.

200-yard medley relay: 1. Braddock 1:34.65, AA-C (Dylan Ferguson, George Gonzalez, Anthony Pineiro, Juan Abella), 2. Miami Beach 1:37.05, 3. Taravella 1:37.34.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Marcelo Mansur, BRAD 1:42.32, 2. Mason Green, TAR 1:42.55, 3. Sean Doyle, CGL 1:42.97.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Makar Goncharov, FTL 1:56.70, 2. Robert Alvarez, BRAD 1:58.18, 3. Michael Baltodano, MB 2:00.76.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Marcoaurelio Lopez-Casula, MB 21.19, 2. Peyton Selts, MP 21.48, 3. Miles Green, TARA 21.69.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Mason Green, TA 50.23, 2. Anthony Pineiro, BRAD 51.32, 3. Andy Serrano-Pena, MB 51.62.

100-yard freestyle: 1. George Gonzalez, BRAD 45.99, 2. Marcoaurelio Lopez-Casula, MB 46.94, 3. Brian Bencie, DB 47.83.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Marcelo Mansur, BRAD 4:39.04, 2. Dylan Ferguson, BRAD 4:41.02, 3. Mathias Esteves, CR 4:44.47.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Braddock 1:27.42 (Juan Abella, Marcelo Mansur, Robert Alvarez, Dylan Ferguson), 2. Taravella 1:27.52, 3. Fort Lauderdale 1:29.28.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Anthony Pineiro, BRAD 51.54, 2. Tomas Fermin, MB 52.59, 3. Andy Serrano-Pena, MB 53.55.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. George Gonzalez, BRAD 57.30, 2. Makar Goncharov, FTL 58.90, 3. Brayden Spalluto, MON 59.41.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Braddock 3:06.68, AA-C (George Gonzalez, Anthony Pineiro, Marcelo Mansur, Dylan Ferguson), 2. Miami Beach 3:10.70, 3. Douglas 3:20.40.

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

2022 BROWARD SWIMMING/DIVING HONOR ROLL, WEEK SEVEN, October 24, 2022

GIRLS
200-yard Medley Relay: 1. Pine Crest 1:47.92, 2. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:49.01, 3. Cypress Bay 1:49.49, 4. South Florida Heat 1:52.83, 5. Cardinal Gibbons 1:54.76, 6. NSU University School 1:55.85; 2021 TOP TIME: South Florida Heat 1:44.24, AA-C.

200-yard Freestyle: 1. Riley Botting, PC 1:52.82, 2. Mariana Cote, CBV 1:54.00, 3. Samira Zambrano, CB 1:55.59, 4. Lauren Balfour, PC 1:56.61, 5. Alanis Santiago, SFH 1:56.63, 6. Kaitlyn Jorgensen, PPC 1:57.05, 7. Alexis Christensen, NSUS 1:57.74, 8. Gioia Balzano, SFH 1:58.25; 2021 TOP TIME: Julia Podkoscielny, Pine Crest 1:48.02.

200-yard Individual Medley: 1. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 2:03.58, 2. Riley Botting, PC 2:07.98, 3. Nicol Bellardi, CB 2:08.37, 4. Lilia Blanco, PB 2:10.20, 5. Samantha Schoenborn, SFH 2:10.84, 6. Sara Linn, PC 2:12.25, 7. Gioia Balzano, SFH 2:12.60, 8. Ana Villamil, CB 2:13.21, 9. Georgina Hernandez. CC 2:15.60, 10. Kendra Gomez, SB 2:16.68, 11. Jade Renaud, STA 2:16.92, 12. Bella Egizi, PC 2:17.11, 13. Mariann Catalasan, STA 2:17.76; 2021 TOP TIME: Julia Podkoscielny, Pine Crest 1:59.79, AA-A.

50-yard Freestyle: 1. Erika Pelaez, SFH 23.01, 2. Tawannah McLemore, FTL 23.99, 3. Anais Gedeon, SFH 24.45, 4. Gioia Balzano, SFH 24.47, 5. Lilia Blanco, PB 24.60, 6. Anastasia Lutz, STA 24.63, 7. Riley McCormick, CSCS 24.67, 8. Christina Paschal, CCF 24.82, 9. Carley Kaplan, WB 24.92, 10. Alanis Santiago, SFH 24.98, 11. Cassia Flynn, CG 25.01, 12. Ariel Rothenburg, PB 25.01, 13. Alera Hurwitz, SFH 25.13, 14. tie, Carolina Gonzalez, PIP 25.57 and Daniela Ortiz, CB 25.57, 16. Liliana Novak, NSU 25.58, 17. Julianne McCranie, STA 25.59, Sidney Anton, WES 25.61, 18. Valentina Valecilles, CB 25.65; 2021 TOP TIME: Erika Pelaez, South Florida Heat 22.29, AA-A

1-meter springboard diving: 1. Ava Andersen, PC, 2. Kaitlyn Raby, STA, 3. Sophia Cavaretta, FTL, 4. Hayden Ferenc, FTL, 5. Catherine Kilroy, FTL, 6. Kirra Reid, PC, 7. Lindsay Ruoff, STA 8. Ginger Boardman, FTL, 9. Blake Mackenzie, WA; 2021 TOP POINT TOTAL: Ava Andersen, PC 498.50

100-yard Butterfly: 1. Julianne McCranie, STA 55.80, 2. Carolyn Powell, DOUG 57.94, 3. Riley McCormick, CSCS 58.40, 4. Alera Hurwitz, SFH 58.69, 5. Teresa Landron, STA 58.78, 6. Gioia Balzano, SFH 58.82, 7. Samira Zambrano, CB 58.96, 8. Lauren Balfour, PC 59.12, 9. Gabriella De Luna, CB 59.71, 10. Alani Lopez, SFH 59.84, 11. Georgia Henriquez, CC 1:00.06, 12. Lena Lajko, STA 1:00.38, 13. Bella Egizi, PC 1:00.55, 14. Mia Patton, SFH 1:00.62, 15. Zoe Antonio, PC 1:00.84, 16. Julia Podskoscielny, PC 1:00.88; 2021 TOP TIME: Julianne McCranie, St. Thomas Aquinas 56.93

100-yard Freestyle: 1. Erika Pelaez, SFH 50.61, 2. Tawannah McLemore, FTL 52.04, 3. Gioia Balzano, SFH 52.15, 4. Lilia Blanco, PB 52.66, 5. Jaclyn Nelson, CG 53.38, 6. Brianna Hernandez, SB 53.52, 7. Carley Kaplan, WB 53.85, 8. Alanis Santiago, SFH 53.90, 9. Anastasia Lutz, STA 54.05, 10. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 54.16, 11. Natalia Ortiz, CB 54.52, 12. Cassia Flynn, CG 54.68, 13. Mia Gelin, STA 54.74, 14. Sara Lin, PC 55.57, 15. Payton Ward, DOUG 55.60, 16. Sidney Anton, WES 55.78, 17. Christina Paschal, CCFT 55.79; 2021 TOP TIME: Tawannah McLemore, Fort Lauderdale 51.48

500-yard Freestyle: 1. Riley Botting, PC 4:56.61, 2. Mariana Cote, CB 5:01.07, 3. Reese Balkcom, DOUG 5:11.11, 4. Samira Zambrano, CB 5:12.06, 5. Alanis Santiago, SFH 5:15.37, 6. Katherine Voet, FLT 5:16.46, 7. Alexis Christensen, NSUS 5:17.69, 8. Julie Freshour, PB 5:19.01, 9. Sarah Vasquez, STA 5:20.85, 10. Amelie Bicerne, CB 5:23.50, 11. Daniella Balkcom, DOUG 5:24.62, 12. Jade Renaud, STA 5:24.85, 13. Alejandra Gil-Restrepo, CSCS 5:25.52, 14. Lena Lajko, STA 5:26.20, 15. Kaitlyn Jorgensen, PPC 5:26.72, 16. Lauren Balfour, PC 5:26.97; 2021 TOP TIME: Julia Podkoscielny, Pine Crest 4:49.41

200-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. South Florida Heat 1:37.23, 2. Cypress Bay 1:39.70, 3. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:40.09, 4. Pine Crest 1:40.45, 5. Calvary Christian 1:44.49, 6. Cardinal Gibbons 1:45.00, 7. Douglas 1:45.18, 8. West Broward 1:46.71; 2021 TOP TIME: Pine Crest 1:33.93, AA-A

100-yard Backstroke: 1. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 55.81, 2. Julianne McCranie, STA 57.34, 3. Carolyn Levy-Powell, DOUG 58.98, 4. Lilia Blanco, PB 59.00, 5. Samantha Schoenborn, SFH 59.29, 6. Nicol Bellardi, CB 59.83, Nicole Creed, CG 59.89, 7. Alera Hurwitz, SFH 1:00.15, 8. Jaclyn Nelson, CG 1:00.68, 9. Kendra Gomez, SB 1:00.85, 10. Gabriela De Luna, CB 1:01.61, 11. Lena Lajko, STA 1:01.78, 12. Allyson Lake, DOUG 1:01.80; 2021 TOP TIME: Erika Pelaez, South Florida Heat 52.34, state record, AA-A.

100-yard Breaststroke: 1. Sara Lin, PC 1:04.55, 2. Ana Villamil, CB 1:05.41, 3. Brianna Hernandez, SB 1:05.89, 4. Riley Botting, PC 1:07.02, 5. Mariann Catalasan, STA 1:08.74, 6. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 1:09.14, 7. Gayle Oneika, PPTN 1:10.27, 8. Erika Pelaez, SFH 1:10.74, 9. Rafaella Araujo, NSUS 1:11.54, 10. Sara Mendoza, CB 1:11.92, 11. Sabrina Osorio, SOM 1:12.14, 12. Alani Lopez, SFH 1:12.20, 13. Jade Renaud, STA 1:12.30, 14. Mia Gelin, STA 1:12.38, 15. Parker Jacobson-Bertanzetti, PC 1:12.49, 16. Abigail Santos, STA 1:12.64; 2021 TOP TIME: Micaela Sierra, South Florida Heat 1:03.47, AA-C.

400-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:35.70, 2. Cypress Bay 3:37.44, 3. Pine Crest 3:37.45, 4. South Florida Heat 3:40.70, 5. NSU University School 3:46.96, 6. Pompano Beach 3:48.59, 7. Fort Lauderdale 3:50.95, 8. Cardinal Gibbons 3:51.38; 2021 TOP TIME: Pine Crest 3:27.51, AA-A.

GIRLS TEAM POLL

1. South Florida Heat, 2. Pine Crest, 3. St. Thomas Aquinas, 4. Cypress Bay, 5. Fort Lauderdale.

BOYS
200-yard Medley Relay: 1. South Florida Heat 1:36.85, 2. Fort Lauderdale 1:39.40, 3. Taravella 1:39.68, 4. Pine Crest 1:42.28, 5. American Heritage Plantation 1:43.55, 6. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:43.65, 7. Westminster Academy 1:43.75, 8. NSU University School 1:43.88, 9. Douglas 1:44.19, 10. Somerset 1:44.73; 2021 TOP TIME: South Florida Heat 1:31.94, AA-A.

200-yard Freestyle: 1. Kaii Winkler, SFH 1:40.48, 2. Mason Green, TAR 1:42.67, 3. Gabriel Tortola, STA 1:43.40, 4. Alex Mansur, STA 1:43.63, 5. Sean Doyle, CG 1:45.97, 6. Colin Nealy, PC 1:46.32, 7. Enrique Rodriguez, SOM 1:46.57, 8. Rithvik Marri, AHP 1:46.96, 9. Gianni Famiano, PB 1:47.34, 10. Hashan Ekanayake, WES 1:47.59, 11. Andres Teran, NSUS 1:48.28, 12. Steven Gary, PB 1:48.57, 13. Kingsley Bailey, PC 1:49.67, 14. Renato Corrales, FTL 1:50.71, 15. Christian Clark, WA 1:50.98; 2021 TOP TIME: Kaii Winkler, South Florida Heat 1:36.78, AA-A.

200-yard Individual Medley: 1. Javier Colmenares, EVER 1:55.29, 2. Nikita Efimov, SFH 1:55.33, 3. Giulian Martin, SFH 1:56.47, 4. Makar Goncharov, FTL 1:56.88, 5. Giuliano Brunetti, PB 1:57.48, 6. Salvatore Lanzafame, NSUS 1:57.72, 7. Alessandro Pereira, AHP 1:59.74, 8. Kingsley Bailey PC 2:02.00, 9. Stephen Kim, CB 2:02.86, 10. Jake Jones, PC 2:03.07, 11. Colin Nealy, PC 2:04.86; 2021 TOP TIME: Dario Martin, South Florida Heat 1:53.25

50-yard Freestyle: 1. Kaii Winkler SFH 20.34, 2. Finn Winkler, SFH 21.43, 3. Samuel Collingwood, STA 21.70, 4. Miles Green, TAR 21.90, 5. Giulian Martin, SFH 22.31, 6. Aldo Zepeda, SOM 22.32, 7. tie, Charles Wingold, PB 22.50 and Brian Bencie, DB 22.50, 9. Roman Ferrara, PC 22.53, 10. Lucas Opperman, PC 22.55, 11. Charles Bunette, STA 22.58, 12. Keith Rogers, FTL 22.62, 13. Christian Clark, WA 22.72, 14. Daniel Burg, AHP 22.74, 15. Lorenzo Herek, DOUG 22.86, 16. Josh Justin, WA 22.87, 17. Derek Hau, CC 22.88; 2021 TOP TIME: Kaii Winkler, South Florida Heat 20.67.

1-meter springboard diving: 1. James Boardman, FTL, 2. Allen Levitis, PC, 3. Max Starkman, PC, 4. Ashton Jacobi, PC , 5. Danyal Ghadiali, PC, 6. Frederico Camargo, CGL; 2021 TOP POINT TOTAL: Kevin Mendez, Pine Crest, 606.75

100-yard butterfly: 1. Kaii Winkler, SFH 49.41, 2. Mason Green, TAR 50.01, 3. Marcus Szabo, CG 50.79, 4. Colin Nealy, PC 51.20, 5. Nikita Efimov, SFH 51.83, 6. Salvatore Lanzafame, NSUS 51.96, 7. Alejandro Mateus, EVER 52.21, 8. Jason Cuffe, FTL 53.63, 9. Kingsley Bailey, PC 54.21, 10. Adriano Brunetti, PB 54.93, 11. Sebastian Lobaton Vargas, NSUS 55.02, 12. Christian Clark, WA 55.33, 13. Gabriel Tortola, STA 55.44, 14. Finn Winkler, SFH 55.53, 15. Juan Orjuela, STA 55.48, 16. Joshua Park, DOUG 55.69; 2021 TOP TIME: Dario Martin, South Florida Heat 48.87, AA-A

100-yard Freestyle: 1. Kaii Winkler, SFH 45.31, 2. Alex Mansur, STA 47.53, 3. Samuel Collingwood, STA 48.38, 4. Roman Ferrara, PC 49.02, 5. Gianni Famiano, PB 49.12, 6. Christian Clark, WA 49.22, 7. RJ Martin, TAR 49.38, 8. Daniel Burg, AHP 49.39, 9. Lucas Opperman, PC 49.58, 10. Brian Bencie, DB 49.64, 11. Miles Green, TAR 49.81, 12. Jackson Wampler, SB 49.96, 13. Kingsley Bailey, PC 50.09, 14. Miguel Kocoglu, DOUG 50.22, 15. Aldo Zepeda, SOM 50.56, 16. Charles Burnette, STA 50.70, 17. Zackary Harris, PPC 50.76, 18. Josh Justin, WA 50.94; 2021 TOP TIME: Kaii Winkler, South Florida Heat 44.00, AA-A

500-yard Freestyle: 1. Giuliano Brunetti, PB 4:41.01, 2. Gabriel Tortola, STA 4:41.06, 3. Alessandro Pereira, AHP 4:42.22, 4. Hashan Ekanayake, WES 4:49.34, 5. Enrique Rodriguez, SOM 4:49.45, 6. Felix Gonzalez, SOM 4:50.73, 7. Mateo Shearer, STA 4:53.64, 8. Rithvik Marri, AHP 4:54.71, 9. Jake Jones, PC 4:55.99, 10. Andres Teran, NSUS 4:58.56, 11. Renato Corrales, FDTL 4:59.05, 12. Nathaniel Garrick, ABM 4:59.48, 13. Freddy Rosenthal, PC 4:59.56, 14. Steven Gary, PB 5:02.06; 2021 TOP TIME: Dylan Felt, Fort Lauderdale 4:27.64, AA-A

200-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. South Florida Heat 1:27.19, 2. Pine Crest 1:28.82, 3. Taravella 1:29.05, 4. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:29.92, 5. Fort Lauderdale 1:30.40, 6. Pompano Beach 1:30.45, 7. Westminster Academy 1:33.31, 8. NSU University School 1:34.32, 9. Cypress Bay 1:34.99, 10. Calvary Christian 1:36.11; 2021 TOP TIME: South Florida Heat 1:24.22, AA-A

100-yard Backstroke: 1. Finn Winkler, SFH 51.02, 2. Aldo Zepeda, SOM 53.96, 3. Jackson Wampler, SB 54.60, 4. Marcus Szabo, CG 54.85, 5. Alejandro Mateus, EVER 54.88, 6. Mateo Shearer, STA 55.16, 7. Lorenzo Herek, DOUG 56.40, 8. Giulian Martin, SFH 56.52, 9. Enrique Rodriguez, SOM 57.06, 10. Josh Justin, WA 57.10, 11. Steven Gary, PB 57.30, 12. Jason Cuffe, FTL 57.43, 13. Rithvik Marra, AHP 57.49, 14. Sean Doyle, CGL 57.51, 15. Kian Saffari, PC 57.80, 16. Nathaniel Garrick, ABM 57.95; 2021 TOP TIME: Landon Kyser, Cypress Bay 50.34.

100-yard Breaststroke: 1. Javier Colmenares, EVER 57.96, 2. Salvatore Lanzafame, NSUS 58.60, 3. Giulian Martin, SFH 58.62, 4. Nikita Efimov, SFH 59.41, 5. Makar Goncharov, FTL 1:00.02, 6. Brayden Spaulluto, MON 1:00.88, 7. Stephen Kim, CB 1:01.29, 8. Ronin Jones, PC 1:01.47, 9. Jake Jones, PC 1:01.52, 10. RJ Martin, TAR 1:01.61; 2021 TOP TIME: Dario Martin, South Florida Heat 56.02, AA-C

400-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. South Florida Heat 3:12.94, 2. Pine Crest 3:13.84, 3. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:16.25, 4. Pompano Beach 3:18.43, 5. American Heritage Plantation 3:20.78, 6. Douglas 3:22.53, Somerset 3:24.37, 7. Cypress Bay 3:31.40; 8. NSU University School 3:32.02; 2021 TOP TIME: NSU University School 3:08.63, school record, AA-C.

BOYS TEAM POLL

1. Pine Crest, 2. South Florida Heat, 3. St. Thomas Aquinas, 4. Douglas, 5. Fort Lauderdale.

2022 KEY DATES
Oct. 24: Region 4-4A Meet, Coral Springs Aquatic Center (Deerfield Beach host), 9:30 a.m.
Oct. 25: District 12-1A, Ransom Everglades, 3 p.m.
Oct. 27: Region 4-3A Meet, Sailfish Splash Park, Stuart (South Fork host), 10 a.m.
Oct. 27: District 10-1A, St. Andrew’s, 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 28: District 11-1A, NSU University School 10 a.m.
Oct. 28: District 12-2A, Gulliver Prep, 10 a.m.
Oct. 31-Nov. 5: Class 1A-2A Region Meets
Nov. 4: Class 3A FHSAA State Meet, Stuart
Nov. 5: Class 4A FHSAA State Meet, Stuart
Nov. 11: Class 1A FHSAA State Meet, Stuart
Nov. 12: Class 2A FHSAA State Meet, Stuart
EDITOR NOTE: High school coaches, swimmers and parents are reminded to email Sharon Robb with results, updated and corrected times.
Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com
http://www.swim4soflo.com

Victoria Colmenares, Andres Gomez Lead SOFLO Swimmers In Final Session Of BRST Not So Scary Halloween Invite

By Sharon Robb
BOCA RATON, October 23, 2022—Victoria Colmenares and Andres Gomez led South Florida Aquatic Club swimmers on Saturday at Session Two of the Boca Raton Swim Team’s Not So Scary Halloween Invite at Boca Raton High School Aquatic Center.

Colmenares, 8, following in the footsteps of her two older brothers, won the 25-yard butterfly in a best time 23.65, dropping 1.66 seconds. She was also third in the 25-yard breaststroke in 26.22, another best time dropping 1.37. She was also sixth in the 25-yard freestyle in 20.14, a best time with a 2.91 drop.

Gomez, 7, was second in the 25-yard freestyle in a best time 18.51, dropping 2.02. He was also third in the 25-yard butterfly in 23.84, another best time dropping 0.16 and fourth in the 25-yard backstroke in 23.05, a best time dropping 0.42.

SOFLO sent 34 swimmers to both sessions of the developmental meet.

In addition to host Boca Raton Swim Team and SOFLO, other teams that competed were FAST, Grandview Prep, Lake Lytal Lightning, PAQ, Pine Crest, Pompano Beach Piranhas, St. Andrew’s Aquatics, Swim Fort Lauderdale, Tsunami and one unattached swimmer, Harrold Simmonds of the Bahamas.

SESSION TWO MIXED RESULTS
100-yard individual medley:
12-and-under, 1. Caleb Caponera, SAS 1:02.74; SOFLO: 9. Benjamin Lee 1:16.77, time drop 5.52, 27. Zoe Miralles 1:30.43, time drop 2.62, 44. Alex Smith 1:41.09, 55. Lincoln Callaway Coy 1:49.53, time drop 1.73, 56. Maya Barrizonte 1:49.84, time drop 7.40, 64. Sarah Naranjo 2:02.43, time drop 10.17, 66. Mateo Naranjo 2:08.09.

50-yard backstroke:
12-and-under, 1. Alina Rodriguez, PB 30.33; SOFLO: 19. Luke Sarmiento 41.53, 24. Mehmt Balkan 43.00, 27. Robin Jansen 43.45, 29. Salt Balkan 44.07, 34. Daniel Mantjos 45.13, time drop 1.82, 36. Meysam Jansen 45.53, 44. Jeffrey Xiong 47.13, 46. Camila Juanes 47.47, time drop 13.70, 57. Alex Smith 51.90, 65. Christopher Pozo 53.65, 79. Mattias Tejada 58.73, time drop 2.89.

25-yard backstroke:
8-and-under, 1. Emily Kouchev, SAS 21.11; SOFLO: 4. Andres Gomez 23.05, time drop 0.42, 6. Molly Barber 23.88, time drop 2.21, 15. Ivy Acosta 25.98, time drop 1.23.

50-yard breaststroke:
12-and-under, 1. Caleb Caponera, SAS 32.67; SOFLO: 7. Benjamin Liss 39.41, time drop 0.42, 28. Zoe Miralles 48.17, time drop 1.42, 32. Jeffrey Xiong 49.66, 34. Mehmet Balkan 50.30, 39. Daniel Mantjos 50.77, time drop 3.12, 41. Lukas Samiento 51.09, 42. Robin Jansen 51.62, 48. Salk Balkan 53.39, 54. Lincoln Callaway Coy 56.22, 55. Camila Juanes 56.57, time drop 6.54, 56. Mattias Tejada 57.00, time drop 6.54, 65. Gregory Miralles 1:00.67, time drop 1.55, 68. Aranza Reveron 1:01.81, time drop 3.00, 71. David Mendoza 1:04.84, time drop 1.09, 80. Christopher Pozo 1:11.89.

25-yard breaststroke:
8-and-under, 1. Jayden Gartman, PB 24.01; SOFLO: 3. Victoria Colmenares 26.22, time drop 1.37, 6. Sarah Naranjo 29.91, time drop 1.75, 14. Ivy Acosta 31.47, 21. Mateo Naranjo 34.48.

50-yard butterfly:
12-and-under, 1. Alina Rodriguez, PB 27.91; SOFLO: 47. Maya Barrizonte 52.59, 51. Meysam Jansen 55.20, 56. Alex Smith 1:00.27.

25-yard butterfly:
8-and-under, 1. Victoria Colmenares, SOFLO 23.65, time drop 1.66; SOFLO: 3. Andres Gomez 23.84, time drop 0.16, 4. Gregory Miralles 25.11, time drop 0.18, 5. Molly Barger 25.58, time drop 1.41, 13. David Mendoza 28.39.

50-yard freestyle:
12-and-under, 1. Harrold Simmons, Bahamas 26.37; SOFLO: 21. Benjamin Liss 31.57, 37. Zoe Miralles 34.59, time drop 2.39, 33. Mehmet Balkan 36.74, 40. Robin Jansen 38.21, 41. Salt Balkan 38.74, 43. Maya Barrizonte 41.00, 55. Sarah Naranjo 46.38, 60. Mateo Naranjo 48.27, 63. David Mendoza 49.35, time drop 1.97, 70. Aranza Reveron 53.40, 73. Christopher Pozo 56.03, time drop 5.65.

25-yard freestyle:
8-and-under, 1. Jayden Gartman, PB 16.58; SOFLO: 2. Andres Gomez 18.51, time drop 2.02, 3. Gregory Miralles 18.84, time drop 1.00, 6. Victoria Colmenares 20.14, time drop 2.91, 8. Ivy Acosta 20.50, time drop 0.35, 15. Molly Barber 21.96.

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

Dmitrii Berezin Leads SOFLO Swimmers In Session One Of BRST Not So Scary Halloween Invite

By Sharon Robb
BOCA RATON, October 22, 2022—Dmitrii Berezin was top finisher for South Florida Aquatic Club Saturday at Session One of the Boca Raton Swim Team’s Not So Scary Halloween Invite at Boca Raton High School Aquatic Center.

Berezin, 13, finished second and had three other Top 14 finishes along with three best times.

Berezin finished second in the 100-yard backstroke in a lifetime best time of 1:08.54, dropping two seconds. He also dropped 22.74 seconds in the 100 butterfly and 0.24 in the 100 freestyle.

SOFLO teammates Alexander Rahman was fifth in the 100 breaststroke in 1:21.55 and seventh in the 100 freestyle in 1:00.31. Diego Reveron was sixth in the 100 backstroke in 1:12.19 and sixth in the 100 butterfly in 1:09.54.

SOFLO sent 34 swimmers to both sessions of the developmental meet.

In addition to host Boca Raton Swim Team and SOFLO, other teams that competed were FAST, Grandview Prep, Lake Lytal Lightning, PAQ, Pine Crest, Pompano Beach Piranhas, St. Andrew’s Aquatics, Swim Fort Lauderdale, Tsunami and one unattached swimmer, Harrold Simmonds of the Bahamas.

SESSION ONE MIXED RESULTS
100-yard freestyle:
13-14, 1. Jorge Aguila, SAS 56.21, 2. Cash Vinas, PAQ 57.53, 3. Andres El Khaouli, PAQ 58.55; SOFLO: 7. Alexander Rahman 1:00.31, 10. Diego Reveron 1:00.79, 14. Dmitrii Berezin 1:02.67, time drop 0.24, 21. Camila Canelon 1:06.21, time drop 1.24, 22. Adrian Sowma 1:08.23, time drop 1.73, 24. Sophia Avila 1:08.41, 26. Matthew Garcia 1:09.03, 30. Isabella Callaway Coy 1:11.65.
15-18, 1. Miguel Ochoa, SAS 51.88, 2. Kevin Melo, PAQ 53.94, 3. Nikita Galkin, PAQ 55.33.

100-yard backstroke:
13-14, 1. Bradley DiPaolo, SAS 1:08.32, 2. Dmitrii Berezin, SOFLO 1:08.54, time drop 2.00, 3. Christina Gumbinger, SAS 1:08.93; SOFLO: 6. Diego Reveron 1:12.19, 15. Adrian Sowma 1:18.65, time drop 1.87, 19. Sophia Avila 1:21.42, 20. Isabella Callaway Coy 1:22.55.
15-18, 1.Miguel Ochoa, SAS 1:00.35, 2. Nikita Galkin, PAQ 1:09.80, 3. Kevin Melo, PAQ 1:13.68.

100-yard breaststroke:
13-14, 1. Bradley DiPaolo, SAS 1:09.11, 2. Jack Morrison, SAS 1:12.78, 3. Jorge Aguila, SAS 1:13.05; SOFLO: 5. Alexander Rahman 1:21.55, 12. Isabella Callaway Coy 1:26.21, time drop 0.99, 14. Dmitrii Berezin 1:27.40, 17. Adrian Sowma 1:31.35, 24. Camila Canelon 1:42.91, time drop 0.25, 30. Matthew Garcia 1:58.46.
15-18, 1. Miguel Ochoa, SAS 1:07.85, 2. Kevin Melo, PAQ 1:12.07, 3. Emi Romanczuk, SAS 1:22.06.

100-yard butterfly:
13-14, 1. Jorge Aguila, SAS 1:05.37, 2. Sofia Olea, SAS 1:07.26, 3. Dylan Kanell, SAS 1:08.80; SOFLO: 6. Diego Reveron 1:09.54, 14. Dmitrii Berezin 1:17.20, time drop 22.74, 15. Camila Canelon 1:17.61, 16. Adrian Sowma 1:18.03, time drop 0.18, 22. Isabella Callaway Coy 1:28.74.
15-18, 1. Miguel Ochoa, SAS 1:04.31, 2. Kevin Melo, PAQ 1:05.92, 3. Lorenzo Luvizetto, PAQ 1:12.47.

200-yard individual medley:
13-18, 1. Emi Romanczuk, SAS 2:38.09, 2. Rafael Merdinger, TSU 2:43.43, 3. Nikita Galkin, PAQ 2:44.18.

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

St. Thomas Aquinas Sweeps District 11-3A Team Titles; SOFLO’s Catalasan, Vasquez, Colmenares, Mateus Win

By Sharon Robb
CORAL SPRINGS, October 21, 2022—Defending champion St. Thomas Aquinas dominated the field to sweep the boys and girls team titles in the District 11-3A Swimming and Diving Championships Friday at Coral Springs Aquatic Complex.

The Raider girls swept all three relays and won seven individual events including diving to win the team title with an impressive 616 points among the 10-team field. Pembroke Pines Charter was second with 336.

The Raider boys also swept all three relays and won four individual events to win with 596 points ahead of Pembroke Pines Charter with 386. Seven boys teams competed.

South Florida Aquatic Club swimmers captured seven individual events and played a role on a winning relay.

Mariann Catalasan of St. Thomas Aquinas won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:17.76 and 100-yard breaststroke in 1:08.74. Catalasan was also a member of the winning 200-yard medley relay.

Sarah Vasquez, also of St. Thomas Aquinas, won the 500-yard freestyle in 5:20.85 and was second in 2:02.90.

Other St. Thomas Aquinas district champions were double winners Julianne McCranie in the 100-yard butterfly in 58.85 and 100-yard backstroke in 1:01.01. Anastasia Lutz won the 100-yard freestyle in 55.99.

SOFLO’s Javier Colmenares and Alejandro Mateus were double winners for Everglades.

Colmenares won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:00.00 and 100-yard breaststroke in 59.25.

Mateus won the 100-yard butterfly in 53.87 and 100-yard backstroke in 54.88.

Alex Mansur led the Raiders winning two events in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:44.12 and 100-yard freestyle in 47.84.

Other St. Thomas Aquinas winners were Samuel Collingwood in the 50-yard freestyle in 21.70 and Gabriel Tortola in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:51.83.

St. Thomas Aquinas’ Kaitlyn Raby won the 1-meter diving title with 460.70 points.

GIRLS TEAM SCORES

1. St. Thomas Aquinas 616.5, 2. Pembroke Pines Charter 336, 3. Archbishop McCarthy 292, 4. Everglades 96, 5. South Plantation 84, 6. Plantation 59, 7. Piper 47.5, 8. McArthur 19, 9. Miramar 10, 10. Dillard 2.

GIRLS RESULTS
1-meter diving: 1. Kaitlyn Raby, STA 460.70, 2. Lindsay Ruoff, STA 302.85.

200-yard medley relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:53.28 (Julianne McCranie, Mariann Catalasan, Teresa Landron, Jade Renaud), 2. Pembroke Pines Charter 2:09.18 (Ahana Thakur, Maria Legaspi, Kaitlyn Consuegra, Kaitlyn Jorgensen), 3. Everglades 2:39.15 (Sarah Bedoya, Leilah, Dahlia Morton, Jenna Valdes).

200-yard freestyle: 1. Kaitlyn Jorgensen, PPC 2:01.55, 2. Sarah Vasquez, STA 2:02.90, 3. Mia Gelin (STA) 2:06.75.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Mariann Catalasan, STA 2:17.76, 2. Jade Renaud, STA 2:19.02, 3. Abigail Santos, STA 1:11.29.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Carolina Gonzalez, PIP 25.78, 2. Anastasia Lutz, STA 25.91, 3. Oneika Gayle, PTTN 26.16.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Julianne McCranie, STA 58.85, 2. Lena Lajko, STA 1:01.14, 3. Teresa Landron, STA 1:02.33.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Anastasia Lutz, STA 55.99, 2. tie, Mia Gelin, STA 56.93 and Carolina Gonzalez, PIP 56.93.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Sarah Vasquez, STA 5:20.85, 2. Kaitlyn Jorgensen, PPC 5:26.72, 3. Jade Renaud, STA 5:26.80.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:43.96 (Teresa Landron, Jade Renaud, Mia Gelin, Anastasia Lutz), 2. Pembroke Pines Charter 1:54.68 (Antonia Ortiz, Silvana Dioguardi, Kaitlyn Consuegra, Giada Porven), 3. Archbishop McCarthy 1:59.88 (Scarlett Kuchar, Sophia Spalding, Cristina Bermudez, Alexa Young-Tem).

100-yard backstroke: 1. Julianne McCranie, STA 1:01.01, 2. Lena Lajko, STA 1:03.63, 3. Sarah Bedoya, EVER 1:07.88.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Mariann Catalasan, STA 1:08.74, 2. Oneika Gayle, PTTN 1:10.27, 3. Maria Legaspi, PPC 1:15.77.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:46.16 (Teresa Landron, Mia Gelin, Anastasia Lutz, Julianne McCranie), 2. Archbishop McCarthy 3:59.76, 3. Pembroke Pines Charter 4:06.30.

BOYS TEAM SCORES

1. St. Thomas Aquinas 596, 2. Pembroke Pines Charter 386, 3. Archbishop McCarthy 312, 4. Everglades 210, 5. South Plantation 114, 6. Piper 98, 7. Miramar 24.

BOYS RESULTS
1-meter diving: None

200-yard medley relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:44.50 (Mateo Shearer, Rafael Landron, Juan Orjuela, Nicholas Santarsiero), 2. Pembroke Pines Charter 1:47.19 (Zackary Harris, Abraham Penaloza, Christian Tijero, Luca Hincapie), 3. Everglades 1:49.47 (Alejandro Mateus, Javier Colmenares, Randy Smith, Tyler Hering).

200-yard freestyle: 1. Alex Mansur, STA 1:44.12, 2. Gabriel Tortola, STA 1:49.73, 3. Nathaniel Garrick, ABM 1:51.69.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Javier Colmenares, EVER 2:00.00, 2. Alejandro Osorio, STA 2:10.70, 3. Rafael Landron, STA 2:11.24.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Samuel Collingwood, STA 21.70, 2. Charles Burnette, STA 22.58, 3. Luca Hincapie, PPC 23.63.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Alejandro Mateus, EVER 53.87, 2. Juan Orjuela, STA 56.40, 3. Christian Tijero, PPc 57.89.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Alex Mansur, STA 47.84, 2. Samuel Collingwood, STA 48.38, 3. Charles Burnette, STA 50.70.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Gabriel Tortola, STA 4:51.83, 2. Mateo Shearer, STA 4:53.64, 3. Mason Jimenez, ABM 5:13.32.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:33.01 (Samuel Collingwood, Juan Orjuela, Gabriel Tortola, Alex Mansur), 2. Pembroke Pines Charter 1:44.22 (Bruno Martins, Lucas Porven, Fernando Barreto, Austin Taylor), 3. Archbishop McCarthy 1:45.79 (Pablo Gomez, Alejandro Cabrera, Stefano Musso, Pedro Medina).

100-yard backstroke: 1. Alejandro Mateus, EVER 54.88, 2. Mateo Shearer, STA 55.83, 3. Nathaniel Garrick, ABM 58.36.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Javier Colmenares, EVER 59.25, 2. Rafael Landron, STA 1:05.87, 3. Zackary Harris, PPC 1:06.20.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:20.41 (Samuel Collingwood, Matthew Tan, Gabriel Tortola, Alex Mansur), 2. Pembroke Pines Charter 3:33.65 (Christian Tijero, Benjamin Kim, Luca Hincapie, Zackary Harris), 3. Everglades 3:39.93 (Alejandro Mateus, Randy Smith, Tyler Hering, Javier Colmenares).

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

SOFLO’S Smutny, Schleicher Named USA Swimming Scholastic All-Americans

By Sharon Robb
COLORADO SPRINGS, October 21, 2022—Maddie Smutny and Mallory Schleicher were among thirteen Florida Gold Coast swimmers named to the 2021-22 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American team.

Smutny and Schleicher are joined by Aitor Arrese-Igor, Aspen Gersper and Maximilian zum Tobel of St. Andrew’s, Riley Botting and Julia Podkoscielny of Pine Crest, Dylan Felt of Swim Fort Lauderdale, Giulian Martin of Hurricane Aquatics, Erika Pelaez of Eagle Aquatics, Dylan Smiley of Miami Country Day, Heidi Smithwick of Jupiter Dragons and Zarek Wilson of TS Aquatics.

The lists consist of 1,281 athletes, freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors who maintained a minimum 3.5 grade point average (GPA) and met any of the competition criteria during the qualifying period of September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2022.

The 595 girls and 686 boys were led by Katie Grimes (Las Vegas, Nevada/Sandpipers of Nevada), Erin Gemmell (Pontomac, Maryland/Nations Capital Swim Club) and Baylor Nelson (Huntersville, North Carolina/SwimMAC Carolina), the only athletes who earned perfect scores due to being an event champion and maintaining a 4.0 GPA.

Grimes earned her championship in the 10K at the Open Water National Championships, Gemmell in the 400 freestyle at the Phillips 66 National Championships and Nelson in the 200 IM at the 2021 U.S. Open.

Eleven athletes with disabilities earned the honor, marking the second year where athletes with disabilities can qualify for this program. Five open water athletes are also included among this year’s honorees.

North Carolina Swimming led all Local Swimming Committees (LSCs) in Scholastic All-America selections this year with 99 athletes. The top-two clubs with individual athletes receiving this honor, SwimMAC Carolina (28 athletes) and TAT Titans (24 athletes), both came from North Carolina.

Athletes by zone: Southern, 397; Eastern, 314; Western, 301 and Central, 268.

Athletes by grade: freshmen, 116; sophomores, 331; juniors, 468 and seniors 316.

All athletes will receive certificates and a bag tag. Three- and four-time honorees will receive a special gift. All awards will be shipped this fall.

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

SOFLO Swimmers Headed To BRST Not So Scary Halloween Invite This Weekend

By Sharon Robb
BOCA RATON, October 21, 2022—South Florida Aquatic Club swimmers will get in some good racing Saturday at the Boca Raton Swim Team’s Not So Scary Halloween Invite at Boca Raton High School Aquatic Center.

The meet, for developmental swimmers, features 34 swimmers from SOFLO.

Two sessions are scheduled: Session One for the 13-18 swimmers from 9 a.m. to 10:02 a.m. with an 8 a.m. warmup; and Session Two for the 12-and-unders 11 a.m. to 1:36 p.m. with a 10 a.m. warmup.

In addition to host Boca Raton Swim Team and SOFLO, other teams competing are FAST, Grandview Prep, Lake Lytal Lightning, PAQ, Pine Crest, Pompano Beach Piranhas, St. Andrew’s Aquatics, Swim Fort Lauderdale, Tsunami and one unattached swimmer, Harrold Simmonds of the Bahamas.

Admission is $5.

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