NSU University School Sharks Sweep American Heritage, Chaminade-Madonna

By Sharon Robb

FORT LAUDERDALE, October 2, 2019—With one regular season meet remaining before districts, NSU University School Sharks got in some fine tuning Wednesday in their wins over American Heritage Plantation and Chaminade-Madonna.

NSU University School swept American Heritage Plantation and Chaminade-Madonna girls and boys teams.

The Shark girls defeated Chaminade-Madonna, 152-21, and American Heritage Plantation, 120-62. In the other girls matchup, American Heritage Plantation defeated Chaminade-Madonna, 120-26.

Mariangela Cincotti and Amanda Kopas were double winners for the Sharks. The Sharks won the 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relays.

Cincotti won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:59.88 and 500-yard freestyle in 5:16.01.

Kopas won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:13.85 and 100-yard butterfly in 1:00.52.

The Shark boys topped American Heritage Plantation, 102-67 and Chaminade Madonna, 137-20. In the other competition, American Heritage Plantation defeated Chaminade-Madonna, 123-25.

The Sharks won the boys’ 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays.

Daniel Escobar, Cameron Brown and Sebastian Lares each won two events.

Brown won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.31 and 100-yard breaststroke in 1:03.01. He was also a member of the winning 200-yard freestyle relay.

Escobar won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:06.38 and 500-yard freestyle in 4:49.07.

Lares won the 100-yard butterfly in 55.85 and 100-yard backstroke in 58.65.

The Sharks host Westminster Academy and David Posnack on Thursday, Oct. 10, before it hosts its district meet on Oct. 25.

GIRLS TEAM SCORES
NSU University School 152, Chaminade-Madonna 21
NSU University School 120, American Heritage Plantation 62
American Heritage Plantation 120, Chaminade-Madonna 26

GIRLS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay:
1. NSU University School A 1:54.67 (Olivia Flack, Rafaella Araujo, Amanda Kopas, Mariangela Cincotti), 2. American Heritage Plantatuon 1:59.73, 3. NSU University School B 2:10.01.

200-yard freestyle:
1. Mariangela Cincotti, NSU 1:59.88, 2. Alexis Christensen, NSU 2:06.69, 3. Emily Robertson, AHP 2:08.58.

200-yard individual medley:
1. Amanda Kopas, NSU 2:13.85, 2. Rafaella Araujo, NSU 2:15.72, 3. Emme Ham, AHP 2:22.88.

50-yard freestyle:
1. Olivia Mason, AHP 25.42, 2. Olivia Flack, NSU 25.73, 3. Jennifer Langone, NSU 27.01.

1-meter springboard diving:
1. Ashley Shechtman, NSU 189.90, 2. Alexia Lara, NSU 156.45, 4. Ella Farris, NSU 130.87.

100-yard butterfly:
1. Amanda Kopas, NSU 1:00.52, 2. Emily Robertson, AHP 1:03.91, 3. Calissa Page, NSU 1:09.41.

100-yard freestyle:
1. Olivia Flack, NSU 55.19, 2. Olivia Mason, AHP 56.74, 3. Eva Pierre-Antoine, AHP 59.48.

500-yard freestyle:
1. Mariangela Cincotti, NSU 5:16.01, 2. Alexis Christensen, NSU 5:36.69, 3. Amari Porter, AHP 5:46.24.

200-yard freestyle relay:
1. American Heritage Plantation 1:46.28 (Eva Pierre-Antoine, Emme Ham, Christina Prado, Olivia Mason), 2. NSU University School A 1:46.60, 3. NSU University School B 1:55.65.

100-yard backstroke:
1. Siera Leete, NSU 1:10.23, 2. Kaiana Kibler, NSU 1:12.63, 3. Jamie Annis, AHP 1:16.09.

100-yard breaststroke:
1. Rafaella Araujo, NSU 1:09.06, 2. Emme Ham, AHP 1:13.27, 3. Amari Porter, AHP 1:18.66.

400-yard freestyle relay:
1. NSU University School A 3:47.52 (Amanda Kopas, Olivia Flack, Sofia Sarros, Mariangela Cincotti), 2. American Heritage Plantation 3:57.32, 3. NSU University School B 4:09.69.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS
NSU University School 137, Chaminade-Madonna 20
NSU University School 102, American Heritage Plantation 67
American Heritage Plantation 123, Chaminade-Madonna 25

BOYS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay:
1. American Heritage Plantation A 1:45.54 (Daniel Escobar, Jiehoon Lee, Sebastian Lares, Benjamin Gomez del Campo), 2. NSU University School A 1:46.01, 3. NSU University School B 2:01.63.

200-yard freestyle:
1. Pedro Pavao, NSU 1:47.43, 2. Max Fermayer, NSU 1:50.13, 3. Nicolas Rossi, AHP 1:52.70.

200-yard individual medley:
1. Daniel Escobar, AHP 2:06.38, 2. Marcelo Carrion, NSU 2:08.16, 3. Renato Franchi Filho 2:17.60.

50-yard freestyle:
1. Cameron Brown, NSU 23.31, 2. Arie Sternberg, NSU 24.97, 3. Jakob Kustin, NSU 25.55.

1-meter springboard diving:
None

100-yard butterfly:
1. Sebastian Lares, AHP 55.85, 2. Angelo Martinez, NSU 55.95, 3. Sebastian Lobaton Vargas, NSU 1:00.74.

100-yard freestyle:
1. Max Fermayer, NSU 50.49, 2. Nicolas Rossi, AHP 50.90, 3. Daniel Watson, AHP 55.72.

500-yard freestyle:
1. Daniel Escobar, AHP 4:49.07, 2. Pedro Pavao, NSU 4:49.12, 3. Jiehoon Lee, AHP 5:04.89.

200-yard freestyle relay:
1. NSU University School A 1:35.72 (Max Fermayer, Cameron Brown, Marcelo Carrion, Pedro Pavao), 2. American Heritage Plantation 1:40.80, 3. NSU University School B 1:43.25.

100-yard backstroke:
1. Sebastian Lares, AHP 58.65, 2. Sebastian Lobaton Vargas, NSU 1:04.35, 3. Arie Sternberg, NSU 1:06.18.

100-yard breaststroke:
1. Cameron Brown, NSU 1:03.01, 2. Jiehoon Lee, AHP 1:03.40, 3. Marcelo Carrion, NSU 1:07.15.

400-yard freestyle relay:
1. NSU University School A 3:21.78 (Max Fermayer, Angelo Martinez, Marcelo Carrion, Pedro Pavao), 2. American Heritage Plantation 3:22.06, 3. NSU University School B 3:52.61.

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

American Heritage Plantation Girls, Boys Defeat Archbishop McCarthy In Tuneup For Saturday Woodson Invite

By Sharon Robb

PLANTATION, September 26, 2019–American Heritage Plantation boys and girls teams swept Archbishop McCarthy on Wednesday in a tuneup meet for Saturday’s prestigious Woodson Invite at Pine Crest.

The girls team won, 111-59, and boys team won, 97-58.

The girls swept all three relays and won all eight individual events.

Emme Ham, Olivia Mason and Emily Robertson were double winners for the Patriots.

Ham won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:23.16 and 100-yard breaststroke in 1:12.60.

Mason swept the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events in 26.12 and 58.62.

Robertson won the 100-yard butterfly in 1:04.31 and 500-yard freestyle in 5:45.43.

The boys’ team was just as dominant as the girls, also sweeping all three relays and winning all eight individual events.

Daniel Escobar, Jiehoon Lee and Sebastian Lares each won two events for the Patriots.

Escobar won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:52.97 and 100-yard butterfly in 1:00.41.

Lee won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:06.13 and 100-yard breaststroke.

Lares won the 100-yard freestyle in 52.28 and 100-yard backstroke in 58.19.

COMBINED TEAM TOTALS
American Heritage Plantation 208, 2. Archbishop McCarthy 117.

GIRLS TEAM TOTALS
American Heritage Plantation 111, Archbishop McCarthy 59

GIRLS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay:
1. American Heritage Plantation A 2:00.18 (Amari Porter, Emme Ham, Emily Robertson, Eva Pierre-Antoine), 2. Archbishop McCarthy 2:10.78, 3. American Heritage Plantation B 2:21.44.

200-yard freestyle:
1. Eva Pierre-Antoine, AHP 2:11.53, 2. Christina Prado, AHP 2:14.59, 3. Mia Escudero, ARCH 2:26.78.

200-yard individual medley:
1. Emme Ham, AHP 2:23.16, 2. Amari Porter, AHP 2:31.19, 3. Gillian Leon, AHP 2:46.82.

50-yard freestyle:
1. Olivia Mason, AHP 26.12, 2. Syven Walker, ARCH 26.43, 3. Eva Pierre-Antoine, AHP 26.56.

1-meter diving:
None

100-yard butterfly:
1. Emily Robertson, AHP 1:04.31, 2. Mia Escudero, ARCH 1:15.25, 3. Shana Xia, AHP 1:16.75.

100-yard freestyle:
1. Olivia Mason, AHP 58.62, 2. Syven Walker, ARCH 1:00.69, 3. Ashley Green, ARCH 1:01.28.

500-yard freestyle:
1. Emily Robertson, AHP 5:45.43, 2. Christina Prado, AHP 6:21.97, 3. Cynthia Chamoun, ARCH 7:25.59.

200-yard freestyle relay:
1. American Heritage Plantation A 1:51.25 (Olivia Mason, Emme Ham, Claire Lipman, Christina Prado), 2. Archbishop McCarthy 2:09.90, 3. American Heritage Plantation B 2:26.53.

100-yard backstroke:
1. Jamie Annis, AHP 1:15.00, 2. Jordan Jones, ARCH 1:17.21, 3. Shana Xia, AHP 1:17.93.

100-yard breaststroke:
1. Emme Ham, AHP 1:12.60, 2. Amari Porter, AHP 1:19.10, 3. Samantha Solis, ARCH 1:22.62.

400-yard freestyle relay:
1. American Heritage Plantation A 3:57.97 (Olivia Mason, Emily Robertson, Amari Porter, Eva Pierre-Antoine), 2. Archbishop McCarthy 4:23.21, 3. American Heritage Plantation B 4:47.19.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS
American Heritage Plantation 97, Archbishop McCarthy 58

BOYS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay:
1. American Heritage Plantation A 1:51.31 (Sebastian Lares, Evan Wang, Jiehoon Lee, Benjamin Gomez del Campo), 2. Archbishop McCarthy A 2:00.34, 3. Archbishop McCarthy B 2:10.56.

200-yard freestyle:
1. Daniel Escobar, AHP 1:52.97, 2. Benjamin Gomez del Campo, AHP 2:01.60, 3. Jacob Johnson, ARCH 2:11.84.

200-yard individual medley:
1. Jiehoon Lee, AHP 2:06.13, 2. Odin Farkas, AHP 2:27.50, 3. Gabriel Cruz, ARCH 2:50.18.

50-yard freestyle:
1. Ziv Bitton, AHP 25.62, 2. Evan Wang, AHP 25.97, 3. Nicholas Cackett, ARCH 26.43.

1-meter diving:
None

100-yard butterfly:
1. Daniel Escobar, AHP 1:00.41, 2. Matthew Mackenzie, ARCH 1:02.93, 3. Luca Molaro, ARCH 1:10.59.

100-yard freestyle:
1. Sebastian Lares, AHP 52.28, 2. Ziv Bitton, AHP 57.31, 3. Jacob Johnson, ARCH 57.50.

500-yard freestyle:
1. Nicolas Rossi, AHP 5:16.25, 2. Benjamin Gomez del Campo, AHP 5:33.62, 3. Carson Hernandez, ARCH 7:32.62.

200-yard freestyle relay:
1. American Heritage Plantation A 1:38.56, 2. American Heritage Plantation B 1:49.97, 3. Archbishop McCarthy A 1:53.78.

100-yard backstroke:
1. Sebastian Lares, AHP 58.19, 2. Dennis Dale, ARCH 1:07.62, 3. Odin Farkas, AHP 1:13.88.

100-yard breaststroke:
1. Jiehoon Lee, AHP 1:02.94, 2. Nicholas Cackett, ARCH 1:09.56, 3. Evan Wang, AHP 1:14.50.

400-yard freestyle relay:
1. American Heritage Plantation A 3:37.53 (Sebastian Lares, Nicolas Rossi, Jiehoon Lee, Daniel Escobar), 2. Archbishop McCarthy A 4:07.71, 3. American Heritage Plantation B 4:09.88.

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

Pine Crest Panthers Remain Undefeated, Sweep American Heritage Plantation, Chaminade-Madonna

By Sharon Robb

FORT LAUDERDALE, September 18, 2019—With the 55th annual Woodson Invitational nine days away, the Pine Crest Panthers got in some good racing Wednesday afternoon while remaining undefeated.

In the girls’ competition, the host Panthers swept Chaminde-Madonna, 153-27 and American Heritage Plantation, 149-33. In the other meet, American Heritage Plantation defeated Chaminade-Madonna, 121-38.

In the boys’ competition, Pine Crest defeated Chaminade-Madonna, 151-19, and American Heritage Plantation, 116-67. In the other meet, American Heritage Plantation topped Chaminade-Madonna, 131-19.

Both the Panthers girls and boys teams are 5-0.

Pine Crest girls won every event including all three relays, 1-meter springboard diving and eight individual swimming results.

Julia Podkoscielny and Andrea Santander were double winners. Both were also members of one winning relay.

Podkoscielny won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:55.46, 100-yard freestyle in 53.85 and was also lead-off for the winning 200-yard freestyle relay.

Santander won the 50-yard freestyle in 24.40, 100-yard backstroke in 59.84 and led off the winning 400-yard freestyle relay.

In one of the more exciting races, Pine Crest’s “B” 200-yard freestyle relay of Julia Podkoscielny, Haley Cisewski, Rachel Botting and Simone Vale edged the Panthers “A” relay of Andrea Santander, Isabella Chambers, Esther Lin and Riley Botting by 1/100th of a second, 1:41.33-1:41.34.

Daniel Escobar and the Patriots’ 200-yard medley relay played spoilers ruining the Panthers’ opportunity to sweep.

Escobar won the 500-yard freestyle in 4:50.05 and the Patriots won the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:46.88. Other than that, it was all Pine Crest.

Will Taner, Joshua Hanks and Elvis Kotikovski were double winners for the Panthers and members of two winning relays.

Taner won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:49.76 and 100-yard freestyle in 48.39.

Kotikovski won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.13 and 100-yard backstroke in 53.79.

Hanks won the 100-yard butterfly in 53.79 and 100-yard breaststroke in 59.36.

COMBINED TEAM TOTALS
Pine Crest 304, Chaminade-Madonna 46
Pine Crest 265, American Heritage Plantation 100
American Heritage Plantation 252, Chaminade-Madonna 57

GIRLS TEAM TOTALS
Pine Crest 153, Chaminade-Madonna 27
Pine Crest 149, American Heritage Plantation 33
American Heritage Plantation 121, Chaminade-Madonna 38

GIRLS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay:
1. Pine Crest A 1:56.97 (Hanna Elks Smith, Brooke Cordoba, Lara Jones, Daniela Munoz), 2. Pine Crest B 2:00.22, 3. American Heritage Plantation 2:00.25.

200-yard freestyle:
1. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 1:55.46, 2. Emily Robertson, AHP 2:05.66, 3. Emma Gomez, PC 2:09.25.

200-yard individual medley:
1. Riley Botting, PC 2:13.24, 2. Lara Jones, PC 2:16.12, 3. Lauren Balfour, PC 2:19.64.

50-yard freestyle:
1. Andrea Santander, PC 24.40, 2. Isabella Chambers, PC 24.84, 3. Daniela Munoz, PC 25.95.

1-meter diving:
1. Shiraz Shiff, PC 197.26, 2. Ava Andersen, PC 194.85, 3. Sarrah Ghadiali, PC 156.61.

100-yard butterfly:
1. Esther Lin, PC 1:01.08, 2. Lauren Balfour, PC 1:01.60, 3. Simone Vale, PC 1:03.07.

100-yard freestyle:
1. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 53.85, 2. Riley Botting, PC 56.21, 3. Daniela Munoz, PC 57.35.

500-yard freestyle:
1. Rachel Botting, PC 5:19.98, 2. Haley Cisewski, PC 5:20.67, 3. Flora Beleznay, PC 5:31.76.

200-yard freestyle relay:
1. Pine Crest B 1:41.33 (Julia Podkoscielny, Haley Cisewski, Rachel Botting, Simone Vale), 2. Pine Crest A 1:41.34, 3. Pine Crest C 1:46.58.

100-yard backstroke:
1. Andrea Santander, PC 59.84, 2. Isabella Chambers, PC 1:01.30, 3. Sara Lin, PC 1:03.60.

100-yard breaststroke:
1. Esther Lin, PC 1:09.92, 2. Lara Jones, PC 1:10.31, 3. Emme Ham, AHP 1:11.56.

400-yard freestyle relay:
1. Pine Crest A 3:37.36 (Andrea Santander, Isabella Chambers, Daniela Munoz, Riley Botting), 2. Pine Crest B 3:39.89, 3. American Heritage Plantation 3:56.40.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS
Pine Crest 151, Chaminade-Madonna 19
Pine Crest 116, American Heritage Plantation 67
American Heritage 131, Chaminade-Madonna 19

BOYS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay:
1. American Heritage Plantation A 1:46.88, 2. Pine Crest A 1:48.34, 3. Pine Crest B 1:57.88.

200-yard freestyle:
1. Will Taner, PC 1:49.76, 2. Nicolas Rossi, AHP 1:58.06, 3. Benjamin Gomez del Campo, AHP 2:00.42.

200-yard individual medley:
1. Jimmy Hart, PC 2:01.92, 2. Sebastian Lares, AHP 2:07.47, 3. Daniel Watson, AHP 2:14.68.

50-yard freestyle:
1. Elvis Kotikovski, PC 23.13, 2. Colin Nealy, PC 24.62, 3. Luc Ferrara, PC 24.69.

1-meter diving:
1. Kevin Mendez, PC 244.27, 2. Allen Levitas, PC 212.70, 3. Danyal Ghadiali, PC 194.77.

100-yard butterfly:
1. Joshua Hanks, PC 53.79, 2. Jiehoon Lee, AHP 56.70, 3. Daniel Escobar, AHP 58.12.

100-yard freestyle:
1. Will Taner, PC 48.39, 2. Nicolas Rossi, AHP 51.99, 3. Victor Lago, PC 54.13.

500-yard freestyle:
1. Daniel Escobar, AHP 4:50.05, 2. Jimmy Hart, PC 5:09.32, 3. Benjamin Gomez del Campo, AHP 5:23.38.

200-yard freestyle relay:
1. Pine Crest A 1:29.77 (Joshua Hanks, Elvis Kotikovski, Will Taner, Jimmy Hart), 2. American Heritage Plantation A 1:37.51, 3. Pine Crest B 1:38.84.

100-yard backstroke:
1. Elvis Kotikovski, PC 53.79, 2. Sebastian Lares, AHP 57.39, 3. Wyatt Denhard, PC 1:06.70.

100-yard breaststroke:
1. Joshua Hanks, PC 59.36, 2. Jiehoon Lee, AHP 1:02.56, 3. Daniel Watson, AHP 1:07.20.

400-yard freestyle relay:
1. Pine Crest A 3:17.32 (Joshua Hanks, Elvis Kotikovski, Will Taner, Jimmy Hart), 2. American Heritage Plantation A 3:25.28, 3. Pine Crest B 3:46.15.

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

American Heritage Plantation Wins Season-Opener Against Posnack; Next Up: Saturday’s Shark Invite At Nova Southeastern Aquatic Center

By Sharon Robb

PLANTATION, September 13, 2019–American Heritage Plantation opened its 2019 season on a successful note Wednesday at the Patriots’ pool.

The girls’ team defeated David Posnack School, 129-22, and the boys’ team won, 126-32.

The girls swept all three relays and all eight individual events.

Emily Robertson, Emme Ham and Olivia Mason were double winners and all members of the winning relays.

Robertson won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:08.06 and 100-yard butterfly in 1:03.78.

Ham won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:23.05 and 100-yard breaststroke in 1:12.63.

Mason won the 50-yard freestyle in 26.72 and 100-yard freestyle in 58.84.

The boys team was led by double winners Sebastian Lares and Daniel Escobar.

Lares won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:02.24 and 100-yard backstroke in 57.72.

Escobar won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:54.15 and 500-yard freestyle in 4:57.57.

Nicolas Rossi won the 100-yard freestyle in 54.66.

American Heritage Plantation will be among a field of 15 teams and 349 swimmers for the Shark Invite set for all day on Saturday.

COMBINED
American Heritage Plantation 255, David Posnack School 54
GIRLS
American Heritage Plantation 129, David Posnack School 22

200-yard medley relay:
1. American Heritage A 2:00.87 (Amari Porter, Emme Ham, Emily Robertson, Eva Pierre-Antoine), 2. American Heritage B 2:21.10, 3. Posnack 2:39.96.

200-yard freestyle:
1. Emily Robertson, AH 2:08.06, 2. Eva Pierre-Antoine, AH 2:19.22, 3. Darlene Mizrahi, POS 2:25.09.

200-yard individual medley:
1. Emme Ham, AH 2:23.05, 2. Felicia Taylor, AH 2:23.88, 3. Amari Porter, AH 2:28.75.

50-yard freestyle:
1. Olivia Mason, AH 26.72, 2. Eva Pierre-Antoine, AH 27.25, 3. Christina Prado, AH 27.40.

100-yard butterfly:
1. Emily Robertson, AH 1:03.78, 2. Felicia Taylor, AH 1:06.31.

100-yard freestyle:
1. Olivia Mason, AH 58.84, 2. Christina Prado, AH 1:02.65, 3. Claire Lipman, AH 1:04.93.

500-yard freestyle:
1. Amari Porter, AH 5:43.53, 2. Darlene Mizrahi, POS 6:22.68.

200-yard freestyle relay:
1. American Heritage A 1:49.56 (Christina Prado, Eva Pierre-Antoine, Felicia Taylor, Olivia Mason), 2. American Heritage B 2:09.02, 3. Posnack B 2:18.34.

100-yard backstroke:
1. Jamie Annis, AH 1:15.69, 2. Shana Xia, AH 1:22.68, 3. Treasure D’Souza, AH 1:24.09.

100-yard breaststroke:
1. Emme Ham, AH 1:12.63, 2. Amari Porter, AH 1:18.63, 3. Gillian Leon, AH 1:29.15.

400-yard freestyle relay:
1. American Heritage A 4:21.03 (Emily Robertson, Christina Prado, Felicia Taylor, Olivia Mason), 2. American Heritage B 4:36.90.

BOYS
American Heritage Plantation 126, David Posnack School 32

200-yard medley relay:
1. American Heritage A 1:48.00 (Sebastian Lares, Daniel Watson, Jiehoon Lee, Evans Wang), 2. American Heritage B 2:02.91, 3. Posnack 2:13.06.

200-yard freestyle:
1. Daniel Escobar, AH 1:54.15, 2. Nicholas Rossi, AH 1:58.22, 3. Benjamin Gomez del Campo, AH 2:00.75.

200-yard individual medley:
1. Sebastian Lares, AH 2:02.24, 2. Jiehoon Lee, AH 2:06.75, 3. Evan Wang, AH 2:27.81.

50-yard freestyle:
1. Odin Farkas, AH 25.06, 2. Ziv Bitton, AH 26.69, 3. Eitan Horowitz, POS 27.71.

100-yard butterfly:
1. Jiehoon Lee, AH 56.75, 2. Daniel Watson, AH 1:01.21.

100-yard freestyle:
1. Nicolas Rossi, AH 54.66, 2. Ziv Bitton, AH 1:00.44, 3. Jonah Lindenbaum, POS 1:08.25.

500-yard freestyle:
1. Daniel Escobar, AH 4:57.57, 2. Benjamin Gomez del Campo, AH 5:25.76, 3. Isaac Tawil, POS 6:40.37.

200-yard freestyle relay:
1. American Heritage A 1:40.35 (Daniel Watson, Benjamin Gomez del Campo, Nicolas Rossi, Daniel Escobar), 2. Posnack B 1:50.34, 3. American Heritage B 2:05.10.

100-yard backstroke:
1. Sebastian Lares, AH 57.72, 2. Odin Farkas, AH 1:10.81, 3. Elias Levy, AH 1:26.90.

100-yard breaststroke:
1. Daniel Watson, AH 1:07.44, 2. Evan Wang, AH 1:15.02, 3. Dylan Gordon, POS 1:16.87.

400-yard freestyle relay:
1. American Heritage A 3:32.34 (Sebastian Lares, Nicolas Rossi, Jiehoon Lee, Daniel Escobar), 2. American Heritage B 4:22.16, 3. Posnack A 5:38.53.

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

Gulliver Prep Wins Fifth Straight Girls State 2A Title; SOFLO’s Somerset Academy Girls, Rossi, Mora Shine

By Sharon Robb

STUART, November 16, 2018—The FHSAA State 2A Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday at Sailfish Splashpark Aquatic Athletics Center was a huge stepping stone for several South Florida Aquatic Club swimmers.

Somerset Academy girl qualifiers, Nicolas Rossi of American Heritage Plantation and Juan Mora of Archbishop McCarthy all gained valuable experience while many had time drops.

Somerset Academy girls’ 200-yard medley relay of Isabella DiSalvo, Elise Larin, Kyana Castro and Katrina Del Vecchio won the “B” final in 1:53.34.

Castro, a sophomore, was 21st in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:02.05 and 17th in the 100-yard butterfly in a best time 1:01.37. She was a member of the 15th place 400-yard freestyle relay.

DiSalvo, a junior, was 20th in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:01.83 and 18th in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:01.86. She was a member of the 15th place 400-yard freestyle relay.

Larin, a senior, was 14th in the 100-yard breaststroke in a best time 1:09.14, dropping 0.07 and 13th in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:09.73. Larin scored four points. She was a member of the 15th place 400-yard freestyle relay.

Del Vecchio, a sophomore, was 20th in the 50-yard freestyle in a best time 25.52, 24th in the 100-yard freestyle in 56.09 and was a member of the 15th place 400-yard freestyle relay that finished in 3:45.99.

Rossi, a sophomore, swam a best time in the 200-yard freestyle prelims in 1:47.49, dropping 1.90 seconds and finished 16th in 1:49.56. He also swam back-to-back bests in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:53.08, dropping 1.91 and then finishing tenth in 4:47.01 dropping a total of 7.98 seconds. He was also a member of the Patriots’ tenth place 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:18.49.

Mora, a freshman and lone qualifier for the Mavericks, turned in two best times in the 200-yard individual medley, dropping 0.68, and 100-yard breaststroke, dropping 1.13, during morning prelims. He was 21st in the 200 IM in 2:02.93 and 18th in the 100 breaststroke in 1:02.04.

Gulliver Prep girls won their fifth straight state title with 284 points ahead of Holy Names with 165. Tampa Jesuit boys repeated as state champions with 212.5 points ahead of Gulliver Prep with 179.

Florida State-bound Emily Cordovi of Gulliver Prep won her third consecutive state title in the 100-yard backstroke in 56.59 just ahead of Tavares’ Naomi Filkin in 56.89.

Broward County’s highest individual finisher was Pompano Beach freshman diver Christina Hilton, second with 371.60 points, just behind Bishop Moore sophomore Blair Isenhour with 375.05 points.

Pompano Beach boys’ 200-yard freestyle relay was second in 1:26.37 with Mattheus Santos, Raphael Santos, Shane Schulte and Dante Poe.

STATE 2A RESULTS
GIRLS TEAM TOTALS
1. Gulliver Prep 244, 2. Holy Names 165, 3. Gulf Breeze 158, 4. Fort Walton Beach 137, 5. Land O’Lakes 131, 6. Arnold Palmer 124, 7. Suncoast 116, 8. Eastside 104, 9. Mosley 96.5, 10. Clay 82, 11. Merritt Island 79, 12. American Heritage Plantation 68, 13. Cape Coral 57, 14. Coral Springs Charter 56, 15. Ponte Vedra 44, 16. Wolfson 43, 17. Mater Lakes 41, 18. tie, Bayshore 40, Bishop Moore 40, 20. Tavares 33. 21. tie, Port St. Lucie 31, Port Charlotte 31, 23. Menendez 29.5, 24. tie, Lely, 29, Titusville 29, Atlantic, 29, Pompano Beach 29, 28. Somerset 26, 29. tie, Astronaut 25, Dunedin 25, 31. tie, Tarpon Springs 13, Eustis 13, River Ridge, 13, 35. Lincoln Park 12, 36. tie, Rockledge 11, Paxon 11, 38. Mast Academy 10, 39. Lemon Bay 9, 40. Space Coast 8, 41. Stanton 7, 42. tie, Crystal River 6, Sebring 6, Rickards 6, 45. tie, Yulee 5, Dreyfoos 5, 47. Goleman 4, 48. Satellite, 1.

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Gulliver Prep 1:46.03, 2. Fort Walton Beach 1:48.46, 3. Gulf Breeze 1:49.90, 9. Somerset 1:53.34 (Isabella DiSalvo, Elise Larin Kyana Castro, Katrina Del Vecchio)

200-yard freestyle: 1. Ryley Ober, BYSH 1:48.93, 2. Hannah Sykes, WOLF 1:50.72, 3. Taylor Ward, LOL 1:51.35, 21. Kyana Castro, SOM 2:02.05.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Nicole Rodriguez, CCOR 2:06.43, 2. Cali Wilson, GB 2:07.05, 3. Naomi Filkin, TAV 2:07.86.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Chloe Hernandez, GP 23.90, 2. Sarah Evans, PSL 23.97, 3. Romina McCloskey, LOL 24.17, 20. Katrina Del Vecchio, SOM 25.52.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Sara Stotler, CLAY 54.82, 2. Emily Cordovi, GP 55.02, 3. Hannah Sykes, WOLF 55.86.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Ryley Ober, BYSH 51.00, 2. Romina McCloskey, LOL 52.36, 3. Chloe Hernandez, GP 52.97, 24. Katrina Del Vecchio, SOM 56.09.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Taylor Ward, LOL 4:57.21, 2. Cassidy Neely, HNMS 5:04.64, 3. Jenna Hess, MISL 5:08.13.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Gulliver Prep 1:37.56, 2. Suncoast 1:39.01, 3. Land O’Lakes 1:39.28

100-yard backstroke: 1. Emily Cordovi, GP 56.59, 2. Naomi Filkin, TAV 56.89, 3. Makayla Luwick, GBRZ 57.11, 18. Isabella DiSalvo, SOM 1:01.86.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Cali Wilson, GBRZ 1:04.92, 2. Olivia Hernandez, GP 1:05.13, 3. Victoria Ortiz, FWB 1:06.35, 13. Elise Larin, SOM 1:09.73.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Suncoast 3:36.09, 2. Gulf Breeze 3:36.83, 3. Arnold 3:37.22, 15. Somerset 3:45.99 (Isabella DiSalvo, Elise Larin, Kyana Castro, Katrina Del Vecchio).

1-meter diving: 1. Blair Isenhour, BM 375.05, 2. Christina Hilton, OB 371.60, 3. Lexi Atherholt, DUN 365.60.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS
1. Tampa Jesuit 212.5, 2. Gulliver Prep 179, 3. Land O’Lakes 161, 4. tie, Mater Lakes, Cape Coral 125, 6. Ponte Vedra 116, 7. Pompano Beach 97, 8. Mosley 85.5, 9. Mast Academy 85, 10. Lincoln Park 81, 11. Paxon 73, 12. Lakewood 63, 13. Mourning 57, 14. Lemon Bay 54.5, 15. American Heritage Plantation 54, 16. tie, Stanton 51, Baker County 51, 18. Merritt Island 50, 19. Fort Walton Beach 49, 20. Suncoast 48, 21. Bishop Moore 42, 22. Tavares 40.5, 23. Gulf Breeze 40, 24. Orange Park 32, 25. Dreyfoos 29, 26. Titusville 28, 27. Key West 26, 28. tie, Cocoa 24, Rockledge 24, 30. Bayshore 22, 31. Avon Park 17, 32. Ed White 16, 33. Dunedin 15, 34. Lake Wales 14, 35. tie, Arnold, 13, Port Charlotte 13, 37. Palm Beach 12, 38. Goleman 11, 39. tie, North Fort Myers, 9, Astronaut 9, 41. Crystal River 4, 42. Westside 3.

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Jesuit 1:36.91, 2. Mater 1:37.69, 3. Cape Coral 1:38.60.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Lucas Kravchenko, MISL 1:40.57, 2. John Pellegrino, CCOR 1:41.93, 3. Jonathan Rodriguez, GP 1:42.36, 16. Nicolas Rossi, AHP 1:49.56.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Tyler Watson, PAX 1:49.11, 2. Spencer Sehlhorst, MOSL 1:49.86, 3. Steven Rua, CCOR 1:51.65, 21. Juan Mora, ABM 2:02.93.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Patryk Pilkowski, LOL 20.87, 2. Zuri Ramsey, LOL 20.98, 3. Andrew Garcia, MORN 21.14.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Tyler Watson, PAX 48.82, 2. William Jones, STAN 49.51, 3. Braeden Knight, BCHS 50.31.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Reese Branzell, DREY 45.53, 2. Max Milicevic, POVA 46.66, 3. Zuri Ramsey, LOL 46.71.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Brendan Driscoll, JES 4:32.29, 2. Andrew Kalaman, BSH 4:33.82, 3. Zachary Brewer, BMOR 4:35.29, 10. Nicolas Rossi, AHP 4:47.01.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Land O’Lakes 1:25.68, 2. Pompano Beach 1:26.37, 3. POVA 1:26.68

100-yard backstroke: 1. Lucas Kravchenko, MISL 50.14, 2. Patryk Pilkowski, LOL 50.97, 3. Nicholas Shaffer, JES 51.76.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Spencer Sehlhorst, MOSL 57.56, 2. Steven Rua, CCOR 57.81, 3. Brandon Moran, MATE 58.50, 18. Juan Mora, ABM 1:02.04.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Land O’Lakes 3:11.39, 2. Jesuit 3:11.69, 3. Mosley 3:13.29, 12. American Heritage Plantation 3:19.19 (Nicolas Rossi, Sebastian Lares, Joseph Lee, Daniel Escobar).

1-meter diving: 1. Jonathan Geraghty, LP 524.20, 2. Skylar Migon, GP 494.20, 3. Elisha Dees, EW 398.95.

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

Suncoast Sweeps District 11-2A Titles; American Heritage Girls Runners-Up, Boys Place Third; Joseph Lee Wins Title For Patriots

By Sharon Robb

RIVIERA BEACH, November 4, 2018—Host Suncoast won the girls and boys team titles at the District 11-2A Swimming and Diving Championships.

The Charger girls won with 493 points and boys won with 481 points.

American Heritage Plantation girls were runners-up with 352 points and boys team finished third with 352.5 points.

The Patriot girls were led by individual winners Thea Mckenna and Emme Ham. Mckenna won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:14.30 and Ham won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:09.63.

Delaney Biro of Coral Springs Charter was a double winner in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:58.81 and 100-yard freestyle in 55.43. Biro was also a member of the winning 200-yard medley relay.

Joseph Lee, a sophomore at American Heritage Plantation, won his first district title in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:02.41 knocking off Pompano Beach senior Shane Schulte, second in 1:05.14. Lee was also third in the 100-yard butterfly in 55.47.

SOFLO’s Juan Mora, a freshman at Archbishop McCarthy, was third in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:05.88.

SOFLO’s Nicolas Rossi was sixth in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:55.94 and eighth in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:16.64.

Lee and Rossi were members of the Patriots’ second place 200-yard medley relay in 1:44.36 and 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:25.83.

Mattheus Santos of Pompano Beach and Gavin Smith of Suncoast were double winners. Santos won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:45.71 and 500-yard freestyle in 4:42.73. Smith won the 100-yard butterfly in 52.58 and 100-yard backstroke in 53.87.

GIRLS TEAM TOTALS
1. Suncoast 493, 2. American Heritage Plantation 352, 3. Coral Springs Charter 308.5, 4. Pompano Beach 264.5, 5. Cardinal Gibbons 207, 6. Archbishop McCarthy 180, 7. Dreyfoos School of the Arts 172.

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Coral Springs Charter 1:55.83 (Faith Fowler, Briana Dattile, Delaney Biro, Riley McCormick), 2. American Heritage Plantation 1:57.81, 3. Pompano Beach 1:59.14.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Delaney Biro, CSC 1:58.81, 2. Daniela Salcedo, SUN 2:00.68, 3. Dakota Brisco, SUN 2:04.08.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Thea Mckenna, AHP 2:14.30, 2. Lucie Valdov, SUN 2:15.68, 3. Amber Candido, CSC 2:16.35.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Sierra Robinson, SUN 25.55, 2. Olivia Mason, AHP 25.73, 4. Riley McCormick, CSC 25.82.

1-meter diving: 1. Juliana DeBock, SUN 477.75, 2. Christina Hilton, PB 469.35, 3. Caroline Rozzo, SUN 359.85.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Daniela Salcedo, SUN 1:01.25, 2. Riley McCrmick, CSC 1:01.68, 3. Gabriella Costello, PB 1:05.29.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Delaney Biro, CSC 55.43, 2. Sierra Robinson, SUN 56.95, 3. Olivia Mason, AHP 57.00.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Amber Candido, CSC 5:20.57, 2. Summer Schulte, PB 5:26.25, 3. Rachel Lilienthal, DREY 5:27.03.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Suncoast 1:45.79 (Dakota Brisco, Daniela Salcedo, Elana Barnhart, Sierra Robinson), 2. American Heritage Plantation 1:45.93, 3. Pompano Beach 1:50.10.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Lucie Valdov, SUN 1:03.01, 2. Melody Yates, CG 1:03.62, 3. Faith Fowler, CSC 1:03.86.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Emme Ham, AHP 1:09.63, 2. Thea Mckenna, AHP 1:10.31, 3. Felicia Taylor, AHP 1:12.38.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Suncoast 3:46.08 (Daniela Salcedo, Dakota Brisco, Lucie Valdov, Sierra Robinson), 2. Coral Springs Charter 3:48.68, 3. American Heritage Plantation 3:51.31.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS
1. Suncoast 481, 2. Pompano Beach 426.5, 3. American Heritage Plantation 352.5, 4. Dreyfoos School of the Arts 252, 5. Archbishop McCarthy 181, 6. Cardinal Gibbons 128, 7. Coral Springs Charter 105.

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Suncoast 1:42.82 (Denny Shea, Cameron Gange, Gavin Smith, James Seton), 2. American Heritage Plantation 1:44.36 (Sebastian Lares, Daniel Watson, Joseph Lee, Nicolas Rossi), 3. Pompano Beach 1:44.74.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Mattheus Santos, PB 1:45.71, 2. Reese Branzell, DREY 1:48.50, 3. Daniel Escobar, AHP 1:49.44.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Raphael Santos, PB 2:00.54, 2. Sebastian Lares, AHP 2:02.67, 3. Juan Mora, ABM 2:05.88.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Kyle Owens, DREY 23.10, 2. James Seton, SUN 23.22, 3. Dante Poe, PB 23.35.

1-meter diving: 1. Thomas Dowling, SUN 428.55, 2. Joshua Snyder, DREY 335.00, 3. Jeral Chang, SUN 284.90.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Gavin Smith, SUN 52.58, 2. Raphael Santos, PB 54.64, 3. Joseph Lee, AHP 55.47.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Reese Branzell, DREY 47.82, 2. Benjamin Wang, SUN 49.34, 3. Kyle Owens, DREY 50.59.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Mattheus Santos, PB 4:42.73, 2. Daniel Escobar, AHP 4:42.79, 3. Alexandro Marquez, PB 5:00.57.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Pompano Beach 1:31.02 (Mattheus Santos, Shane Schulte, Dante Poe, Raphael Santos), 2. Suncoast 1:34.65, 3. Cardinal Gibbons 1:37.78.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Gavin Smith, SUN 53.87, 2. Sebastian Lares, AHP 56.33, 3. Alexandro Marquez, PB 56.67.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Joseph Lee, AHP 1:02.41, 2. Shane Schulte, PB 1:05.14, 3. Juan Mora, ABM 1:05.17.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Pompano Beach 3:19.88 (Mattheus Santos, Alexandro Marquez, Ethan Arias, Raphael Santos), 2. American Heritage Plantation 3:25.83 (Joseph Lee, Sebastian Lares, Daniel Escobar, Nicolas Rossi), 3. Suncoast 3:26.60.

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

American Heritage Plantation Tops Somerset Academy

By Sharon Robb

FORT LAUDERDALE, October 17, 2018—American Heritage Plantation swept Somerset Wednesday afternoon in the Patriots’ regular season finale.

The Patriots won the combined, 213-101; girls, 92-59; and boys, 121-42 team titles and now will focus on districts.

The Patriots won the girls 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relays.

Olivia Mason, Gigi Leon, Julie Mason and Emme Hall were individual winners for American Heritage Plantation.

Somerset girls kept the meet close.

Katrina Del Vecchio was a double winner for Somerset in the 50-yard freestyle in 26.00 and 100-yard freestyle in 57.15.

Luna Delgado won the 100-yard butterfly in 1:06.87. Delgado and Del Vecchio along with Payola Inestroza and Kyana Castro were members of the winning 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:55.31.

In the boys’ competition, the Patriots won the 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relays.

The Patriots won all eight individual events. Joseph Lee was a double winner in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:06.93 and 100-yard butterfly in 57.31.

Nicolas Rossi won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.93 and was second in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:16.87.

COMBINED TEAM TOTALS
American Heritage Plantation 213, Somerset 101

GIRLS
American Heritage Plantation 92, Somerset 59

200-yard medley relay: 1. American Heritage Plantation A 2:05.09 (Eva Pierre-Antoine, Emme Ham, Chris Prado, Olivia Mason), 2. Somerset B 2:12.00 (Kaitlyn Barrios, Natalia Sibug, Katrina Del Vecchio, Kyana Castro), 3. American Heritage Plantation C 2:24.18.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Olivia Mason, AHP 2:06.28, 2. Emma Ham, AHP 2:12.93, 3. Chris Prado, AHP 2:16.20, 4. Kaitlyn Barrios, SOM 2:18.00.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Gigi Leon, AHP 2:46.96, 2. Jeyra Mendez, SOM 3:04.63, 3. Megan Perlman, AHP 3:33.99.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Katrina Del Vecchio, SOM 26.00, 2. Thea Mckenna, AHP 27.06, 3. Julie Mason, AHP 27.28, 4. Kyana Castro, SOM 27.94, 5. Molly Weidner, AHP 28.52, 6. Natalia Sibug, SOM 29.43.

1-meter diving: None.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Luna Delgado, SOM 1:06.87, 2. Chris Prado, AHP 1:10.34, 3. Payola Inestroza, AHP 1:11.16.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Katrina Del Vecchio, SOM 57.15, 2. Olivia Mason, AHP 57.34, 3. Kyana Castro, SOM 59.09.

500-yard freestyle: None.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Somerset A 1:55.31 (Katrina Del Vecchio, Luna Delgado, Payola Inestroza, Kyana Castro), 2. American Heritage Plantation A 2:02.75, 3. Somerset C 2:08.65.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Julie Mason, AHP 1:05.96, 2. Jamie Annis, AHP 1:16.62, 3. Isabel Rodriguez-Sanchez, SOM 1:20.81.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Emme Hall, AHP 1:12.53, 2. Thea Mckenna, AHP 1:13.28, 3. Natalia Sibug, SOM 1:13.62.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. American Heritage Plantation A 4:01.90 (Chris Prado, Eva Pierre-Antoine, Molly Weidner, Thea Mckenna), 2. American Heritage Plantation B 4:04.71, 3. Somerset B 5:11.96.

BOYS
American Heritage Plantation 121, Somerset 42

200-yard medley relay: 1. American Heritage Plantation A 1:49.59 (Sebastian Lares, Daniel Watson, Joseph Lee, Nicholas Rossi), 2. American Heritage Plantation B 2:03.00, 3. Somerset 2:04.00.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Daniel Escobar, AHP 1:54.06, 2. Sebastian Lares, AHP 1:56.15, 3. Jayden Scarlett, AHP 2:14.41.

200-yard individual medley:1. Joseph Lee, AHP 2:06.93, 2. Daniel Watson, AHP 2:16.62, 3. Odin Farkas, AHP 2:31.45.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Nicolas Rossi, AHP 23.93, 2. Evan Wang, AHP 24.90, 3. Diego Nazario-Vazquez, SOM 25.00.

1-meter diving: None.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Joseph Lee, AHP 57.31, 2. Daniel Escobar, AHP 58.18, 3. Diego Nazario-Vazquez, SOM 1:00.37.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Daniel Watson, AHP 54.78, 2. Gabriel Munoz, SOM 55.19, 3. Evan Wang, AHP 56.34.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Sebastian Lares, AHP 5:08.62, 2. Nicolas Rossi, AHP 5:16.87, 3. Miguel Samour, SOM 6:55.50.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Somerset 1:46.00 (Diego Nazario-Vazquez, Edwin Reyes, Nicholas Santana, Gabriel Munoz), 2. American Heritage Plantation A 1:47.21, 3. American Heritage Plantation B 1:57.96.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Odin Farkas, AHP 1:11.06, 2. Jesse Lobo, SOM 1:17.12, 3. Alejandro Villate, AHP 1:19.53.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Elias Levy, AHP 1:17.46, 2. Adrian Gonzalez, AHP 1:23.46, 3. James Mitchell, SOM 1:28.50.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. American Heritage Plantation C 3:45.99 (Andres Villate, Daniel Watson, Nicolas Rossi, Tommy Windisch), 2. American Heritage Plantation B 3:47.21, 3. American Heritage Plantation A 3:56.12.

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

American Heritage Plantation Sweeps David Posnack JCC; Joseph Lee, Isabella Taylor Win Thrillers

By Sharon Robb

PLANTATION, October 11, 2018—American Heritage Plantation tuned up for Saturday’s 55th annual Woodson Invitational Thursday with two decisive wins against David Posnack JCC.

The Patriots girls team defeated David Posnack, 104-31.

Olivia Mason and Isabella Taylor were double winners for the Patriots.

Mason won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:07.28 and 50-yard freestyle in 25.69.

Taylor won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:17.19 and 100-yard breaststroke in 1:12.09.

In an exciting girls’ 100-yard breaststroke race between teammates, Taylor outsprinted Emme Ham to win in 1:12.09 ahead of Ham in 1:12.69.

American Heritage Plantation swept all three girls relays.

David Posnack’s lone winner was Zoe Abovitz in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:12.44.

The Patriots boys team topped David Posnack JCC, 128-23. American Heritage Plantation won the combined team title with 232 points.

The Patriots won 10 events including two relays. Sebastian Lares was a double winner in 200-yard individual medley in 2:09.50 and 100-yard butterfly in 58.68.

Nicolas Rossi won the 100-yard freestyle in 54.37. Daniel Escobar won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:50.75.

In a thrilling boys’ 100-yard backstroke race, Patriots’ Joseph Lee knocked off teammate Daniel Escobar by 3/100ths of a second. 1:01.91-1:01.94.

David Posnack’s lone win was the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:55.84 with Isaac Tawil, Jonah Lindenbaum, Eitan Horowitz and Dylan Gordon.

American Heritage Plantation will compete Saturday in the 55th Woodson Invitational at Pine Crest.

COMBINED TEAM SCORES
American Heritage Plantation 232, David Posnack JCC 54

GIRLS
American Heritage Plantation 104, David Posnack JCC 31

200-yard medley relay: 1. American Heritage A 2:05.31 (Isabella Taylor, Emme Ham, Chris Prado, Molly Weidner), 2. David Posnack 2:17.96, 3. American Heritage Plantation B 2:20.28.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Olivia Mason, AHP 2:07.28, 2. Zoe Abovitz, DP 2:12.15, 3. Chris Prado, AHP 2:13.56.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Isabella Taylor, AHP 2:17.19, 2. Thea Mckenna, AHP 2:22.43, 3. Emme Ham, AHP 2:29.72.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Olivia Mason, AHP 25.69, 2. Molly Weidner, AHP 29.07, 3. Darlene Mizrahi, DP 29.34.

1-meter diving: None

100-yard butterfly: 1. Thea Mckenna, AHP 1:05.88.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Eva Pierre-Antoine, AHP 1:00.53, 2. Chris Prado, AHP 1:00.97, 3. Claire Lipman, AHP 1:13.97.

500-yard freestyle: None

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. American Heritage Plantation A 1:50.44 (Olivia Mason, Eva Pierre-Antoine, Thea Mckenna, Molly Weidner), 2. American Heritage Plantation B 2:05.83, 3. David Posnack 2:08.15.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Zoe Abovitz, DP 1:12.44, 2. Jamie Annis, AHP 1:16.35, 3. Shana Xia, AHP 1:20.00.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Isabella Taylor, AHP 1:12.09, 2. Emme Ham, AHP 1:12.69, 3. Molly Weidner, AHP 1:19.90.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. American Heritage Plantation A 3:53.81 (Olivia Mason, Thea Mckenna, Isabella Taylor, Chris Prado).

BOYS
American Heritage Plantation 128, David Posnack JCC 23

200-yard medley relay: 1. American Heritage Plantation A 1:52.28 (Sebastian Lares, Daniel Watson, Joseph Lee, Nicholas Rossi), 2. American Heritage B 2:08.94, 3. American Heritage C 2:14.37.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Daniel Escobar, AHP 1:50.75, 2. Joseph Lee, AHP 1:55.09, 3. Benjamin Gomez del Campo, AHP 2:04.81.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Sebastian Lares, AHP 2:09.50, 2. Nicolas Rossi, AHP 2:12.37, 3. Odin Farkas, AHP 2:29.66.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Daniel DiMarcoberadino, AHP 25.00, 2. Evan Wang, AHP 25.66, 3. Isaac Tawil, DP 28.68.

1-meter diving: None

100-yard butterfly: 1. Sebastian Lares, AHP 58.68, 2. Jayden Scarlett, AHP 1:06.22, 3. Slavcho Karagueorguiev, AHP 1:30.34.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Nicolas Rossi, AHP 54.37, 2. Daniel Watson, AHP 55.69, 3. Evan Wang, AHP 58.00.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Benjamin Gomez del Campo, AHP 5:34.43.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. David Posnack JCC 1:55.84 (Isaac Tawil, Jonah Lindenbaum, Eitan Horowitz, Dylan Gordon), 2. American Heritage Plantation A 1:56.56, 3. American Heritage Plantation B 2:00.47.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Joseph Lee, AHP 1:01.91, 2. Daniel Escobar, AHP 1:01.94, 3. Jayden Scarlett, AHP 1:04.93.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Daniel Watson, AHP 1:10.12, 2. Odin Farkas, AHP 1:15.97, 3. Andres Villate, AHP 1:17.93.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. American Heritage Plantation C 3:45.06 (Odin Farkas, Evan Wang, Joseph Lee, Sebastian Lares), 2. American Heritage Plantation A 3:52.00, 3. American Heritage Plantation B 3:52.03.

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

NSU University Sharks Knock Off American Heritage Plantation, Chaminade-Madonna In Tri-Meet

By Sharon Robb

FORT LAUDERDALE, October 3, 2018—NSU University School swept American Heritage Plantation and Chaminade-Madonna boys and girls teams Wednesday in a tri-meet at Nova Southeastern University Aquatic Center.

The Sharks girls’ team scored an impressive 110-73 victory over American Heritage Plantation and defeated Chaminade-Madonna, 144-36. American Heritage Plantation defeated Chaminade-Madonna, 119-43.

In an exciting girls’ 50-yard freestyle race, NSU University School junior Olivia Flack out-touched American Heritage Plantation sophomore Olivia Mason by 1/100ths of a second, 25.78-25.79.

The Sharks had three double winners: Mariangela Cincotti, Amanda Kopas and Olivia Flack.

Cincotti won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:01.86 and 500-yard freestyle in 5:18.07.

Kopas won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:12.92 and 100-yard butterfly in 58.83.

NSU University School sixth grader Anastasia Lutz, the youngest swimmer in the meet, was third in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:38.86 and fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:27.98. Teammate and seventh grader Alexis Christensen was second in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:07.34 and third in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:32.22.

Flack won the 50-yard freestyle in 25.78 and 100-yard backstroke in 1:02.72.

American Heritage Plantation won the girls 200-yard medley relay and two individual races by Olivia Mason and Thea Mckenna.

The Sharks boys’ team also scored impressive wins over American Heritage Plantation, 91-78, and Chaminade-Madonna, 120-45. American Heritage Plantation defeated Chaminade-Madonna, 127-38.

The Sharks won a close meet against the Patriots, clinching with a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:28.24 with Marcelo Carrion, Diego Jose Darquea-Juris, Miguel Angel Caballero and Pedro Pavao. The Sharks also won the 200-yard freestyle relay.

Cameron Brown was a double winner for the Sharks in the 50-yard freestyle in 23.96 and 100-yard breaststroke in 1:03.16. Caballero and Pavao also won individual races.

Daniel Escobar was a double winner for the Patriots in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:49.24 and 500-yard freestyle in 4:48.50. Teammate Joseph Lee won the 100-yard butterfly in 56.09.

GIRLS
NSU University School 144, Chaminade-Madonna 36
NSU University School 110, American Heritage Plantation 73
American Heritage Plantation 119, Chaminade-Madonna 43

200-yard medley relay: 1. American Heritage Plantation 1:59.59 (Julie Mason, Emme Ham, Isabella Taylor, Chris Prado), 2. NSU University School 2:07.61, 3. Chaminade-Madonna 2:15.37.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Mariangela Cincotti, NSUUS 2:01.86, 2. Alexis Christensen, NSUUS 2:07.34, 3. Calissa Page, NSUUS 2:13.14.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Amanda Kopas, NSUUS 2:12.92, 2. Isabella Taylor, AHP 2:15.63, 3. Anastasia Lutz, NSUUS 2:38.86.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Olivia Flack, NSUUS 25.78, 2. Olivia Mason, AHP 25.79, 3. Sofia Sarros, NSUUS 27.09.

1-meter diving: 1. Maia Goldstein, NSUUS 253.80, 2. Ashley Shechtman, NSUUS 159.08, 3. Ella Farris, NSUUS 145.95.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Amanda Kopas, NSUUS 58.83, 2. Thea Mckenna, AHP 1:05.51, 3. Gina Rodriguez, CM 1:07.20.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Olivia Mason, AHP 57.54, 2. Sofia Sarros, NSUUS 58.61, 3. Eva Pierre-Antoine, AHP 59.55.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Mariangela Cincotti, NSUUS 5:18.07, 2. Isabella Taylor, AHP 5:25.80, 3. Alexis Christensen, NSUUS 5:32.22.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. NSU University School A 1:43.58 (Olivia Flack, Amanda Kopas, Sofia Sarros, Mariangela Cincotti), 2. American Heritage Plantation 1:48.73, 3. NSU University School B 1:54.69.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Olivia Flack, NSUUS 1:02.72, 2. Julie Mason, AHP 1:04.71, 3. Giuliana Galetto, NSUUS 1:07.96.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Thea Mckenna, AHP 1:11.93, 2. Emme Ham, AHP 1:12.40, 3. Molly Weidmer, AHP 1:17.92.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. NSUUS 3:48.60 (Amanda Kopas, Olivia Flack, Sofia Sarros, Mariangela Cincotti), 2. American Heritage Plantation 3:55.36, 3. Chaminade-Madonna 4:26.72.

BOYS
NSU University School 91, American Heritage Plantation 78
NSU University School 120, Chaminade-Madonna 45
American Heritage Plantation 127, Chaminade-Madonna 38

200-yard medley relay: 1. American Heritage Plantation A 1:46.67 (Daniel Escobar, Daniel Watson, Joseph Lee, Nicolas Rossi), 2. NSU University School 1:47.23, 3. American Heritage Plantation B 1:56.07.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Daniel Escobar, AHP 1:49.24, 2. Pedro Pavao, NSUUS 1:50.83, 3. Cristian Tortola, CM 1:51.06, 5. Nicolas Rossi, AHP 1:59.07.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Miguel Angel Caballero, NSUUS 2:06.39, 2. Angelo Martinez, CM 2:12.22, 3. Daniel Watson, AHP 2:17.79.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Cameron Brown, NSUUS 23.96, 2. Diego Jose Darquea-Juris, NSUUS 24.13, 3. David Perez, NSUUS 24.17.

1-meter diving: None.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Joseph Lee, AHP 56.09, 2. Angelo Martinez, CM 57.73, 3 Alan Oved, NSUUS 1:03.34.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Nicolas Rossi, AHP 50.98, 2. Diego Jose Darquea-Juris, NSUUS 52.78, 3. David Perez, NSUUS 53.97.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Daniel Escobar, AHP 4:48.50, 2. Cristian Tortola, CM 5:02.16, 3. Marcelo Carrion, NSUUS 5:20.90.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. NSU University School 1:36.27 (David Perez, Diego Jose Darquea-Juris, Cameron Brown, Marcelo Carrion), 2. American Heritage Plantation 1:41.28, 3. NSU University School B 1:48.23.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Pedro Pavao, NSUUS 1:00.80, 2. Jayden Scarlett, AHP 1:04.65, 3. Tommy Windisch, AHP 1:06.85.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Cameron Brown, NSUUS 1:03.16, 2. Miguel Angel Caballero, AHP 1:04.72, 3. Joseph Lee, AHP 1:04.72.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. NSU University School A 3:28.24 (Marcelo Carrion, Diego Jose Darquea-Juris, Miguel Angel Caballero, Pedro Pavao), 2. American Heritage Plantation 3:30.76, 3. American Heritage Plantation B 3:58.08.

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

American Heritage Plantation Finishes In Top 12 At FSPA High School Invitational; Daniel Escobar Patriots’ Top Finisher

By Sharon Robb

STUART, September 30, 2018–American Heritage Plantation finished 12th in combined, boys and girls team totals at the FSPA High School Swimming and Diving Invitational Saturday at Sailfish Splash Aquatic Athletics Center.

Daniel Escobar was the Patriots’ top finisher, placing second in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:39.47. He turned in a season-best 4:38.96 in morning prelims, bettering his seed time of 4:47.24.

Escobar was also eighth in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:49.63. He dropped 3.65 seconds in morning prelims in 1:47.13, bettering his previous best of 1:50.78.

Emme Ham was the Patriots’ top girls finisher placing ninth in the 100-yard breaststroke in a season-best 1:08.95, bettering her previous best of 1:10.02. Teammate Isabella Taylor was tenth in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:13.06, also a season-best bettering her 2:16.05 entry time.

Florida State commit Chade Nersicio of Trinity Christian was a double winner. Nersicio, who represents Curacao internationally, swept the sprint events. She won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.45 and 100-yard freestyle in 50.84. She also anchored Trinity Christian’s winning 200-yard freestyle relay.

North Carolina-commit Caroline Cooper of Winter Park was the only other girls’ double winner in the 200-yard individual medley (2:06.04) and 100-yard butterfly (56.24).

Jupiter’s Tyler Coffey won the boys 1-meter diving with 470 points ahead of teammate Will Lefebvre with 461.50. Chloe Bishop of Trinity Christian won the girls diving with 416.20 points.

Oviedo swept the combined (594), girls (281) and boys (313) team titles.

The meet, sponsored by the Florida Swimming Pool Association, annually serves as a preview of the state meet venue for swimmers and provides a meet offering prelims and finals. The swim meet is the largest meet of its kind in the southeastern United States.

COMBINED TEAM TOTALS
1. Oviedo 594, 2. Creekside 493, 3. Seminole 459. 4 Jupiter 348.5, 5. Winter Park 335.5, 6. Doral Prep 274.5, 7. Trinity Christian 253, 8. King’s Academy 217, 9. Wellington 165, 10. tie, Forest Hill, Olympia 159, 12. American Heritage Plantation 125.

GIRLS TEAM TOTALS
1. Oviedo 281, 2. Creekside 251, 3. Trinity Christian 237, 4. Jupiter 213.5, 5. Winter Park 195.5, 6. Seminole 188, 7. Forest Hill 159, 8. Jensen Beach 100.5, 9. Wellington 88, 10. King’s Academy 79, 11. Olympia 72, 12. American Heritage Plantation 69.

GIRLS RESULTS
200-yard medley relay: 1. Seminole 1:47.84 (Emily Slater, Hannah Hofstatter, Anna Freyman, Olivia Ciancimino), 2. Creekside 1:48.26, 3. Oviedo 1:49.66, 12. American Heritage 1:56.40 (Julie Mason, Emme Ham, Isabella Taylor, Chris Prado).

200-yard freestyle: 1. Blair Stoneburg, JEN 1:48.92, 2. Carlie Ross, OV 1:52.63, 3. Anna Auld, FH 1:53.97.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Caroline Cooper, WP 2:06.04, 2. Eriana Temperino, TC 2:06.97, 3. Heidi Smithwick, JUP 2:08.71, 10. Isabella Taylor, AH 2:13.06, 15. Thea Mckenna, AH 2:17.68.

50-meter freestyle: 1 Chade Nersicio, TC 23.45, 2. Blair Stoneburg, JEN 23.70, 3. Megan Murphy, FH 23.86.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Caroline Cooper, WP 56.24, 2. Eriana Temperino, TC 56.24, 3. Heidi Smithwick, JUP 57.63.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Chade Nersicio, TC 50.84, 2. Nicole Agular, PBC 52.41, 3. Emma Chestang, CREE 52.47, 15. Olivia Mason, AH 55.76.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Anna Auld, FH 4:56.05, 2. Shannon Campbell, CREEK 4:57.96, 3. Sophie Hampson, OV 5:02.11.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Trinity Christian 1:37.76 (Eriana Temperino, Hailey Rudd, Naima Dessout, Chade Nersicio), 2. Creekside 1:38.48, 3. Winter Park 1:39.67, 13. American Heritage 1:45.73 (Olivia Mason, Thea Mckenna, Eva Pierre-Antoine, Chris Prado).

100-yard backstroke: 1. Megan Murphy, FH 56.16, 2. Gabby Donahue, OV 58.30, 3. Jaden Herbert, OV 58.32.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Madison Koutavas, CREE 1:04.98, 2. Anna Moore, CREE 1:05.22, 3. Ryan Flynn, FH 1:05.54, 9. Emme Ham, AH 1:08.95, 12. Isabella Taylor, AH 1:09.55, 13. Thea Mckenna, AH 1:10.09.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Creekside 3:32.07, 2. Trinity Christian 3:32.20, 3. Oviedo 3:32.64, 8. American Heritage 3:45.18 (Olivia Mason, Julie Mason, Isabella Taylor, Thea Mckenna).

1-meter diving: 1. Chloe Bishop, TC 416.20, 2. Julia Wortman, WELL 382.00, 3. Haley Fekete, JUP 377.85, 8. Kaylee Greenberg, PC 339.45, 14. Ava Andersen, PC 297.25, 26. Kirra Reid, PC 104.30.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS
1. Oviedo 313, 2. Seminole 271, 3. Creekside 242, 4. Doral 220.5, 5. Winter Park 140, 6. King’s Academy 138, 7. Jupiter 135, 8. Providence 108, 9. Cape Coral 89, 10. Olympia 87, 11. Wellington 77, 12. American Heritage Plantation 56.

BOYS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Seminole 1:35.94 (Dawson Joyce, Skylar Klein, Erik Fosselius, Payton Poore), 2. Oviedo 1:36.33, 3. Doral 1:36.77, 14. American Heritage Plantation 1:46.59 (Sebastian Lares, Joseph Lee, Daniel Watson, Evan Wang).

200-yard freestyle: 1. Varis Monroe, JUP 1:43.09, 2. Blake Moran, PROV 1:43.95, 3. Philip Moldavanu, WELL 1:46.02, 8. Daniel Escobar, AH 1:49.63.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Steven Rua, CCOR 1:52.22, 2. Adrian Aguilar, DOR 1:52.78, 3. Joshua Zuchowski, KA 1:53.85, 11. Joseph Lee, AH 2:03.93.

50-meter freestyle: 1. Ian Cooper, CREE 20.98, 2. Dawson Joyce, SMSA 21.13, 3. Caleb Petranchuk, JUP 21.58.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Dawson Joyce, SMSA 51.40, 2. Mason Herbet, OV 51.48, 3. Braeden Knight, BC 51.70.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Ian Cooper, CREE 46.27, 2. Aaron Rodriguez, DOR 47.26, 3. Luke Carey, OHS 47.49.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Adrian Aguilar, DOR 4:30.19, 2. Daniel Escobar, AH 4:39.47, 3. Ryan Gibbons, OV 4:43.37, 15. Nicolas Rossi, AH 5:00.36.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Seminole 1:25.42 (Dawson Joyce, Payton Poore, Griffin Ciancimino, Andy Rivera-Maldonado0, 2. Oviedo 1:27.44, 3. Doral Prep 1:27.79, 16. American Heritage 1:36.39 (Benjamin Gomez del Campo, Tommy Windisch, Nicolas Rossi, Daniel Escobar).

100-yard backstroke: 1. Carlos Cartagena, OV 50.59, 2. Joshua Zuchowski, KA 50.82, 3. Conner Lowery, PROV 51.76.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Steven Rua, CCOR 58.06, 2. Hector Rodriguez, WP 59.33, 3. Robert Haywood, SC 59.81.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Doral Prep 3:08.23 (Adrian Aguilar, Aaron Rodriguez, Nestor Montero, Vittorio Parravano), 2. Creekside 3:13.22, 3. Oviedo 3:14.16, 11. American Heritage Plantation 3:25.61 (Joseph Lee, Nicolas Rossi, Daniel Watson, Daniel Escobar).

1-meter diving: 1. Tyler Coffey, JUP 470.00, 2. Will Lefebvre, JUP 461.50, 3. Tristan Trax, VB 324.05, 4. Allen Levitis, PC 322.05.

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