SOFLO Swimmers Dominate Opening Night Of TYR SOFLO Open

By Sharon Robb
PEMBROKE PINES, January 20, 2023—South Florida Aquatic Club got off to a strong start on opening night of the TYR SOFLO Open Friday at Academic Village Pool.

SOFLO girls swept all but two races in the girls events and boys swept all but three races.

Christie Ann Lumsden, Jianna Amores, Rainier Leyva Riestra and Juan Vallmitjana were double winners.

Lumsden won the 10-and-under 200-yard freestyle in a best time 2:10.74, dropping 0.93 and 200-yard individual medley in 2:33.42, also a best time with a 5.24 time drop.

Amores won the 11-12 200-yard freestyle in a 2:05.94, a best time with a 0.62 drop and 200-yard IM in a best time 2:25.98 with a 2.59 drop.

SOFLO individual girls winners were Jenesys Amores in the 13-14 100 IM in a best time 1:05.66 with a 3.03 drop. Laila Harran won the 13-14 400 IM in 4:51.50.

In the boys’ competition, Riestra won the 11-12 200-yard freestyle in 2:08.34 and 200 IM in a best time 2:30.49, with a 0.62 drop.

Vallmitjana won the 13-14 100 IM 58.45, with a 5.67 drop and 400 IM in 4:18.55.

SOFLO’s Toma Petkov won the 10-and-under 200 IM in 2:40.65.

Some impressive SOFLO time drops were:
Mackenzie McPherson, 400 IM, 11.24.
Sofia Gomez, 400 IM, 11.53.
Gabriel Ferrer, 200 IM, 4.01.
Jaden Amores, 400 IM, 11.07.

The three-day age group meet continues Saturday and Sunday each with two sessions. The first session begins 8:30 a.m. and afternoon sessions will start approximately 1 1/4 hours following the conclusion of the morning sessions.

In addition to host SOFLO, among Florida Gold Coast swim teams competing are SwimFast, Metro Aquatics, Miami Swimming, Sunrise Swimming, Cooper City Cyclones, Hialeah, Speed World Swimming, TS Aquatics, Mar JCC Swim Team, College of Florida Keys and Boca Raton.

Admission is $5 per session. Heat sheets are available free of charge online (SoFloMeets@swim4soflo.com) or Meet Mobile. For more information call 954-538-3721.

SOFLO sponsor TYR is an American designer, developer and manufacturer of recreational and competitive swimwear, caps, goggles, triathlon gear and accessories and one of the nation’s top companies. TYR, created by athletes, is named for the Norse god of warriors in Germanic mythology.

The company’s mission statement is “starting from, powered by and made for athletes, we strive to create and re-imagine technologies that enhance experience and performance at every level.”

FRIDAY RESULTS
GIRLS
200-yard freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Christie Ann Lumsden, SOFLO 2:10.74, time drop 0.93, 2. Hannah Ruppel, SUN 2:27.99, 3. Emma Ellis, SUN 2:39.94.
11-12, 1. Jianna Amores, SOFLO 2:05.94, time drop 0.62, 2. Mely Ramos, HSC 2:07.12, 3. Jemma Baldwin, SOFLO 2:10.50, time drop 0.33.

100-yard individual medley:
13-14, 1. Jenesys Amores, SOFLO 1:05.66, time drop 3.03, 2. Elise Dinehart, SOFLO 1:07.09, 3. Lydia Smutny, SOFLO 1:07.31, time drop 1.60.
15-and-over, 1. Paola Gonzalez, UNFG 1:00.48, 2. Tawannah McLemore, TSA 1:01.85, 3. Ana Villamil, SOFLO 1:01.88, 4. Elena Dinehart, SOFLO 1:01.96.

200-yard individual medley:
10-and-under, 1. Christie Ann Lumsden, SOFLO 2:33.42, time drop 5.24, 2. Emma Ellis, SUN 2:50.57, 3. Hannah Ruppel, SUN 2:52.33, 4. Stephania Dmitrova, SOFLO 2:57.20, time drop 0.35.
11-12, 1. Jianna Amores, SOFLO 2:25.98, time drop 2.59, 2. Jemma Baldwin, SOFLO 2:28.49, 3. Alma Cancio Jorge, MAC 2:28.61.

400-yard individual medley:
13-14, 1. Laila Harran SOFLO 4:51.50, 2. Mackenzie McPherson, SOFLO 4:53.83, time drop 11.24, 3. tie, Elise Dinehart, SOFLO 4:57.57 and Lydia Smutny, SOFLO 4:57.57, 5. Jenesys Amores, SOFLO 5:03.67, 6. Sofia Gomez, SOFLO 5:12.08, time drop 11.53.
15-and-over, 1. Paola Gonzalez, UNFG 4:35.96, 2. Elena Dinehart, SOFLO 4:38.46, 3. Maddie Smutny, SOFLO 4:42.82, 4. Natalie Gembicki, SOFLO 4:44.12.

BOYS
200-yard freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Janiel Espinosa, SF 2:20.12, 2. Toma Petkov, SOFLO 2:25.02, 3. Michal Barber, SOFLO 2:27.21, time drop 0.34, 4. Gabriel Ferrer, SOFLO 2:31.44, time drop 2.96.

11-12, 1. Rainier Leyva Riestra, SOFLO 2:08.34, 2. Noah Mejias, SOFLO 2:11.61, 3. Lester Perez, MAC 2:13.21.

100-yard individual medley:
13-14, 1. Juan Vallmitjana, SOFLO 58.45, time drop 5.67, 2. Daniel Ella, SUN 1:00.70, 3. Jorvir Tigrero, HSC 1:01.11, 4. Jose Rincon, SOFLO 1:02.25, time drop 0.60.
15-and-over, 1. George Gonzalez, UNFG 53.66, 2. Javier Colmenares, SOFLO 54.45, 3. Mason Green, TSA 55.03.

200-yard individual medley:
10-and-under, 1. Toma Petkov, SOFLO 2:40.65, 2. Janiel Espinosa, SF 2:44.36, 3. Timer Wright, SF 2:49.41, 4. Gabriel Ferrer, SOFLO 2:50.30, time drop 4.01.
11-12, 1. Rainier Leyva Riestra, SOFLO 2:30.49, time drop 0.62, 2. Jacob Woodrum, CCPR 2:44.69, 3. Luke Stojack, SF 2:51.23.

400-yard individual medley:
13-14, 1. Juan Vallmitjana, SOFLO 4:18.55, 2. Connor Jimenez, SOFLO 4:42.53, time drop 3.52, 3. Joshua Menezes, SOFLO 4:46.91, 4. Dmitri Berezin, SOFLO 5:10.85.
15-and-over, 1. George Gonzalez, UNFG 4:11.33, 2. Javier Colmenares, SOFLO 4:13.89, 3. Ricardo Roche, SOFLO 4:15.24, 4. Jaden Amores, SOFLO 4:16.45, time drop 11.07.

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