SWIMMING ROUNDUP: USA Swimming Makes Sweeping Rule Changes

By Sharon Robb
COLORADO SPRINGS, October 4, 2022—USA Swimming’s Rules and Regulations Committee approved several rule changes at its recent House of Delegates meeting. Some will take effect immediately and others on Jan. 1, 2023.

USA Swimming has eliminated the use of the terminology Junior Olympics for Age Group Championship meets. In some LSCs including the Florida Gold Coast, their Age Group Championship has historically been named Junior Olympics. LSCs are no longer allowed to call the meets Junior Olympic or JOs.

The biggest rule change is the “120 Day Rule,” which has a swimmer waiting 120 days after switching clubs to compete for his or her new club. The requirement was trimmed to 60 days after their last competition with their former team. The rule is is effective immediately.

There are also rules changes surrounding minimum requirements for officiating at LSC-sanctioned meets. At a minimum LSC’s must now require one referee, one starter, three timers per lane (unless automatic timing system is being used, in which case only one timer per lane is required), one clerk of course (if applicable), one place judge (two are preferred), two stroke judges and two turn judges or two stroke and turn judges, relay take-off judges (if applicable), one administrative official, one announcer (if applicable), and two marshals, at least one of each gender. The minimum officiating requirements are less strict for development, dual, and intrasquad meets.

There are also changes with reporting process for world and USA Swimming records. For World Records, supporting evidence must now be filed on official FINA World Record application forms, which must be submitted to the Executive Director of FINA within 14 days after the performance instead of 21 days.

For USA Swimming records, one of the key changes is that for LSC and local records, official split times may be used, provided those splits are taken with a fully automatic timing system. The record application form must be filled out, signed by the designated officials, and sent in along with the completion of pool measurement within 30 days.

PARMENTER, BOSTIC HONORED
Jimmy Parmenter, former Plantation Swim Team coach for 27 years and St. Thomas Aquinas coach now coaching in Nebraska at BT Aquatics and Brownell Talbot College Prep School, received the U.S. Masters Swimming Kerry O’Brien Coaches Award, originally named the Grassroots Coaching Award. The award, established in 2008, recognizes a USMS coach who builds masters membership in his or her community…Palm Beach Masters Swimming and Wahoo Triathlon Club founder and coach Linda Irish Bostic was named U.S. Masters Swimming 2022 Coach of the Year. Swimmer John Potts called her “a legend of adult swimming.”….

CROOKS SEC SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks, a sophomore from George Town, Cayman Islands who trains with TS Aquatics, earned SEC Swimmer of the Week honors. Crooks had two wins during the Volunteers’ season-opener at UNC Wilmington. Crooks won the 50 freestyle in 19.36, top time in the nation this season. He also won the 100 butterfly in 46.81 mark, second in the SEC and third in the nation. Crooks was also a member of the winning 200 medley relay. His sister Jillian also trains with Total Swimmer (TS) Aquatics. The siblings represented the Cayman Islands at the FINA World Championships…

Florida Gulf Coast University, located in Lee County, cancelled its season-opener against Campbell scheduled for October 14-15 in Fort Myers. The athletic director said a “lack of hotel availability” for the cancellation after Hurricane Ian devastated the area. The damage left many homes destroyed in Fort Myers, forcing local residents into hotels….The Osprey Invite hosted by the University of North Florida with Florida State and Georgia Southern, was also rescheduled for Oct. 7.

THANK YOU SOFLO COACHES
This week is ASCA Swimming Coach Appreciation Week. It’s a time to show your coaches some love for their dedication to you, your parents and the sport. Coaches are at the pool before you get there and after you leave. So go ahead SOFLO swimmers don’t be shy, give them a pat on the back, high five or thank you for being there for you. The week lasts through Oct. 8. You have five more days to show your appreciation.

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

TYR FEBRUARY BOY SWIMMER OF THE MONTH: Tristan Dons

By Sharon Robb
PEMBROKE PINES, March 29, 2022–Tristan Dons knows what it takes to be successful when it comes to swimming.

The American Heritage Plantation eighth grader made five Junior Olympic cut times in the 100-yard backstroke, 100- and 200-yard freestyles, 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard individual medley at the BB Championships.

And it wasn’t luck for the 13-year-old. It was hard work and dedication.

“I was very happy with five JO cuts,” Dons said. “For me it’s more about improving and if improving means getting JO cuts that’s great.”

Said his Silver Group coach Jack Davies, “Tristan lit the pool up, picking up five new JO cuts at BBs. He brings a steely focus to practice, both in terms of mechanics and effort levels.

“He consistently is leading in his lane, pushing his teammates and looking for every way he can to improve as an athlete. Having moved from New Mexico he has since truly set himself up as a leader in the group and was justly rewarded with a breakthrough finish in February.”

At Junior Olympics, Dons, 13, competed in ten events including four relays. His best individual finish was 17th in the 200-yard backstroke in a best time 2:10.86, dropping 2.52 seconds.

“I know he is looking to continue his growth as a swimmer,” Davies said. “Having a 13-year-old step up the way he has bodes extremely well in this group and beyond as he is still comparatively young, and being able to harness his passion, discipline and work ethic moving forward to the benefit not just to himself, but the training group and larger team around him.”

Dons has been swimming for nearly 10 years. He played soccer and tennis when he was younger but is focused on swimming now. His father was a national-level swimmer when he lived in the Netherlands and started both his sons in the sport.

“Swimming is a way for me to express myself,” Dons said. “It’s a reflection of how I’m feeling day to day. If I’m feeling good that day I tend to swim good and if I’m not feeling good that day I don’t tend to do as normally good as I would.

“It’s a great way for me to cool down especially after school,” Dons said. “My mind is racing and swimming is relaxing for me.”

Dons said swimming has helped him be healthier “having a sport that I am very dedicated to. If I want to be good at this one sport I have to be healthy and in shape all-around. In terms of discipline, it’s helped me with school. I’m not a terrible student, at least I hope not. It’s just a product of what my coaches over the years have taught me.”

Dons said he has improved since training at SOFLO, particularly in backstroke. His biggest meet so far as been Western Zones in the summer of 2018 while he was living in New Mexico. He swam the 50 and 100 butterfly, 50 backstroke and two relays.

His goals for the future are centered around “keep improving,” he said. “I want to have consistent improvement throughout my swimming career whether it’s seconds off the 50 or 1/100ths off the 200. I just want to keep improving and get better as a swimmer.”

Each TYR Swimmer of the Month receives a free TYR backpack.

SOFLO sponsor TYR is a USA manufacturer of recreational and competitive swimwear, caps, goggles, triathlon gear and accessories and one of the nation’s top companies.

TYR, created by athletes, is named for the Norse god of warriors in Germanic mythology.

Among its male-sponsored athletes are 2020 Olympians Michael Andrew, Tom Shields, Nic Fink, Townley Haas and Jordan Wilimovsky and other elite swimmers Matt Grevers, Maxime Rooney, Jacob Pebley and Ryan Lochte.

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

SOFLO’s Martin, Vallmitjana, Girls’ 10&Under Relay Win On Day Three Of FGC Junior Olympics

By Sharon Robb
STUART, July 24, 2021–South Florida Aquatic Club is sitting pretty heading into the fourth and final day of the Florida Gold Coast 14&Under Long Couse Junior Olympics Swimming Championships at Sailfish Splash Waterpark.

The defending champion leads Metro Aquatics in combined, 1,466-1,367. The girls team leads Metro Aquatics, 736.50-584. The boys team trails Metro Aquatics, 783-729.50.

Over three days it’s been a total team effort with SOFLO leading in points in the girls’ 10-and-under and 13-14 age groups and boys’ 10-and-under and 11-12.

SOFLO is seeking its 12th overall title in club history including 11th consecutive JO long course title.

After being washed out Friday night, Mother Nature smiled upon the meet Saturday enabling meet organizers to get in both prelim and finals racing.

Among SOFLO JO champions were:

Gianna Martin, 10, 50-meter breaststroke, 42.07. She has 52 points in high point.

Juan Vallmitjana, 12, 400-meter freestyle, 4:30.38, time drop 7.70. He is tied for the lead in high point with 94 points.

The girls’ 10-and-under 200-meter medley relay of Sofia Rodriguez, Christie Ann Lumsden, Jemma Baldwin and Gianna Martin won in 2:30.38.

Over three days, SOFLO has seven individual JO titles.

Other SOFLO swimmers in the top three were:

Jemma Baldwin, 10, 50-meter butterfly, second, 35.16, time drop 2.09.

Gabriella DeLuna, 14, 100-meter backstroke, second 1:08.47.

Noah Mejias, 10, 50-meter breaststroke, second 43.44.

Juan Vallmitjana, 12, third, 100-meter freestyle, 1:01.42, time drop 0.74.

The boys’ 10-and-under 200-meter medley relay of Lance Bergeron-Menard, Noah Mejias, Eric Ferrer and Guillermo was second in 2:33.69.

The boys’ 11-12 200-meter medley relay of Connor Jimenez, Joshua Menezes, Jose Rincon and Juan Vallmitjana was third in 2:14.05.

The boys’ 13-14 200-meter medley relay of Hashan Ekanayake, Alexander Miller, Jaden Amores and Kevin Moya was third in 1:59.16.

Other SOFLO top three finishers were:

The four-day meet concludes on Sunday with 8:30 a.m. prelims and 5:30 p.m. finals.

SOFLO has 58 swimmers (29 girls and 29 boys) in 307 individual events and relays.

North Palm Beach Swim Club and Martin County Swimming are meet co-hosts. COVID-19 safety protocols are being observed.

Spectators are only permitted in designated areas of the pool deck unless they are registered with USA swimming as an athlete or as a non-athlete and are working the meet. The only exception is for timers and volunteers assisting with the conduct of the meet.

SATURDAY RESULTS
GIRLS TEAM TOTALS: 1. South Florida Aquatic Club 736.50, 2. Metro Aquatics 584, 3. St. Andrew’s Aquatics 486.50, 4. Midtown Weston 439, 5. Gulliver Swim Club 310, 6. Wahoos of Wellington 305, 7. North Palm Beach 294, 8. Jupiter Dragons 273.50, 9. Coral Springs Swim Club 244, 10. Swim Fort Lauderdale 165.50.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS: 1. Metro Aquatics 783, 2. South Florida Aquatic Club 729.50, 3. St. Andrew’s Aquatics 332, 4. Ransom Everglades 310, 5. Coral Springs Swim Club 287, 6. Gulliver 277, 7. Blue Marlins of Hialeah Garden 248.50, 8. Jupiter Dragons 227, 9. Midtown Weston 196, 10. Hurricane Aquatics 172.

AGE GROUP TEAM TOTALS
GIRLS: 10-and-under, 1. SOFLO 310, 2. Metro Aquatics 206, 3. Gulliver 120; 11-12, 1. Jupiter Dragons 273.50, 2. Midtown Western 263, 3. Wahoos of Wellington 245, 6. SOFLO 183.50; 13-14, 1. SOFLO 243, 2. St. Andrew’s 239, 3. Gulliver 190.
BOYS: 10-and-under, 1. SOFLO 282, 2. Metro Aquatics 219, 3. Coral Springs 165; 11-12, 1. SOFLO 229.50, 2. Jupiter Dragons 197, 3. St. Andrew’s 189; 13-14, 1. Metro Aquatics 470, 2. SOFLO 218, 3. Hurricane Aquatics 171.

GIRLS
100-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Penelope Lopez-Casula, EA 1:07.84.
11-12, 1. Alera Hurwitz, SAS 1:02.76; SOFLO: 4. Amanda Grubbs 1:03.41, time drop 2.84, 7. Lydia Smutny 1:05.67.

200-meter freestyle:
13-14, 1. Emma Herrera, Unattached 2:07.54.

50-meter butterfly:
10-and-under, 1. Antonia Moreno, GRSC 35.05; SOFLO: 2. Jemma Baldwin 35.16, time drop 2.09, 4. Sofia Rodriguez 36.71.
11-12, 1. Alera Hurwitz, SAS 30.37.

200-meter butterfly:
13-14, 1. Sofia Jorge, MAC 2:22.31.

50-meter breaststroke:
10-and-under, 1. Gianna Martin, SOFLO 42.07; SOFLO: 4. Christie Ann Lumsden 42.33, time drop 3.19.
11-12, 1. Tessa Broedell, JUP 35.68.

100-meter backstroke:
13-14, 1. Carolyn Powell, CSSC 1:07.48; SOFLO: 2. Gabriella DeLuna 1:08.47, 6. Katelyn Gembicki 1:11.52. time drop 5.34, 8. Izzy Wilson 1:12.33, time drop 5.00.

400-meter freestyle:
11-12, 1. Allison Kelly, JUP 4:48.91; SOFLO: 4. Amanda Grubbs 4:53.13, time drop 11.89, 14. Alexandra Strong 5:09.06, time drop 6.47, 16. Sofia Gomez 5:13.34, time drop 1.36, 22. Jenesys Amores 5:18.21.

200-meter medley relay:
10-and-under, 1. SOFLO 2:30.38 (Sofia Rodriguez, Christie Ann Lumsden, Jemma Baldwin, Gianna Martin), 2. Metro Aquatics 2:35.55.

11-12, 1. Midtown Weston 2:14.96, 6. SOFLO 2:19.93 (Lydia Smutny, Ainsley Miller, Sofia Lugo, Amanda Grubbs).

13-14, 1. Gulliver 2:06.31; 5. SOFLO 2:09.49 (Izzy Wilson, Gabriella DeLuna, Gabriela Avila, Katelyn Gembicki), 2. Lake Lytal Lightning 2:11.00, 3. Coral Springs Swim Club 2:12.04.

BOYS
100-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Trace Colton, NPB 1:04.34; SOFLO: 6. tie, Eric Ferrer 1:12.29, time drop 4.05 and Noah Mejias 1:12.29, time drop 3.68.
11-12, 1. Julian Granison, WOW 59.60; SOFLO: 3. Juan Vallmitjana 1:01.42, time drop 0.74.

200-meter freestyle:
13-14, 1. Giulian Martin, CANE 1:58.08; SOFLO: 6. Hashan Ekanayake 2:02.45, time drop 5.57.

50-meter butterfly:
10-and-under, 1. Trace Colton, NPB 32.30.
11-12, 1. Juan Leon, Unattached 29.27; SOFLO: 7. Jose Rincon 31.88.

200-meter butterfly:
13-14, 1. Roberto Gossmann, TS Aquatics 2:12.44; SOFLO: 7. Jaden Amores 2:21.97, time drop 0.62.

50-meter breaststroke:
10-and-under, 1. Jayden Park, MWA 40.82; SOFLO: 2. Noah Mejias 43.44.
11-12, 1. Juan Leon, Unattached 34.94.

100-meter backstroke:
13-14, 1. Anthony Pineiro, MAC 1:01.54; SOFLO: 7. Hashan Ekanayake 1:07.11.

400-meter freestyle:
11-12, 1. Juan Vallmitjana, SOFLO 4:30.38, time drop 7.70; SOFLO: 18. Joshua Menezes 5:05.17, time drop 7.31, 21. Ryan Harries 5:07.10, time drop 1.31.

200-meter medley relay:
10-and-under, 1. Metro Aquatics 2:32.64, 2. SOFLO 2:33.69 (Lance Bergeron-Menard, Noah Mejias, Eric Ferrer, Guillermo Mantilla), 3. Coral Springs Swim Club 2:40.46.

11-12, 1. Jupiter Dragons 2:09.39, 3. SOFLO 2:14.05 (Connor Jimenez, Joshua Menezes, Jose Rincon, Juan Vallmitjana).

13-14, 1. Metro Aquatics 1:54.57; 3. SOFLO 1:59.16 (Hashan Ekanayake, Alexander Miller, Jaden Amores, Kevin Moya).

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

TYR MARCH GIRL SWIMMER OF THE MONTH: Elise Dinehart

By Sharon Robb
PEMBROKE PINES, April 23, 2021–It was only natural Elise Dinehart would follow in the footsteps of her older twin sisters Elena and Olivia in swimming.

The family affair has turned into an advantage for the young talented swimmer.

Dinehart, 12, is in seventh grade and swims for Southwood Middle School along with South Florida Aquatic Club’s Mako Sharks group coached by Isidro Planell.

“It definitely helps having her sisters around,” Planell said. “They both work very hard and are positive influences for Elise when it comes to work ethic, attitude and being good people.”

Her work ethic paid off at the March 11-14 Florida Gold Coast Junior Olympics at Coral Springs and March 31-April 3 International Swim Coaches Association (ISCA) East Coast Elite Showcase Classic Championship in St. Petersburg.

Dinehart scored 34 points (ninth place in high point for 11-12 girls) at JOs where she placed third in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:18.63 dropping 4.76 seconds off her previous best; fourth in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:28.65, dropping 19.51 and fifth in the 100-yard individual medley in 1:04.23, dropping 5.95.

“I think at the end of the meet I was really, really tired,” she said. “I was really happy with all my races.”

At ISCA, she was fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke, scoring 15 points and leading SOFLO girls in high point scoring. “That was really cool, the meet was a new experience because it was national,” she said.

Dinehart has been swimming for most of her life. She was 7 when she started competing in swim meets.

“I followed my sisters in swimming,” Dinehart said. “I was swimming already but I did watch them practice. It’s an advantage having older sisters because I can look up to them. I want to be like them when I’m older.

“We’re not competitive against each other. They do help me and give me advice about meets and stuff.”

Like many of her teammates, Dinehart loves to race.

“I love being competitive and racing people a lot,” she said. “I’m glad I stayed with swimming. It’s what I want to do. I really like it. I feel like when I am not doing well in practice or a meet, the next day I get more excited to try and go faster. It motivates me.”

Swimming has helped Dinehart with her time management when it comes to school.

“I’ve been working hard in school just like I do in swimming,” Dinehart said. “There is an advantage being home schooled because I can relax more, but I really want to go back to school.”

Dinehart’s long range goals include high school and college swimming and maybe even a trip to the Olympics one day. Dinehart is also in the art magnet program at middle school where she paints and draws.

Planell enjoys coaching Dinehart and watching her progress.

“Her work ethic is incredibly admirable,” he said. “Whenever she comes on deck for practice she brings positive energy along. She usually and almost always is the first person in the water. She always asks me to watch her strokes and see where she needs improvement.

“She never backs down from the challenges I throw at her during practice. In fact, she always responds positively by accepting the challenge and pushing through the entire set whether or not she hits the mark. She truly does set the example of what it means to be a Mako.”

Each TYR Swimmer of the Month receives a free TYR backpack.

SOFLO sponsor TYR is a USA manufacturer of recreational and competitive swimwear, caps, goggles, triathlon gear and accessories and one of the nation’s top companies.

TYR, created by athletes, is named for the Norse god of warriors in Germanic mythology. Among its female-sponsored athletes are Simone Manuel, Katie Ledecky, Kelsi Dahlia, Lilly King, Melanie Margalis, Ashley Twichell and Molly Hannis.

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

TYR MARCH BOY SWIMMER OF THE MONTH: Juan Vallmitjana

By Sharon Robb
PEMBROKE PINES, April 20, 2021–Swimming is music to Juan Vallmitjana’s ears.

The talented violinist is making great progress with Coach Rose Lockie’s Bronze Group which was evident at last month’s Junior Olympics and ISCA meets.

Vallmitjana, 12, a sixth grader at Montessori Academy, scored 51 points in 11-12 boys at JOs and 23 points at ISCA. He led SOFLO in high point scoring at both meets.

At the March 11-14 Florida Gold Coast Junior Olympics at Coral Springs, Vallmitjana was second in the 1,650-yard freestyle in a best time 18:04.71, dropping 27.26 off his previous best; second in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:16.21, dropping 7.38; and third in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:12.04, dropping 10.09. He was also second in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:58.31, the first time he swam under 2 minutes while shaving 3.34 seconds off his previous best.

“I was happy with JOs the most,” he said. “I dropped time on everything that I wanted and I got basically all of my goal times for it.”

At the March 31-April 3 International Swim Coaches Association (ISCA) East Coast Elite Showcase Classic Championship in St. Petersburg, Vallmitjana was third in the 1,000-yard freestyle in a best time 10:49.38, dropping 1:09.31. His previous best was 11:58.69. He was also fifth in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:02.11, dropping 1.67 and sixth in the 400-yard individual medley in 4:50.51, dropping 6.68 seconds.

Vallmitjana has been swimming competitively for SOFLO since he was 6. At age 2 1/2, his mother Sonia taught him water-safe basic swimming in his backyard pool.

“When I started to learn I liked it right away,” he said. “All the pictures of me I have my eyes wide open.”

Vallmitjana competed in soccer and tennis but decided to focus solely on swimming when he turned 7.

“I liked the competitiveness of swimming, the coaches and people there,” Vallmitjana said. “I like to race. I really like Coach Rose. She’s good. She’s only tough because she tries to help us get better. She brings out the best in me.”

Swimming has enabled Vallmitjana to work on his fitness and time management when it comes to school and violin practice and lessons.

“It’s definitely gotten me more fit,” he said. “It’s helped me be more interactive with people outside of my school. I like socializing with my teammates. I’ve definitely made more friends. And, it’s definitely helped me more with time management because I have to squeeze everything together.”

His favorite stroke is freestyle and when it comes to events, he loves going the distance. On Saturday he will compete in the 3,000 event at the FGC Open Water Championship in Pompano Beach. “I think it’s going to be choppy,” he said.

“I like the longer races,” Vallmitjana said. “While I’m racing I just think of my goal I want to do and the people who I want to pass and beat so I can get the time that I want and feel good about it afterwards.

“Sometimes in a race a song repeats itself over and over again in my head, just random songs I hear on the radio, and I talk to myself when I’m bored.”

Among Vallmitjana’s “smaller” goals are moving up into the Silver Group and “bigger” goals, getting his national cuts and competing at nationals. He would also like to compete on a high school team.

To relax, Vallmitjana has been playing the violin since he was 4. “It’s more of a hobby that relaxes me,” he said. “After school he practices for an hour and then heads to Academic Village Pool for swim practice. “I would like to continue playing it in the future.”

Each TYR Swimmer of the Month receives a free TYR backpack.

SOFLO sponsor TYR is a USA manufacturer of recreational and competitive swimwear, caps, goggles, triathlon gear and accessories and one of the nation’s top companies. TYR, created by athletes, is named for the Norse god of warriors in Germanic mythology. Among its male-sponsored athletes are Ryan Lochte, Michael Andrew, Matt Grevers, Tom Shields, Maxime Rooney and Jacob Pebley.

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

TYR FEBRUARY BOY SWIMMER OF THE MONTH: Eric Ferrer

By Sharon Robb
PEMBROKE PINES, March 25, 2021–Eric Ferrer found his favorite sport and it’s swimming.

Ferrer, 10, a fourth grader at Pembroke Pines West Elementary School, trains with Coach Luis Soler and the Asteroids.

Ferrer has been swimming with South Florida Aquatic Club for nearly three years and is improving with every meet. At last month’s Florida Gold Coast Short Course Yards BB Silver Championships South, Ferrer made four Junior Olympic cuts

“I didn’t like any of the other sports like soccer, it just got boring,” Ferrer explained.

After he was involved in taekwondo for five years and earned a black belt at age 9, his mom suggested swimming. Ferrer said taekwondo helped him with swimming with his “flexibility, confidence, muscles and strength.”

Ferrer and is younger brother Gabriel, a SOFLO Dipper, turned out to be naturals in the sport.

“I can to talk to my friends,” said Ferrer when asked what he likes so much about swimming. “I can get very competitive and I like that.”

Swimming also helps with time management and discipline, Ferrer said. He trains Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 5:30-7 p.m and Tuesday and Thursday, 7-8:30.

While he does every stroke and most events except the 100 butterfly and 500 freestyle, his favorite is the backstroke. He said his biggest meets have been BBs and JOs and attributed his success to several factors. He said his mom was a big help making him healthy smoothies before BBs and JOs.

“My mom’s good drinks with bananas and beets, stretching and practice,” Ferrer said. “I really liked JOs because having to come back for finals was fun. It was really hard swimming morning and night. I was tired but it was a good experience.”

Ferrer has several goals for the future including “getting 11-12 JOs cuts, to move up to Bronze and work on my breaststroke.”

Between school and swimming, Ferrer likes to bike and reads a lot, he said. Currently, he is reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

His mom and swimming chaffeur, Lily Ferrer said “We are very proud of him. He works really hard.

“He had already maxed out on taekwondo so we were looking for something more of an overall workout,” she said.

“We had friends that used to be a part of the club and told us about it. He had been swimming already since he was 5 so we figured that would be the next best move for him. Something individual but at the same time a team-oriented sport.”

Each TYR Swimmer of the Month receives a free TYR backpack.

SOFLO sponsor TYR is a USA manufacturer of recreational and competitive swimwear, caps, goggles, triathlon gear and accessories and one of the nation’s top companies.

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

SOFLO Sharks Lead After Day One Of FGC Short Course Junior Olympics

By Sharon Robb

CORAL SPRINGS, March 15, 2018—Defending champion South Florida Aquatic Club opened its title defense Friday on Day One of the Florida Gold Coast Junior Olympic Short Course Championship at Michael Lohberg Pool of Champions.

SOFLO leads combined with 310.5 points and boys team totals with 172 points. SOFLO girls are second behind Pine Crest Swimming with 138.5 points.

SOFLO is going after a record ninth consecutive and tenth overall combined short course team title in the club’s 19-year history.

SOFLO, buoyed by talent and depth, turned in several outstanding swims.

The girls’ 11-12 400-yard freestyle relay of Natalia Sibug, Mariana Pinto, Isabelle Wilson and Anastasia Lutz won in 3:52.52 ahead of Coral Springs Swim Club and East Coast. The foursome shaved 3.97 seconds off the relay’s seed time of 3:56.49.

Olivia Dinehart, 14, won the 100-yard individual medley in a best time 58.74, dropping 0.47. Her previous best was 59.21. She was also second in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:03.99 and third in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:59.89, another best time by 0.04.

Javier Colmenares, 12, won the 11-12 100-yard breaststroke in a best time 1:05.73, dropping a total of 2.49 seconds. His previous best was 1:08.22 which he lowered in prelims in 1:07.18 and came back at night even faster. He was also third in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:12.86.

Juan Mora, 14, won the 13-14 100-yard breaststroke in a best time 1:01.12. He posted back-to-back drops in prelims in 1:00.61 and finals in 1:00.12. His previous best was 1:02.04.

SOFLO boys’ 13-14 200-yard freestyle relay of Sebastian Lares, Diego Nazario-Vazquez, Alejandro Mateus and Juan Mora was second in 1:31.79, bettering its entry time of 1:36.09.

Other top three SOFLO finishers were:

Elena Dinehart, 14, 200-yard backstroke, second 2:03.87, 3.03 time drop.

Sebastian Lares, 14, 200-yard backstroke, second, 1:56.99, 2:58 time drop and 100-yard butterfly, second, 52.92, 0.46 time drop.

Mariana Pinto, 11, 500-yard freestyle, third, 5:21.29, 11.39 time drop.

Natalia Sibug, 12, 100-yard breaststroke, third, 1:12.16, 0.11 time drop.

Juan Vallmitjana, 10, 500-yard freestyle, third, 6:02.33, 23.86 time drop.

Stefano Mazzi, 10, 100-yard individual medley, third, 1:12.53, 3.51 time drop.

The boys’ 11-12 400-yard freestyle relay was third in 3:53.86 with Kevin Moya, Hashan Ekanayake, Ethan McPeek and Javier Colmenares.

For this year’s meet, SOFLO qualified 60 swimmers in 317 individual events for JOs. SOFLO also entered a record 42 relays.

The 14-year-old SOFLO swimmers are making their final JO short course appearance before aging up and hope to make a lasting impression including Olivia Dinehart, who leads 13-14 girls high point with 28 points.

More than 600 swimmers and 43 teams are entered. The top six finishers in each JO event qualify for the Florida Gold Coast All-Star team. Among FGC teams competing at Pine Crest Swimming, Azura Florida Aquatics, East Coast, Heritage Aquatics, Hialeah, TS Aquatics, Metro Aquatics, North Palm Beach, Miami Swimming, Wahoos of Wellington, FAST, Swim Fort Lauderdale, Gulliver and AquaKids Sharks.

The three-day meet continues Saturday with prelims a 9 a.m. and finals at 5 p.m.

FRIDAY RESULTS
COMBINED TEAM TOTALS: 1. South Florida Aquatic Club 310.5, 2. Pine Crest Swimming 210, 3. Jupiter Dragons 195, 4. St. Andrew’s 185, 5. Flood Aquatics Swim Team 161.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS: 1. SOFLO 172, 2. FAST 122, 3. Jupiter Dragons 105.5, 4. City of Hialeah 97, 5. Swim Fort Lauderdale 85.

GIRLS TEAM TOTALS: 1. Pine Crest 143, 2. SOFLO 138.5, 3. St. Andrew’s 108, 4. Wahoos of Wellington 93, 5. Gulliver 92.

GIRLS

500-yard freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Gioia Balzano, EA 5:39.27, 2. Alexandria Cogle, JDST 6:23.40, 3. Jenny Jean-Baptiste, SUN 6:24.28; 11-12, 1. Kiersten Munna, FAST 5:13.53, 2. Emma Jerrera, JDST 5:20.11, 3. Mariana Pinto, SOFLO 5:21.59; SOFLO: 4. Isabelle Wilson 5:21.98, 19. Anastasia Lutz 5:45.70, 21.Fiorella Di Salvo 5:46.68; 13-14, 1. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 4:54.81, 2. Erin Miller, SAS 4:59.71, 3. Olivia Dinehart, SOFLO 4:59.89; SOFLO: 9. Elena Dinehart 5:12.91, 10. Maddie Smutny 5:14.14, 13. Alexis Christensen 5:16.17, 25. Victoria Torres 5:25.74, 35. Ava Kuznik 5:33.72.

200-yard freestyle relay:
13-14, 1. Pine Crest 1:36.77, 2. St. Andrew’s 1:37.46, 3. Gulliver 1:40.13, 4. SOFLO A 1:41.44 (Elena Dinehart, Olivia Dinehart, Victoria Torres, Hartley Pitters-Hinds), 13. SOFLO B 1:44.86 (Alexis Christensen, Kaitlyn Barrios, Sally Golding, Valerie Vank).

200-yard backstroke:
11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 2:04.44, 2. Kiersten Munna, FAST 2:1.69, 3. Lilia Blanco, PB 2:13.50; SOFLO: 10. Mariann Catalasan 2:20.79; 13-14, 1. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 2:00.23, 2. Elena Dinehart, SOFLO 2:03.87, 3. Nicol Bellardi, MWA 2:07.98.

50-yard freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Sofia Jorge, MAC 27.26,2. Alera Hurwitz, WOW 27.27, 3. Madison Abinuman, WOW 28.36; SOFLO: 20. Sofia Lugo 30.93, 26. Elise Dinehart 31.60, 31. Giada Porven 31.90; 11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 24.25, 2. Julianne McCranie, Azura 25.31, 3. Anais Gedeon, YSF 25.61; SOFLO: 6. Anastasia Lutz 25.82; 13-14, 1. Aspen Gersper, SAS 23.60, 2. Isabella Chambers, PC 24.22, 3. Cassandra Kraft, GRSC 24.31.

100-yard breaststroke:
10-and-under,1. Tessa Broedell, JDST 1:18.08, 2. Isabel Viera, Unattached 1:21.56, 3. Luiza Pereira, SAS 1:25.24; SOFLO: 7. Elise Dinehart 1:28.02; 11-12, 1. Sara Lin, PC 1:05.72, 2. Bianca Nieto, Unattached 1:11.06, 3. Natalia Sibug, SOFLO 1:12.16; 13-14, 1. Michaela Sierra, CSSC 1:03.37, 2. Olivia Dinehart, SOFLO 1:03.99, 3. Riley Botting, PC 1:04.95; SOFLO: 6. Victoria Torres 1:07.03, 9. Sally Golding 1:08.27.

100-yard butterfly:
1. Erika Pelaez, EA 58.54, 2. Julianne McCranie, Azura 59.98, 3. Sidney Anton, Azura 1:00.78; 13-14, 1. Aspen Gersper, SAS 57.12, 2. Nicole Aguilar, WOW 57.43, 3. Giulianna Garcia, TSA 58.81.

100-yard individual medley:
10-and-under, 1. Gioia Balzano, EA 1:09.36, 2. Sofia Jorge, MAC 1:10.49, 3. Madison Abinuman, WOW 1:14.35; SOFLO: 11. Elise Dinehart 1:17.85, 12. Giada Porven 1:17.93, 37. Lydia Smutny 1:25.43; 11-12, 1. Sara Lin, PC 1:01.40, 2. Julianne McCranie, Azura 1:02.54, 3. Lilia Blanco, PB 1:04.32; SOFLO: 9. Anastasia Lutz 1:06.97; 13-14, 1. Olivia Dinehart, SOFLO 58.74, 2. Nicole Aguilar, WOW 59.10, 3. Michelle Fernandez, HSC 59.85; SOFLO: 9. Sally Golding 1:02.96, 10. Victoria Torres 1:02.99.

400-yard freestyle relay:
11-12, 1. SOFLO A 3:52.52 (Natalia Sibug, Mariana Pinto, Isabelle Wilson, Anastasia Lutz), 2. Coral Springs 3:53.97, 3. East Coast 3:54.62, 12. SOFLO B 4:08.50 (Mariann Catalasan, Sarah Vasquez, Fiorella DiSalvo, Gabriela Avila).

800-yard freestyle relay:
13-14, 1. Pine Crest 7:43.92, 2. St. Andrew’s 7:55.34, 3. SOFLO A 7:58.57 (Alexis Christensen, Madeline Smutny, Elena Dinehart, Olivia Dinehart).

BOYS

500-yard freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Andreas Dasilva, WOW 5:44.14, 2. Jeremiah Paiz, SUN 5:44.34, 3. Juan Vallmitjana, SOFLO 6:02.33; SOFLO: 10. Connor Jimenez 6:19.70; 11-12, 1. Alessandra Pereira, Azura 5:07.05, 2. Makar Goncharov, SFTL 5:07.07, 3. Javier Colmenares, SOFLO 5:12.86; SOFLO: 10. Hashan Ekanayake 5:29.96, 17. Jonathan Lozano 5:41.27, 22. Ethan McPeek 5:49.34; 13-14, 1. Agustin Rodriguez, HSC 4:44.27, 2. Christian Proscia, FAST 4:45.98, 3. Enrique Rodriguez, Azura 4:49.29; SOFLO: 12. Alex Golding 5:03.57, 13. Christian Tijero 5:07.41, 15. Alejandro Mateus 5:10.19, 18. Nathaniel Garrick 5:12.81.

200-yard freestyle relay:
13-14, 1. City of Hialeah 1:31.10, 2. SOFLO A 1:31.79 (Sebastian Lares, Diego Nazario-Vazquez, Alejandro Mateus, Juan Mora), 3. FAST 1:32.20, 11. SOFLO B 1:38.18 (Christopher Hau, Zackary Harris, Alex Golding, Samuel Bullen).

200-yard backstroke:
11-12, 1. Landon Kyser, HAT 2:00.25, 2. Henry Evans, JDST 2:12.95, 3. Dylan Ferguson, Unattached 2:14.20; SOFLO: 7. Jonathan Lozano 2:23.75; 13-14, 1. Joshua Zuchowski, FAST 1:45.67, 2. Sebastian Lares, SOFLO 1:56.99, 3. Hudson Bishop, ECAC 1:57.08; SOFLO: 10. Alejandro Mateus 2:08.28.

50-yard freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Andreas Dasilva, WOW 27.12, 2. William Domokos-Murphy, SAS 27.37, 3. Jared Berke, PC 28.25; SOFLO: 6. Juan Vallmitjana 28.91, 9. Connor Jimenez 29.49; 11-12, 1. Landon Kyser, HAT 24.24, 2. Riley Brisco, LLL 24.76, 3. Lucas Bailey, ECAC 25.39; SOFLO: 7. Kevin Moya 25.81; 13-14, 1. Matthew Tarafa, HSC 22.06, 2. William Coady, JDST 22.58, 3. Aiden Kohanyi, TSA 22.59.

100-yard breaststroke:
10-and-under, 1. Gabriel Navarro, NMST 1:21.25, 2. Jared Berke, PC 1:21.62, 3. Oliver Cannings, AJSC 1:21.82; SOFLO: 5. Stefano Mazzi 1:23.89, 6. Juan Vallmitjana 1:27.11, 7. Ryan Harries 1:27.23, 13. Mason Jimenez 1:32.24; 11-12, 1. Javier Colmenares, SOFLO 1:05.73, 2. George Gonzalez, MAC 1:05.84, 3. Alessandro Pereira, Azura 1:07.42; 13-14, 1. Juan Mora, SOFLO 1:01.12, 2. Dario Martin, OSC 1:00.41, 3. Parker Rosenthal, GRSC 1:01.67; SOFLO: 9. Samuel Bullen 1:07.41.

100-yard butterfly:
10-and-under, 1. William Domokos-Murphy, SAS 1:08.51, 2. Samuel Strohecker, FAST 1:09.62, 3. Asher Smith, FAST 1:10.58; SOFLO: 7. Stefano Mazzi 1:13.62, 11. Connor Jimenez 1:20.31, 19. Mason Jimenez 1:25.30; 11-12, 1. Kaii Winkler, EA 55.31, 2. Lucas Bailey, ECAC 59.87, 3. Luciano Campoo, SDST 1:00.39; 13-14, 1. Joshua Zuchowski, FAST 49.83, 2. Sebastian Lares, SOFLO 52.92, 3. Matthew Tarafa, HSC 53.73; SOFLO: 5. Juan Mora 55.64.

100-yard individual medley:
10-and-under, 1. William Domokos-Murphy, SAS 1:10.78, 2. Andreas Sadilva, WOW 1:12.09, 3. Stefano Mazzi, SOFLO 1:12.53; SOFLO: 29. Mason Jimenez 1:22.98; 11-12, 1. Landon Kyser, HAT 58.14, 2. Kaii Winkler, EA 58.51, 3. George Gonzalez, MAC 1:01.44; SOFLO: 4. Javier Colmenares 1:01.57; 13-14, 1. Dario Martin, OSC 54.93, 2. Matthew Tarafa, HSC 55.98, 3. Agustin Rodriguez, HSC 56.28; SOFLO: 5. Juan Mora 57.40.

400-yard freestyle relay:
11-12, 1. Pine Crest 3:53.05, 2. Swim Fort Lauderdale 3:53.79. 3. SOFLO A 3:53.86 (Kevin Moya, Hashan Ekanayake, Ethan McPeek, Javier Colmenares), 14. SOFLO B 4:10.84 (Derek Hau, Alessio Mazzi, Luca Hincapie, Jonathan Lozano).

800-yard freestyle relay:
13-14, 1. FAST 7:16.45, 2. City of Hialeah 7:21.40, 3. SOFLO A 7:22.45 (Alex Golding, Juan Mora, Christian Tijero, Sebastian Lares).

IF YOU GO

What: Florida Gold Coast 14&Under Junior Olympics Short Course Championships.

When: Saturday-Sunday, 9 a.m., prelims; 5 p.m. finals. Prelims warmup 7:30 a.m., finals warmup 3:30 p.m.

Where: Coral Springs Aquatic Complex, Michael Lohberg Pool of Champions 12441 Royal Palm Blvd., Coral Springs.

Of Note: Admission is $5 for prelims and $3 for finals. Heat sheets will not be sold at the gate. Heat sheets are free and can be located at http://www.csscswim.com. Meet organizers will run two pools with the boys in the East pool and girls in the West pool. Ten lanes will be used for both pools. For questions call 954-340-5032.

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

South Florida Aquatic Club Defends Title At FGC Long Course Junior Olympics

By Sharon Robb

STUART, July 22, 2018—Not even Mother Nature could stop South Florida Aquatic Club from its date with destiny at the Florida Gold Coast Long Course Junior Olympic Championship at rain-soaked Sailfish Splash Water Park.

While the final night of the four-day meet was cancelled on Sunday because of bad weather, SOFLO maintained its lead to capture the combined team title with 579.50 points ahead of Pine Crest Swimming with 448 and Flood Aquatics Swim Team with 414.50.

Pine Crest won the girls’ team title with 378 points ahead of runner-up SOFLO with 297 and Flood Aquatics Swim Team won the boys’ team title with 321.50 points ahead of runner-up SOFLO with 282.50.

It was SOFLO’s ninth consecutive JO long course team title and tenth overall in club history. SOFLO has now won back-to-back short and long course JO titles six times.

Meet officials announced the cancellation and said morning prelims would count as timed finals.

Mallory Schleicher, 14, was SOFLO’s top high point swimmer finishing second among 13-14 swimmers with 53 points behind Jupiter’s Heidi Smithwick with 60.

SOFLO’s most impressive point performances came with the boys 11-12 rated first with 171.50 points; 10-and-under girls tying YMCA of South Florida for first with 91 points; 11-12 girls, ranked third with 120 points; 13-14 girls ranked third with 86 points and 13-14 boys ranked fourth with 91 points.

Javier Colmenares came up big on the final day of competition. He won the 50-meter breaststroke in a best time 36.89 with a time drop of 1.42. He was also third in the 200-meter individual medley in 2:34.67, another best time with an impressive time drop 7.94.

Among SOFLO’s other top three finishers on Sunday were:

Fiorella Di Salvo, 200-meter individual medley, second, 2:50.86.

Valerie Vank, 200-meter individual medley, second 2:34.72, time drop 5.02; 50-meter breaststroke, second 36.95.

Mallory Schleicher, 200-meter butterfly, second, 2:28.78, time drop 2.67; 200-meter individual medley, third 2:28.21, time drop 1.62.

Luna Delgado, 200-meter butterfly, third 2:46.45, time drop 7.64.

Lucas Porven, 200-meter butterfly, second, 2:31.80, time drop 6.50.

SOFLO continued its domination in the relays picking up valuable points with its depth.

The girls’ 11-12 200-meter freestyle A relay was third in 2:02.19 with Alexis Christensen, Hartley Pitters-Hinds, Kaitlyn Barrios and Valerie Vank. The B relay of Ava Kuznik, Luna Delgado, Reagon Lowe and Natalia Sibug was fourth in 2:05.79.

The girls’ 13-14 400-meter freestyle relay was seventh in 4:14.05 with Sara Quintero, Victoria Torres, Sarah Acevedo and Mallory Schleicher.

The boys’ 11-12 200-meter freestyle relay was second in 1:58.36 with Christian Tijero, Alessandro Pereira, Javier Colmenares and Diego Nazario-Vazquez.

The boys’ 13-14 400-meter freestyle relay was sixth in 3:55.31 with Juan Colmenares, Yannai Michael, Enrique Rodriguez and Brennan Binder.

It was the third time the meet, that featured 31 teams, was co-hosted by FGC clubs Martin County Swimming and North Palm Beach Swim Club at Sailfish Splash Water Park, site of the annual FHSAA State High School Swimming and Diving meet for the past five years.

SUNDAY RESULTS

COMBINED TEAM TOTALS: 1. South Florida Aquatic Club 579.50, 2. Pine Crest Swimming 448, 3. Flood Aquatics Swim Team 414.50, 4. Jupiter Dragons 295.50, 5. St. Andrew’s 253, 6. Gulliver 228, 7. East Coast Aquatic Club 223.50, 8. Eagle Aquatics 216, 9. Metro Aquatics 211, 10. City of Hialeah 185.50.

GIRLS TEAM TOTALS: 1. Pine Crest Swimming 378, 2. SOFLO 297, 3. St. Andrew’s 197.50, 4. Jupiter Dragons 163.50, 5. Eagle Aquatics 146.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS: 1. Flood Aquatics Swim Team 321.50, 2. SOFLO 282.50, 3. City of Hialeah 170.50, 4. Swim Fort Lauderdale 168, 5. Sunrise Swimming 145.

HIGH POINT GIRLS: 10-and-under, 1. Gioia Balzano, Eagle Aquatics 54; SOFLO: 6. Fiorella Di Salvo 28, 7. Mariana Pinto 22, 14. Giada Porven 9; 11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, Eagle Aquatics 59; SOFLO: 6. Valerie Vank 33, 7. Alexis Christensen 29, 25. Luna Delgado 6, 32. Natalia Sibug 2; 13-14, 1. Heidi Smithwick, Jupiter Dragons 60; SOFLO: 2. Mallory Schleicher 53, 26. Sarah Acevedo 6, 28. Sara Quintero 5.

HIGH POINT BOYS: 10-and-under, 1. Farouk Musa, Heritage Aquatic Tea, 50; SOFLO: 18. tie, Joseph-Blake Natino and Derek Hau, 4; 11-12, 1. Kaii Winkler, Eagle Aquatics 61; SOFLO: 5. Javier Colmenares 40, 7. Christian Tijero 30, 8. Alessandro Pereira 26, 17. Lucas Porven 13.50, 20. Diego Nazario-Vazquez 12; 13-14, 1. Joshua Zuchowski, FAST 63; SOFLO: 9. Javier Roman 22, 14. Juan Colmenares 15, 16. Enrique Rodriguez 12, 22. Yannai Michael 8, 31. Moises Rodriguez 3, 39. Brennan Binder 1.

GIRLS

200-meter individual medley:
10-and-under, 1. Gioia Balzano, EA 2:50.11, 2. Fiorella Di Salvo, SOFLO 2:50.86, 3. Erika Duardo, BM 2:55.15; SOFLO: 4. Mariana Pinto 2:55.48, time drop 5.97, 7. Giada Porven 2:59.14, 14. Sarah Vasquez 3:06.49; 11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 2:31.31, 2. Valerie Vank, SOFLO 2:34.72, time drop 5.02, 3. Paola Gonzalez, MAC 2:39.37; SOFLO: 15. Leah Pando 2:49.08, time drop 1.25, 19. Natalia Sibug 2:51.13; 13-14, 1. Heidi Smithwick, JDST 2:26.63, 2. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 2:27.52, 3. Mallory Schleicher, SOFLO 2:28.21, time drop 1.62; SOFLO: 12. Sara Quintero 2:34.87, time drop 4.15, 26. Victoria Torres 2:43.66.

50-meter backstroke:
10-and-under, 1. Carolyn Powell, CSSC 36.73, 2. Erika Duardo, BM 37.06, 3. Tania Mantilla, YSF 37.15; SOFLO: 11. Mariana Pinto 39.36, time drop 0.50, 12. Giada Porven 39.60, time drop 1.96; 11-12, 1. Aspen Gersper, SAS 30.64, 2. Julianne McCraine, Azura 33.09, 3. Lily Soldani, PC 33.98; SOFLO: 14. Hartley Pitters-Hinds 36.28, time drop 0.59, 18. Luna Delgado 36.76, 24. Mariann Catalsan 37.21, time drop 0.57, 27. Reagan Lowe 37.25, time drop 0.25, 35. Ava Kuznik 37.87, time drop 0.91, 37. Kaitlyn Barrios 37.95, 38. Leah Pando 37.96, time drop 0.01, 41. Anastasia Lutz 38.24; 13-14, 1. Megan Murphy, ECAC 30.92, 2. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 31.87, 3. Simone Vale, PC 32.42; SOFLO: 44. Sofia Osorio 36.08, time drop 0.10, 53. Jennamarie Brames 36.60; BRST: 20. Elizabeth Sikes 34.77, time drop 0.80

50-meter breaststroke:
10-and-under, 1. Anais Gedeon, EA 41.13, 2. Julianna Bell, NPB 41.93, 3. Leilani Bermudez, JDST 42.16; SOFLO: 5. Fiorella Di Salvo 43.77, time drop 3.08; 11-12, 1. Sara Lin, PC 35.58, 2. Valerie Vank, SOFLO 36.95, 3. Paola Gonzxalez, MAC 38.52; SOFLO: 11. Natalia Sibug 39.25, time drop 0.16, 20. Kaitlyn Barrios 40.80, time drop 1.08, 33. Ava Kuznik 42.56, 34. Mariann Catalasan 42.71; 13-14, 1. Heidi Smithwick, JDST 34.57, 2. Emily Santos, Unattached 34.62, 3. Michelle Fernandez, HSC 34.92; SOFLO: 10. Victoria Torres 36.14, time drop 2.35, 15. Sabrina Osorio 37.58, time drop 1.08.

200-meter butterfly,
11-12, 1. Casey Perez, BM 2:34.57, 2. Marin Zuchowski, FAST 2:38.07, 3. Luna Delgado, SOFLO 2:46.45, time drop 7.64; 13-14, 1. Heidi Smithwick, JDST 2:26.06, 2. Mallory Schleicher, SOFLO 2:28.78, time drop 2.67, 3. Faith Mutschler, WOW 2:29.18; SOFLO: 5. Sarah Acevedo 2:31.13, time drop 2.43, 7. Sara Quintero 2:32.29, time drop 0.82; BRST: 17. Elizabeth Sikes 2:40.89, time drop 4.76.

100-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Tania Mantilla, YSF 1:06.69, 2. Gioia Balzano, EA 1:08.52, 3. Erika Duardo, BM 1:09.38; SOFLO: 8. Mariana Pinto 1:11.16, time drop 1.22, 13. Fiorella Di Salvo 1:13.51, time drop 1.29, 15. Giada Porven 1:14.53, time drop 1.54, 25. Sarah Vasquez 1:16.75, time drop 1.60; 11-12, 1. Aspen Gersper, SAS 59.05, 2. Erika Pelaez, EA 1:00.39, 3. Marin Zuchowski, FAST 1:03.71; SOFLO: 6. Valerie Vank 1:04.89, time drop 1.67, 7. Alexis Christensen 1:04.90, time drop 1.69, 26. Kaitlyn Barrios 1:08.20, time drop 0.51, 31. Ava Kuznik 1:08.54, time drop 0.69, 32. Luna Delgado 1:08.63, time drop 0.80, 34. Hartley Pitters-Hinds 1:08.84, time drop 1.88, 42. Reagan Lowe 1:09.99, time drop 0.07, 50. Anastasia Lutz 1:11.09; 13-14, 1. Megan Murphy, ECAC 59.46, 2. Nicole Aguilar, WOW 59.83, 3. Kiara Caamano, NPB 1:00.24; SOFLO: 33. Jennamarie Brames 1:04.53, 52. Emma Twombly 1:06.11, 63. Victoria Torres 1:07.52;
BRST: 34. Elizabeth Sikes 1:04.73, time drop 0.36.

200-meter freestyle relay:
11-12, 1. SAS 1:56.19, 2. Pine Crest 1:59.97, 3. SOFLO A (Alexis Christensen, Hartley Pitters-Hinds, Kaitlyn Barrios, Valerie Vank) 2:02.19, 4. SOFLO B (Ava Kuznik, Luna Delgado, Reagan Lowe, Natalia Sibug) 2:05.79.

400-meter freestyle relay:
13-14, 1. Pine Crest 4:05.94, 2. Gulliver 4:10.22, 3. Jupiter 4:12.50, 7. SOFLO A (Sara Quintero, Victoria Torres, Sarah Acevedo, Mallory Schleicher) 4:14.05, 20. SOFLO B (Sabrina Osorio, Sofia Osorio, Jennamarie Brames, Emma Twombly) 4:33.05.

BOYS

200-meter individual medley:
10-and-under, 1. Farouk Musa, HAT 2:46.30, 2. Jake Jones, PC 2:48.92, 3. Rafael Landron, SUN 2:49.01; SOFLO: 10. Derek Hau 3:01.36, time drop 3.96, 17. Stefano Mazzi 3:07.49, time drop 3:07.49, 21. Benjamin Kim 3:10.96; 11-12, 1. Kaii Winkler, EA 2:28.88, 2. Makar Goncharov, SFTL 2:32.59, 3. Javier Colmenares, SOFLO 2:34.67, time drop 7.94; SOFLO: 4. Alessandro Pereira 2:36.05, time drop 2.77, 5. Christian Tijero 2:36.38, time drop 0.33, 7. Lucas Porven 2:36.94, time drop 8.68, 17. Diego Nazario-Vazquez 2:43.36, time drop 1.14, 23. Jonathan Lozano 2:52.26; 13-14, 1. Joshua Zuchowski, FAST 2:14.15, 2. Kyle Korvick, GRSC 2:16.71, 3. Nicolas Gallego, JDST 2:20.99; SOFLO: 7. Javier Roman 2:22.66, time drop 0.44, 8. Juan Colmenares 2:22.81, time drop 3.26, 9. Yannai Michael 2:23.35, time drop 5.88, 11. Enrique Rodriguez 2:24.81, time drop 3.94, 21. Brennan Binder 2:28.11, time drop 2.57, 24. Moises Rodriguez 2:29.07, time drop 6.25, 35. Alex Golding 2:31.94, time drop 1.25, 38. Alejandro Mateus 2:32.65, time drop 2.14, 44. Zackary Harris 2:33.75, 49. Christopher Hau 2:36.39, 54. Logan Gonzalez 2:38.54, 55. Mark Andre De Gracia 2:38.99.

50-meter backstroke:
10-and-under, 1. Anthony Pineiro, MAC 36.61, 2. Andy Serrano-Pena, CM 36.67, 3. Farouk Musa, HAT 36.80; SOFLO: 18. Stefano Mazzi 4.92, time drop 1.33, 27. Connor Jimenez 43.03, time drop 0.66, 29. Benjamin Kim 43.87, 34. Brandon Lozano 44.16, 39. Juan Vallmitjana 44.72; 11-12, 1. Aspen Gersper, SAS 30.64, 2. Julianne McCraine, Azura 33.09, 3. Lily Soldani, PC 33.98; SOFLO: 14. Hartley Pitters-Hinds 36.28, time drop 0.59, 18. Luna Delgado 36.76, 24. Mariann Catalasan 37.21, time drop 0.57, 27. Reagan Lowe 37.25, time drop 0.25, 35. Ava Kuznik 37.87, time drop 0.91, 37. Kaitlyn Barrios 37.95, 38. Lea Pando 37.96, time drop 0.01, 41. Anastasia Lutz 38.24; 13-14, 1. Joshua Zuchowski, FAST 28.22, 2. Hudson Bishop, ECAC 29.11, 3. Carter Hewitt, ECAC 30.05; SOFLO: 14. Moises Rodriguez 31.63, time drop 1.11, 22. Alejandro Mateus 32.73, time drop 0.66, 25. Manuel Melendez 33.23, time drop 0.60, 30. Logan Gonzalez 33.67, time drop 0.01, 34. Alex Golding 33.98 39. Zackary Harris 34.21, 40. Samuel Bullen 34.50, 41. Mark Andre De Gracia 34.60, 43. Christopher Hau 35.05.

50-meter breaststroke:
10-and-under, 1. Joshua Barreto, OSC 40.30, 2. Jake Jones, PC 41.44, 3. Sebastian Guio, YSF 41.70; SOFLO: 8. Joseph-Blake Natino 44.40, time drop 1.08, 9. Derek Hau 44.44, time drop 1.57, 19. Benjamin Kim 48.03, time drop 0.60; 11-12, 1. Javier Colmenares, SOFLO 36.89, time drop 1.42, 2. Samuel Jouault, CM 37.27, 3. Giuliano Brunetti PB 37.55; SOFLO: 7. Alessandro Pereira 38.54; 13-14, 1. Aiden Kohanyi, TSA 31.14, 2. Parker Rosenthal, GRSC 32.01, 3. Victor Valdes, HSC 32.03; SOFLO: 6. Javier Roman 33.41, time drop 1.17, 10. Yannai Michael 34.25, time drop 0.35, 19. Samuel Bulen 35.21, time drop 1.24, 26. Manuel Melendez 35.87, time drop 1.09, 27. Logan Gonzalez 35.89, 28. Mark Andre De Gracia 35.99, time drop 0.59, 30. Zackary Harris 36.32, time drop 0.66, 34. Christopher Hau 36.49 37. Anthony Robaina 36.73.

200-meter butterfly:
11-12, 1. Noah Smith, FAST 2:31.68, 2. Lucas Porven, SOFLO 2:31.80, time drop 6.50, 3. Lucas Bailey, ECAC 2:33.56; SOFLO: 5. Alessandro Pereira 2:37.72, time drop 0.72; 13-14, 1. Joshua Zuchowski, FAST 2:13.28, 2. Angelo Martinez, SFTL 2:16.99, 3. Agustin Rodriguez, HSC 2:19.32; SOFLO: 4. Enrique Rodriguez 2:19.78, time drop 8.36, 8. Brennan Binder 2:23.36, time drop 5.89, 11. Juan Colmenares 2:28.84, time drop 0.77, 15. Alejandro Mateus 2:32.39, time drop 2.98.

100-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Marcus Kjaerulff, ECAC 1:08.90, 2. Kaideng Zhao, SUN 1:09.09, 3 William Domokos-Murphy, SAS 1:09.11; SOFLO: 17. Derek Hau 1:14.08, time drop 5.04, 22. Stefano Mazzi 1:15.59, time drop 1.63, 30. Juan Vallmitjana 1:18.77, time drop 1.40, 38. Connor Jimenez 1:23.03; 11-12, 1. Kaii Winkler, EA 1:00.01, 2. John Trieu, FAST 1:00.05, 3. Landon Kyser, HAT 1:01.95, 9 Diego Nazario-Vazquez 1:04.43, time drop 0.86; 13-14, 1. Kyle Korvick, GRSC 54.10, 2. Trenton Edwards, FAST 54.97, 3. Matthew Tarafa, HSC 55.74; SOFLO: 11. Brennan Binder 58.80, time drop 1.63.

200-meter freestyle relay:
11-12, 1. FAST 1:56.89, 2. SOFLO A (Christian Tijero, Alessandro Pereira, Javier Colmenares, Diego Nazario-Vazquez) 1:58.36, 3. Pompano 1:58.87, 13. SOFLO B (Jonathan Lozano, Hashan Ekanayake, Marvan Ekanayake, Lucas Porven) 2:11.42

400-meter freestyle relay:
13-14, 1. City of Hialeah 3:47.12, 2. FAST 3:50.09, 3. Jupiter 3:51.85, 6. SOFLO A (Juan Colmenares, Yannai Michael, Enrique Rodriguez, Brennan Binder) 3:55.31, 10. SOFLO B (Alex Golding, Moises Rodriguez, Javier Roman, Anthony Robaina) 4:05.46.

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

Schleicher, SOFLO Girls Relay Win; SOFLO Extends Lead On Day Three Of FGC Long Course Junior Olympics

By Sharon Robb

STUART, July 21, 2018—South Florida Aquatic Club is on track to win its ninth consecutive and tenth overall title at the Florida Gold Coast Long Course Junior Olympic Championship at Sailfish Splash Water Park.

SOFLO continued to pile up the points with its depth on Saturday among a field of 31 Florida Gold Coast teams.

SOFLO leads the combined team standings with 418.5 points, more than 100 points ahead of Pine Crest Swimming with 290. SOFLO is second in the boys (210) and girls (208) team standings. Pine Crest leads the girls (246) and FAST leads the boys (221.5).

Mallory Schleicher, 14, continues to have the meet of her young career. Schleicher won the 13-14 200-meter freestyle in a best time 2:11.74 with a time drop of 1.89.

Schleicher was also second in the 400-meter individual medley in a best time 5:07.59 with an impressive time drop of 8.89.

SOFLO’s 200-meter medley relay won the 10-and-under title in 2:30.12 with Mariana Pinto, Fiorella Di Salvo, Giada Porven and Sarah Vasquez.

SOFLO’s 200-meter freestyle was second in the 10-and-unders in 2:16.13 with Di Salvo, Porven, Vasquez and Pinto.

Other top three finishers were:

Valerie Vank, 200-meter breaststroke, second, 2:53.33, time drop 2.35.

Mariana Pinto, 200-meter freestyle, third, 2:30.14.

Alexis Christensen, 200-meter freestyle, third, 2:17.71, time drop 2.14.

Javier Roman, 200-meter breaststroke, third 2:35.48, time drop 0.73; 400-meter individual medley, third, 4:56.25, time drop 8.93.

Christian Tijero, 200-meter freestyle, third, 2:16.78, time drop 3.17.

Alessandro Pereira, 400-meter individual medey, third, 5:22.89, time drop 13.94.

Also on Friday night, SOFLO girls were second in the 13-14 800-meter freestyle relay in 9:02.12 with Sara Quintero, Jennamarie Brames, Sarah Acevedo and Mallory Schleicher.

The four-day meet concludes Sunday with prelims at 9 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.

SOFLO is going after its ninth consecutive JO long course team title and tenth overall in club history. SOFLO has also won back-to-back short and long course JO titles five times.

It is the third time the meet is being co-hosted by FGC clubs Martin County Swimming and North Palm Beach Swim Club at Sailfish Splash Water Park, site of the annual FHSAA State High School Swimming and Diving meet for the past five years.

SATURDAY RESULTS
COMBINED TEAM TOTALS: 1. South Florida Aquatic Club 418.5, 2. Pine Crest Swimming 290, 3. Flood Aquatics Swim Team 288.5, 4. Jupiter Dragons 208.5, 5. St. Andrew’s 183, 6. Metro Aquatics 164, 7. Gulliver 163, 8. Eagle Aquatics 146, 9. East Coast Aquatic Club 132.5, 10. City of Hialeah 128.5.

GIRLS TEAM TOTALS: 1. Pine Crest 246, 2. SOFLO 208, 3. St. Andrew’s 143.5, 4. Jupiter Dragons 107.5, 5. Eagle Aquatics 97.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS: 1. FAST 221.5, 2. SOFLO 210.5, 3. Swim Fort Lauderdale 122, 4. City of Hialeah 119.5, 5. Sunrise Swimming 108.

GIRLS
200-meter medley relay:
10-and-under, 1. SOFLO A 2:30.12 (Mariana Pinto, Fiorella Di Salvo, Giada Porven, Sarah Vasquez), 2. YMCA of South Florida 2:34.96, 3. Metro Aquatics 2:42.13; 11-12, 1. SAS 2:08.33, 2. Pine Crest 2:10, 3. Azura 2:17.60, 4. SOFLO A (Mariann Catalasan, Valerie Vank, Luna Delgado, Alexis Christensen) 2:18.87, 6. SOFLO B (Hartley Pitters-Hinds, Natalia Sibug, Reagon Lowe, Kaitlyn Barrios) 2:21.71; 13-14, 1. Pine Crest A 2:03.78, 2. Pine Crest B 2:06.93, 3. Jupiter 2:07.72, 7. SOFLO A (Sara Quintero, Victoria Torres, Sarah Acevedo, Mallory Schleicher) 2:10.78, 12. SOFLO B (Sofia Osorio, Sabrina Osorio, Jennamarie Brames, Emma Twombly) 2:14.59.

200-meter breaststroke:
11-12, 1. Sara Lin, PC 2:51.04, 2. Valerie Vank, SOFLO 2:53.33, time drop 2.35, 3. Paola Gonzalez, MAC 2:55.40; SOFLO: 10. Natalia Sibug 3:06.76, time drop 0.38, 13. Mariann Catalasan 3:12.79, time drop 1.38, 25. Leah Pando 3:20.16, time drop 1.94; 13-14, 1. Micaela Sierra, CSSC 2:45.24, 2. Olivia Dinehart, AKS 2:45.42, 3. Riley Botting, PCS 2:46.01; SOFLO: 10. Victoria Torres 2:56.68, time drop 4.15, 12. Sabrina Osorio 2:57.16, time drop 5.21.

200-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Tania Mantilla, YSF 2:26.38, 2. Gioia Balzano, EA 2:28.51, 3. Mariana Pinto, SOFLO 2:30.14; SOFLO: 6. Fiorella Di Salvo 2:33.86, time drop 7.71, 13. Giada Porven 2:38.28, time drop 1.72, 22. Sarah Vasquez 2:42.85, time drop 4.42; 11-12, 1. Aspen Gersper, SAS 2:12.94, 2. Erika Pelaez, EA 2:15.15, 3. Alexis Christensen, SOFLO 2:17.71, time drop 2.14; SOFLO: 16. Luna Delgado 2:27.79, time drop 4.24, 20. Kaitlyn Barrios 2:29.08, time drop 0.35, 26. Hartley Pitters-Hinds 2:32.32, 36. Anastasia Lutz 2:37.82; 13-14, 1. Mallory Schleicher, SOFLO 2:11.74, time drop 1.89, 2. Nicole Aguilar, WOW 2:11.87, 3. Rebecca Montero, GRSC 2:12.59; SOFLO: 11. Sarah Acevedo 2:15.31, time drop 1.80, 29. Jennamarie Brames 2:19.05,43. Emma Twombly 2:21.97, time drop 1.18.

50-meter butterfly:
10-and-under, 1. Anais Gedeon, EA 33.23, 2. Tania Mantilla, YSF 34.30, 3. Carolyn Powell, CSSC 34.52; SOFLO: 7. Giada Porven 35.91, time drop 1.23, 28. Sarah Vasquez 41.93; 11-12, 1. Julianne McCranie, Azura 29.97, 2. Aspen Gersper, SAS 30.28, 3. Marin Zuchowski, FAST 30.47; SOFLO: 11. Valerie Vank 32.74, time top 0.30, 13. Luna Delgado 33.07, time drop 0.74, 29. Natalia Sibug 34.69, 34. Reagan Lowe 35.00, 40. Hartley Pitters-Hinds 35.17, 48. Ava Kuznik 35.53, time drop 0.18, 57. Anastasia Lutz 36.25, time drop 0.12, 59. Carleigh Schleicher 36.50; 13-14, 1. Heidi Smithwick, JDST 29.12, 2. Esther Lin, PC 29.61, 3. Giulianna Garcia, TSA 29.98; SOFLO: 18. Sara Quintero 31.61, 57. Jennamarie Brames 33.67, time drop 0.22; BRST: 41. Elizabeth Sikes 32.84, time drop 0.52.

100-meter backstroke:
10-and-under, 1. Gioia Balzano, EA 1:18.54, 2. Carolyn Powell, CSSC 1:20.53, 3. Tania Mantilla, YSF 1:20.87; SOFLO: 5. Fiorella Di Salvo 1:22.13, time drop 3.24, 7. Mariana Pinto 1:23.65, time drop 2.74; 11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 1:08.23, 2. Aspen Gersper, SAS 1:09.10, 3. Gabriella Deluna, YSF 1:12.51; SOFLO: 11. Alexis Christensen 1:17.18, 15. Mariann Catalasan 1:18.78, time drop 1.49, 17. Leah Pando 1:19.33, time drop 3.08, 24. Hartley pitters-Hinds 1:20.35, time drop 2.94, 30. Kaitlyn Barrios 1:21.02, time drop 1.95, 31. Reagan Lowe 1:21.07, time drop 1.41, 41. Ava Kuznik 1:22.38, time drop 1.77, 52. Anastasia Lutz 1:24.98; 13-14, 1. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 1:07.79, 2. Megan Murphy, ECAC 1:09.00, 3. Melody Yates, PC 1:09.81; SOFLO: 45. Sofia Osorio 1:17.39; BRST: 29. Elizabeth Sikes 1:15.05, time drop 0.27.

200-meter freestyle relay:
10-and-under, 1. YMCA of South Florida 2:15.52, 2. SOFLO A (Fiorella Di Salvo, Giada Porven, Sarah Vasquez, Mariana Pinto) 2:16.13, 3. Blue Marlins 2:19.71.

400-meter individual medley:
11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 5:16.53, 2. Paola Gonzalez, MAC 5:29.79, 3. Sara Lin, PC 5:39.13; SOFLO: 13. Mariann Catalasan 6:13.24; 13-14, 1. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 5:06.25, 2. Mallory Schleicher, SOFLO 5:07.59, time drop 8.87, 3. Heidi Smithwick, JDST 5:10.66; SOFLO: 6. Sara Quintero 5:17.01, time drop.

BOYS
200-meter medley relay:
10-and-under, 1. Sunrise 2:29.90, 2. Pine Crest 2:31.17, 3. Metro Aquatics 2:37.76, 4. SOFLO A 2:39.74 (Stefano Mazzi, Joseph-Blake Natino, Derek Hau, Juan Vallmitjana), 9. SOFLO B 2:56.95 (Matthew Jimenez, Matt McVeigh, Benjamin Kim, Connor Jimenez).

200-meter breaststroke:
11-12, 1. Giuliano Brunetti, PB 2:54.48, 2. Samuel Jouault, CM 2:55.78, 3. Makar Goncharov, SFTL 2:56.06; SOFLO: 5. Alessandro Pereira 2:56.69, time drop 2.97, 6. Javier Colmenares 2:57.43, time drop; 13-14, 1. Aiden Kohanyi, TSA 2:30.71, 2. Parker Rosenthal, GRSC 2:33.17, 3. Javier Roman, SOFLO 2:35.48, time drop 0.73; SOFLO: 5. Yannai Michael 2:37.65, time drop 0.92, 16. Samuel Bullen 2:49.95, time drop 6.80, 17. Alex Golding 2:50.42, time drop 4.86, 19. Logan Gonzalez 2:51.12, time drop 5.50, 22. Christopher Hau 2:53.22, time drop 1.95, 27. Mark Andre De Gracia 2:58.06.

200-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Farouk Musa, HAT 2:27.93, 2. William Domokos-Murphy, SAS 2:28.29, 3. Carlos Viada-Coroba. CM 2:28.82; SOFLO: 21. Stefano Mazzi 2:42.39, time drop 5.56, 24. Derek Hau 2:43.84, time drop 2.16, 35. Juan Vallmitjana 2:59.09; 11-12, 1. John Trieu, FAST 2:15.58, 2. Kaii Winkler, EA 2:16.76, 3. Christian Tijero, SOFLO 2:16.78, time drop 3.17, 29. Jonathan Lozano 2:30.55; 13-14, 1. Kyle Korvick, GRSC 1:59.59, 2. Trenton Edwards, FAST 2:00.84, 3. Nicolas Gallego, JDST 2:01.57; SOFLO: 8. Juan Colmenares 2:05.61, time drop 5.48, 10. Brennan Binder 2:06.87, time drop 4.69, 11. Enrique Rodriguez 2:07.01, time drop 4.38.

50-meter butterfly:
10-and-under, 1. Rafael Landron, SUN 33.67, 2. Michael Fabry, Jupiter 34.05, 3. Carlos Viada-Coroba, CM 34.34; SOFLO: 20. Derek Hau 38.31, time drop 0.01, 39. Juan Vallmitjana 46.27; 11-12, 1. Kaii Winkler, EA 29.70, 2. Landon Kyser, HAT 30.33, 3. Jason Cuffe, SFTL 30.80; SOFLO: 5. Diego Nazario-Vazquez 31.50, time drop 0.38, 9. Lucas Porven 32.04, 61. Gavin Sheyda 38.01; 13-14, 1. Matthew Tarafa, HSC 27.21, 2. Nikita Efimov, OSC 27.97, 3. Carter Hewitt, ECAC 28.57; SOFLO: 12. Yannai Michael 29.33, time drop 2.23, 18. Brennan Binder 29.53, 26. Moises Rodriguez 30.15, 33. Manuel Melendez 30.56, time drop 1.11, 47. Zackary Harris 31.15, time drop 0.20.

100-meter backstroke:
10-and-under, 1. Farouk Musa, HAT 1:18.59, 2. Anthony Pineiro, MAC 1:20.23, 3. Andy Serrano-Pela, CM 1:20.31; SOFLO: 13. Stefano Mazzi 1:27.26, time drop 0.30, 19. Benjamin Kim 1:31.08, time drop 1.81; 11-12, 1. Landon Kyser, HAT 1:08.47, 2. Noah Smith, FAST 1:11.46, 3. Noah Rodriguez-Mora, SUN 1:11.73; SOFLO: 7 Christian Tijero 1:14.76, 10. Diego Nazario-Vazquez 1:15.82, 30. Jonathan Lozano 1:21.03, time drop 0.88, 41. Marvan Ekanayake 1:25.42, 44. Hashan Ekanayake 1:27.29 13-14, 1. Joshua Zuchowski, FAST 1:02.60, 2. Hudson Bishop, ECAC 1:04.10, 3. Carter Hewitt, ECAC 1:04.96; SOFLO: 6. Juan Colmenares 1:05.79, time drop 0.84, 10. Moises Rodriguez 1:07.08, time drop 0.81, 15. Alejandro Mateus 1:09.60, time drop 2.56, 19. Zackary Harris 1:11.38.

200-meter freestyle relay:
10-and-under, 1. Sunrise 2:10.15, 2. Pine Crest 2:17.99, 3. Metro Aquatics 2:19.43, 8. SOFLO A (Juan Vallmitjana, Connor Jimenez, Stefano Mazzi, Derek Hau) 2:28.43, 9. SOFLO B (Matt McVeigh, Joseph-Blake Natino, Matthew Jimenez, Benjamin Kim) 2:35.32.

400-meter individual medley:
11-12, 1. Kaii Winkler, EA 5:16.45, 2. Noah Smith, FAST 5:20.53, 3. Alessandro Pereira, SOFLO 5:22.89, time drop 13.94; SOFLO: 4. Javier Colmenares 5:24.46, time drop 23.06, 9. Lucas Porven 5:37.78, time drop 10.90, 15. Gavin Sheyda 5:57.72, time drop 4.71; 13-14, 1. Joshua Zuchowski, FAST 4:37.21, 2. Kyle Korvick, GSC 4:44.40, 3. Javier Roman, SOFLO 4:56.25, time drop 8.93; SOFLO: 4. Enrique Rodriguez 4:47.96, time drop 20.01, 13. Alejandro Mateus 5:15.59.

IF YOU GO

What: 14&Under Florida Gold Coast Junior Olympics

When: Sunday

Schedule: Sunday, prelims 9 a.m., finals 6 p.m.

Where: Sailfish Splash Waterpark, 931 SE Ruhnke, Stuart.

Defending 2017 champions: Combined, SOFLO; Boys, SOFLO; Girls, Guliver Swimming.

Of note: Admission is $5 per session. Heat sheets for prelims $3 per session and finals $3 per session. Martin County Swimming and North Palm Beach Swim Club are co-hosting the meet. Well-respected Scott Boggs is serving as head referee. Results are available on Meet Mobile or http://www.martincountyswimming.org. For more information call Jim McCombs, 772-485-3239.

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

SOFLO Remains In Lead On Day Two Of FGC Long Course Junior Olympics

By Sharon Robb

STUART, July 20, 2018—Defending champion South Florida Aquatic Club remained in the lead after Day Two of the Florida Gold Coast Long Course Junior Olympic Championship Friday at Sailfish Splash Water Park.

SOFLO leads the combined team standings with 226.5 points followed by FAST with 168. Pine Crest leads the girls team stanings with 119 followed by SOFLO with 107. FAST leads the boys with 126 points and SOFLO is second with 119.5.

SOFLO’s Alexis Christensen and Mallory Schleicher continued their dominance in the distance events. After winning the mile, the duo came back and won their age group titles in the 400-meter freestyle.

Christensen, 12, won in a best time 4:43.60 with a time drop of 11.98. She has 21 points for high point.

Schleicher, 14, also won in a best time 4:30.08 with a time drop of 4.22. She has 24 points.

Javier Colmenares led the boys team winning the 100-meter breaststroke in a best time 1:18.88 with an impressive time drop of 7.81.

Colmenares was also a member of the winning 11-12 400-meter freestyle relay in 4:17.29 with teammates Diego Nazario-Vazquez, Alessandro Pereira and Christian Tijero.

Other top three finishers were:

Valerie Vank was second in the 100-meter breaststroke in a best time 1:18.92, with a time drop of 2.53 seconds.

Mariana Pinto was second in the 400-meter freestyle in a best time 5:17.86 with a time drop of 9.73.

Schleicher was also third in the 200-meter backstroke in a best time 2:27.84, dropping 3.60 seconds.

Fiorella Di Salvo was third in the 100-meter breaststroke in a best time 1:35.10 with a time of 2.55 seconds.

Diego Nazario-Vazquez was third in the 50-meter freestyle in a best time 28.38 with a time drop of 1.16.

The girls’ 400-meter freestyle relay of Alexis Christensen, Kaitlyn Barrios, Ava Kuznik and Valerie Vank was third in 4:26.76.

The boys’ 800-meter freestyle relay of Brennan Binder, Enrique Rodriguez, Javier Roman and Juan Colmenares was third in 8:28.58.

The four-day meet continues Saturday with prelims at 9 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.

SOFLO is going after its ninth consecutive JO long course team title and tenth overall in club history. SOFLO has also won back-to-back short and long course JO titles five times.

It is the third time the meet, that features 31 teams, is being co-hosted by FGC clubs Martin County Swimming and North Palm Beach Swim Club at Sailfish Splash Water Park, site of the annual FHSAA State High School Swimming and Diving meet for the past five years.

FRIDAY RESULTS

COMBINED TEAM TOTALS: 1. South Florida Aquatic Club 226.5, 2. FAST 168, 3. Pine Crest 131, 4. Jupiter 123, 5. St. Andrew’s 103.5.

GIRLS TEAM TOTALS: 1. Pine Crest 119, 2. SOFLO 107, 3. St. Andrew’s 80, 4. Jupiter 66, 5. Wahoos of Wellington 49.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS: 1. FAST 126, 2. SOFLO 119.5, 3. City of Hialeah 69, 4. Swim Fort Lauderdale 64, 5. Jupiter 57.

GIRLS

200-meter freestyle relay:
13-14, 1. Pine Crest 1:51.81, 2. Jupiter Dragons 1:54.32, 3. Gulliver 1:54.65, 10. SOFLO A (Sara Quintero, Sarah Acevedo, Victoria Torres, Mallory Schleicher) 1:57.53, 16. SOFLO B (Emma Twombly, Sofia Osorio, Sabrina Osorio, Jennamarie Brames) 2:03.58.

200-meter backstroke:
11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 2:21.73, 2. Aspen Gersper, SAS 2:25.26, 3. Gabriella Deluna, YSF 2:33.88; SOFLO: 6. Alexis Christensen 2:41.87; 13-14, 1. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 2:21.81, 2. Megan Murphy, ECAC 2:23.69, 3. Mallory Schleicher, SOFLO 2:27.84, time drop 3.60.

50-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Tania Mantilla, YSF 30.80, 2. Anais Gedeon, EA 30.84, 3. Erika Duardo, BMHG 30.96; SOFLO: 31. Sarah Vasquez 35.00, time drop 1.00; 11-12, 1. Aspen Gersper, SAS 27.31, 2. Kate Wise, SAS 28.16, 3. Logan Zielinski, FAST 28.87; SOFLO: 7. Valerie Vank 29.51, time drop 2.18; 13-14, 1. Heidi Smithwick, Jupiter 27.08, 2. Kiara Caamano, NPB 27.73, 3. Rachel Yordi, OSC 27.82.

100-meter breaststroke:
10-and-under, 1. Leilani Bermudez, Jupiter Dragons 1:32.65, 2. Brooke Gonzalez, SAS 1:33.60, 3. Fiorella Di Salvo, SOFLO 1:35.10, time drop 2.55; SOFLO: 8. Mariana Pinto 1:39.13, time drop 2.23, 18. Sarah Vasquez 1:43.37; 11-12, 1. Sara Lin, PC 1:15.98, 2. Valerie Vank, SOFLO 1:18.92, time drop 2.53, 3. Paola Gonzalez, MAC 1:21.53; SOFLO: 7. Natalia Sibug 1:24.30, time drop 1.82; 13-14, 1. Emily Santos, Unattached 1:15.11, 2. Micaela Sierra, CSSC 1:1.16, 3. Riley Botting, PC 1:15.32.

100-meter butterfly:
10-and-under, 1. Gioia Balzano, EA 1:17.93, 2. Tania Mantilla, YSF 1:18.12, 3. Mariana Montes, CSSC 1:19.63; SOFLO: 4. Giada Porven 1:19.69, time drop 2.08; 11-12, 1. Erika Pelaez, EA 1:05.21, 2. Marin Zuchowski, FAST 1:06.42, 3. Casey Perez, BMHG 1:07.43; 13-14, 1. Heidi Smithwick, Jupiter 1:03.41, 2. Giulianna Garcia, TSA 1:05.03, 3. Madelyn Rippo, SAS 1:06.71.

400-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Gioia Balzano, EA 5:11.26, 2. Mariana Pinto, SOFLO 5:17.86, time drop 9.73, 3. Belinda Muzii, MCDA 5:19.81; SOFLO: 5. Fiorella Di Salvo 5:21.83, time drop 7.33, 11. Sarah Vasquez 5:36.19, time drop 6.40, 12. Giada Porven 5:38.58; 11-12, 1. Alexis Christensen, SOFLO 4:43.60, time drop 11.98, 2. Kiersten Munna, FAST 4:49.62, 3. Paola Gonzalez, MAC 4:51.24; SOFLO: 14. Ava Kuznik 5:08.62, time drop 10.75, 25. Leah Pando 5:18.97, time drop 39.83; 13-14, 1. Mallory Schleicher, SOFLO 4:30.08, time drop 4.22, 2. Julia Podkoscielny, PC 4:33.59, 3. Faith Mutschler, WOW 4:33.71; SOFLO: 9. Sarah Acevedo 4:40.83, time drop 2.92, 11. Sara Quintero 4:42.33, time drop 7.25, 27. Jennamarie Brames 4:53.03, time drop 37.40, 38. Emma Twombly 4:59.18, time drop 34.47.

400-meter freestyle relay:
11-12, 1. St. Andrew’s 4:15.82, 2. Pine Crest 4:22.98, 3. SOFLO A 4:26.76 (Alexis Christensen, Kaitlyn Barrios, Ava Kuznik, Valerie Vank), SOFLO B, DQ.

800-meter freestyle relay:
13-14, 1. Pine Crest 8:55.04, 2. SOFLO A (Sara Quintero, Jennamarie Brames, Sarah Acevedo, Mallory Schleicher) 9:02.12, 3. Gulliver 9:06.29.

BOYS

200-meter freestyle relay:
1. City of Hialeah 1:42.44, 2. FAST 1:42.86, 3. Jupiter 1:44.53, 6. SOFLO A 1:47.42 (Juan Colmenares, Anthony Robaina, Yannai Michael, Brennan Binder), 13. SOFLO B 1:52.37 (Javier Roman, Manuel Melendez, Moises Rodriguez, Enrique Rodriguez).

200-meter backstroke:
11-12, 1. Landon Kyser, HAT 2:23.02, 2. Noah Smith, FAST 2:27.07, 3. Noah Rodriguez-Mora, SUN 2:33.56; SOFLO: 5. Christian Tijero 2:35.73; 13-14, 1. Joshua Zuchowski, FAST 2:05.40, 2. Kyle Korvick, GRSC 2:13.32, 3. Hudson Bishop, ECAC 2:18.44; SOFLO: 4. Juan Colmenares 2:21.82, time drop 4.02, 6. Moises Rodriguez 2:22.04, time drop 1.79, 7. Enrique Rodriguez 2:23.09, time drop 7.06.

50-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Michael Fahey, Jupiter Dragons 31.15, 2. Antoine Sharp, Lake Lytal Lightning 31.21, 3. Marcus Kjaerulff, ECAC 31.32; SOFLO: 27. Connor Jimenez 35.82, 30. Juan Vallmitjana 36.08; 11-12, 1. Landon Kyser, HAT 27.54, 2. John Trieu, FAST 27.65, 3. Diego Nazario-Vazquez, SOFLO 28.38, time drop 1.16; 13-14, 1. Kyle Korvick, GRSC 24.47, 2. Matthew Tarafa, HSC 25.54, 3. Trenton Edwards, FAST 25.57.

100-meter breaststroke:
10-and-under, 1. Jake Jones, Pine Crest Swimming 1:27.75, 2. Sebastian Guio, YSF 1:28.43, 3. Joshua Barreto, OSC 1:31.35; SOFLO: 5. Derek Hau 1:37.57, 6. Joseph-Blake Natino 1:37.79, time drop 2.80, 9. Stefano Mazzi 1:39.88, time drop 1.31; 11-12, 1. Javier Colmenares, SOFLO 1:18.88, time drop 7.81, 2. George Gonzalez, MAC 1:20.19, 3. Samuel Jouault, CM 1:20.36; SOFLO: 6. Alessandro Pereira 1:22.37, time drop 2.63; 13-14, 1. Aiden Kohanyi, TSA 1:07.57, 2. Victor Valdes, HSC 1:08.19, 3. Parker Rosenthal, GRSC 1:11.57; SOFLO: 4. Javier Roman 1:12.35, time drop 2.23, 5. Yannai Michael 1:12.38, time drop 2.23.

100-meter butterfly:
10-and-under, 1. Rafael Landron, SUN 1:16.47, 2. Antoine Sharp, Lake Lytal Lightning 1:17.02, 3. William Domokos-Murphy 1:17.34; SOFLO: 13. Derek Hau 1:26.41, time drop 5.12; 11-12, 1. Kaii Winkler, EA 1:04.66, 2. Noah Smith, FAST 1:08.32, 3. Jason Cuffe, SFTL 1:08.58; SOFLO: 4. Lucas Porven 1:09.63, time drop 1.41, 7. Diego Nazario-Vazquez 1:10.51, time drop 2.12; 13-14, 1. Joshua Zuchowski, FAST 57.41, 2. Matthew Tarafa, HSC 1:00.53, 3. Nikita Efimov, OSC 1:01.23; SOFLO: 7. Juan Colmenares 1:02.59, time drop 1.01.

400-meter freestyle:
10-and-under, 1. Farouk Musa, HAT 5:07.10, 2. William Domokos-Murphy 5:12.31, 3. Ares Rilo, SUN 5:12.54; SOFLO: 16. Stefano Mazzi 5:43.08, time drop 16.18; 11-12, 1. Kaii Winkler, EA 4:35.93, 2. John Trieu, FAST 4:38.23, 3. Makar Goncharov, SFTL 4:39.28; SOFLO: 4. Christian Tijero 4:39.89, time drop 13.21, 6. Javier Colmenares 4:49.22, time drop 13.45, 9. Lucas Porven 4:52.11, time drop 16.91, 22. Gavin Sheyda 5:06.56, time drop 12.04, 30. Jonathan Lozano 5:16.04, time drop 4.84, 31. Hashan Ekanayake 5:17.90, time drop 1.92; 13-14, 1. Kyle Korvick, GRSC 4:05.79, 2. Trenton Edwards, FAST 4:15.90, 3. Nicolas Gallego, JDST 4:19.78; SOFLO: 6. Juan Colmenares 4:24.76, time drop 12.45, 10. Enrique Rodriguez 4:30.56, time drop 4.62, 11. Yannai Michael 4:31.97, time drop 35.19, 13. Javier Roman 4:32.28, time drop 0.76.

400-meter freestyle relay:
11-12, 1. SOFLO A 4:17.29 (Diego Nazario-Vazquez, Alessandro Pereira, Javier Colmenares, Christian Tijero), 2. FAST 4:19.77, 3. Pompano Beach 4:22.40, 11. SOFLO B 4:39.45 (Gavin Sheyda, Jonathan Lozano, Hashan Ekanayake, Lucas Porven).

800-meter freestyle relay:
13-14, 1. FAST 8:21.11, 2. City of Hialeah 8:25.18, 3. SOFLO A 8:28.58 (Brennan Binder, Enrique Rodriguez, Javier Roman, Juan Colmenares).

IF YOU GO

What: 14&Under Florida Gold Coast Junior Olympics

When: Saturday-Sunday

Schedule: Saturday, 9 a.m., finals 6 p.m.; Sunday, prelims 9 a.m., finals 6 p.m.

Where: Sailfish Splash Waterpark, 931 SE Ruhnke, Stuart.

Defending 2017 champions: Combined, SOFLO; Boys, SOFLO; Girls, Guliver Swimming.

Of note: Admission is $5 per session. Heat sheets for prelims $3 per session and finals $3 per session. Martin County Swimming and North Palm Beach Swim Club are co-hosting the meet. Well-respected Scott Boggs is serving as head referee. Results are available on Meet Mobile or http://www.martincountyswimming.org. For more information call Jim McCombs, 772-485-3239.

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