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SOFLO’S Sebastian Lares Makes International Debut In Panama

By Sharon Robb

June 6, 2016—Sebastian Lares of South Florida Aquatic Club will make his international debut in swimming at the June 9-13 Central American and Mexico Championships in Panama City, Panama.

CAMEX is an age group aquatics championship meet featuring teams from Central America and Mexico. It is held biennially and organized by CCCAN (Central American and Caribbean Swimming Confederation).

Lares, 12, and his older brother Andres Lares, 16, who swims for Azura, will represent Panama.

Sebastian Lares is entered in the 50-, 100- and 200-meter backstroke events, 100-meter butterfly and 200-meter freestyle in addition to relays. Andres Lares will compete in the 100-, 200- 400- and 1500-meter freestyles and relays.

The brothers were born in the U.S. and have dual citizenship. Both are members of the Panama national team in their age group divisions.

Sebastian Lares has been getting in some solid training with SOFLO Coach Rose Lockie and Bronze group for the CAMEX event.

The Lares family is scheduled to depart for Panama on Tuesday. He is eager to swim in front of his aunt who lives in Panama.

“I am pretty excited about it,” Sebastian Lares said. “I think it will be challenging but I think I can do it. I am a little nervous but I am confident in my training.”

Lares has been swimming since he was five years old. He has been swimming with SOFLO for four years.

“I started because my brother did it but then I fell in love with it,” Lares said.

Lares plans to focus on his strokes during the meet, he said.

“I feel like this is more for experience since it’s my first international meet,” Lares said. “My brother has gone the last two years. It’s my turn now. I’m going to try and do my best.

“It’s going to be good. I’ve been training hard especially on my breaststroke. I needed improvement. Coach Rose helps me a lot.”

Lares, who will be a seventh grader in the fall at Somerset Academy, would like to swim in college and Olympics.

“The Olympics are definitely my goal,” he said.

Lares has improved every season since he started swimming competitively.

“This is definitely my best season in swimming so far,” Lares said. “I did a lot of best times at the All-Star meet. It was a great experience and it helped my confidence.”

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

SOFLO Swimmers Sweep On Day Two Of IMX-IMR Challenge

By Sharon Robb

May 1, 2016—South Florida Aquatic Club boys swept the top three places in the 100-meter backstroke and 200-meter freestyle to highlight action at the IMX-IMR Challenge Saturday at Academic Village Pool.

Sebastian Lares, 11, won the 100-meter backstroke in 1:12.63 followed by Alejandro Mateus, 10, in 1:17.88 and Zackary Harris, 11, in 1:18.51. All three were best times by the trio of talented swimmers.

In the 200-meter freestyle, Mateus won in a best time 2:29.33, Christian Tijero, 10, was second in 2:34.63, also a best time and Alessandro Pereira, 9, was third in 2:39.60 in his race debut.

The meet concludes on Sunday with the competition beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Up-and-coming swimmers are competing in the IMR Challenge. All sessions are timed finals.

The USA Swimming-sanctioned meet is a fun, motivational meet to help young swimmers reach the next level in their swimming careers.

The IM (Ready) Challenge allows swimmers to see how they compare to other swimmers around the nation in their age group. Swimmers must compete in all the events required for their age group to establish a score.

Once a swimmer competes in each IMR Challenge event at least once in an official meet, swimmers and parents can check their rankings on USA Swimming’s website.

The IMX (Xtreme) Challenge is the next step-up from the IMR competition. It includes a series of five or six events. Once swimmers complete the IMX program they can also see where their score ranks nationally, among their local LSC and own swim club.

SATURDAY RESULTS

GIRLS

100-meter butterfly:

12-and-under, 1. Becca Montero, AquaKids Sharks 1:11.64, 2. Shannelle Gonzalez, Hialeah 1:12.36, 3. Sara Quintero, SOFLO 1:16.28, best time, 4. Sarah Acevedo, SOFLO 1:17.92; 13-and-over, 1. Mary Smutny, AquaKids Sharks 2:25.98, 2. Kathleen Golding, SOFLO 2:29.16, best time, 3. Rose Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 2:35.05, 4. Kyana Castro, SOFLO 2:41.97.

100-meter backstroke:

12-and-under, 1. Isabella Chambers, PST 1:18.21, 2. Jena Legaspi, SOFLO 1:19.37, best time, 3. Becca Montero, AquaKids Sharks 1:19.51.

200-meter backstroke:

13-and-over, 1. Kathleen Golding, SOFLO 2:34.42, best time, 2. Mary Smutny, AquaKids Sharks 2:36.04, 3. Kayla Cunningham, SOFLO 2:39.87.

100-meter breaststroke:

12-and-under, 1. Margaret Miao, AquaKids Sharks 1:23.96, 2. Isabella Chambers, PST 1:24.89, 3. Michelle Fernandez, Hialeah 1:26.08.

200-meter breaststroke:

13-and-over, 1. Kathleen Golding, SOFLO 2:51.97, 2. Molly Golding, SOFLO 2:57.62, best time, 3. Gabriela Fernandez, Hialeah 2:57.64, 4. Jessica Rodriguez, SOFLO 2:58.47.

200-meter freestyle:

12-and-under, 1. Valerie Vank, SOFLO 2:28.81, best time, 2. Paolo Gonzalez, Flying Fish 2:39.46, 3. Angelina Baucells, Flying Fish 2:52.61.

400-meter freestyle:

12-and-under, 1. Becca Montero, AquaKids Sharks 5:00.85, 2. Sara Quintero, SOFLO 5:02.27, best time, 3. Isabella Chambers, PST 5:02.60; 13-and-over, 1. Kathleen Golding, SOFLO 4:34.15, 2. Mary Smutny, AquaKids Sharks 4:34.32, 3. Rose Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 4:48.70.

BOYS

100-meter freestyle:

12-and-under, 1. Matthew Tarafa, Hialeah 1:08.66, 2. Agustin Rodriguez, Hialeah 1:09.99, 3. Sebastian Lares, SOFLO 1:10.52, best time.

200-meter freestyle:

13-and-over, 1. Luke Smutny, AquaKids Sharks 2:10.23, 2. Julio Horrego, Hialeah 2:10.54, 3. Ervin Marin, SOFLO 2:16.87.

100-meter backstroke:

12-and-under, 1. Sebastian Lares, SOFLO 1:12.63, best time, 2. Alejandro Mateus, SOFLO 1:17.88, best time, 3. Zackary Harris, SOFLO 1:18.51, best time.

200-meter backstroke:

13-and-over, 1. Ricardo Roche, SOFLO 2:17.27, best time, 2. Juan Imposimato, YSF 2:18.42, 3. John Torres, Flying Fish 2:18.55.

100-meter breaststroke:

12-and-under, 1. Victor Valdes, Hialeah 1:16.31, 2. Agustin Rodriguez, Hialeah 1:24.08, 3. Javier Roman, SOFLO 1:25.66, best time.

200-meter breaststroke:

1.Julio Horrego, Hialeah 2:27.85, 2. Ervin Marin, SOFLO 2:39.60, 3. Samuel Quintero, SOFLO 2:42.40.

200-meter freestyle:

12-and-under, 1. Alejandro Mateus, SOFLO 2:29.33, best time, 2. Christian Tijero, SOFLO 2:34.63, best time, 3. Alesaandro Pereira, SOFLO 2:39.60.

400-meter freestyle;

12-and-under, 1. Agustin Rodriguez, Hialeah 4:44.73, 2. Victor Valdes, Hialeah 4;48.20, 3. Dominic Bono, AquaKids Sharks 4:48.37; 13-and-over, 1. Julio Horrego, Hialeah 4:19.32, 2. Luke Smutny, AquaKids Sharks 4:10.50, 3. Rafael Rodriguez, SOFLO 4:23.37, 4. Sam Asnis, SOFLO 4:23.47.

IF YOU GO

What: SOFLO IMX-IMR Challenge

When: Sunday, 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Where: Academic Village Pool, 17191 Sheridan St., Pembroke Pines

Admission: $3 per session, $3 heat sheets per session. For information call 954-538-3721.

ELSEWHERE

SOFLO’s Alia Atkinson was fourth in the 50-yard freestyle in 22.55 and pocketed $1,000 Friday night in the inaugural TYR Derby Pro Swim Meet at University of Louisville.

It was part of a fundraising weekend for the Cardinals’ swim program, where former Florida Gold Coast St. Thomas Aquinas alum and expectant father Vlad Polyakov coaches.

The pro swim meet featured 16 of the best men and women pro swimmers from around the world.

Atkinson survived all three rounds of competition. SOFLO teammate Megan Romano was eliminated in the opening round in 22.94.

Bahamian Olympian Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace of SwimMAC won the women’s event in 21.43 and $4,000 in prize money. Josh Schneider of New York Athletic Club won the men’s event in 19.14.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

SOFLO Hosts IMX-IMR Challenge; Atkinson, Romano Will Compete In TYR Derby Pro Swim Meet

By Sharon Robb

April 28, 2016—Kathleen Golding, Sebastian Lares and Valerie Vank are among top-seeded South Florida Aquatic Club swimmers in this weekend’s IMX-IMR Challenge at Academic Village Pool.

Several top Florida Gold Coast swimmers will join SOFLO swimmers over the next three days at IMX-IMR Challenge.

In addition to SOFLO, among other FGC clubs entered are AquaKids Sharks, Plantation Swim Team, Hialeah Swim Club, SwimFast and Flying Fish.

Among other top-seeded swimmers are Julio Horrego of Hialeah Swim Club, Isabella Chambers of Plantation Swim Team, and siblings Luke and Mary Smutny of AquaKids Sharks.

The meet opens Friday at 5:30 p.m. with the open 200-meter individual medley and 13-and-over 400-meter individual medley. The meet continues through Sunday.

Not only will swimmers get some much-need racing in but will also get a chance to see how they stack up against the rest of the nation’s age group swimmers.

The up-and-coming swimmers will compete in the IMR Challenge. All sessions are timed finals.

The USA Swimming-sanctioned meet is a fun, motivational meet to help young swimmers reach the next level in their swimming careers.

Once a swimmer competes in each IMR Challenge event at least once in an official meet, swimmers and parents can check their rankings on USA Swimming’s website.

IF YOU GO

What: SOFLO IMX-IMR Challenge

When: Friday, Friday, 5:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, IMX/IMR Challenge, 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Where: Academic Village Pool, 17191 Sheridan St., Pembroke Pines

Admission: $3 per session, $3 heat sheets per session. For information call 954-538-3721.

ELSEWHERE

SOFLO’s Alia Atkinson and Megan Romano left Thursday morning for Louisville, Ky. where the elite pair will compete in the inaugural TYR Derby Pro Swim Meet Friday at the University of Louisville.

It is part of a fundraising weekend for the Cardinals’ swim program.

Friday night’s pro swim meet will feature 16 of the best men and women pro swimmers from around the world.

Romano is a 2013 world champion and NCAA champion. Atkinson is a three-time Olympian for Jamaica and world short course record holder.

The pros, in addition to competing for prize money, will team with members of the Louisville swim team to hold a Drowning Prevention Clinic and also be part of a dinner with contributors.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

SOFLO’s Ervin Marin Wins Three Events In Session Two Of December Sprint Championships

By Sharon Robb

December 12, 2015—South Florida Aquatic Club’s Ervin Marin won two individual events and one relay during Session Two of the December Sprint Championships Saturday at Academic Village Pool.

During SOFLO’s final meet of the year, Marin, 16, won the 50-yard butterfly in 24.80 and 50-yard breaststroke in 29.92.

Marin also led off SOFLO’s winning “B” mixed freestyle relay of Abby Oyetunji, Delanie Perez and Matthew Menocal that won in 1:44.55.

Marin was also second in the 100-yard freestyle in a best time 59.50.

Sebastian Lares, 11, was a double winner for SOFLO. Lares won the 100-yard backstroke in a best time 1:05.51 and 50-yard breaststroke in 36.72.

SOFLO boys swept every event in the 11-12 and 13-and-over age categories. Other individual winners were Ricardo Roche, Marcos Vazquez, Michael Arias and Ryan Capote.

Sara Quintero, after a successful opening session, won another event, the 100-yard backstroke in 1:13.57. Quintero also was second in the 100-yard freestyle in 1:02.60.

Paige Lane, Isabella Jurado and Paige Lane were SOFLO’s individual winners.

SATURDAY SESSION TWO RESULTS

GIRLS

100-yard backstroke:

11-12, 1. Sara Quintero, SOFLO 1:13.57, 2. Sofia Osorio, SOFLO 1:18.04, 3. Emma Twombly, SOFLO 1:20.74, best time; 13-and-over, 1. Giulia Montes, BKSC 58.17, 2. Kelley Heron, SOFLO 1:04.22, 3. Michelle Marinheiro, SOFLO 1:08.51, best time.

50-yard butterfly:

11-12, 1. Anelis Roque, MAC 28.59, 2. Caitlyn Coe, MAC 33.57, 3. Valeria Garcia, SOFLO 34.10, best time; 13-and-over, 1. Paige Lane, SOFLO 28.29, 2. Kelley Heron, SOFLO 29.04, best time, 3. Delanie Perez, SOFLO 29.29.

100-yard freestyle:

11-12, 1. Anelis Roque, MAC 58.29, 2. Sara Quintero, SOFLO 1:02.60, 3. Caitlyn Coe, MAC 1:02.83; 13-and-over, 1. Abby Oyetunji, SOFLO 55.92, best time, 2. Giulia Montes, BKSC 56.40, 3. Delanie Perez, SOFLO 59.10.

50-yard breaststroke:

11-12, 1. Lily Sines, SOFLO 38.55, best time, 2. Sara Quintero, SOFLO 39.13, 3. Valeria Garcia, SOFLO 39.66; 13-and-over, 1. Isabella Jurado, SOFLO 35.77, best time, 2. Patricia Perdomo, DRSC 35.77, 3. Abby Oyetunji, SOFLO 36.21, best time.

Mixed 200-yard freestyle relay:

1.SOFLO B 1:39.94 (Ervin Marin, Abby Oyetunji, Delanie Perez, Matthew Menocal), 2. SOFLO A 1:40.60, 3. SOFLO C 1:44.55.

BOYS

100-yard backstroke:

11-12, 1. Sebastian Lares, SOFLO 1:05.51, best time, 2. Nicolas Munoz, SOFLO 1:07.32, 3. Nicolas Rossi, SOFLO 1:11.15; 13-and-over, 1. Ricardo Roche, SOFLO 57.34, best time, 2. Esteban Diaz-Velasco, SOFLO 57.55, 3. Leonardo Mateus, SOFLO 57.85, best time

50-yard butterfly:

11-12, 1. Marcos Vazquez, SOFLO 29.37, 2. Pattarapong Pakkarato, DRSC 30.16, 3. Ian Chalmers, SOFLO 30.65, best time; 13-and-over, 1. Ervin Marin, SOFLO 24.80, 2. Roosevelt Malone, DRSC 24.82, 3. Ryan Capote, SOFLO 25.01.

100-yard freestyle:

11-12, 1. Michael Arias, SOFLO 53.21, 2. Sebastian Lares, SOFLO 59.50, best time, 3. Nicolas Munoz, SOFLO 1:00.39, best time; 13-and-over, 1. Ryan Capote, SOFLO 49.30, 2. Ervin Marin, SOFLO 49.34, best time, 3. Juan Lucas, SOFLO 50.84.

50-yard breaststroke:

11-12, 1. Sebastian Lares, SOFLO 36.72, 2. Javier Roman, SOFLO 37.15, best time, 3. Chris Vasquez, SOFLO 37.34, best time; 13-and-over, 1. Ervin Marin, SOFLO 29.92, 2. Tyler Bland, SOFLO 31.32, best time, 3. Rafael Rodriguez, SOFLO 32.10.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

http://www.swim4soflo.com

SOFLO’s Quintero, Lares Double Winners In Session One Of December Sprint Championships

By Sharon Robb

December 12, 2015—Sara Quintero and Sebastian Lares of South Florida Aquatic Club each won two events in the opening session of the December Sprint Championships Saturday at Academic Village Pool in Pembroke Pines.

Quintero, 12, won the 100-yard butterfly in a best time 1:09.57, dropping .03 off her previous best.

Quintero also won the 100-yard individual medley in 1:12.17, also a best time, shaving 1.03 seconds off her previous best.

Other individual SOFLO girls winners were Jena Legaspi, Sarah Acevedo, Abby Oyetunji and Kelley Heron.

Lares, 11, won the 100-yard butterfly in 1:05.42 and 100-yard individual medle in 1:06.71.

Other individual SOFLO boys winners were Marcos Vazquez, Kevin Porto, Michael Arias, Ryan Capote, Ervin Marin and Sam Asnis.

Teams entered in the two-session meet were Bob Karl Swim Club, Bone Island Swim Club, Devilrays Swim Club, Indian River Aquatics, Metro Aquatics, YSF of South Florida and host SOFLO.

It was the final Florida Gold Coast meet of the year for SOFLO.

SATURDAY SESSION ONE RESULTS

GIRLS

100-yard butterfly:

11-12, 1. Sara Quintero, SOFLO 1:09.57, best time, 2. Lily Sines, SOFLO 1:19.67, 3. None; 13-and-over, 1. Giulia Montes, BKSC 1:01.61, 2. Delanie Perez, SOFLO 1:04.73, 3. Abby Oyetunji, SOFLO 1:07.38.

50-yard backstroke;

11-12, 1. Jena Legaspi, SOFLO 32.54, best time, 2. Isabella Alvarez, MAC 34.61, 3. Claire-Michelle Sweet, YSF 36.07; 13-and-over, 1. Giulia Montes, BKSC 28.28, 2. Kelley Heron, SOFLO 29.54, 3. Paige Lane, SOFLO 21.10.

100-yard breaststroke:

11-12, 1. Caitlyn Coe, MAC 1:18.90, 2. Sabrina Osorio, SOFLO 1:25.07, 3. Mia Escudero, SOFLO 1:26.09; 2. Open, 1. Patricia Perdomo, DRSC 1:16.02, 2. Isabella Jurado, SOFLO 1:18.05, 3. Valentina Carrion, SOFLO 1:18.28.

50-yard freestyle:

11-12, Sarah Acevedo, SOFLO 29.00, best time, 2. Caitlyn Coe, MAC 29.09, 3. Lily Sines, SOFLo 29.26; 1. Open, 1. Abby Oyetunji, SOFLO 26.79, 2. Francesca Carbone, BISC 28.20, 3. Leilani Proenza, MAC 28.33.

100-yard individual medley:

11-12, 1. Sara Quintero, SOFLO 1:12.17, 2. Jena Legaspi, SOFLO 1:14.41, 3. Caitlyn Coe, MAC 1:15.87; 13-and-over, 1. Kelley Heron, SOFLO 1:04.77, 2. Delanie Perez, SOFLO 1:06.73, 3. Paige Lane, SOFLO 1:06.81.

500-yard freestyle:

11-and-over, 1. Giulia Montes, BKSC 5:09.61, 2. Paige Lane, SOFLO 5:34.21, 3. Michelle Marinheiro, SOFLO 5:42.03.

BOYS

100-yard butterfly:

11-12, 1. Sebastian Lares, SOFLO 1:05.42, 2. Ian Chalmers, SOFLO 1:07.82, 3. Zackary Harris, SOFLO 1:08.57; 13-and-over, 1. Roosevelt Malone, DRSC 54.29, 2. Esteban Diaz-Velasco, SOFLO 55.04, best time, 3. Max Asnis, SOFLO 55.23.

50-yard backstroke:

11-12, 1. Marcos Vazquez, SOFLO 30.90, 2. Nicolas Munoz, SOFLO 31.78, 3. Nicolas Rossi, SOFLO 32.60, best time; Open, 1. Kevin Porto, SOFLO 26.94, 2. Rafael Rodriguez, SOFLO 27.35, 3. Leonardo Mateus, SOFLO 27.71, best time.

100-yard breaststroke:

11-12, 1. Jose Hermida, MAC 1:17.67, 2. Javier Roman SOFLO 1:18.31, best time, 3. Carlos Lzcano, AC 1:31.62; 13-and-over, 1. Jonathan Skarie, RATS 1:04.48, 2. Ricardo Roche, SOFLO 1:06.46, best time, 3. Leonardo Mateus, SOFLO 1:08.57, best time.

50-yard freestyle:

11-12, 1. Michael Arias, SOFLO 24.41, 2. Nicolas Rossi, SOFLO 26.36, 3. Jose Hermida, MAC 26.94; 13-and-over, 1. Ryan Capote, SOFLO 22.70, 2. Ervin Marin, SOFLO 22.87, 3. Bruno Berti, SOFLO 23.18.

100-yard individual medley:

11-12, 1. Sebastian Lares, SOFLO 1:06.71, 2. Nicolas Rossi, SOFLO 1:08.29, 3. Marcos Vazquez, SOFLO 1:08.47, best time; 13-and-over, 1. Ervin Marin, SOFLO 56.21, 2. Juan Lucas, SOFLO 58.18, 3. Ricardo Roche, SOFLO 58.47, best time.

500-yard freestyle:

11-and-over, 1. Sam Asnis, SOFLO 4:55.25, 2. Max Asnis, SOFLO 5:05.92, 3. Dave Sturm, BKSC 5:30.49.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

http://www.swim4soflo.com

Comets Sizzle At Their Own Sizzler; Lares, Quintero, Mateus Lead The Way

WRITTEN BY SHARON ROBB

April 23, 2012

Sara Quintero of the Comets Swim Team swept all four events and anchored the winning relay Friday at the Comets Sizzler at Academic Village Pool.

Quintero, 8, won the 7-8 25-yard butterfly, 25-yard backstroke, 25-yard breaststroke and 25-yard freestyle, all in personal best times.

Quintero won the 25-yard butterfly in 18.27, bettering her previous best was 20.41; 25-yard backstroke in 19.76, bettering her previous best of 21.41; 25-yard breaststroke in 22.94, bettering her previous best of 24.59; and 25-yard freestyle in 16:36, bettering her previous time of 17.25.

Quintero also anchored the winning 100-yard freestyle relay that won in a season-best 1:09.66 with teammates Gretchen Montgomery, Analucia Raimont and Jena Legaspi.

Comets swimmer Sebastian Lares, 7, won three of the four events. He won the 7-8 25-yard butterfly in a best time of 18.38, bettering his previous best was 20.41; 25-yard backstroke in a best time 19.13, bettering his previous best of 20.73; and 25-yard breaststroke in a best time 22.89, bettering his previous best of 23.54.

Alejandro Mateus, 6, of the Comets Swim Team, won the 6-and-under 25-yard breaststoke in a personal best time of 30.36, bettering his previous best of 31.51. Mateus was second in the 25-yard butterfly in a best time 24.60, second in the 25-yard backstroke in a best time 24.28 and second in the 25-yard freestyle in a best time 23.05.

Every Comets swimmer turned in at least one best time during the meet.

The meet featured teams from south Broward County and Dade The meet featured teams from south Broward County and Dade County.

GIRLS

25-yard butterfly:

6-and-under, 1. Erika Pelaez, Blue Marlins 24.30; 7-8, 1. Sara Quintero, Comets Swim Team 18.27; COMETS: 2. Daniela Barreto 22.30, 3. Jena Legaspi 23.34, 4. Analucia Raimont 23.57, 5. Marcela Bucaro 25.48, 6. Isabella Lizarazo 25.62, 8. Gretchen Montgomery 28.44, 9. Marli Crichton 29.85.

25-yard backstroke:

6-and-under, 1. Erika Pelaez, Blue Marlins 21.71; 7-8, 1. Sara Quintero, Comets Swim Team 19.76; COMETS: 2. Jena Legaspi 22.00, 3. Daniela Barreto 23.44, 4. Gretchen Montgomery 23.54, 6. Marcela Bucaro 24.34, 7. Marli Crichton 25.62, 8. Isabella Lizarazo 25.91, 9. Analucia Raimont 26.01.

25-yard breaststroke:

6-and-under, 1. Sophia Echeumuna, Unattached 31.24; 7-8, 1. Sara Quintero, Comets Swim Team 22.94; COMETS: 2. Gretchen Montgomery 26.46, 3. Daniela Barreto 26.57, 4. Marcela Bucaro 27.70, 5. Jena Legaspi 28.20, 6. Analucia Raimont 28.47, 7. Marli Crichton 28.81, 9. Isabella Lizarazo 29.48.

25-yard freestyle:

6-and-under, 1. Erika Pelaez, Blue Marlins 18.91; 7-8, 1. Sara Quintero, Comets Swim Team 16.36; COMETS: 2. Daniela Barreto 18.63, 4. Jena Legaspi 21.57, 5. Marcela Bucaro 22.54, 6. Analucia Raimont 22.69, 7.Isabella Lizarazo 23.32, 8. Gretchen Montgomery 24.89, 9. Marli Crichton 24.94.

100-yard freestyle relay:

8-and-under, 1. Comets Swim Team “A” 1:09.66 (Gretchen Montgomery, Analucia Raimont, Jena Legaspi, Sara Quintero); 2. Comets “B” 1:30.58 (Daniela Barreto, Marli Crichton, Marcela Bucaro, Isabella Lizarazo).

BOYS

25-yard butterfly:

6-and-under, 1. Luca Echeumuna, Unattached 23.94; COMETS: 2. Alejandro Mateus 24.60, 4. Fernando Barreto 37.02, 5. Luca Hincapie 38.53; 7-8, 1. Sebastian Lares, Comets 18.38; COMETS: 2. Zackary Harris 19.47, 3. Tanner Gibson 22.09, 9. Ryan Heron 26.17, 10. Mark Andre De Gracia 26.96, 12. Ariel Sanchez 29.78, 13. Dennis Dale 31.22, 14. Jake Cavanagh 32.51.

25-yard backstroke:

6-and-under, 1. Gabriel Coro, Blue Marlins 23.12; COMETS: 2. Alejandro Mateus 24.28, 5. Fernando Barreto 31.77, 8. Luca Hincapie 38.48; 7-8, 1. Sebastian Lares, Comets Swim Team 19.13; COMETS: 2. Zackary Harris 20.84, 5. Tanner Gibson 22.23, 8. Ryan Heron 23.67, 11. Mark Andre De Gracia 25.77, 12. Jake Cavanagh 27.14, 13. Dennis Dale 27.33, 14. Ariel Sanchez 27.78.

25-yard breaststroke:

6-and-under, 1. Alejandro Mateus, Comets Swim Team 30.36; COMETS: 3. Fernando Barreto 37.19, 5. Luca Hincapie 47.21; 7-8, 1. Sebastian Lares, Comets Swim Team 22.89; COMETS: 2. Zackary Harris 24.47, 3. Tanner Gibson 25.09, 5. Ryan Heron 25.46, 9. Ariel Sanchez 28.17, 11. Mark Andre De Gracia 28.72, 13. Dennis Dale 32.50, 14. Jake Cavanagh 32.60.

25-yard freestyle:

6-and-under, 1. Luca Echeumuna, Unattached 18.57; COMETS: 2. Alejandro Mateus, 23.05, 4. Fernando Barreto 26.64, 10. Luca Hincapie 33.81; 7-8, 1. Gabriel Perez, Blue Marlins 16:42; COMETS: 2. Zackary Harris 16.49, 3. Sebastian Lares 16.62, 8. Tanner Gibson 19.52, 9. Ryan Heron 20.25, 11. Mark Andre De Gracia 23.14, 12. Jake Cavanagh 24.16, 13. Ariel Sanchez 25.12, 14. Dennis Dale 26.36.

100-yard freestyle relay:

8-and-under, 1. Blue Marlins 1:08.57; 2. Comets Swim Team “A” 1:09.60 (Tanner Gibson, Zackary Harris, Ryan Heron, Sebastian Lares), 4. Comets Swim Team “C” 1:51.63 (Fernando Barreto, Jake Cavanagh, Mark Andre De Gracia, Dennis Dale).

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

http://www.swim4soflo.com

Comets, Coral Springs Sizzle At Broward Sizzler In Tamarac; Comets’ Sebastian Lares Wins Four Events

WRITTEN BY SHARON ROBB

March 26, 2011

With so many outstanding 8-and-under Comets and Coral Springs Swim Club swimmers, the future looks promising for the South Florida Aquatic Club.

Meet director Dave Wathen called Friday night’s 8-and-Under Broward Sizzler Invitational at the Tamarac Caporella Aquatic Complex featuring 160 swimmers from the Florida Gold Coast “an incredible sizzler.”

During the two-hour short course meters meet hosted by the Sunrise Booster Club, Comets and Coral Springs Swim Club swimmers rose to the occasion.

Six-year-old Sebastian Lares of the Comets Swim Team definitely knows his strokes and is already looking good for the individual medley.

Lares took home four first place ribbons and one third place relay ribbon.

Lares won all four of his 6-and-under individual events. He won the 25-meter butterfly in 24.41; 25-meter backstroke in 25.16; 25-meter breaststroke in 29.73 and 25-meter freestyle in 22.63.

Lares also led off the Comets’ third place 100-yard freestyle relay team that finished in 1:30.73. Other relay members were Joseph Lee, Nicholas Mazon and Daniel Saliba.

Another 6-year-old, Giuliana Garcia of the Coral Springs Swim Club won three individual events.

Garcia won the 6-and-under 25-meter butterfly in 26.93, 25-meter breaststroke in 29.18 and 25-meter freestyle in 22.33.

Other individual champions were Isabella Franco, 8, of the Comets in the 7-8 25-meter breaststroke in 26.69 and Daniel Saliba, 7, of the Comets in the 7-8 25-meter breaststroke in 24.92.

Franco was also a member of the fourth-place girls 100-meter freestyle relay and Saliba was a member of the third place boys relay.

BROWARD SIZZLER RESULTS

GIRLS

25-meter butterfly: 6-and-under, 1. Giuliana Garcia, CSSC 26.93; CORAL SPRINGS: 2. Marissa Kopec 27.40; 7-8, 1. Josefine Richter, Pine Crest 23.71; CORAL SPRINGS: 4. Cara Virgin 25.11, 13. Stephanie Kopec 27.91, 21. Emma Gomez 29.90, 24. Olivia Mason 30.27, 33. Katherine Minielly 32.57, 38. Molly Mason 33.48, 41. Michelle Lapidot 34.73, 46. Gisele Girones 38.84; COMETS: 5. Trinity Hoyos 25.44, 6. Katrina Del Vecchio 25.65, 15. Isabella Franco 28.07, 19. Emma Perera 29.68, 26. Madison Ramon 30.46, 37. Zoe Mutombo 33.25, 42. Analucia Raimont 35.45, 43. Gretchen Montgomery 35.57, 47. Isabella Lizarazo 39.87, 51. Kylie McIntosh 43.32, 54. Sophia Bedoya 50.15.

25-meter backstroke: 6-and-under, 1. Isabella Chambers, Plantation 26.77; CORAL SPRINGS: 3. Giuliana Garcia 28.91, 5. Marissa Kopec 30.95; 7-8, 1. Lalainie Bannister, Lauderhill 22.49; CORAL SPRINGS: 5. Olivia Mason 25.43, 21. Katherine Minielly 28.42, 23. Michelle Lapidot 28.61; 26. Stephanie Kopec 29.53, 27. Molly Mason 30.04, 28. Cara Virgin 30.10, 29. Emma Gomez 30.56, 48. Gisele Girones 39.20; COMETS: 9. Trinity Hoyos 26.75, 13. Emma Perera 26.94, 16. Katrina Del Vecchio 27.19, 20. Isabella Franco 28.30, 24. Gretchen Montgomery 28.76, 25. Madison Ramon 28.90, 36. Sophia Bedoya 33.1, 44. Zoe Mutombo 37.34, 45. Kylie McIntosh 37.52, 47. Isabella Lizarazo 38.53, 49. Analucia Raimont 39.21.

25-meter breaststroke: 6-and-under, 1. Giuliana Garcia, Coral Springs 29.18; CORAL SPRINGS: 3. Marissa Kopec 30.66; 7-8, 1. Isabella Franco, Comets 26.69, CORAL SPRINGS: 4. Cara Virgin 27.20, 5. Olivia Mason 27.62, 12. Stephanie Kopec 30.64, 16. Molly Mason 31.99, 20. Michelle Lapidot 32.62, 24. Emma Gomez 33.13, 34. Gisele Girones 35.92, 40. Katherine Minielly 38.12; COMETS: 9. Trinity Hoyos 29.58, 13. Gretchen Montgomery 31.01, 18. Emma Perera 32.34, 23. Katrina Del Vecchio 33.11, 26. Madison Ramon 33.94, 43. Analucia Raimont 39.87, 44. Isabella Lizarazo 39.94, 47. Zoe Mutombo 42.12, 48. Kyle McIntosh 42.32, 49. Sophia Bedoya 45.27.

25-meter freestyle: 6-and-under, 1. Giuliana Garcia, Coral Springs 22.33; CORAL SPRINGS: 2. Marissa Kopec 23.09; 7-8, 1. Josefine Richter, Pine Crest 19.77; CORAL SPRINGS: 4. Olivia Mason 20.40, 5. Cara Virgin 20.67, 13. Stephanie Kopec 22.43, 14. Emma Gomez 22.57, 21. Molly Mason 23.69, 25. Katherine Minielly 24.62, 31. Michelle Lapidot 25.98, 48. Gisele Girones 32.43; COMETS: 7. Trinity Hoyos 21.24, 12. Isabella Franco 22.23, 15. Katrina Del Vecchio 22.71, 24. Emma Perera 24.42, 28. Madison Ramon 25.88, 34. Zoe Mutombo 28.14, 41. Gretchen Montgomery 29.15, 42. Sophia Bedoya 29.86, 44. Kylie McIntosh 30.49, 51. Isabella Lizarazo 36.79, 52. Analucia Raimont 36.96.

100-meter freestyle relay: 8-and-under, 1. Pine Crest (Lejla Najarro, Rebecca Forrester, Jourdan henry, Josefine Richter) 1:27.76; 2. Coral Springs “A” (Marissa Kopec, Emma Gomez, Stephanie Kopec, Olivia Mason) 1:29.29; 4. Comets “A” (Gretchen Montgomery, Emma Perera, Isabella Franco, Trinity Hoyos) 1:40.39; 6. Coral Springs “B” (Gisele Girones, Molly Mason, Katherine Minielly, Michelle Lapidot) 1:45.52; 8. Comets “C” (Sophia Bedoya, Katrina Del Vecchio, Zoe Mutombo, Madison Ramon) 2:02.00.

BOYS

25-meter butterfly: 6-and-under, 1. Sebastian Lares, Comets 24.41; COMETS: 3. Fernando Ziehm 37.18, 10. Miguel Crespo 57.20; CORAL SPRINGS: 6. Ryan Schmuki 41.36, 7. Edward Huang 44.96; 7-8, 1. Raphael Santos, Fort Lauderdale Aquatics 19.29; COMETS: 3. Daniel Saliba 22.42, 9. Dylan Face 26.41, 11. Joseph Lee 27.34, 14. Nicholas Mazon 28.15, 16. Akira Huang 30.27, 17. Marcus Hernandez 30.40, 22. Tanner Gibson 33.11, 26. Ryan Heron 34.93, 28. Anthony Gutierrez 36.28, 33. Marcos Vazquez 38.96; CORAL SPRINGS: 4. Joshua Hanks 24.48, 5. Connor Marks 25.59, 8. Daniel Huang 26.25, 12. Fabio Savino 27.65, 19. Brian Gonzalez 31.02, 29. Alex Dworet 36.52, 34. Andre Hada 40.99.

25-meter backstroke: 6-and-under, 1. Sebastian Lares, Comets 25.16; COMETS: 2. Fernando Ziehm 32.01, 10. Miguel Crespo 46.15; CORAL SPRINGS: 3. Ryan Schmuki 33.36, 5. Edward Huang 36.21; 7-8, 1. Raphael Santos, Fort Lauderdale Aquatics 21.86; COMETS: 2. Daniel Saliba 23.74, 8. Joseph Lee 25.35, 16. Nicholas Mazon 28.25, 17. Dyan Face 28.62, 18. Tanner Gibson 28.75, 19. Akira Huang 29.63, 22. Ryan Heron 30.68, 24. Marcos Vazquez 31.56, 30. Anthon Gutierrez 35.67, 31. Marcus Hernandez 35.76; CORAL SPRINGS: 4. Joshua Hanks 24.01, 6. Connor Marks 24.72, 10. Daniel Huang 25.62, 13. Nick Ismailoff 27.65, 14. Brian Gonzalez 27.90, 20. Fabio Savino 29.79, 25. Alex Dworet 32.47, 34. Andre Hada 38.21.

25-meter breaststroke: 6-and-under, 1. Sebastian Lares, Comets 29.73, COMETS: 2. Fernando Ziehm 32.81, 6. Miguel Crespo 45.67, CORAL SPRINGS: 4. Ryan Schmuki 41.76, 7. Edward Huang 49.00; 7-8, 1. Daniel Saliba, Comets 24.92; CORAL SPRINGS: 3. Joshua Hanks 27.75, 6. Fabio Savino 29.09, 13. Nick Ismailoff 31.76, 14. Daniel Huang 31.82, 21. Connor Marks 34.65, 29. Brian Gonzalez 38.98, 31. Andre Hada 40.54, 38. Alex Dworet 47.16; COMETS: 10. Dylan Face 30.25, 11. Akira Huang 30.61, 12. Nicholas Mazon 31.51, 16. Tanner Gibson 32.58, 19. Joseph Lee 34.37, 20. Ryan Heron 34.51, 25. Marcos Vazquez 35.63, 27. Anthony Gutierrez 37.31, 35. Marcus Hernandez 42.02.

25-meter freestyle: 6-and-under, 1. Sebastian Lares, Comets 22.63; COMETS: 2. Fernando Ziehm 26.94, 7. Miguel Crespo 37.58; CORAL SPRINGS: 4. Edward Huang 34.28, 6. Ryan Schmuki 34.75; 7-8, 1. Raphael Santos, FLA 16.62; COMETS: 3. Daniel Saliba 19.31, 8. Dylan Face 21.47, 10. Nicholas Mazon 22.19, 16. Tanner Gibson 23.77, 17. Akira Huang 24.15, 29. Marcus Hernandez 28.10, 34. Marcos Vazquez 31.05, 35. Anthony Gutierrez 31.71, 36. Ryan Heron 32.72; CORAL SPRINGS: 5. Connor Marks 20.39, 6. Joshua Hanks 20.45, 12. Daniel Huang 22.61, 14. Fabio Savino 23.48, 19. Brian Gonzalez 24.21, 22. Nick Ismailoff 26.10, 33. Alex Dworet 30.85, 37. Andre Hada 33.17.

100-meter freestyle relay: 8-and-under, 1. Fort Lauderdale Aquatics “A” (Michael Gonio, Jack Faulkner, Jacobi James, Raphael Santos) 1:28.40; 2. Coral Springs “A” (Connor Marks, Fabio Savino, Daniel Huang, Joshua Hanks) 1:30.39; 3. Comets “A” (Sebastian Lares, Joseph Lee, Nicholas Mazon, Daniel Saliba) 1:30.73; 5. Comets “B” (Tanner Gibson, Ryan Heron, Dylan Face, Akira Huang) 1:40.19; 6. Coral Springs “B” (Ryan Schmuki, Andre Hada, Nick Ismailoff, Brian Gonzalez) 1:51.99; 8. Comets “C” (Marcus Hernandez, Marcos Vazquez, Anthon Gutierrez, Fernando Ziehm) 2:00.38.

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