SOFLO’s Izzy Wilson Among Eleven Florida Gold Coast Swimmers Named USA Swimming Scholastic All-American

By Sharon Robb
COLORADO SPRINGS, October 31, 2023—South Florida Aquatic Club’s Izzy Wilson was among 1,135 swimmers from across the nation named to the USA Swimming 2022-2023 Scholastic All-American team.

It is the first time Wilson, a junior at Carrollton School in Miami, distance freestyler and open water swimmer, earned a spot on the team.

Other Florida Gold Coast swimmers earning the honor and number of times they have been named to the team:

Riley Botting, Pine Crest Swimming, second time, Yale commit.

Emma Herrera, Flood Aquatics Swim Team, (FAST), first time, King’s Academy.

Sofia Jorge, Eagle Aquatics, first time, South Florida Heat.

Sara Lin, Pine Crest Swimming, first time, Georgetown commit.

Giulian Martin, Hurricane Aquatics, third time, South Florida Heat.

Erika Pelaez, Eagle Aquatics, third time, North Carolina State commit.

Julia Podkoscielny, Pine Crest Swimming, fourth time, University of Florida freshman.

Dylan Smiley, Miami Country Day Aquatics, second time, Indiana University-Bloomington commit.

Noah Smith, Flood Aquatics Swim Team (FAST), first time, King’s Academy.

Lucas Young, Hurricane Aquatics, first time, Immaculata-LaSalle (Miami).

All athletes will receive a certificate and bag tag. Three and four time senior class honorees will receive a special gift. Awards will be shipped this fall.

Swimmers in grades 9-12 had to maintain a minimum of a 3.5 grade point average and meet the competition criteria during the Sept. 1, 2022-August 31, 2023 qualifying period.

National team members Claire Weinstein and Katie Grimes of Sandpipers of Nevada were the only two swimmers who had perfect scores as event champions while maintaining a 4.0 GPA.

There were 621 boys and 514 girls selected. There were 125 seniors with three or four years of being named. Four are open water athletes and 12 were athletes with disabilities.

North Carolina Swimming led all Local Swimming Committees (LSCs) in Scholastic All-America selections this year with 112 athletes. The top club with individual athletes receiving the honor, SwimMAC Carolina (30 athletes), is also from North Carolina.

Athletes by zone are: Southern, 370; Eastern 279; Western 279; Central, 207.

Athletes by grades are: Freshman, 130; Sophomores, 304; Juniors 438; Seniors 263.

Top LSCs are: North Carolina Swimming, 112; Southern California Swimming, 87; Pacific Swimming, 68; Florida Swimming 53; and Virginia Swimming 49.

Top clubs: SwimMac, 30; NOVA of Virginia Aquatics, 22; Lakeside Aquatic Club, 20; Rose Bowl Aquatics, 19; and Nation’s Capital Swim Club, 19.

SOURCE: USA Swimming

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

2023 BROWARD SWIMMING/DIVING HONOR ROLL, WEEK SEVEN, October 30

GIRLS
200-yard Medley Relay: 1. South Florida Heat 1:44.34, AA-C, 2. Pine Crest 1:49.39, 3. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:49.87, 4. Douglas 1:54.15, 5. Cypress Bay 1:56.37, 6. Calvary Christian 1:56.64, 7. American Heritage Plantation 1:56.75, 8. Coral Springs Charter 1:57.00, 9. Somerset 1:59.02, 10. Taravella 1:59.12; 2022 BEST TOP TIME: South Florida Heat 1:43.82, AA-A.

200-yard Freestyle: 1. Gioia Balzano, SFH 1:50.68, 2. Sofia Jorge, SFH 1:51.94, 3. Alanis Santiago, SFH 1:52.19, 4. Mariana Cote, CB 1:52.84, 5. Mariana Montes, SFH 1:56.31, 6. Alexis Christensen, NSUS 1:56.43, 7. Da’Jah German, FTL 1:56.69, 8. Mia Patton, NSUS 1:56.97, 9. Kaitlyn Jorgensen, PPC 1:57.05, 10. Julia Freshour, PB 1:57.55, 11. Tania Mantilla, CB 1:57.60, 12. Julianne McCranie, STA 1:58.15, 13. Katherine Voet, FTL 1:58.93, 14. Carley Kaplan, WB 1:59.20, 15. Natalia Ortiz, CB 1:59.33, 16. Sara Miller, PC 1:59.38; 2022 BEST TIME: Riley Botting, PC 1:52.82.

200-yard Individual Medley: 1. Samantha Schoenborn, SFH 2:06.40, 2. Maria Camila Perez, NSUS 2:07.17, 3. Mariana Cote, CB 2:07.34, 4. Sara Miller, PC 2:09.11, 5. Lilia Blanco, PB 2:09.05, 6. Gabriella DeLuna, CB 2:09.44, 7. Gioia Balzano, SFH 2:11.01, 8. Sydney Cronin, FTL 2:14.64, 9. Carley Kaplan, WB 2:15.39, 10. Zoe Antonio, PC 2:15.54, 11. Mariann Catalasan, STA 2:16.01; 2022 BEST TIME: Julia Podkoscielny, PC 1:58.81, AA-A.

50-yard Freestyle: 1. Erika Pelaez, SFH 22.26, AA-A, 2. Tawannah McLemore, TAR 23.62, 3. Da’Jah German, FTL 23.81, 4. Carley Kaplan, WB 24.13, 5. Sara Lin, PC 24.22, 6. Marley Tyner CALV 24.47, 7. Christina Paschal, CALV 24.78, 8. Anastasia Lutz, STA 25.02 and Liliana Novak, AHP, 25.02, 10. Oneika Gayle, PLAN 25.11, 11. Anais Gendon, SB 25.13, 12. Nicole Creed, CG 25.40, 13. tie, Dylan Kanell, CALV 25.45 and Manuella Lima, SFH 25.45, 15. Carolina Gonzalez, TAR 25.55, 16. Valentina Valecillos, CB 25.57, 17. Chloe Cupid, PLAN 25.70, 18. Kimoni Elliot, FTL 25.80, 19. Sidney Anton, WES 25.81, 20. Jade Renaud, TA 25.82, 21. Madison Aguero, AHP 25.86, 22. Mia Guerrero, AHP 25.87; 2022 BEST TIME: Erika Pelaez, SFH 23.01, AA-A.

1-meter springboard diving: 1. Juliet Radich, CG, 2. Hayden Ferenc, FTL, 3. Sophia Cavaretta, FTL, 4. Catherine Kilroy, FTL, 5. Ginger Boardman, FTL, 6. Lindsay Ruoff, STA, 7. Annabella Johnson, PC, 8. Elle Nava, WA, 9. Chelsea Cassell, PC, 10. Hannah Steele, PC, 11. Sofia Egizi, PC, 12. Lilly Hirsch, CC; 2022 BEST DIVER: Ava Andersen, PC.

100-yard Butterfly: 1. Julianne McCranie, STA 55.86, 2. Sofia Jorge, SFH 56.07, 3. Elyse Wood, SFH 57.21, 4. Sophia El Chantiry, DOUG 57.58, 5. Lena Lajko, STA 57.70, 6. Carolyn Levy-Powell, STA 57.86, 7. Gabriella DeLuna, CB 58.39, 8. Alani Lopez, SOM 58.53, 9. Bella Egizi, PC 59.05, 10. Zoe Antonio, PC 59.32, 11. Victoria Reveron, SFH 59.54, 12. Giani Francis, TAR 59.69, 13. Isabel Torres-Mendoza, PB 1:00.04, 14. Mia Patton, NSUS 1:00.55, 15. Orenella Giuliano, NSUS 1:00.59, 16. Mariana Montes, CSC 1:00.90; 2022 BEST TIME: Erika Pelaez, SFH 52.12, AA-A.

100-yard Freestyle: 1. Gioia Balzano, SFH 51.15, 2. Alanis Santiago, SFH 52.26, 3. Lilia Blanco, PB 53.17, 4. Emory Jacobson-Bertanzetti, PC 53.48, 5. Elyse Wood, SFH 53.53, 6. Carolyn Levy-Powell, STA 53.98, 7. Carley Kaplan, WB 54.19, 8. Liliana Novak, AHP 54.26, 9. Anastasia Lutz, STA 54.32, 10. Marley Tyner, CALV 54.61, 11. Mia Patton, NSUS 54.70, 12. Sara Miller, PC 54.82, 13. Christina Paschal, CALV 54.88, 14. Nicole Creed, CG 54.98, 15. Mia Gelin, STA 55.02, 16. Jessica Harmer, PC 55.04, 17. Jade Renaud, STA 55.07, 18. Natalia Ortiz, CB 55.26, 19. Alexis Christensen, NSUS 56.06, 20. Carly Chin, DOUG 56.18, 21. Sidney Anton, WES 56.47; 2022 BEST TIME: Erika Pelaez, SFH 50.61, AA-A.

500-yard Freestyle: 1. Da’Jah German, FTL 5:02.95, 2. Mariana Montes, CSCS 5:11.42, 3. Reese Balkcom, DOUG 5:11.46, 4. Julia Freshour, PB 5:11.96, 5. Samantha Schoenborn, SFH 5:12.93, 6. Katherine Voet, FTL 5:13.72, 7. Mariana Cote, CB 5:13.83, 8. Amelie Bicerne, CB 5:15.57, 9. Alejandra Gil-Restrepo, CSCS 5:16.68, 10. Alexis Christensen, NSUS 5:17.07, 11. Tania Mantilla, CB 5:20.50, 12. Daniella Balkcom, DOUG 5:21.15, 13. Mia Patton, NSUS 5:22.50, 14. Sarah Vasquez, STA 5:24.30, 15. Lucia Blanco, PB 5:29.46, 16. Emma Lin, PB 5:29.93, 17. Pilar Duranti, SOM 5:31.21, 18. Grace Weeks, CSC 5:31.27, 19. Taylor Devon, SB 5:32.53, 20. Kaitlyn Jorgensen, PPC 5:33.78, 21. Madison Laski, NBP 5:34.62, 22. Grace Weeks, CSCS 5:34.77; 2022 BEST TIME: Riley Botting, PC 4:54.11 AA-A.

200-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. South Florida Heat 1:33.30, AA-A, 2. Pine Crest 1:39.32, 3. Calvary Christian 1:40.70, 4. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:41.31, 5. 6. NSU University School 1:41.44, 7. Pompano Beach 1:42.00, 8. Taravella 1:43.64, 9. Cypress Bay 1:43.66, 10. American Heritage Plantation 1:44.25, 11. Fort Lauderdale 1:44.91, 12. Somerset 1:45.15, 13. Douglas 1:45.34; 2022 BEST TIME: South Florida Heat 1:36.38, AA-A.

100-yard Backstroke: 1. Erika Pelaez, SFH 51.32, AA-A, state record; 2. Maria Camila Perez, NSUS 56.39, 3. Samantha Schoenborn, SFH 56.46, 4. Julianne McCranie, STA 56.92, 5. Nicole Creed, CG 58.41, 6. Carley Kaplan, WB 58.42, 7. Carolyn Levy-Powell, STA 58.66, 8. Gioia Balzano, SFH 58.99, 9. Lena Lajko, STA 59.96, 10. Emory Jacobson Bertanzetti, PC 1:00.99, 11. Mia Guerrero, AHP 1:00.93, 12. Allyson Lake, DOUG 1:01.53, 13. tie, Kaitlyn Jorgensen, PPC 1:01.61 and Giani Francis, TAR 1:01.61, 15. Amelie Bicerne, CB 1:01.80, 16. Mckenzie Baur, PC 1:02.73; 2022 BEST TIME: Erika Pelaez, SFH 51.78, AA-A.

100-yard Breaststroke: 1. Sara Lin, PC 1:03.99, 2. Tawannah McLemore, TAR 1:04.85, 3. Sara Miller, PC 1:05.80, 4. Elyse Wood, SFH 1:06.11, 5. Mariann Catalasan, STA 1:06.81, 6. Oneika Gayle, PLAN 1:07.15, 7. Sydney Cronin, FTL 1:08.10, 8. Parker Jacobson-Bertanzetti, PC 1:08.91, 9. Oneika Gayle, PLAN 1:10.32, 10. Abigail Santos, STA 1:11.29, 11. Olivia Jones-Torres, CB 1:11.31, 12. An Alysse McComie-Waterman, FTL 1:11.36, 13. Abigail Santos, STA 1:11.58, 14. Manuella Lima, SFH 1:11.61, 15. Julia Messinger-Nanni, SFH 1:11.72, 16. Alani Lopez, SOM 1:11.89; 2022 BEST TIME: Sara Lin, PC 1:03.16, AA-A.

400-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. South Florida Heat 3:24.60, AA-A, 2. NSU University School 3:29.05, 3. Cypress Bay 3:36.10, 4. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:39.52, 5. Pompano Beach 3:40.78, 6. Pine Crest 3:41.06, 7. Fort Lauderdale 3:41.51, 8. Douglas 3:42.16, 9. Calvary Christian 3:44.82, 10. American Heritage Plantation 3:45.25, 11. Coral Springs Charter 3:48.42; 2022 BEST TIME: South Florida Heat 3:24.30, AA-A.

GIRLS TEAM POLL

1. South Florida Heat, 2. St. Thomas Aquinas, 3. Pine Crest, 4. American Heritage Plantation, 5. Cypress Bay, Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach.

BOYS
200-yard Medley Relay: 1. Pine Crest 1:39.29, 2. American Heritage Plantation 1:40.54, 3. NSU University School 1:41.02, 4. Cooper City 1:41.42, 5. Fort Lauderdale 1:42.03, 6. Westminster Academy 1:42.47, 7. South Florida Heat 1:42.64, 8. Western 1:44.35, 9. Douglas 1:44.42, 10. Cypress Bay 1:44.48, 11. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:44.59, 12. Calvary Christian 1:45.82, 13. Coral Springs Charter 1:47.98; 2022 BEST TIME: South Florida Heat 1:30.85, AA-A.

200-yard Freestyle: 1. Kaii Winkler, SFH 1:35.54, AA-A, 2. Gabriel Tortola, STA 1:40.69, 3. Alex Mansur, STA 1:42.19, 4. Juan Vallmitjana-Behrendt, STA 1:42.68, 5. Marcus Szabo, CG 1:45.10, 6. Rithvik Marri, AHP 1:46.03, 7. Hashan Ekanayake, WES 1:46.50, 8. Kingsley Bailey, PC 1:46.56, 9. Filippo Sala, NSUS 1:47.20, 10. Freddy Rosenthal, PC 1:49.27, 11. Ethan Persten, CGL 1:49.76, 12. Christian Clark, WA 1:49.80, 13. Renato Corrales, FTL 1:50.36, 14. Barron Tate, SFH 1:50.42, 15. Gabriel Landron, AHP 1:51.04, 16. Christian King, CALV 1:51.63, 17. Surfiel Santiago, SFH 1:51.78, 18. Renato Corrales, FTL 1:51.99; 2022 BEST TIME: Kaii Winkler, SFH 1:34.18, AA-A.

200-yard Individual Medley: 1. Javier Colmenares, EVER 1:51.21, 2. Makar Goncharov, FTL 1:55.02, 3. Gianni Famiano, PB 1:55.43, 4. Jake Jones, PC 1:56.67, 5. Alessandro Pereira, AHP 1:56.99, 6. Giuliano Brunetti, PB 1:58.58, 7. Emihlio Reveron, SFH 1:59.12, 8. Stephen Kim, CB 2:00.04, 9. Surfiel Santiago, SFH 2:00.26, 10. Stepan Vandysh, AHP 2:01.24, 11. Salvatore Lanzafame, NSUS 2:01.38, 12. John Albornoz, CSCS 2:01.54, 13. Kingsley Bailey, PC 2:01.96, 14. Juan Vallmitjana-Behrendt, STA 2:02.15, 15. Felix Gonzalez, SOM 2:03.38, 16. Alexander Nichols, DOUG 2:03.56, 17. Juan Sarmiento, WES 2:03.82; 2022 BEST TIME: Nikita Efimov, SFH 1:53.61.

50-yard Freestyle: 1. Salvatore Lanzafame, NSUS 21.09, 2. Lorenzo Herek, DOUG 21.27, 3. Miles Green, TAR 21.30, 4. Christian Clark, WA 21.48, 5. Peyton Selts, SFH 21.78, 6. Jason Cuffe, FTL 21.89, 7. 21.99, 8. Roman Ferrara, PC 22.09, 9. Brian Hamilton, CSC 22.21, 10. Christoper Lin, PC 22.36, 11. Leonardo Garcia, CHAM 22.41, 12. Kyle Gayle, WA 22.64, 13. Jayden Davis, TAR 22.71, 14. tie, Kingsley Bailey, PC 22.72 and Rafael Landron, AHP 22.72, 16. Brian Hamilton, CSC 22.76, 17. Derek Hau. CC 22.77, 18. Abram Johnson, SFH 22.83, 19.Uriah Campbell, CALV 22.92, 20. Lucas Opperman, PC 23.12, 21. Maksim Charnou, NSUS 23.19, 22. Andres Tan, NSUS 23.21, 23. Cole Jordan, STA 23.23, 24. Joshua Guo, DOUG 23.24, 25. Egor Frantsevskiy, NB 23.28, 26. Leo Merchel Czubek, PC 23.33, 27. Mekhi Dawkins, TAR 23.46, 28. Sebastian Itriago, CB 23.52, 29. Lev Konnikov, STA 23.57, 30. Jayden Davis, TAR 23.68; 2022 BEST TIME: Kaii Winkler SFH 20.34.

1-meter springboard diving: 1. James Boardman, FTL, 2. Allen Levitis, PC, 3. Danyal Ghadiali, 4. Andres Winterman, NSUS, 5. Mason Starkman, PC, 6. Max Starkman, PC, 7. Nicholas Dolton, CC, 8. Jake Wadlow, FTL, 9. Ashton Jacobi, PC, 10. Mason Starkman, NSUS, 11. West Pocker, FTL, 12. Stefan Goncharov, FTL; 2022 BEST DIVER: James Boardman, FTL.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Kaii Winkler, SFH 47.19, AA-A, 2. Salvatore Lanzafame, NSUS 50.14, 3. Marcus Szabo, CG 50.97, 4. Gabriel Tortola, STA 51.30, 5. Peyton Selts, SFH 52.31, 6. Jason Cuffe, FTL 52.35, 7. Christopher Lin, PC 52.38, 8. Sebastian Lobaton-Vargas, NSUS 53.19, 9. Emihlio Reveron, SFH 53.43, 10. Adriano Brunetti, PB 53.48, 11. Alexander Nichols, DOUG 53.72, 12. Beckett Menacho, DB 54.238, 13. Brady Baur, PC 54.35, 14. Christian Clark, WA 54.41, 15. Gabriel Landron, AHP 54.52, 16. Kingsley Bailey, PC 54.58, 17. Mateo Shearer, STA 54.75, 18. Marvan Ekanayake, WES 54.92, 19. Maksim Charnou, NSUS 54.99; 2022 BEST TIME: Kaii Winkler, SFH 49.41, AA-A.

100-yard Freestyle: 1. Makar Goncharov, FTL 46.06, 2. Alex Mansur, STA 46.68, 3. Christian Clark, WA 47.36, 4. Lorenzo Herek, DOUG 47.69, 5. Gabriel Tortola, STA 47.80, 6. Rithvik Marri, AHP 47.89, 7. Leonardo Garcia, CHAM 48.59, 8. Roman Ferrara, PC 48.77, 9. Kingsley Bailey, PC 48.78, 10. Andres Tan, NSUS 49.46, 11. Miles Green, TAR 49.69, 12. Ethan Persten, CGL 49.77, 13. Ronin Jones, PC 49.79, 14. Brian Hamilton, CSC 49.82, 15. Frank Etchevers, DOUG 50.18, 16. Barron Tate, SFH 50.21, 17. Peyton Selts, SFH 50.36, 18. Juan Vallmitjana-Behrendt, STA 50.50, 19. Frank Etchevers, DOUG 50.70, 20. Salvatore Lanzafame, NSUS 50.71; 2022 BEST TIME: Kaii Winkler, SFH 42.52, AA-A.

500-yard Freestyle: 1. Juan Vallmitjana-Behrendt, STA 4:40.08, 2. Giuliano Brunetti, PB 4:41.89, 3. Alessandro Pereira, AHP 4:42.44, 4. Filippo Sala, NSUS 4:42.59, 5. Hashan Ekanayake, WES 4:46.70, 6. Felix Gonzalez, SOM 4:47.39, 7. Surfiel Santiago, SFH 4:47.91, 8. Freddy Rosenthal, PC 4:48.11, 9. John Albornoz, CSCS 4:48.58, 10. Gabriel Tortola, STA 4:49.62, 11. Jake Jones, PC 4:49.74, 12. Kingsley Bailey, PC 4:51.97, 13. Renato Corrales, FTL 4:55.56, 14. Mason Jimenez, STA 4:57.96; 2022 BEST TIME: Gabriel Tortola, STA 4:35.95.

200-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. NSU University School 1:28.63, 2. Pompano Beach 1:29.30, 3. South Florida Heat 1:29.43, 4. Westminster Academy 1:30.01, 5. Pine Crest 1:30.31, 6. Fort Lauderdale 1:30.78, 7. Douglas 1:31.29, 8. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:31.38, 9. Calvary Christian 1:32.33, 10. American Heritage Plantation 1:33.25, 11. North Broward 1:35.10, 12. Taravella, 1:35.61; 2022 BEST TIME: Pine Crest 1:26.56.

100-yard Backstroke: 1. Mateo Shearer, STA 54.49, 2. Marcus Szabo, CG 55.42, 3. Juan Orjuela, STA 56.07, 4. Kingsley Bailey, PC 56.23, 5. Connor Jimenez, STA 56.28, 6. Jeremiah Paiz, SFH 56.42, 7. Alejandro Osorio, STA 57.02, 8. Andrey Pelykh, PC 57.14, 9. Max Georgiev, DOUG 57.50, 10. Matthew Tan, STA 57.52, 11. Surfiel Santiago, SFH 57.59, 12. Anthony Palumbo, CSCS 57.75; 2022 BEST TIME: Finn Winkler, SFH 50.25.

100-yard Breaststroke: 1. Javier Colmenares, EVER 56.20, 2. Salvatore Lanzafame, NSUS 57.28, 3. Jake Jones, PC 58.35, 4. Ronin Jones, PC 59.13, 5. Gianni Famiano, PB 1:00.10, 6. Keegan Stack, CC 1:00.11, 7. Diego Villalonga, CB 1:00.30, 8. Stephen Kim, CB 1:00.58, 9. Maksim Charnou, NSUS 1:00.82, 10. Adriano Corrieri, CC 1:00.85, 11. Stepan Vandysh, AHP 1:01.20, 12. Abraham Penaloza, PPC 1:01.40, 13. Juan Sarmiento, WES 1:02.46, 14. Makar Goncharov, FTL 1:02.56, 15. Rafael Landron, AHP 1:02.58, 16. Derek Hau, CC 1:02.75; 2022 BEST TIME: Javier Colmenares, EVER 55.92, AA-A.

400-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. South Florida Heat 3:08.72, 2. American Heritage Plantation 3:16.52, 3. Pine Crest 3:13.17, 4. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:14.49, 5. NSU University School 3:14.81, 6. Fort Lauderdale 3:16.99, 7. Pompano Beach 3:17.00, 8. Western 3:23.74, 9. Taravella 3:26.02, 10. Cypress Bay 3:26.53, 11. Cooper City 3:26.60, 12. Coral Springs Charter 3:27.33, 13. South Florida Heat 3:31.61, 14. Coral Springs Charter 3:32.14; 2022 BEST TIME: South Florida Heat 3:03.74, AA-A.

BOYS TEAM POLL

1. Pine Crest, 2. South Florida Heat, 3. American Heritage Plantation, 4. St. Thomas Aquinas, 5. Cooper City, Douglas, NSU University School.

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

South Florida Heat Girls, St. Andrew’s Boys Win Region 4-1A Titles; Erika Pelaez Breaks Own Record; Izzy Wilson, Austin Nelson, Jaden Amores Top SOFLO Finishers

By Sharon Robb
FORT LAUDERDALE, October 29, 2023—In one of the fastest region meets in the state, St. Andrew’s defended its boys title and South Florida Heat girls, third last year, won Region 4-1A Swimming and Diving Championship titles Saturday at NSU University School Aquatic Complex.

South Florida Heat, led by individual winners Erika Pelaez, Samantha Schoenborn and three winning relays, won the girls title with 346 points. St. Andrew’s was runner-up with 294. Pine Crest and King’s Academy tied for third with 291 points.

St. Andrew’s edged rival Pine Crest, 325-320, to win the boys crown. The Scots won the 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle relays. The Scots also had individual winners Diego Balbi and William Domokos-Murphy.

South Florida Aquatic Club’s Izzy Wilson of Carrollton, Jaden Amores of Cutler Bay and Austin Nelson of Cutler Bay finished third in their events.

Wilson was third in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:03.53 followed by SOFLO teammate Jenesys Amores of Cutler Bay in 5:04.90. Jaden Amores was third in the 100-yard backstroke in 52.33 and fourth in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:56.95. Nelson was third in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:42.56.

South Florida Heat teammates Erika Pelaez and Kaii Winkler continue to get faster and faster leading up to the state meet.

Pelaez won the 50-yard freestyle in 22.26, an automatic All-American time, and 100-yard backstroke in 51.32, also an automatic All-American time breaking her own state record of 51.78 set last year. She also led off the winning 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays.

Winkler, competing in only his fourth meet of the season after breaking his wrist in June, won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:35.54 and 100-yard butterfly in 47.19, both automatic All-American times. He also led off the winning 400-yard freestyle relay that won in 3:08.72 with teammates Surfiel Santiago, Barron Tate and Peyton Selts.

Emma Herrera was a double winner for King’s Academy in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:49.49 and 500-yard freestyle in 4:54.34, both All-American consideration times. Teammate Alyssa Bozzuto won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:01.99, an automatic All-American time.

St. Andrew’s had two individual winners with Alexia Sotomayor in the 100-yard butterfly in 53.96, an automatic All-American time and Aspen Gersper in the 100-yard freestyle in 50.71, an All-American consideration time.

Salvatore Lanzafame of NSU University School won the 50-yard freestyle in 21.38. Christian Clark of Westminster Academy won the 100-yard freestyle in 47.36.

In a reversal of places from last year’s 1-meter diving, Sean Dowling of Oxbridge upset defending champion Allen Levitis of Pine Crest, 528.55-501.15.

REGION 4-1A RESULTS
GIRLS TEAM TOTALS

1. South Florida Heat 346, 2. St. Andrew’s 294, 3. tie, Pine Crest, King’s Academy 291, 5. Oxbridge 140, 6. Cutler Bay 136, 7. NSU University School 123, 8. Ransom Everglades 117, 9. Calvary Christian 105, 10. Coral Shores 90, 11. Coral Springs Charter 83, 12. Carrollton 77, 13. FAU 62, 14. Miami Country Day 52, 15. tie, St. John Paul II, Westminster Academy 23, 17. LaSalle 21, 18. Westminster Christian 11, 19. North Broward Prep 10, 20. Cardinal Newman 2.

GIRLS RESULTS
200-yard medley relay: 1. South Florida Heat 1:44.34, AA-C (Samantha Schoenborn, Elyse Wood, Sofia Jorge, Gioia Balzano), 2. St. Andrew’s 1:46.45, 3. King’s Academy 1:47.28.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Emma Herrera, KA 1:49.49, AA-C, 2. Gioia Balzano, SFH 1:50.68, 3. Sofia Jorge, SFH 1:51.94, 9. Izzy Wilson, CAR 1:56.98.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Samantha Schoenborn, SFH 2:06.40, 2. Maria Camila Perez, NSUS 2:07.17, 3. Sara Miller, PC 2:09.11, 6. Lydia Smutny, CB 2:17.24, 8. Amanda Grubbs, CB 2:17.28, 16. Sophie Szutkowski, RANS 2:25.93.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Erika Pelaez, SFH 22.26, AA-A, 2. Alyssa Bozzuto, KA 23.29, AA-C, 3. Aspen Gersper, STA 23.54, 11. Kately Gembicki, CB 25.07.

1-meter diving: 1. Nicolette Xydas, CAR 412.90, 2. Hayden Loft, SJP 393.45, 3. Millie Cochrane, STA 384.45.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Alexia Sotomayor, STA 53.96, AA-A, 2. Kiera Rampersad, RANS 55.32, AA-C, 3. Sofia Jorge, SFH 56.07, 8. Lydia Smutny, CB 59.43.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Aspen Gersper, STA 50.71, AA-C, 2. Gioia Balzano, SFH 51.15, 3. Logan Zielinski, STA 52.08, 18. Amanda Grubbs, CB 56.69.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Emma Herrera, KA 4:54.34, AA-C, 2. Siena Griffiths, STA 5:02.10, 3. Izzy Wilson, CAR 5:03.53, 4. Jenesys Amores, CB 5:04.90, 15. Sophie Szutkowski, RAN 5:39.62.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. South Florida Heat 1:33.30, AA-A (Erika Pelaez, Elyse Wood, Alanis Santiago, Sofia Jorge), 2. King’s Academy 1:35.89, AA-C, 3. St. Andrew’s 1:37.46, 10. Cutler Bay 1:42.34 (Amanda Grubbs, Lydia Smutny, Caitlin Martinez, Katelyn Gembicki).

100-yard backstroke: 1. Erika Pelaez, SFH 51.32, AA-A, state record, 2. Samantha Schoenborn, SFG 56.46, 3. Maria Camila Perez, NSUS 57.62, 4. Jenesys Amores, CB 1:00.53, 5. Katelyn Gembicki, CB 1:01.39.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Alyssa Bozzuto, KA 1:01.99, AA-A, 2. Sara Lin, PC 1:04.62, 3. Kiera Rampersad, RANS 1:05.49.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. South Florida Heat 3:24.60, AA-A (Erika Pelaez, Alanis Santiago, Samantha Schoenborn, Gioia Balzano), 2. St. Andrew’s 3:28.09, AA-C, 3. King’s Academy 3:36.71, 4. Cutler Bay 3:40.61 (Jenesys Amores, Lydia Smutny, Amanda Grubbs, Katelyn Gembicki), 11. Carrollton 3:54.35 (Mila Fanjul, Olivia Arriete, Isabella Lopez, Izzy Wilson).

BOYS TEAM TOTALS

1. St. Andrew’s 325, 2. Pine Crest 320, 3. King’s Academy 266, 4. South Florida Heat 234.5, 5. NSU University School 223, 6. Cutler Bay 163, 7. Westminster Academy 114, 8. Oxbridge 113, 9. LaSalle 108, 10. Coral Springs Charter 71.5, 11. Calvary Christian 57, 12. FAU 47, 13. Riviera Prep 44, 14. Ransom Everglades 40, 15. Doctors Charter 38, 16. Miami Country Day 34, 17. Grandview Prep 33, 18. Chaminade-Madonna 21, 19. Coral Shores 16, 20. Downtown Doral Upper Charter 15, 21. North Broward Prep 12, 22. Westminster Christian 2.

BOYS RESULTS
200-yard medley relay: 1. St. Andrew’s 1:34.60 (Conner Brinley, Carlos Flores Pinedo, Diego Balbi, Ethan Kim), 2. King’s Academy 1:38.64, 3. Pine Crest 1:39.29.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Kaii Winkler, SFH 1:35.54, AA-A, 2. William Domokos-Murphy, STA 1:43.39, 3. Hamilton Gates, KA 1:43.59, 7. Nicolai Ross, CB 1:48.49.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Lucas Young, LA 1:53.62, 2. Carlos Flores Pinedo, STA 1:56.39, 3. Jake Jones, PC 1:56.67, 4. Jaden Amores, CB 1:56.95.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Salvatore Lanzafame, NSUS 21.38, 2. Noah Smith, KA 21.41, 3. Paul Pokatragool, FAU 21.45, 20. Nicolai Ross, CB 22.95.

1-meter diving: 1. Sean Dowling OXB 528.55, 2. Allen Levitis, PC 501.15, 3. Danyal Ghadiali, PC 461.30.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Kaii Winkler, SFH 47.19, AA-A, 2. Diego Balbi, STA 47.67, AA-A, 3. Evan Wilson, DRCH 51.54, 9. Nicholas Pelaez, CB 53.79.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Christian Clark, WA 47.36, 2. Noah Engstrom, KA 47.78, 3. Jake Venezia, STA 48.03.

500-yard freestyle: 1. William Domokos-Murphy, STA 4:42.04, 2. Julian Lozano, RIV 4:42.40, 3. Austin Neson, CB 4:42.56.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. St. Andrew’s 1:28.81 (Carlos Flores Pinedo, Jake Venezia, Ethan Kim, William Domokos-Murphy), 2. NSUS 1:29.21, 3. South Florida Heat 1:29.43.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Diego Balbi, STA 49.20, AA-C, 2. Noah Smith, KA 49.72, AA-C, 3. Jaden Amores, CB 52.33, 6. Austin Nelson, CB 53.75, 8. Nicholas Pelaez, CB 55.73.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Lucas Young, LA 56.42 AA-C, 2. Carlos Flores-Pinedo, STA 57.82, 3. Salvatore Lanzafame, NSUS 57.96.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. South Florida Heat 3:08.72 (Kaii Winkler, Surfiel Santiago, Barron Tate, Peyton Selts), 2. St. Andrew’s 3:10.86, 3. King’s Academy 3:11.98, 6. Cutler Bay 3:17.91 (Jaden Amores, Nicolai Ross, Nicholas Pelaez, Austin Nelson),

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

Gulliver Prep Girls, Mater Lakes Boys Capture Region 4-2A Team Titles; Felix Gonzalez Top SOFLO Finisher

By Sharon Robb
STUART, October 29, 2023—Gulliver Prep defended its girls title and Mater Lakes Academy won the boys title in the Region 4-2A Swimming and Diving Championship Saturday at Sailfish Splash Park.

Gulliver Prep, with three relay and three individual event wins, won with 309 points. Barron Collier finished runner-up for the second year in a row with 241. American Heritage Plantation was third with 209.

Mater Lakes Academy edged American Heritage Plantation by two points, 256-254, to win the boys team title after finishing ninth last year. American Heritage Plantation was fifth last year. Defending champion Pompano Beach finished sixth with 187 points.

American Heritage Plantation, under the guidance of veteran head coach Nobutaka Tan, is the most improved team in Broward County this season.

Gulliver Prep girls swept the 200-yard medley, 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard freestyle relays. Junior Giovanna Musiello was a double winner in the 200 IM in 2:05.77 and 100-yard backstroke in 57.08. Junior Reese Rosenthal won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:04.33.

Treasure Coast’s Brynn Stoneburg of Jensen Beach was a double winner in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:54.28 and 500-yard freestyle in 5:05.60.

There were two Broward girls winners. Diver Juliet Radich of Cardinal Gibbons continued her domination this season winning the 1-meter title with 520.55 points.

Alani Lopez of Somerset won the 100-yard butterfly in 58.53.

Mater Lakes won the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:28.13 just ahead of Mast Academy in 1:28.71. Alfredo Dominguez was Mater’s lone winner in the 100-yard butterfly in 51.11.

American Heritage won the 400-yard freestle relay in 3:16.52 with Rithvik Marri, Gabriel Landron, Alessandro Pereira and Stepan Vandysh. Marri also won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:46.03.

Pompano Beach had two individual champions. Gianni Famiano won the 200 IM in 1:46.03 and Giuliano Brunetti in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:42.11.

South Florida Aquatic Club’s Felix Gonzalez, a junior at Somerset, was third in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:47.39.

Gonzalez was one of seven SOFLO swimmers in the region meet. The others were Natalia and Julian Sibug, Kaylee Del Rio, Sofia Gomez and Diego Reveron of Somerset and Carlos Salas of Mater Academy.

The psych sheets for the state meet are expected to be posted Sunday night at fhsaa.com.

REGION 4-2A RESULTS
GIRLS TEAM TOTALS

1. Gulliver Prep 309, 2. Barron Collier 241, 3. American Heritage Plantation 209, 4. Pompano Beach 207, 5. Dreyfoos 174, 6. Mast Academy 146, 7. Suncoast 143, 8. Somerset 134, 9. Aubrey Rogers 128, 10. Estero 98, 11. Jensen Beach 93, 12. Lely 92, 13. Mater Lakes 91, 14. Cardinal Gibbons 58, 15. Bonita Springs 35, 16. Mourning 34, 17. Port Charlotte 24, 18. Lemon Bay 23, 19. American Heritage Boca Delray 16, 20. Key West 14, 21. St. Brendan 10, 22. Mariner 3, 23. Imater Prep 2.
   GIRLS RESULTS
   200-yard medley relay: 1. Gulliver Prep 1:51.55 (Giovanna Musiello, Reese Rosenthal, Sofia Moreno, Sofia Ciperski), 2. Barron Collier 1:54.72, 3. Dreyfoos 1:55.92, 6. American Heritage Plantation 1:56.75 (Mia Guerrero, Kaitlyn Rhett, Madison Aguero, Isabella Dadios Perry), 8. Somerset 1:59.02 (Natalia Sibug, Alani Lopez, Kaylee Del Rio, Pilar Duranti).

200-yard freestyle: 1. Brynn Stoneburg, JB 1:54.28, 2. Lily Drons, ESTO 1:56.69, 3. Paige Eskra, GP 1:57.48, 13. Kaylee Del Rio, SOM 2:30.46.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Giovanna Musiello, GP 2:05.77, 2. Lilia Blanco, PB 2:11.94, 3. Allison Connors, DREY 2:14.14.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Caelan Burt, LELY 23.89, 2. Reese Rosenthal, GP 24.40, 3. Ava Baldwin, ARN 24.43.

1-meter diving: 1. Juliet Radich, CG 520.55, 2. Madison Newman, JB 399.50, 3. Gabriela Potoczak, BC 353.20.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Alani Lopez, SOM 58.53, 2. Isabel Torres-Mendoza, PB 1:00.23, 3. Nicole Macedo, MAST 1:00.81, 11. Kaylee Del Rio, SOM 1:04.11.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Caelan Burt, LELY 51.25, 2. Lilia Blanco, PB 53.31, 3. Liliana Novak, AHPL 54.26.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Brynn Stoneburg, JB 5:05.60, 2. Julia Freshour, PB 5:11.96, 3. Katia Bushko, EST 5:14.92.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Gulliver Prep 1:40.54, 2. Pompano Beach 1:42.00, 3. Barron Collier 1:43.85, 4. American Heritage Plantation 1:44.25 (Liliana Novak, Katlyn Rhett, Audrey Prado, Isabella Dadios Perry), 5. Somerset 1:45.15 (Alani Lopez, Natalia Sibug, Pilar Duranti, Kaitlyn Barrios).

100-yard backstroke: 1. Giovanna Musiello, GP 57.08, 2. Nicole Creed, CG 58.98, 3. Ainsley Lappas-Ford, AHDM 1:01.23, 9. Natalia Sibug, SOM 1:04.67, 11. Sofia Gomez, SOM 1:06.34.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Reese Rosenthal, GP 1:04.33, 2. Emma Han, DREY 1:07.59, 3. Paige Eskra, GP 1:08.08.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Gulliver Prep 3:40.67 (Thereza Milano, Giovann Musiello, Antonia Moreno, Paige Eskra), 2. Pompano Beach 3:40.78, 3. Dreyfoos 3:44.06, 4. American Heritage Plantation 3:45.25 (Liliana Novak, Madison Aguero, Mia Guerrero, Rose Seniuk).

BOYS TEAM TOTALS

1. Mater Lakes 256, 2. American Heritage Plantation 254, 3. Barron Collier 240, 4. Mast Academy 215, 5. Estero 206.5, 6. Pompano Beach 187, 7. Gulliver Prep 169, 8. Suncoast 122, 9. Lemon Bay 94, 10. Jensen Beach 87, 11. Cardinal Gibbons 81, 12. Key West 53, 13. St. Brendan 52, 14. Somerset 47, 15. Aubrey Rogers 45.5, 16. Port Charlotte 39, 17. American Heritage Boca Delray 30, 18. Dreyfoos 13, 19. Mourning 10, 20. tie, Bonita Springs, Northeast 2.

BOYS RESULTS
200-yard medley relay: 1. Mast Academy 1:39.30 (Liam Lesentier, Peter Roca, Gabriel Martinez, Jake Kotz-Agramonte), 2. Barron Collier 1:40.50, 3. American Heritage Plantation 1:40.54 (Stepan Vandysh, Alessandro Pereira, Gabriel Landron, Rafael Landron), 13. Somerset 1:54.06 (Giovanni Gianfriddo, Julian Sibug, Felix Gonzalez, Diego Reveron).

200-yard freestyle: 1. Rithvik Marri, AHP 1:46.03, 2. Marcus Szabo, CG 1:46.35, 3. Liam Lesentier, MAST 1:46.52.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Gianni Famiano, PB 1:56.66, 2. Alessandro Pereira, AHP 1:56.99, 3. Joshua Barreto, MATE 1:57.93, 10. Felix Gonzalez, SOM 2:03.38,

50-yard freestyle: 1. Alexander Smith, KW 21.12, 2. Alfredo Dominguez, MATE 21.26, 3. Christopher Warnken, BC 21.94.

1-meter diving: 1. Sam Harvey, BC 371.35, 2. Colin Stumbo, JB 315.60.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Alfredo Dominguez, MATE 51.11, 2. Marcus Szabo, CG 51.45, 3. Juanfra Gudino, GP 51.82, 11. Carlos Salas, MATE 54.88,

100-yard freestyle: 1. Patrick Hooper, LB 47.70, 2. Alexander Smith, KW 47.74, 3. Rithvk Marra, AHP 47.89.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Giuliano Brunetti, PB 4:42.11, 2. Alessandro Pereira, AHP 4:42.44, 3. Felix Gonzalez, SOM 4:47.39.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Mater 1:28.13 (Andy Rueda, Jorvir Tigrero, Joshua Barrto, Alfredo Dominguez), 2. Mast 1:28.71, 3. Pompano Bech 1:39.30 (Adriano Brunetti, Kolby Hardin, Gianna Famiano, Giuliano Brunetti), 6. American Heritage Plantation 1:33.29 (Sean Vittanakorn, Rithvik Marri, Tyler Zhou, Rafael Landron), 16. Somerset 1:42.55 (Felix Gonzalez, Giovanni Gianfriddo, Diego Reveron, Adrian Sowma).

100-yard backstroke: 1. Richard Navarro, SBRN 54.91, 2. Josef Florek, ESTO 56.31, 3. Ben Hoang, LB 57.43. 10. Carlos Salas, MATE 59.50.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Gianni Famiano, PB 1:00.10, 2. Juanfra Gudino, GP 1:00.24, 3. Joshua Barreto, MATE 1:00.71.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. American Heritage Plantation 3:16.52 (Rithvik Marri, Gabriel Landron, Alessandro Pereira, Stepan Vandysh), 2. Pompano Beach 3:17.00, 3. Barron Collier 3:17.15, 4. Mater 3:17.93 (Luis Robles, Carlos Salas, Andy Rueda, Alfredo Dominguez).

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

Fort Lauderdale Girls, Douglas Boys Repeat As District 10-4A Champions; SOFLO’s Hashan, Marvan Ekanayake Win

By Sharon Robb
FORT LAUDERDALE, October 28, 2023–Fort Lauderdale High School girls and Douglas boys defended their titles in the District 10-4A Swimming and Diving Championship hosted by Nova High School.

Fort Lauderdale, buoyed by its strong girls diving lineup, finished with 469 points to edge Douglas with 450 points.

Douglas boys won the team title with 406 points edging Fort Lauderdale with 359.

The Flying Ls swept the top four spots in the girls 1-meter diving with Hayden Ferenc, 457.05; Sophia Cavaretta, 449.40; Catherine Kilroy, 379.05; and Ginger Boardman, 352.25.

Other Fort Lauderdale winners were Katherine Voet in the 200-yard freestyle, 2:03.23; Syndey Cronin in the 200-yard individual medley, 2:16.59; and Da’Jah German in the 500-yard freestyle, 5:05.76.

The Flying L’s also won the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:48.32 with D’Ziah German, Voet, Kimoni Elliot and Da’Jah German.

Tawannah McLemore of Taravella was a double winner in the 50-yard freestyle in 24.12 and 100-yard breaststroke in 1:09.38.

Douglas boys were led by individual winner Lorenzo Herek in the 50-yard freestyle in 21.97.

Makar Goncharov of Fort Lauderdale was a double winner in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:55.58 and 100-yard freestyle in 46.86. He also anchored the winning 200-yard medley relay and led off the winning 200-yard freestyle relay.

Fort Lauderdale’s James Boardman won the 1-meter diving title with 596.65 points.

South Florida Aquatic Club brothers Hashan and Marvan Ekanayake of Western led the Wildcats.

Hashan Ekanayake was a double winner in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:49.00 and 500-yard freestyle in 4:56.97. Marvan Ekanayake won the 100-yard backstroke in 59.88. Both were members of the second place 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relays.

DISTRICT 10-4A
GIRLS TEAM TOTALS

1. Fort Lauderdale 469, 2. Douglas 450, 3. Taravella 303, 4. Western 210, 5. Nova 190, 6. Monarch 131, 7. Coral Glades 109, 8. Deerfield Beach 65.

GIRLS RESULTS
200-yard medley relay: 1. Douglas 1:54.15 (Allyson Lake, Valeria Anzures, Sophia El Chantiry, Carly Chin), 2. Taravella 1:59.12, 3. Western 2:03.29.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Katherine Voet, FTL 2:03.23, 2. D’Ziah German, FTL 2:03.26, 3. Daniella Balkcom, DOUG 2:05.05.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Sydney Cronin, FTL 2:16.59, 2. Maya Sorunmu, NOVA 2:19.53, 3. Allyson Lake, DOUG 2:20.77.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Tawannah McLemore TAR 24.12, 2. Da’Jah German, FTL 24.29, 3. Sidney Anton, WES 25.81.

1-meter diving: 1. Hayden Ferenc, FTL 457.05, 2. Sophia Cavaretta, FTL 449.40, 3. Catherine Kilroy, FTL 379.05, 4. Ginger Boardman, FTL 352.25.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Giani Francis, TAR 59.69, 2. Sophia El Chantiry, DOUG 1:00.36, 3. Valeria Anzures, DOUG 1:02.87.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Carly Chin, DOUG 56.18, 2. Sidney Anton, WES 56.47, 3. Carolina Gonzalez, TAR 57.02.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Da’Jah German, FTL 5:05.76, 2. Daniella Balkcom, DOUG 5:21.15, 3. Katherine Voet, FTL 5:28.54.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Taravella 1:43.64 (Giani Francis, Carolina Gonzalez, Rwani Ceballos, Tawannah McLemore), 2. Fort Lauderdale 1:44.91, 3. Douglas 1:50.76.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Allyson Lake, DOUG 1:01.53, 2. Giani Francis, TAR 1:01.61, 3. Lola Rodgers, FTL 1:06.97.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Tawannah McLemore, TAR 1:09.38, 2. Sydney Cronin, FTL 1:11.24, 3. Paola Escobar, WES 1:12.27.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Fort Lauderdale 3:48.32 (D’Ziah German, Katherine Voet, Kimoni Elliot, Da’Jah German), 2. Douglas 3:53.58, 3. Western 4:11.00.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS

1. Douglas 406, 2. Fort Lauderdale 359, 3. Western 300, 4. Taravella 263, 5. Nova 233, 6. Coral Glades 183, 7. Monarch 96, 8. Deerfield Beach 46.

BOYS RESULTS
200-yard medley relay: 1. Fort Lauderdale 1:42.03 (Jason Cuffe, Daniel Ella, Renato Corrales, Makar Goncharov), 2. Western 1:44.35 (Hashan Ekanayake, Juan Sarmiento, Marvan Ekanayake, Cesar Sanchez), 3. Douglas 1:44.42.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Hashan Ekanayake, WES 1:49.00, 2. Renato Corrales, FTL 1:50.36, 3. Ethan Persten, CGL 1:51.61.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Makar Goncharov, FTL 1:55.58, 2. Beckett Menacho, DB 2:04.55, 3. Juan Sarmiento, WES 2:04.99.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Lorenzo Herek, DOUG 21.97, 2. Miles Green, TAR 22.26, 3. Jason Cuffe, FTL 22.65.

1-meter diving: 1. James Boardman, FTL 596.65, 2. Jake Wadlow, FTL 250.70.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Beckett Menacho, DB 54.23, 2. Jason Cuffe, FTL 54.5, 3. Alexander Nichols, DOUG 55.61, 4. Marvan Ekanayake, WES 56.75.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Makar Goncharov, FTL 46.86, 2. Lorenzo Herek, DOUG 49.54, 3. Ethan Persten, CGL 50.25.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Hashan Ekanayake, WES 4:56.97, 2. Renato Corrales, FTL 5:00.44, 3. Francesco Corrales, FTL 5:15.60.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Fort Lauderdale 1:30.78 (Makar Goncharov, Renato Corrales, Daniel Ella, Jason Cuffe), 2. Douglas 1:31.29, 3. Nova 1:38.61.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Marvan Ekanayake, WES 59.88, 2. Maxim Georgiev, DOUG 1:01.13, 3. Andre Reyna-Matiut, MON 1:03.02.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Juan Sarmiento, WES 1:03.79, 2. Daniel Ella, FTL 1:07.92, 3. Galen Tortorella, CGL 1:08.42.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Taravella 3:26.02 (Jayden Davs, Mekhi Dawkins, Miles Green, Zane Samms), 2. Western 3:28.61 (Hashan Ekanayake, Marvan Ekanayake, Juan Sarmiento, Cesar Sanchez), 3. Douglas 3:36.39.

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

Cypress Bay Girls, Cooper City Boys Win District 11-4A Team Titles; SOFLO’s Mantilla, DeLuna, Caplan, Kim, Hau, Stack Win

By Sharon Robb
MIAMI, October 28, 2023—Cypress Bay girls defended their title and Cooper City boys, runners-up last year, knocked off defending champion Doral Academy to win the District 11-4A Swimming and Diving Championships hosted by Goleman High School.

Cypress Bay won with 503 points ahead of Doral Academy with 352 and Cooper City with 237.

Cooper City totaled 453 points followed by Cypress Bay with 416 and Doral with 360.

South Florida Aquatic Club swimmers played a huge role in both teams’ wins.

SOFLO’s Tania Mantilla of Cypress Bay was a double winner and Gabriella DeLuna was an indvidual winner and member of the winning 400-yard freestyle relay.

Mantilla won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:00.08 and 500-yard freestyle in 5:20.50. Amelie Bicerne was second in the 500 freestyle in 5:35.48.

DeLuna won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:15.26. DeLuna was also third in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:01.59.

Amelie Bicerne, Mantilla, DeLuna and Sofia Lugo were members of winning relays. Cypress Bay swept all three girls relays.

Carley Kaplan of West Broward won the 100-yard freestyle in 54.19 and was third in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:00.88.

SOFLO’s Derek Hau and Keegan Stack led Cooper City. Hau won the 50-yard freestyle in 22.77 and Stack won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:00.24. Both were members of the winning 200-yard medley relay along with SOFLO teammate Ethan McPeek.

DISTRICT 11-4A RESULTS
GIRLS TEAM TOTALS

1. Cypress Bay 503, 2. Doral Academy 352, 3. Cooper City 237, 4. Hialeah Gardens 220, 5. South Broward 196, 6. West Broward 147, 7. Krop 129, 8. Goleman 110, 9. Flanagan 72.

GIRLS RESULTS
200-yard medley relay: 1. Cypress Bay 1:56.37 (Amelie Bicerne, Sara Mendoza, Tania Mantilla, Valentina Valecillos), 2. Hialeah Gardens 1:58.97, 3. Doral 1:59.38.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Tania Mantilla, CB 2:00.08, 2. Natalia Ortiz, CB 2:02.71, 3. Erika Duardo, HG 2:03.36, 4. Genesis Escobar, DOR 2:03.45, 7. Anjana Andapally, WB 2:16.30.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Gabriella DeLuna, CB 2:15.26, 2. Kendra Gomez, SB 2:23.77, 3. Kendra Hiigel, FLAN 2:25.33.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Anais Gendon, SB 25.42, 2. Valentina Valecillos, CB 25.83, 3. Ainnara Lazzaro, DOR 26.49.

1-meter diving: None.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Casey Perez, HG 59.15, 2. Sahara Idler, DOR 1:01.56, 3. Gabriella DeLuna, CB 1:01.59.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Carley Kaplan, WB 54.19, 2. Natalia Ortiz, CB 55.38, 3. Erika Duardo, HG 55.84, 4. Genesis Escobar, DOR 56.34, 6. Sofia Lugo, CB 58.77.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Tania Mantilla, CB 5:20.50, 2. Amelie Bicerne, CB 5:35.48, 3. Taylor Dedon, SB 5:40.23.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Cypress Bay 1:43.66 (Valentina Valecillos, Natalia Ortiz, Sara Mendoza, Sofia Lugo), 2. Hialeah Gardens 1:45.85, 3. South Broward 1:51.72.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Casey Perez, HG 59.97, 2. Ainnara Lazzaro, DOR 1:00.62, 3. Carley Kaplan, WB 1:00.88, 5, Saree Young, CC 1:04.47 6. Amelie Bicerne, CB 1:07.03.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Olivia Jones-Torres, CB 1:11.31, 2. Sara Mendoza, CB 1:14.89, 3. Chabeli Silva, HG 1:14.93.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Cypress Bay 3:45.40 (Natalia Ortiz, Gabriella DeLuna, Tania Mantilla, Sofia Lugo), 2. Doral 3:46.82, 3. Cooper City 4:02.58.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS

1. Cooper City 453, 2. Cypress Bay 416, 3. Doral 360, 4. Goleman 234, 5. Hialeah Gardens 159, 6. West Broward 124, 7. Krop 86, 8. Flanagan 74, 9. South Broward 36.

BOYS RESULTS
200-yard medley relay: 1. Cooper City 1:41.42 (Derek Hau, Keegan Stack, Michal Michalek, Ethan McPeek), 2. Doral 1:43.12, 3. Cypress Bay 1:44.48.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Guillermo Reboredo, CB 1:55.82, 2. Luis Blanca, DOR 1:57.93, 3. Abelardo Kaurefate, DOR 1:58.44.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Stephen Kim, CB 2:02.15, 2. Sebastian Losada, DOR 2:02.84, 3. Keegan Stack, CC 2:08.32, 4. Ethan McPeek, CC 2:09.13.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Derek Hau, CC 22.77, 2. Abelardo Kauefate, DOR 23.46, 3. Sebastian Itriago, CB 23.83.

1-meter diving: 1. Nicholas Dolton, CC 394.95.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Michal Michalek, CC 55.76, 2. Leon Moncada-Vivas, DOR 56.40, 3. Dylan Hurtado, GOLE 56.47.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Adriano Corrieri, CC 51.94, 2. Diego Diaz, GOLE 52.07, 3. Michal Michalek, CC 52.69.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Oliver Tejada, DOR 5:09.11, 2. Luis Blanca, DOR 5:13.47, 3. Lucas Hussey, CC 5:32.31.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Cypress Bay 1:36.02 (Sebastian Itriago, Aiden Park, Carlos Rincon, Matthew Ives), 2. Cooper City 1:37.14, 3. Doral 1:37.56.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Dylan Hurtado, GOLE 57.33, 2. Jorge Kauefate, DOR 57.98, 3. Keagan Ives, CB 58.47, 4. Ethan McPeek, CC 58.70.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Keegan Stack, CC 1:00.24, 2. Adriano Corrieri, CC 1:01.66, 3. Stephen Kim, CB 1:01.99, 5. Derek Hau, CC 1:02.75.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Doral 3:23.99 (Abelardo Kauefate, Jorge Kauefate, Leonardo Moncada-Vivas, Sebastian Losada), 2. Cypress Bay 3:26.53, 3. Cooper City 3:26.60.

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

Acosta, Gomez, Bendoym Lead SOFLO At BRST Not So Scary Halloween Invite

By Sharon Robb
BOCA RATON, October 28, 2023—South Florida Aquatic Club had a good showing Saturday at the BRST Not So Scary Halloween Invite Saturday at Boca Raton High School Aquatic Center.

Several SOFLO swimmers turned in best times and added a few wins in the Goblins and Ghouls second session during the fun meet.

Ivy Acosta, 7, was a double winner and posted three best times. She won the 50-yard butterfly in 45.47 with a 7.85 time drop; 50-yard freestyle in 38.33 with a time drop of 5.48 and was second in the 100-yard individual medley in 1:39.87, with a time drop of 3.56.

Ollie Bendoym, 8, won the 50-yard breaststroke in 50.03, was second in the 50-yard butterfly in 47.65 and fourth in the 50-yard freestyle in 37.17.

Andres Gomez, 8, won the 100-yard individual medley in 1:42.65; was sixth in the 50-yard freestyle in a best time 40.86, dropping 1.96 and was eighth in the 50-yard breastrtoke in 59.83.

Juan Aguinaga Vela, 13, had two 13-14 time drops including the 100-yard freestyle in 8.72 and 2.09 in the 100-yard breaststroke.

In the 8-and-unders, Gabriela Carrera had an impressive 27.98 drop in the 50-yard freestyle and 5.01 drop in the 25-yard backstroke. David Mendoza dropped 4.88 in the 50-yard breaststroke.

In the 9-10 age group, Cecillia Haugen had a 5.01 time drop in the 100 IM.

In the 11-12s, Lautaro Torcivia dropped 9.96 in the 50-yard breaststroke.

SOFLO’s age group development, dippers, little dippers and pre-team swimmers competed.

In addition to host Boca Raton Swim Team and SOFLO, eight other teams competed: Lake Lytal Lightning, PAQ, Pine Crest, Pompano Beach Piranhas, St. Andrew’s Aquatics, Swim Fort Lauderdale and Tsunami.

MIXED RESULTS
GHOSTLY SESSION ONE
100-yard freestyle: 13-14, 1. Robert Krasnov, PC 51.30; SOFLO: 38. Juan Aguinaga Vela, 1:09.20, time drop 8.72; 15-18, 1. Miguel Ochoa, SAS 57.24.

100-yard backstroke: 13-14, 1. Kavon Clarke, SFTL 1:03.59; SOFLO: 19. Juan Aguinaga Vela, 1:22.5, time drop 2.09; 15-18, 1. Miguel Ochoa, SAS 1:05.14.

100-yard breaststroke: 13-14, 1. Nicolas Ilonta, SFTL 1:07.19; SOFLO: 34. Natalia Perez 1:51.78, 35. Matthew Hernandez 2:12.23; 15-18, 1. Samuel Lara Cuadro, TSU 1:18.03.

100-yard butterfly: 13-14, 1. Jorge Aguila, SAS 58.28; SOFLO: 25. Juan Aguinaga Vela 1:26.36; 15-18, 1. Sofia Bolivar, SAS 1:09.22.

200-yard individual medley: 13-18, 1. Matthew Prieres, PAQ 1:52.46.

GOBLINS & GHOULS SESSION TWO
100-yard individual medley:
BOYS
8-and-under, 1. Andres Gomez, SOFLO 1:42.65; 9-10, 1. Lorenz Fahnenschmidt, SAS 1:12.80; SOFLO: 19. Miles Griffin 2:00.22; 11-12, 1. Rocco Herran, PST 1:06.91; SOFLO: 18. Lautaro Torcivia 1:30.71, 22. Vihaan Potade 1:50.49.
GIRLS
8-and-under, 1. Whitney Avelia, SAS 1:35.43, 2. Ivy Acosta, SOFLO 1:39.87, time drop 3.56; 9-10, 1. Brooklyn Lewis, SAS 1:17.88, 11. Cecillia Haugen, SOFLO 1:44.74, time drop 5.01; 11-12, 1. Sienna Kourjakian, SAS 1:10.32.

50-yard backstroke:
GIRLS
8-and-under, 1. Elizabeth Brinley, SAS 43.66; 9-10, 1. Elliana Bangsil, PCS 37.33, 9. Lily Collazo, SOFLO 45.16, 19. Alessandra Hernandez, SOFLO 50.43, 24. Maya Dey, SOFLO 56.66, 26. Mackenzie Hines, SOFLO 58.29; 11-12, 1. Julieta Stolk, SAS 29.48, 14. Anabelle Newman, SOFLO 43.49, time drop 0.75.
BOYS
8-and-under, 1. Yaroslav Ibragimov, PCS 40.08, 7. David Mendoza, SOFLO 51.24, time drop 2.97; 9-10, 1. Jackson Baral, PCS 36.47; 11-12, 1. Kaan Trentadue, PB 31.81, 16. Terrence Cheung, SOFLO 43.13, time drop 1.42, 24. Paul Nieves 47.06.

25-yard backstroke:
MIXED
8-and-under, 1. Felipe Avellar, PCS 22.12, 8. Gabriela Carrera, SOFLO 25.67, time drop 5.01, 11. Andres Garcia, SOFLO 26.34, 13. Asia Lee, SOFLO 26.89, time drop 1.74, 20. Ethan Ekht, SOFLO 28.38, time drop 3.46, 22. Arianna Mitchell, SOFLO 29.35, time drop 3.28.
50-yard breaststroke:
BOYS
8-and-under, 1. Ollie Bendoym, SOFLO 50.03, 4. Leonardo Suarez Cabrera, SOFLO 55.46, time drop 3.57, 6. David Mendoza, SOFLO 57.11, time drop 4.88; 9-10, 1. Patrick Ilonta, SFTL 37.33; 11-12, 1. Maxime Martini, PB 34.11, 13. Lautaro Torcivia, SOFLO 46.47, time drop 9.96, 18. Paul Nieves, SOFLO 49.46.
GIRLS
8-and-under, 1. Whitney Avella, SAS 48.05, 4. Gabriela Carrera, SOFLO 59.20; 9-10, 1. Brooklyn Lewis, SAS 40.70; 11-12, 1. Lexie Lucchese, SAS 34.09, 17. Annabelle Newman, SOFLO 50.41, 20. Danielle Diaz, SOFLO 50.82.

25-yard breaststroke:
8-and-under, 1. Romeo Martini, PB 24.80, 10. Andres Garcia, SOFLO 29.01, 15. Asia Lee, SOFLO 30.81, 17. Ethan Ekht, SOFLO 30.85, time drop 0.48.

50-yard butterfly:
BOYS
8-and-under, 1. Roman Kuleshov, SAS 43.15, 2. Ollie Bendoym, SOFLO 47.65, 5. Leonardo Suarez Cabrera, SOFLO 50.40; 9-10, 1. Jackson Baral, PCS 34.33; 11-12, 1. Kaan Trentadue, PB 29.47.
GIRLS
8-and-under, 1. Ivy Acosta, SOFLO 45.47, time drop 7.85; 9-10, 1. Hannah Goracy, SFTL 33.17, 5. Cecillia Haugen, SOFLO 48.07, 7. Lily Collazo, SOFLO 49.93; 11-12, 1. Lexie Lucchese, SAS 29.40.

25-yard butterfly:
8-and-under, 1. Lev Petrovskii, SFTL 19.93, 10. Asia Lee, SOFLO 27.94.

50-yard freestyle:
BOYS
8-and-under, 1. Roman Kuleshov, SAS 35.28, 4. Ollie Bendoym, SOFLO 37.17, 6. Andres Gomez, SOFLO 40.86, time drop 1.96, 7. Leonardo Suarez Cabrera, SOFLO 42.33, time drop 4.34, 9. David Mendoza, SOFLO 42.96, time drop 1.74; 9-10, 1. Lorenz Fahnenschmidt, SAS 29.46; 11-12, 1. Rocco Herran, PST 26.62, 19. Lautaro Torcivia, SOFLO 34.77, time drop 3.99, 20. Terrence Ceung, SOFLO 34.91, 30. Vihaan Potade, SOFLO 39.99, 32. Paul Nieves, SOFLO 40.84.
GIRLS
8-and-under, 1. Ivy Acosta, SOFLO 38.33, time drop 5.48, 17. Gabriela Carrera, SOFLO 52.90, time drop 27.98; 9-10, 1. Hannah Gorcy, SFTL 30.75, 15. Cecillia Haugen, SOFLO 41.70, 18. Alessandra Hernandez, SOFLO 43.30, 24. Lily Collazo, SOFLO 48.07, 25. Maya Dey, SOFLO 48.17, 29. Mackenzie Hines, SOFLO 49.93, time drop 1.05; 11-12, 1. Lexie Lucchese, SAS 25.80, 23. Daniella Diaz, SOFLO 38.58, time drop 3.51, 26. Annabelle Newman, SOFLO 39.41.

25-yard freestyle:
8-and-under, 1. Elizabeth Brinley, SAS 16.80, 20. Ethan Ekht, SOFLO 24.12, time drop 1.97, 25. Arianne Mitchell, SOFLO 25.89, time drop 1.39, 39. Andres Garcia, SOFLO 39.10.

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

Florida Gators Sweep Georgia Bulldogs In SEC Opener

By Sharon Robb
GAINESVILLE, October 27, 2023—University of Florida swept Georgia in its SEC opener Friday at the O’Connell Center.

The Gators made it look easy winning the women’s 183-117 and the men’s 175-125.

Olympian Bella Sims and Isabel Ivey were double winners for the women.

Sims won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:45.84 and 500-yard freestyle in 4:44.36 and led off the Gators’ two winning relays.

Ivey won the 100-yard backstroke in 52.59 and 50-yard freestyle in 22.85. She was on the winning 400-yard freestyle relay. She was also second in the 100-yard butterfly in 53.15.

Other Gator women winners were Lainy Kruger, 200-yard butterfly, 1:58.49; Micayla Cronk, 100-yard freestyle, 49.30; Catherine Choate, 200-yard backstroke, 1:55.71; Olivia Peoples, 100-yard butterfly, 52.65 and Emma Weyant, 200-yard individual medley, 1:58.13.

University of Florida freshman and Pine Crest alum Julia Podkoscielny took home a pair of fourth places in the 200-yard backstroke in 1:58.88 and 200-yard individual medley in 2:01.47. She also swam leadoff on the seventh place 200-yard medley relay that finished in 1:47.18 with teammates Melissa Cowen, SOFLO’s Molly Golding and Alex Mitchell.

In the men’s competition, Josh Liendo was the Gators lone double winner. Liendo won the 50-yard freestyle in 19.30 and 100-yard butterfly in 46.30 and was a member of both winning relays.

Other Gator men winners were Julian Smith, 100-yard breaststroke, 53.74; Macguire McDuff, 100-yard freestyle, 43.56; Jonny Marshall, 200-yard backstroke, 1:44.38; and Aleksas Savickas, 200-yard breaststroke, 1:59.01.

The diving competition was held Thursday with the Gator sweeping both the men’s and women’s events. Camyla Monroy won the 1- and 3-meter women’s titles and Conor Gering won the men’s 1- and 3-meter titles.

WOMEN
Florida 183, Georgia 117
3-meter diving: 1. Camyla Monroy, UF 338.85, 2. Meghan Wenzel, GA 324.15, 3. Carina Lumia, UF 306.90.

1-meter diving: 1. Camyla Monroy, UF 326.10, 2. Meghan Wenzel, GA 285.60, 3. Hannah Stumpf, GA 269.93.

200-yard medley relay: 1. Florida A 1:38.68 (Bella Sims, Molly Mayne, Olivia Peopl;es, Micayla Cronk), 2. Georgia A 1:39.81, 3. Georgia B 1:42.85.

1,000-yard freestyle: 1. Dune Coetzee, GA 9:43.13, 2. Abby McCulloh, GA 9:44.40, 3. Caroline Pennington, UF 9:47.39, 4. Anna Auld, UF 9:49.19.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Bella Sims, UF 1:45.84, 2. Sloane Reinstein, GA 1:47.14, 3. Bri Roberson, GA 1:48.02, 8. Anna Auld, UF 1:51.50.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Isabel Ivey, UF 52.59, 2. Catherine Choate, UF 53.88, 3. Eboni McCarty, GA 53.94.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Zoie Hartman, GA 1:01.30, 2. Molly Mayne, UF 1:02.08, 3. Anna Moore, UF 1:02.90, Molly Golding, UF, EXH 1:07.47.

200-yard butterfly: 1. Lainy Kruger, UF 1:58.49, 2. Mia Abruzzo, GA 1:58.96, 3. Amanda Ray, UF 1:59.01.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Isabel Ivey, UF 22.85, 2. Julianna Stephens, GA 22.98, 3. Helena Jones, GA 23.06.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Micayla Cronk, UF 49.30, 2. Helena Jones, GA 49.51, 3. Bri Roberso, GA 50.10, EXH Molly Golding, UF 1:00.15.

200-yard backstroke: 1. Catherine Choate, UF 1:55.71, 2. Emma Weyant, UF 1:56.40, 3. Zoe Dixon, UF 1:58.05, 4. Julia Podkoscielny, UF 1:58.88.

200-yard breaststroke: 1. Zoie Hartman, GA 2:13.37, 2. Anna Moore, UF 2:16.07, 3. Elizabeth Isakson, GA 2:17.08.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Bella Sims, UF 4:44.36, 2. Dune Coetzee, GA 4:46.63, 3. Abby McCulloh, GA 4:48.20, 6. Anna Auld, UF 4:50.34.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Olivia Peoples, UF 52.65, 2. Isabel Ivey, UF 53.15, 3. Emma Norton, GA 54.60.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Emma Weyant, UF 1:58.13, 2. Zoie Hartman, GA 1:59.70, 3. Zoe Dixon, UF 2:00.24, 4. Julia Podkoscielny, UF 2:01.47.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Florida A 3:17.19 (Bella Sims, Isabel Ivey, Olivia Peoples, Micayla Cronk), 2. Georgia A 3:20.25, 3. Georgia B 3:23.81.

MEN
Florida 175, Georgia 125
3-meter diving: 1. Conor Gering, UF 375.00, 2. Matthew Bray, GA 374.85, 3. Christopher Donald, UF 365.78.

1-meter diving: 1. Conor Gesing, UF 364.73, 2. Matthew Bray, GA 351.68, 3. Peyton Donald, UF 340.13.

200-yard medley relay: 1. Florida A 1:26.53 (jonny Marshall, Aleksas Savickas, Scotty Buff, Josh Liendo), 2. Georgia A 1:28.02, 3. Florida B 1:28.72.

1,000-yard freestyle: 1. Jake Magahey, GA 8:59.36, 2. Eric Brown, UF 9:00.81, 3. Andrew Taylor, UF 9:0.37.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Tomas Koski, GA 1:35.56, 2. Jake Mitchell, UF 1:35.64, 3. Zach Hils, GA 1:36.88.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Ruard Van Renen, GA 46.66, 2. Bradley Dunham, GA 47.47, 3. Jonny Marshall, UF 47.62.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Julian Smith, UF 53.74, 2. Aleksas Savickas, UF 53.86, 3.Peter Bretzmann, UF 55.63.

200-yard butterfly: 1. Jake Magahey, GA 1:45.37, 2. Josh Parent, UF 1:48.64, 3. Jace Crawford, UF 1:4970.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Josh Liendo, UF 19.30, 2. Reese Branzell, GA 20.16, 3. Miles Simon, GA 20.26.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Macguire McDuff, UF 43.56, 2. Julian Smith, 43.94, 3. Reese Branell, GA 44.08.

200-yard backstroke: 1. Jonny Marshall, UF 1:44.38, 2. Sam Powe, GA 1:44.95, 3. Ruard Van Renen, GA 1:46.32.

200-yard breaststroke: 1. Aleksas Savickas, UF 1:59.01, 2. Peter Bretzmann, UF 1:59.38, 3. Connor Haigh, GA 2:02.17.

500-yard freestyle: . Jake Magahey, GA 4:21.23, 2. Jake Mitchell, UF 4:21.70, 3. Eric Brown, UF 4:27.89.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Josh Liendo, UF 46.30, 2. Jace Crawford, UF 47.41, 3. Scotty Buff, UF 47.95.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Zach Hils, GA 1:47.24, 2. Sean Sullivan, UF 1:50.34, 3. Zach Franklin, GA 1:50.87.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Florida A 2:55.74 (Josh Liendo, Julian Smith, Jake Mitchell, Macguire McDuff), 2. Georgia A 2:56.56, 3. Georgia B 3:00.70.

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

SOFLO Ready To Race At BRST Not So Scary Halloween Invite On Saturday

By Sharon Robb
BOCA RATON, October 27, 2023—South Florida Aquatic Club swimmers will get back to racing Saturday at the Boca Raton Swim Team’s Not So Scary Halloween Invite at Boca Raton High School Aquatic Center.

SOFLO’s age group development, dippers, little dippers and pre-team will swim.

Two sessions are scheduled: Ghostly Session One for the 13-18 swimmers from 8:30 a.m. to 9:37 a.m.; and Goblins and Ghouls Session Two for the 12-and-unders 10:20 a.m. to 12:41 p.m.

In addition to host Boca Raton Swim Team and SOFLO, eight other teams competing are Lake Lytal Lightning, PAQ, Pine Crest, Pompano Beach Piranhas, St. Andrew’s Aquatics, Swim Fort Lauderdale and Tsunami.

Among SOFLO swimmers competing are Juan Aguinaga Vela, Matthew Hernandez, Natalia Perez, Ivy Acosta, Andres Gomez, Lautaro Torcivia, Daniella Diaz, David Mendoza, Annabelle Newman, Paul Nieves, Gabriela Carrera and Mackenzie Hines.

IF YOU GO
WHAT: Boca Raton Swim Team’s Not So Scary Halloween Invite

WHEN: Saturday, Two Sessions, Ghostly 8:30-9:37 a.m. and Goblins and Ghouls 10:20 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

WHERE: Boca Raton High School Aquatic Center, 1501 NW 15th Court, Boca Raton

OF NOTE: Admission is $5 per person, cash only…Each session is capped at 150 swimmers…The meet will not be scored…For information call Allan Williams 561-251-3724.

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, Colmenares, Vasquez, Vallmitjana-Behrendt Come Up Big

By Sharon Robb
FORT LAUDERDALE, October 26, 2023—Defending champion St. Thomas Aquinas dominated the boys and girls fields to sweep the team titles at the District 11-3A Swimming and Diving Championships Tuesday at Nova Southeastern University Aquatic Center.

With depth and talent, the Raiders swept all six relays and won every individual event but four, including six by South Florida Aquatic Club swimmers, to win team titles. The girls won with 603 points and boys won with 581. Archbishop McCarthy was girls and boys runners-up.

SOFLO’s Mariann Catalasan of St. Thomas Aquinas and Javier Colmenares of Everglades were double winners.

Catalasan, making her final district appearance as a senior, defended her district title in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:18.30 and 100-yard breaststroke in 1:08.31, just edging Plantation’s Oneika Gayle (1:08.48) in an exciting girls’ race.

Colmenares was also a repeat winner in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:58.50 and 100-yard breaststroke in 59.42.

SOFLO’s individual winners were sophomore Sarah Vasquez of St. Thomas Aquinas defending her title in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:38.25 and St. Thomas Aquinas freshman Juan Vallmitjana-Behrendt in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:44.69.

In addition to Catalasan and Vasquez, other Raider girl winners were defending champion Julianne McCranie in the 100-yard butterfly in 57.66; defending champion Anastasia Lutz in the 100-yard freestyle in 56.42; and Carolyn Levy-Powell in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:00.52.

Other girl winners were defending champion Kaitlyn Jorgensen of Pembroke Pines Charter in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:02.00 and Chloe Cupid of Plantation in the 50-yard freestyle in 25.58.

In addition to Vallmitjana-Behrendt, the Raider boys won five other events.

Mateo Shearer was a double winner in the 100-yard butterfly in 55.89 and 100-yard backstroke in 55.55.

Gabriel Tortola was a double winner in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:42.97 and 100-yard freestyle in 47.80.

Lev Konnikov won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.57.

In two unique races, three SOFLO boys swept the top three places in the 200 IM with Colmenares, Connor Jimenez of St. Thomas Aquinas and Abraham Penaloza of Pembroke Pines Charter in the breaststroke with Colmenares, Penaloza and Luca Hincapie of Pembroke Pines Charter.

DISTRICT 11-3A RESULTS
GIRLS
TEAMS: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 603, 2. Archbishop McCarthy 341, 3. Pembroke Pines Charter 326, 4. Everglades 202, 5. South Plantation 85, 6 Plantation 71, 7. Dillard 64.
200-yard medley relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:53.65, 2. Pembroke Pines Chater 2:03.91, 3. Everglades 2:10.71.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Kaitlyn Jorgensen, PPC 2:02.00, 2. Mia Gelin, STA 2:03.54, 3. Sarah Vasquez, STA 2:05.92.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Mariann Catalasan, STA 2:18.30, 2. Jade Renaud, STA 2:22.55, 3. Abigail Santos, STA 2:24.45.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Chloe Cupid, PLAN 25.58, 2. Oneika Gayle, PLAN 25.61, 3. Anastasia Lutz, STA 25.85, 10. Judith Natino, EVER 28.30.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Julianne McCranie, STA 57.66, 2. Lena Lajko, STA 1:00.25, 3. Carolyn Levy-Powell, STA 1:00.60, 5. Giada Porven, PPC 1:06.80, 6. Calista Harries, ABM 1:13.18.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Anastasia Lutz, STA 56.42, 2. Chloe Cupid, PLAN 56.63, 3. Mia Gelin, STA 57.08, 9. Judith Natino, EVER 1:02.80.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Sarah Vasquez, STA 5:38.25, 2. Caitlyn Britto, STA 6:11.12, 3. Antonia Ortiz, PPC 6:12.82.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:43.75, 2. Archbishop McCarthy 1:49.54, 3. Everglades 1:54.27.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Carolyn Levy-Powell, STA 1:00.52, 2. Julianna McCranie, STA 1:00.53, 3. Lena Lajko, STA 1:01.11, 5. Sarah Bedoya, EVER 1:07.15.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Mariann Catalasan, STA 1:08.31, 2. Oneika Gayle, PLAN 1:08.48, 3. Kayla Chacon, ABM 1:14.50.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:48.23, 2. Archbishop McCarthy 4:04.23, 3. Pembroke Pines Charter 4:11.08.

BOYS
TEAMS: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 581, 2. Archbishop McCarthy 397, 3. Pembroke Pines Charter 304, 4. Everglades 191, 5. South Plantation 137, 6. Dillard 58, 7. Plantation 10.
200-yard medley relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:46.01, 2. Pembroke Pines Charter 1:51.28, 3. Everglades 1:52.92.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Gabriel Tortola, STA 1:42.97, 2. Juan Vallmitjana-Behrendt, STA 1:45.21, 3. Alex Mansur, STA 1:46.71, 5. Ryan Harries, ABM 2:03.05.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Javier Colmenares, EVER 1:58.50, 2. Connor Jimenez, STA 2:05.08, 3. Abraham Penaloza, PPC 2:10.21.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Lev Konnikov, STA 23.57, 2. Javier Guardia, ABM 23.67, 3. Juan Orjuela, STA 23.83.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Mateo Shearer, STA 55.89, 2. Juan Orjuela, STA 57.34, 3. Benjamin Kim, PPC 58.47, 5. Lucas Porven, PPC 1:01.79.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Gabriel Tortola, STA 47.80, 2. Alex Mansur, STA 48.24, 3. Luca Hincapie, PPC 51.96, 7. Lucas Porven, PPC 55.70.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Juan Vallmitjana-Behrendt, STA 4:44.69, 2. Mason Jimenez, STA 5:14.19, 3. Oleksii Viazmetinov, ABM 5:31.16.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:31.38, 2. Archbishop McCarthy 1:36.42, 3. Everglades 1:40.66.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Mateo Shearer, STA 55.55, 2. Connor Jimenez, STA 56.28, 3. Alejandro Osorio, STA 57.45.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Javier Colmenares, EVER 59.42, 2. Abraham Penaloza, PPC 1:02.72, 3. Luca Hincapie, PPC 1:05.42, 6. Mason Jimenez, STA 1:07.77, 9. Joseph Natino, EVER 1:11.00.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:21.85, 2. Archbishop McCarthy 3:36.95, 3. Pembroke Pines Charter 3:38.43.

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