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SOFLO Swimmers Shine In SOFLO/TYR Back To School Developmental Fall Season-Opening Meet

By Sharon Robb
PEMBROKE PINES, August 28, 2022—South Florida Aquatic Club swimmers got off to a great start to the fall season Saturday in the SOFLO/TYR Back To School Developmental Meet at Academic Village Pool.

SOFLO’s Katie Petrucci, 7, led the 8-and-under girls with three individual wins in the 25-yard butterfly (22.48), 25-yard freestyle (18.08) and 100-yard individual medley (1:39.83), a time drop of 6.30 seconds.

Teammate Santiago Zuluaga, 7, led the 8-and-under boys also with three wins in the 25-yard backstroke (21.71), time drop of 0.29, 25-yard breaststroke (26.23) and 100-yard individual medley (1:50.79).

Haley Garcia, 15, came up big in the 15-16 races winning four races. She won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:24.02), 50-yard freestyle (31.50), time drop 0.32, 100-yard freestyle (1:09.11), time drop 0.06 and 100-yard individual medley (1:17.66), time drop 1.44.

Other multi-event winners with some impressive time drops were:
Mikhel Martin, 13, 100 butterfly 1:13.13, 100 freestyle 1:01.91.
Judith-Alison Natino, 16, 200 free relay 1:49.33, 100 butterfly 1:12.21, 100 backstroke 1:14.49, time drop 1.10.
Amber Connor, 10, 100 backstroke 1:27.97, 100 breaststroke, time drop 14.60, 50 freestyle 32.59, 2.65 time drop.
Gabriela Ekht, 10, 50 breaststroke, 45.70, time drop 2.27, 100-yard IM 1:33.96, time drop 7.69.
Maryella Baker, 12, 50 freestyle 30.05, 100 IM 1:18.54.
Paige Fleming, 10, 50 backstroke 39.56, 100 freestyle 1:20.33.
Ryan Harries, 13, 100 butterfly 1:06.39, time drop 4.04, 100 backstroke 1:08.00, time drop 4.01.
Rainier Leyva Riestra, 11, 50 backstroke 33.69, 100 breaststroke 1:25.60, time drop 0.03.
Matt McVeigh, 15, 100 backstroke 1:03.84, time drop 0.49, 100 freestyle 57.73, time drop 0.46.
Nicholas Veeser, 17, 100 breaststroke 1:12.78, 50 freestyle 27.28, 100 IM 1:07.44.
Justin Campos, 14, 50 freestyle 26.74, time drop 1.84, 100 freestyle 59.43, time drop 2.58.
Bruno Martins, 16, 200 free relay, 50 freestyle 26.58, time drop 0.60.

SOFLO led the five-team field with 152 swimmers (83 boys and 69 girls) in 464 individual and two relay events.

In addition to host SOFLO, other Florida Gold Coast teams that competed were Cyclones Swim Team, Metro Aquatic Club of Miami, SwimFast and Tsunami Swim Team.

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.

SATURDAY RESULTS
SESSION ONE
GIRLS
25-yard butterfly: 8-and-under, 1. Katie Petrucci, SOFLO 22.48, 2. Brooklyn Barry, SF 22.72, 3. Maya Barrizonte, SOFLO 23:21, time drop 3.51, 4. Anna Guerrero, SOFLO 26.09, time drop 8.51.

25-yard backstroke: 8-and-under, 1. Brooklyn Barry, SF 22.78, 2. Dalyah Bouti, SOFLO 23.78, 3. Story Wright, SF 24.87, 4. Anna Guerrero, SOFLO 26.05.

25-yard breaststroke: 8-and-under, 1. Victoria Colmenares, SOFLO 28.09, 2. Maya Barrizonte, SOFLO 29.15, time drop 1.56, 3. Story Wright, SF 29.17, 4. Anna Guerrero, SOFLO 30.59.

25-yard freestyle: 8-and-under, 1. Katie Petrucci, SOFLO 18.08, 2. Dalyah Bouti, SOFLO 19.22, time drop 0.94, 3. Maya Barrizonte, SOFLO 19.76, 4. Ivy Acosta, SOFLO 21.60.

100-yard individual medley: 8-and-under, 1. Katie Petrucci, SOFLO 1:39.83, time drop 6.30, 2. Brooklyn Barry, SF 1:46.45, 3. Maya Barrizonte, SOFLO 2:08.17, 4. Victoria Colmenares, SOFLO 2:09.88.

Mixed 8-and-under 100-yard freestyle: 1. SOFLO A 1:16.01, 2. SOFLO B 1:31.30.

BOYS
25-yard butterfly: 8-and-under, 1. Francisco Miksovsky, MAC 22.17, 2. Andres Gomez, SOFLO 24.00, time drop 4.93, 3. Gregory Miralles, SOFLO 25.61, 4. Tanner Abrahamson, CC 25.87.

25-yard backstroke: 8-and-under, 1. Santiago Zuluaga, SOFLO 21.71, time drop 0.29, 2. Tanner Abrahamson, CC 24.52, 3. Andres Gomez, SOFLO 25.99, 4. Mateo Naranjo, SOFLO 26.20, time drop 1.93.

25-yard breaststroke: 8-and-under, 1. Santiago Zuluaga, SOFLO 26.23, 2. Gregory Miralles, SOFLO 27.77, time drop 0.37, 3. Tanner Abrahamson, CC 30.65, 4. Andres Gomez, SOFLO 31.14, time drop 0.02.

25-yard freestyle: 8-and-under, 1. Francisco Miksovsky, MAC 18.31, 2. Santiago Zuluaga, SOFLO 19.22, time drop 1.99, 3. Gregory Miralles, SOFLO 19.95, time drop 2.18, 4. Zachary Ogden, TSU 20.02.

100-yard individual medley: 1. Santiago Zuluaga, SOFLO 1:50.79.

SESSION TWO
GIRLS
Mixed 9-18 200-yard free relay: 1. SOFLO A (Pablo Gomez, Judith-Alison Natino, Cali Harries, Bruno Martins) 1:49.33, 2. Cyclones 1:59.73, 3. SOFLO C 2:01.06 (Victor Valdiviezo, Cecilia Buzzelli, Sophia Avila, Nicholas Veeser).

50-yard butterfly: 9-10, 1. Linda Forsyth, UN 40.14, 2. Mia Rop, SOFLO 40.74, 3. Karen Iino, SOFLO 41.77, time drop 2.79; 11-12, 1. Camila Canelon, UN 31.43, 2. Aubrey Moen, CC 32.12, 3. Maryella Baker, SOFLO 31.61, 4. Sophia Rodriguez, SOFLO 33.74, time drop 2.69.

100-yard butterfly: 9-10, 1. Catalina Akpabio, SOFLO 1:45.10, 2. Savanna Alonso, SOFLO 1:45.77; 11-12, 1. Camila Canelon, UN 1:12.41, 2. Aubrey Moen, CC 1:15.11; 13-14, 1. Mikhel Martin, SOFLO 1:13.13, 2. Kayla Chacon, SF 1:17.71, 3. Mariana Wolfe, SOFLO 1:34.34; 15-16, 1. Judith-Alison Natino, SOFLO 1:12.21, 2. Cali Harries, SOFLO 1:18.64, 3. Kaitlyn Sanchez, SF 1:44.12.

50-yard backstroke: 9-10, 1. Paige Fleming, SOFLO 39.56, 2. Stephania Dmitrova, SOFLO 41.30, time drop 0.74, 3. Gabriel Ekht, SOFLO 43.82, time drop 1.28, 4. Savanna Alonso, SOFLO 45.20, time drop 7.31; 11-12, 1. Danielle Brancati, SOFLO 36.35, time drop 0.84, 2. Marlena Groves, SOFLO 37.23, time drop 0.56, 3. Sofia Martinez, SOFLO 38.80, time drop 4.09; 4. Varvara Dmitrova, SOFLO 39.04, time drop 2.80.

100-yard backstroke: 9-10, 1. Amber Connor, SOFLO 1:27.97, 2. Catalina Akpabio, SOFLO 1:37.06; 11-12, 1. Camila Canelon, UN 1:14.22, 2. Joanna Valdiviezo, SOFLO 1:19.21, time drop 1.44, 3. Marlena Groves, SOFLO 1:21.47, 4. Ziyu Pan, CCPR 1:37.10; 13-14, 1. Nicole Jimenez, MAC 1:13.62, 2. Kayla Chacon, SF 1:15.67, 3. Shantal Teran, SF 1:18.33, 4. Sophia Avila, SOFLO 1:19.56; 15-16, 1. Judith-Alison Natino, SOFLO 1:14.49, time drop 1.10, 2. Cali Harries, SOFLO 1:20.85, 3. Adriana Pichardo, SF 1:30.41.

50-yard breaststroke: 9-10, 1. Gabriela Ekht, SOFLO 45.70, time drop 2.27, 2. Sofia Rufeev, SOFLO 47.33, time drop 0.49, 3. Linda Forsyth, UN 48.80, 4. Stephania Dmitrova, SOFLO 49.19, time drop 0.27; 11-12, 1. Aubrey Moen, CC 39.64, 2. Maryella Baker, SOFLO 41.78, 3. Sophia Rodriguez, SOFLO 42.79, time drop 3.97, 4. Devy Otero, SOFLO 44.89, time drop 2.24.

100-yard breaststroke: 9-10, 1. Amber Connor, SOFLO 1:33.78, time drop 14.60, 2. Savanna Alonso, SOFLO 1:45.06, time drop 3.73; 11-12, 1. Aubrey Moen, CC 1:27.79, 2. Eva Ortiz, SOFLO 1:41.68, 3. Alejandra Quinto, CC 1:41.70; 13-14, 1. Kayla Chacon, SF 1:24.76, 2. Mikhel Martin, SOFLO 1:26.93, 3. Isabella Callaway Coy, SOFLO 1:27.20, time drop 12.90, 4. Gabriela Marin, SOFLO 1:28.62, time drop 4.59; 15-16, 1. Haley Garcia, SOFLO 1:24.02, 2. Cecilia Buzzelli, SOFLO 1:32.31, time drop 6.01, 3. Kaitlyn Sanchez, SF 1:38.20, 4. Dominique Balli, SOFLO 35.48.

50-yard freestyle: 9-10, 1. Amber Connor, SOFLO 32.59, time drop 2.65, 2. Paige Fleming, SOFLO 34.44, 3. Luna Varela, MAC 34.92, 4. Mia Rop, SOFLO 35.78; 11-12, 1. Maryella Baker, SOFLO 30.05, 2. Marlena Groves, SOFLO 32.06, 3. Danielle Brancati, SOFLO 33.50, time drop 1.16, 4. Sofia Martinez, SOFLO 35.00, time drop 0.16; 13-14, 1. Shantal Teran SF 31.12, 2. Sophia Avila, SOFLO 31.39, 3. Gabriela Marin, SOFLO 31.43, 4. Mikaella Martinez, SOFLO 32.85; 15-16, 1. Haley Garcia, SOFLO 31.50, time drop 0.32, 2. Kaitlyn Sanchez, SF 31.83, 3. Cecilia Buzzelli, SOFLO 35.26, time drop 1.75, 4. Dominique Balli, SOFLO 35.48.

100-yard freestyle: 9-10, 1. Paige Fleming, SOFLO 1:20.33, 2. Sofia Rufeev, SOFLO 1:21.38, time drop 2.86, 3. Catalina Akpabio, SOFLO 1:28.44, 4. Zoe Miralles, SOFLO 1:30.17; 11-12, 1. Camila Canelon, UN 1:05.17, 2. Sophia Rodriguez, SOFLO 1:09.26, time drop 3.94, 3. Alejandro Quinto, CC 1:20.20, 4. Varvara Dmitrova, SOFLO 1:20.24, time drop 8.65; 13-14, 1. Mikhel Martin, SOFLO 1:01.91, 2. Nicole Jimenez, MAC 1:05.87, 3. Sophia Avila, SOFLO 1:09.00, 4. Gabriela Martin, SOFLO 1:09.73; 15-16, 1. Haley Garcia, SOFLO 1:09.11, time drop 0.06, 2. Kaitlyn Sanchez, SF 1:18.01, 3. Cecilia Buzzelli, SOFLO 1:19.24, time drop 0.93, 4. Dominique Balli, SOFLO 1:19.52, time drop 2.19.

100-yard individual medley: 9-10, 1. Gabriela Ekht, SOFLO 1:33.96, time drop 7.69, 2. Karen Iino, SOFLO 1:34.91, 3. Stephania Dmitrova, SOFLO 1:37.79; 11-12, 1. Maryella Baker, SOFLO 1:18.54, 2. Sophia Rodriguez, SOFLO 1:23.46, time drop 3.09, 3. Joanna Valdiviezo, SOFLO 1:24.19, time drop 1.69, 4. Danielle Brancati, SOFLO 1:25.17; 13-14, 1. Kayla Chacon, SF 1:14.16, 2. Gabriela Marin, SOFLO 1:17.77, time drop 1.01, 3. Shantal Teran, SF 1:21.06, 4. Sophia Avila, SOFLO 1:2158; 15-16, 1. Haley Garcia, SOFLO 1:17.66, time drop 1.44, 2. Cecilia Buzzelli, SOFLO 1:30.71, time drop 1.66.

BOYS
50-yard butterfly: 9-10, 1. Timber Wright, SF 38.80, 2. Kamyl Corcuera, MAC 39.32, 3. Gabriel Ferrer, SOFLO 40.43, time drop 4.76, 4. Luis Escobar, SOFLO 42.82, time drop 3.25; 11-12, 1. Luca Pichardo, CC 32.77, 2. Jacob Jones, SOFLO 33.35, time drop 4.98, 3. Benjamin Liss, SOFLO 35.31, time drop 4.92, 4. Kenneth Solis, SOFLO 35.70, time drop 0.79.

100-yard butterfly: 9-10, 1. Leonardo Zuluaga, SOFLO 1:31.43; 11-12, 1. Matthew Ortiz, SOFLO 1:26.29, 2. Elias Akpabio, SOFLO 1:28.19, 3. Luke Stojack, SF 1:31.24, 4. Jonathan Li, SOFLO 1:44.59; 13-14, 1. Ryan Harries, SOFLO 1:06.39, time drop 4.04, 2. Maximiliano Remmele, SOFLO 1:07.12, time drop 9.70, 3. Joseph-Blake Natino, SOFLO 1:07.75, time drop 1.45, 4. Diego Reveron, SOFLO 1:08.43, time drop 3.55; 15-16, 1. Ayden Otero, SOFLO 1:00.27, time drop 3.76, 2. Bruno Martins, SOFLO 1:04.14, time drop 2.33, 3. Giorgio Rusconi, SOFLO 1:05.84, 4. Aidan Vazquez, CC 1:07.56.

50-yard backstroke: 9-10, 1. Kamyl Corcuera, MAC 39.68, 2. Timber Wright, SF 40.23, 3. Hayden Abrahamson, CC 40.44, 4. Lucas Bolano, SOFLO 43.39, time drop 8.52; 11-12, 1. Rainier Leyva Riestra, SOFLO 33.69, 2. Jacob Jones, SOFLO 33.95, time drop 1.96, 3. Luca Pichardo, CC 36.35, 4. Kenneth Solis, SOFLO 36.97, time drop 0.99.

100-yard backstroke: 9-10, 1. Guy Soto, CC 1:22.29, 2. Niccolo Miccolis, SOFLO 1:34.71, time drop 3.58; 11-12, 1. Kai Grossi, CC 1:11.79, 2. Rainier Leyva Riestra, SOFLO 1:12.46, 3. Marcel Cowley, MAC 1:16.17, 4. Dylan McVeigh, SOFLO 1:18.05, time drop 6.39; 13-14, 1. Ryan Harries, SOFLO 1:08.00, time drop 4.01, 2. Justin Campos, SOFLO 1:08.35, time drop 1.62, 3. Kenny Paas, SOFLO 1:08.93, 4. Joseph-Blake Natino, SOFLO 1:10.23, time drop 1.07; 15-16, 1. Matt McVeigh, SOFLO 1:03.84, time drop 0.49, 2. Ayden Otero, SOFLO 1:05.77, 3. Andres Gonzalez, SOFLO 1:08.29, time drop 0.56, 4. Victor Valdiviezo, SOFLO 1:08.71, time drop 0.23.

50-yard breaststroke: 9-10, 1.Michael Barber, SOFLO 45.81, time drop 2.01, 2. Janiel Espinosa, SF 47.08, 3. Gabriel Ferrer, SOFLO 47.41, time drop 0.10, 4. Sean Tee, SOFLO 47.89, time drop 0.77; 11-12, 1. Luca Pinchardo, CC 39.37, 2. Rainier Leyva Riestra, SOFLO 39.41, 3. Benjamin Liss, SOFLO 39.83, time drop 1.61, 4. Aiden Delgado, SOFLO 43.00, time drop 1.76.

100-yard breaststroke: 9-10, 1. Guy Soto, CC 1:41.67; 11-12, 1. Rainier Leyva Riestra, SOFLO 1:25.60, time drop 0.03, 2. Rafael Naranjo, SOFLO 1:28.25, 3. Dylan McVeigh, SOFLO 1:33.31, time drop 2.64, 4. Jonathan Li, SOFLO 1:33.56; 13-14, 1. Maximiliano Remmele, SOFLO 1:14.03, time drop 4.11, 2. Martin Petkov, SOFLO 1:14.43, time drop 2.26, 3. Kenny Paas, SOFLO 1:14.54, time drop 3.15, 4. Thomas Avenado, SF 1:18.71; 15-16, 1. Andres Gonzalez, SOFLO 1:14.06, 2. Pablo Gomez, SOFLO 1:16.63, 3. Carlos Rincon, SOFLO 1:19.68, 4. Bruno Martins, SOFLO 1:20.09, time drop 0.90; 17-18, 1. Nicholas Veeser, SOFLO 1:12.78.

50-yard freestyle: 9-10, 1. Kamyl Corcuera, MAC 32.16, 2. Hayden Abrahamson, CC 32.77, 3. Michael Barber, SOFLO 32.86, time drop 2.22, 4. Sean Tee, SOFLO 33.76, time drop 1.83; 11-12, 1. Marcel Cowley, MAC 29.95, 2. Rafael Naranjo, SOFLO 31.10, time drop 3.21, 3. Michael Shy, CC 31.63, 4. Dylan McVeigh, SOFLO 32.08, time drop 2.33; 13-14, 1. Justin Campos, SOFLO 26.74, time drop 1.84, 2. Kenny Paas, SOFLO 26.84, time drop 1.12, 3. Diego Reveron, SOFLO 27.48, time drop 0.62, 4. Thomas Avenado, SF 27.64; 15-16, 1. Bruno Martins, SOFLO 26.58, time drop 0.60, 2. Xavier Hernandez, MAC 26.59, 3. Pablo Gomez, SOFLO 26.61, time drop 0.68, 4. Victor Valdiviezo, SOFLO 27.56; 17-18, 1. Nicholas Veeser, SOFLO 27.28.

100-yard freestyle: 9-10, 1. Luis Escobar, SOFLO 1:15.18, time drop 4.24, 2. Timber Wright, SF 1:19.19, 3. Enzo Booth, SOFLO 1:21.30, time drop 2.63, 4. Luca Bolano, SOFLO 1:22.39; 11-12, 1. Jacob Jones, SOFLO 1:03.58, time drop 3.16, 2. Aiden Delgado, SOFLO 1:07.50, time drop 6.84, 3. Rafael Naranjo, SOFLO 1:08.52, time drop 6.86, 4. Michael Shy, CC 1:10.26; 13-14, 1. Justin Campos, SOFLO 59.43, time drop 2.58, 2. Thomas Avenado, SF 59.54, 3. Diego Reveron, SOFLO 1:00.39, time drop 1.07, 4. Joseph-Blake Natino, SOFLO 1:00.84, time drop 0.87; 15-16, 1. Matt McVeigh, SOFLO 57.73, time drop 0.46, 2. Pablo Gomez, SOFLO 58.58, time drop 0.56, 3. Yash Patel, CC 59.14, 4. Victor Valdiviezo, SOFLO 59.51, time drop 3.77.

100-yard individual medley: 9-10, 1. Janiel Espinosa, SF 1:22.74, 2. Roy Alvarez, MAC 1:23.30, 3. Michael Barber, SOFLO 1:24.74, time drop 4.42, 4. Hayden Abrahamson, CC 1:26.22; 11-12, 1. Kai Grossi, CC 1:11.86, 2. Luca Pichardo, CC 1:15.04, 3. Jacob Jones, SOFLO 1:15.73, time drop 3.07, 4. Marcel Cowley, MAC 1:18.93; 13-14, 1. Matthew Jimenez, SOFLO 1:19.06. 2. Adrian Sowma, SOFLO 1:19.45, time drop 3.26, 3. Giancarlo DaSilva, CC 1:21.70, 4. Aston Claxon, SOFLO 1:23.32; 15-16, 1. Andres Tejada, UN 1:01.59, 2. Giorgio Rusconi, SOFLO 1:03.74, 3. Ayden Otero, SOFLO 1:06.29, 4. Yash Patel, CC 1:11.70; 17-18, 1. Nicholas Veeser, SOFLO 1:07.44.
SESSION THREE
GIRLS
1000-yard freestyle: 11-12, 1. Mackenzie McPherson, SOFLO 11:32.17, 2. Laila Harran, SOFLO 11:34.87, 3. Sofia Gomez, SOFLO 11:44.14, 4. Saree Young, SOFLO 11:57.04; 13-14, 1. Sofia Jorge, MAC 10:30, 2. Isabel Viera 10:38.36, 3. Carley Kaplan, UN 11:21.23, 4. Sarah Vasquez, SOFLO 11:41.04; 15-16, 1. Katelyn Gembicki, SOFLO 11:16.06, 2. Paola Negrin, MAC 11:18.13, 3. Natalia Sibug, UN 11:51.41, 4. Cali Harries, SOFLO 12:09.10.
BOYS
1000-yard freestyle: 11-12, 1. David Valdiviezo, SOFLO 11:32.37, 2. Javier Massot, MAC 12:03.43, 3. Kevin Garcia, SOFLO 13:22.97; 13-14, 1. Lucas Fernandez-Chung, MAC 9:56.60, 2. Nicolas Kokidko, MAC 10:28.34, 3. Luis Blanca, MAC 19:48.46, 4. Jesus Linares, MAC 11:06.46; 15-16, 1. Hashan Ekanayake, SOFLO 9:57.37, 2. Felix Gonzalez, SOFLO 10:00.60, 3. Alessandro Pereira, UN 10:03.28, 4. Dylan Ferguson, MAC 10:05.64.

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

SOFLO/TYR Back To School Developmental Meet Begins Fall Club Season On Saturday

By Sharon Robb
PEMBROKE PINES, August 26, 2022—First it was back to school, and now it’s back to swimming.

After a fun summer and family vacations, South Florida Aquatic Club swimmers will compete in their first fall meet on Saturday in the SOFLO/TYR Back To School Developmental Meet at Academic Village Pool.

SOFLO heads the field in the five-team field with 152 swimmers (83 boys and 69 girls) in 464 individual and two relay events.

In addition to host SOFLO, other Florida Gold Coast teams competing are Cyclones Swim Team, Metro Aquatic Club of Miami, SwimFast and Tsunami Swim Team.

There will be three sessions: 10 a.m. to 10:44 a.m. for 8-and-unders; 11:45 a.m.-1:42 p.m. for 10-and-over swimmers and 3:15 p.m.-5:12 p.m. for the 11-18 1000 freestyle events.

SOFLO swimmers dominate the 8-and-under top seed spots. They are:
Katie Petrucci, 7, 25-yard butterfly 22.25.
Gregory Miralles, 8, 25-yard butterfly 25.29.
Victoria Colmenares, 8, 25-yard breaststroke 27.59.
Santiago Zuluaga, 7, 25-yard breaststroke 25.27.
Dalyah Bouti, 8, 25-yard backstroke 23.06.
Santiago Zuluaga, 7, 25-yard backstroke 22.00.
Maya Barrizonte, 8, 25-yard freestyle 18.64.
Andres Gomez, 7, 25-yard freestyle 20.53.
Katie Petruzzi, 7, 100-yard individual medley 1:46.13.
Santiago Zuluaga, 7, 100-yard individual medley 1:49.44.

Other top-seeded older SOFLO swimmers are Cabrera Suarez, 10; Mathew Ortiz, 11; Joseph-Blake Natino, 13; Giorgio Rusconi, 16; Catalina Akpabio, 10; Stephania Dmitrova, 9; Mikhel Martin, 13; Judith-Allison Natino, 16; Danielle Brancati, 12; Leonardo Zuluaga, 9; Marlena Groves, 12; Jacob Jones, 12; Michael Barber, 10; Justin Campos, 14; Gabriel Ferrer, 9; Matt McVeigh, 15; Benjamin Liss, 12; Sofia Rufeev, 10; Martin Petkov, 13; Andres Gonzalez, 15; Haley Garcia, 15; Nicholas Veeser, 17; Amber Connor, 10; Rainier Leyva Riestra, 11; Gabriela Marin, 13; Luis Escobar, 10; Bruno Martins, 16; Nicholas Veeser, 17; Sophia Rodriguez, 11; Diego Reveron, 14; Karen Iino, 10; and Adrian Sowma, 13.

There is no meet admission for families and friends. Free heat sheets are available at soflomeets.info/Aviation or Meet Mobile. For more information, call 954-538-3721.

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 ESPY Sportswoman of the Year Katie Ledecky, 2020 Olympians Simone Manuel, Lilly King, Annie Lazor, Ashley Twichell and other elite swimmers Melanie Margalis, Molly Hannis and Kelsi Dahlia.

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

TYR JUNE GIRL SWIMMER OF THE MONTH: Amber Connor

By Sharon Robb
PEMBROKE PINES, August 8, 2022–Amber Connor is more than willing to work hard in swimming.

The Chapel Trail Elementary School fifth grader loves everything about the sport including the social aspect and dry land training.

“I like swimming with my teammates, I made a lot of friends,” Connor said. “At the same time I still have to focus on swimming. I really love dry land. I like pushups, crunches, running and all the types of exercises we do.”

Connor loves to support her SOFLO team. The last time SOFLO had a fundraiser she called all her relatives and told them “they had to contribute,” according to her mom.

Connor, 10, currently swimming with the Meteorites, will move up to Asteroids and work with Coach Luis this month. Her next meet is the Aug. 27 SOFLO/TYR Back To School Developmental Meet.

Connor has been swimming for four years. She learned how to swim and then joined SOFLO where she worked with Coach George and moved up the ladder from pre-team to Little Dippers and Dippers. Her older sister, Jiana, 14, also swims.

“I like the swimming competition the most,” Connor said. “I am competitive.”

Connor competed in an after-school soccer program but said swimming is now “the priority.”

Her favorite stroke is freestyle. “I’ve been getting a lot better with freestyle,” she said.

Connor has progressed with every swim meet. She was most happiest with the Last Chance Summer Invite when she got three Junior Olympics cut times in the 50 butterfly, 100 breaststroke and 50 freestyle. “I like the short, fast races,” she said.

Her goals for the season with Asteroids are to “get at least five more JOs so I can move up. I know I have to work hard and keep up.”

Her mom, Marsha, has watched her daughter become more disciplined with her time thanks to swimming.

“She is disciplined with her time and makes sure she gets to her classes on time,” Marsha said. “I’m glad she got involved with swimming just to have a set routine and be able to manage homework, school and swimming.”

She loves the fact that both of her daughters are involved in swimming.

“I love it because I never learned to swim when I was young. I knew living in Florida I wanted them to learn to swim when they were young. By them just going to swim classes I found out about swimming competitions. I entered them and never looked back.

“I think it’s taught them discipline. It gets them out of the house doing some form of exercise. I like swimming as an exercise sport. I’m learning how much time and commitment it takes.”

Connor said her mom supports her and motivates her on both her good and bad days in the sport.

“I let them know that setbacks in life are expected. Swimming teaches life lessons and setbacks happen. I let her know she can be down for a little bit but you have to get yourself back up and push harder because anything you want in life is not going to be easy. You have to make the effort.”

A normal day for Connor is school from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. After coming home and eating, she gets ready for swimming practice at 4. After dinner she does homework and then goes to bed. She also makes time for her favorite computer game Roblox. Connor hopes to swim in high school and would like to work toward a college scholarship.

Each TYR Swimmer of the Month receives a free TYR backpack. Connor joins SOFLO teammates Eva Ortiz (May), Sally Golding (April), Natalie Gembicki (March), Sofia Lugo (February) and Valentina Remmele (January) as 2022 Swimmers of the Month.

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 Swimmers Off To A Good Start At SOFLO/TYR Back To School Developmental Meet

By Sharon Robb
PEMBROKE PINES, August 28, 2021–South Florida Aquatic Club swimmers took center stage Saturday at the fall season-opening SOFLO/TYR Back To School Developmental Meet at Academic Village Pool.

SOFLO teammates brought out the best in each other during the two sessions for 8-and-under and 9-and-over swimmers.

Close to 80 percent of SOFLO swimmers turned in at least one lifetime-best during the meet.

Among some the most impressive time drops were:

Sean Tee, 8, 7.01 drop in the 25-yard breaststroke, 26.33.

Santiago Zuluaga, 6, 7.04 drop in the 25-yard freestyle, 24.20.

Valentina Remmele, 9, 11.29 drop in the 50-yard butterfly, 47.09.

Amber Connor, 9, 27.24 drop in the 50-yard butterfly, 48.38; 22.24 drop in the 50-yard backstroke, 43.91.

Catalina Restrepo, 12, 12.83 drop in the 50-yard butterfly, 46.68; 9.28 drop in the 50-yard backstroke, 46.71.

Matt McVeigh, 11, 8.91 drop in the 50-yard butterfly, 30.98.

Aleksander Chaussky, 13, 11.05 drop in the 50-yard butterfly, 31.94.

Victor Valdiviezo, 14, 7.87 drop in the 50-yard butterfly, 33.49.

Aiden Delgado, 11, 8.15 drop in the 50-yard backstroke, 38.71.

Antonio Rico, 10, 11.29 drop in the 50-yard breaststroke, 52.62.

SwimFast’s Theanna DeMaria swept all four 8-and-under 25-yard events in the girls’ competition. SOFLO’s Ellie Phan, 6, one of the youngest swimmers in the meet, was runnerup in all four events.

SOFLO won three of the four boys’ 8-and-under events. Leonardo Zuluaga, 8, won the 25-yard freestyle and 25-yard breaststroke. Gabriel Ferrer, 8, won the 25-yard butterfly.

Host SOFLO had the largest contingent with 82 swimmers (56 boys and 26 girls) in 267 individual events and three relay events with 18 relay teams for the one-day meet.

In addition to SOFLO, Metro Aquatics and SwimFast also competed.

SESSION ONE RESULTS
GIRLS
25-yard butterfly: 8-and-under, 1. Theanna DeMaria, SF 19.69, 2. Ellie Phan, SOFLO 22.28, time drop 2.90, 3. Stefanie Botteri, SOFLO 30.10.

25-yard backstroke: 1. Theanna DeMaria, SF 19.48, 2. Ellie Phan, SOFLO 23.01, time drop 2.23, 3. Melanie Meneses, MAC 24.74; SOFLO: 4. Stefania Botteri 27.89.

25-yard breaststroke: 1. Theanna DeMaria, SF 23.39, 2. Ellie Phan, SOFLO 26.75, time drop 4.58, 3. Melanie Meneses, MAC 26.77.

25-yard freestyle: 1. Theanna DeMaria, SF 17.00, 2. Ellie Phan, SOFLO 19.66, time drop 4.23, 3. Melanie Meneses, MAC 20.63; SOFLO: 4. Stefanie Botteri 23.72.

100-yard freestyle relay: No relays.

BOYS
25-yard butterfly: 1. Gabriel Ferrer, SOFLO 19.96, time drop 3.94, 2. Fernando Echeverria, MAC 22.69, 3. Benjamin Fernandez, MAC 23.25; SOFLO: 4. Santiago Zuluaga 29.40, time drop 4.18.

25-yard backstroke: 1. Benjamin Fernandez, MAC 21.14, 2. Gabriel Ferrer, SOFLO 21.94, time drop 5.92, 3. Leonardo Zuluaga, SOFLO 21.94, time drop 2.00; SOFLO: 4. Ian Ibarra 23.67, 6. Santiago Zuluaga 24.55, time drop 1.76, 7. Sean Tee 25.40.

25-yard breaststroke: 1. Leonardo Zuluaga, SOFLO 22.78, time drop 2.15, 2. Gabriel Ferrer, SOFLO 24.33, 3. Benjamin Fernandez, MAC 26.21; SOFLO: 4. Sean Tee 26.33, time drop 7.01, 5. Santiano Zuluaga 28.47, time drop 3.54.

25-yard freestyle: 1. Leonardo Zuluaga, SOFLO 17.28, time drop 5.38, 2. Gabriel Ferrer, SOFLO 17.41, 3. Benjamin Fernandez, MAC 17.44; SOFLO: 5. Sean Tee 21.34, time drop 2.89, 6. Ian Ibarra 22.88, 7. Santiago Zuluaga 24.20, time drop 7.04.

100-yard freestyle relay: 1. SOFLO 1:20.56.

SESSION TWO RESULTS
GIRLS
100-yard freestyle relay:
9-18, 1. SOFLO E 1:01.14 (Valentina Remmele, Sophia Avila, Abigail-Marie Natino, Judith-Alison Natino), 2. SOFLO A 1:07.60, 3. SOFLO B 1:08.11, 4. SOFLO C 1:08.28. 5. SOFLO D 1:08.76.

50-yard butterfly:
9-10, 1. Gabriella Ordonez, SOFLO 38.60, time drop 4.08 2. Joanna Valdiviezo, SOFLO 43.07, time drop 1.81, 3. Olivia Rodriguez, SF 45.51, time drop 1.96; SOFLO: 4. Valentina Remmele 47.09, time drop 11.29, 5. Amber Connor 48.38 , time drop 27.24.
11-12, 1. Caitlyn Britto, SF 34.82, 2. Shantal Teran, SF 38.48, 3. Marlena Groves, SOFLO 40.39, time drop 5.72; SOFLO: 5. Catalina Restrepo 46.68, time drop 12.83, 6. Danielle Brancati 50.48, time drop 0.94, 7. Shadai Rodriguez 59.43.
13-14, 1. Adriana Lozano, SF 32.93, 2. Abigail-Marie Natino, SOFLO 38.50, 3. Jiana Connor, SOFLO 46.78; SOFLO: 4. Lucia Bonifaz 55.37.
15-18, 1. Judith-Alison Natino, SOFLO 31.72.

50-yard backstroke:
9-10, 1. Olivia Rodriguez, SF 41.55, 2. Gabriella Ordonez, SOFLO 42.82, 3. Amber Connor, SOFLO 43.91, time drop 22.24; SOFLO: 4. Gabriela Ekht 47.93, time drop 0.86, 5. Valentina Remmele 48.18, 6. Audrey De Leon 55.40.
11-12, 1. Mikhel Martin, SOFLO 34.23, time drop 4.50, 2. Shantal Teran, SF 37.61, 3. Marlena Groves, SOFLO 37.73, time drop 3.00; SOFLO: 5. Danielle Brancati 40.14, time drop 1.63, 7. Catalina Restrepo 46.71, time drop 9.28, 8. Shandai Rodriguez 52.89.
13-14, 1. Maddie Rodriguez, SF 35.57, 2. Darly Young, SF 36.49, 3. Juline Paas, SOFLO 38.23, time drop 1.60; SOFLO: 4. Sophia Avila 38.55, time drop 0.02, 5. Haley Garcia 41.13, time drop 2.03, 6. Madison Palmer 45.82, 8. Lucia Bonifaz 51.01.
15-18, 1. Judith-Alison Natino, SOFLO 35.82, time drop 1.18.

50-yard breaststroke:
9-10, 1. Joanna Valdiviezo, SOFLO 47.10, time drop 5.24, 2. Sofia Duranti, SOFLO 49.03, 3. Amber Connor, SOFLO 50.20, time drop 6.24.
11-12, 1. Mikhel Martin, SOFLO 42.33, time drop 3.07, 2. Caitlyn Britto, SF 42.91, 3. Avery Wright, SF 45.08; SOFLO: 6. Catalina Restrepo 49.89, time drop 0.43.
13-14, 1. Kayla Diaz, SF 40.60, 2. Haley Garcia, SOFLO 41.80, time drop 0.47, 3. Adriana Lozano, SF 41.97; SOFLO: 4. Abigail-Marie Natino 43.18, time drop 0.68, 5. Juline Paas 44.01, time drop 2.48, 8. Sophia Avila 46.72, time drop 1.25, 9. Madison Palmer 50.72, 11. Lucia Bonifaz 57.96; 15-18, 1. Dominique Balli, SOFLO 45.86.

50-yard freestyle:
9-10, 1. Gabriella Ordonez, SOFLO 35.26, time drop 1.42, 2. Joanna Valdiviezo, SOFLO 35.34, time drop 2.13, 3. Olivia Rodriguez, SF 38.76; SOFLO: 4. Sofia Duranti 40.40, 5. Valentina Remmele 40.52, time drop 1.45, 6. Gabriela Ekht 42.97, time drop 1.77, 7. Audrey De Leon 47.56, 8. Sara Trejos 47.68.
11-12, 1. Caitlyn Britto, SF 31.45, 2. Shantal Teran, SF 33.69, 3. Marlena Groves, SOFLO 34.58, time drop 3.13; SOFLO: 5. Catalina Restrepo, SOFLO 37.77; 7. Daniella Brancati 39.38, 8. Shadai Rodriguez 45.83.
13-14, 1. Adriana Lozano, SF 29.06, 2. Sophia Avila, SOFLO 31.82, 3. Juline Paas, SPF:P 31.84, time drop 1:30; SOFLO: 4. Abigail-Marie Natino 32.40, 6. Haley Garcia 33.65, time drop 0.46, 7. Jiana Connor 35.13, 10. Lucia Bonifaz 40.82, 11. Lacey Puntervold 45.60.
15-18, 1. Judith-Alison Natino, SOFLO 29.15, 2. Dominique Balli, SOFLO 36.38, time drop 0.24.

100-yard individual medley:
9-10, 1. Gabriella Ordonez, SOFLO 1:29.13, time drop 6.31, 2. Joanna Valdiviezo, SOFLO 1:29.34, time drop 5.74, 3. Olivia Rodriguez, SF 1:34.03; SOFLO:4. Sofia Duranti 1:39.34, time drop 3.21, 5. Amber Connor 1:40.27, time drop 2.81, 6. Valentina Remmele 1:44.85, time drop 2.58, 7. Gabriela Ekht 1:49.62, time drop 6.07, 8. Audrey De Leon 1:58.92, time drop 3.82.
11-12, 1. Caitlyn Britto, SF 1:17.63, 2. Marlena Groves, SOFLO 1:25.34, time drop 5.03, 3. Giuliana DeMaria, SF 1:29.17; SOFLO: 4. Daniella Brancato 1:36.76, time drop 2.04.
13-14, 1. Natalia Ladha, SF 1:12.27, 2. Sophia Avila, SOFLO 1:22.13, time drop 0.10, 3. Abigail-Marie Natino, SOFLO 1:22.30; SOFLO: 5. Jiana Connor 1:34.90.

BOYS
100-yard freestyle relay: 9-18, 1. SOFLO A 57.01 (Andres Gonzalez, Sebastian Jackson, Kyle Wehn, Dylan McVeigh), 2. SOFLO B 1:00.19, 3. SOFLO F 1:00.50, 4. SOFLO C 1:01.14, 5. SOFLO H 1:02.90, 6. SOFLO D 1:03.53, 7. SOFLO G 1:03.67, 8. SOFLO J 1:05.10, 9. SOFLO L 1:05.25, 10. SOFLO I 1:08.42, 11. SOFLO E 1:10.59.

50-yard butterfly:
9-10, 1. Matthew Ortiz, SOFLO 40.43, time drop 3.83, 2. Toma Petkov, SOFLO 41.85, time drop 6.08, 3. Rafael Naranjo, SOFLO 43.03, time drop 2.39; SOFLO: 6. Terrence Cheung 57.20, 7. Nicolas Restrepo 1:03.18, 8. Jackson Puntervold 1:03.18.
11-12, 1. Joseph-Blake Nationo, SOFLO 34.39, 2. Sebastian Fernandez, MAC 37.61, 3. Nicky Diaz, SF 40.84; SOFLO: 5. Adrian Sowma 42.30, time drop 0.96, 7. Kyle Wehn 43.70, time drop 2.08, 8. Matthew Casanova 54.37.
13-14, 1. Matt McVeigh, SOFLO 30.98, time drop 8.91, 2. Aleksander Chaussky, SOFLO 31.94, time drop 11.05, 3. Diego Reveron, SOFLO 32.41; SOFLO: 4. Victor Valdiviezo 33.49, time drop 7.87, 6. David Trejos 37.52, 9. Gustavo De Oliveira 43.78, time drop 5.12, 10. Christian Collado 44.49, 11. Bryan Gonzalez 51.65, 12. John Wagner 59.39.
15-18, 1. Jose Doneyre, SOFLO 33.06, time drop 5.66, 2. Mati Eiletz Bottaro, SOFLO 36.55, time drop 4.24.

50-yard backstroke:
9-10, 1. Antonio Rico, SOFLO 39.42, time drop 3.68, 2. David Gonzalez, SOFLO 42.46, time drop 0.69, 3. Ethan Phan, SOFLO 42.58; SOFLO: 4. Alessandro Suarez Cabrera 42.84, time drop 3.33, 6. Matthew Ortiez 45.24, 7. SAmuel Rico 46.92, 9. Michael Barber 47.69, 11. Nicolas Restreppo 51.58, 13. Terrence Cheung 54.59, 14. Matthew Marrero 56.35, 15. Jackson Puntervold 56.77.
11-12, 1. Martin Petkov, SOFLO 34.72, time drop 4.42, 2. David Valdiviezo, SOFLO 34.73, time drop 1.40, 3. Preston Christensen, SOFLO 37.34, time drop 3.56; SOFLO: 4. Aiden Delgado 38.71, time drop 8.15, 5. Dylan McVeigh 38.91, 7. Adrian Sowma 41.11, 10. Benjamin Liss 42.57, time drop 2.03, 11. Matthew Casanova 46.79, 13. Alexander Laughton 51.05, 15. Aiden Aristhomene 54.69.
13-14, 1. Aleksander Chaussky, SOFLO 32.81, time drop 4.04, 2. Andres Gonzalez 32.88, 3. Luke Mercier, SOFLO 34.63, time drop 6.02; SOFLO: 4. Aditya Kapadia 35.96, time drop 1.50, 5. Sakima Coradin 36.68, 6. Kenny Paas 36.96, timedrop 0.23, 8. Max Marrero 39.24, time drop 3.81; 9. Alexander Rahman 40.69, 10. Glendon Benson 42.62, 11. Pablo Mendez 53.62.
15-18, 1. Mati Eiletz Bottaro, SOFLO 36.03.

50-yard breaststroke:
9-10, 1. Eric Ferrer, SOFLO 43.07, time drop 5.30, 2. Alessandro Suarez Cabrera 45.60, time drop 2.40, 3. Toma Petkov, SOFLO 48.49, time drop 1.05; SOFLO: 4. Rafael Naranjo 48.55, time drop 3.04, 5. Michael Barber 51.90, time drop 4.20, 6. Antonio Rico 52.62, time drop 11.29, 8. Terence Cheung 55.64, 9. David Gonzalez 55.76, time drop 2.38, 10. Samuel Rico 55.96, time drop 5.43, 13. Michael Balius 57.86, 15. Nicolas Restrepo 1:03.14, 16. Jackson Puntervold 1:03.53, 17. Matthew Marrero 1:06.04, time drop 0.19.
11-12, 1. Joseph-Blake Natino, SOFLO 35.92, 2. Alex Diaz, SF 37.21, time drop 3.01, 3. Martin Petkov 38.75, time drop 1.90; SOFLO: 4. David Valdiviezo 39.59, time drop 6.03, 5. Dylan McVeigh 42.97, 7. Adrian Sowma 45.40, time drop 1.04, 8. Benjamin Liss 45.55, time drop 4.27, 10. Preston Christensen 48.08, time drop 0.62, 13. Alexander Laughton 58.90.
13-14, 1. Victor Valdiviezo, SOFLO 38.84, time drop 4.65, 2. Alexander Rahman, SOFLO 39.48, time drop 1.96,3. Giancarlo Padron, SF 41.50; SOFLO: 5. Max Marrero 44.59, time drop 2.00, 7. Aston Claxon 44.97, 8. Sakima Coradin 45.05, 9. Christian Collado 48.41, 10. Glendon Benson 48.87, 11. Gustavo De Oliveira 53.76, time drop 2.82, 12. John Wagner 58.00.
15-18, 1. Mati Eiletz Bottaro, SOFLO 37.39, time drop 0.31, 2. Jose Donare, SOFLO 42.73.

50-yard freestyle:
9-10, 1. Alessandro Suarez Cabrera, SOFLO 35.68, time drop 1.80, 2. Antonio Rico, SOFLO 36.16, time drop 1.83. 3. Toma Petkov, SOFLO 36.65, time drop 1.66; SOFLO: 4. Rafael Naranjo 37.25, time drop 0.19, 5. Michael Barber 37.66, time drop 0.12, 6. David Gonzalez 37.70, time drop 0.10, 7. Ethan Phan 38.04, 8. Matthew Ortiz 38.08, time drop 0.04, 10. Nicolas Restrepo 41.32, 12. Samuel Rico 41.95, time drop 0.21, 14. Jackson Puntervold 42.76, time drop 5.11, 15. Terence Cheung 44.18, 16. Michael Balius 44.62, 18. Matthew Marrero 49.91, time drop 0.04.
11-12, 1. Maximiliano Remmele, SOFLO 28.33, time drop 2.27, 2. Martin Petkov, SOFLO 30.06, time drop 0.86, 3. Alex Diaz, SF 30.20; SOFLO: 4. David Valdiviezo 30.56, time drop 1.92, 5. Joseph-Blake Natino 31.00, , 7. Aiden Delgado 34.16, time drop 1.20, 8. Dylan McVeigh 34.40, 9. Adrian Sowma 35.13, time drop 0.17, 10. Benjamin Liss 35.40, 11. Kyle Wehn 35.47, time drop 2.32, 12. Preston Christensen 35.56, 18. Alexander Santos 40.11, 19. Alexander Laughton 40.71, 20. Aiden Aristhomene 41.64, 21. Matthew Casanova 43.13, 22. Adrian Plotnikov 44.09.
13-14, 1. Sebastian Jackson, SOFLO 27.60, time drop 4.07, 2. Aleksander Chaussky, SOFLO 27.66, time drop 3.43, 3. Matt McVeigh, SOFLO 27.94, time drop 0.59; SOFLO: 4. Luke Mercier 28.21, 5. Victor Valdivieso 29.31, 6. Kenny Paas 29.38, time drop 1.60, 7. Alexander Rahman 29.94, time drop 0.87, 8. Diego Reveron 30.22, time drop 5.94, 9. Sakima Coradin 30.53, time drop 0.61, 11. Aditya Kapadia 30.81, 13. David Trejos 32.73, 14. Max Marrero 33.75, time drop, 0.04, 16. Bryan Gonzalez 38.66, 17. Christian Collado 42.83, 18. Pablo Mendez 47.52, 19. Gustavo De Oliveira 52.29.
15-18, 1. Jose Donayre, SOFLO 26.41, time drop 0.31, 2. Mati Eiletz Bottaro, SOFLO 27.76, time drop 2.03.

100-yard individual medley:
9-10, 1. Alessandro Suarez Cabrera, SOFLO 1:31.09, time drop 1.51, 2. Toma Petkov, SOFLO 1:31.91, time drop 1.57, 3. Matthew Ortiz, SOFLO 1:34.90, time drop 6.44; SOFLO: 4. Rafael Naranjo 1:35.14, time drop 2.53, 5. Antonio Rico 1:35.37, time drop 6.66, 6. David Gonzalez 1:35.65, time drop 2.53, 7. Michael Barber 1:39.11, 9. Samuel Rico 1:47.81, time drop 6.57, 10. Matthew Marrero 2:09.84, time drop 2.85.
11-12, 1. Alex Diaz, SF 1:12.87, 2. Martin Petkov, SOFLO 1:14.19, time drop 1.74, 3. Joseph-Blake Natino, SOFLO 1:16.41; SOFLO: 4. Dylan McVeigh 1:26.75, time drop 3.96, 5. Preston Christensen 1:29.33, time drop 3.28, 6. Benjamin Liss 1:31.16, 7. Kyle Wehn 1:31.42, time drop 0.83.
13-14, 1. Aleksander Chaussky, SOFLO 1:10.42, time drop 5.06, 2. Luke Mercier, SOFLO 1:12.46, 3. Kenny Paas, SOFLO 1:14.92, time drop 4.14; SOFLO: 4. Aditya Kapadia 1:15.88, time drop 0.50, 5. Sebastian Jackson 1:15.89, 6. Victor Valdiviezo 1:19.94, time drop 1.53, 7. Sakima Coradin 1:25.07, 9. Max Marrero 1:27.55, time drop 1.01.

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

SOFLO Swimmers Ready To Race Saturday In SOFLO/TYR Back To School Developmental Meet

By Sharon Robb
PEMBROKE PINES, August 26, 2021–Now that students are back to school and settling in, swimmers will get a chance to race at the fall season-opening SOFLO/TYR Back To School Developmental Meet Saturday at Academic Village Pool.

Host SOFLO heads the field with 82 swimmers (56 boys and 26 girls) in 267 individual events and three relay events with 18 relay teams for the one-day meet.

In addition to SOFLO, other teams competing are Metro Aquatics and SwimFast.

The meet opens with Session One at 10 a.m. featuring the 8-and-under swimmers. Session Two follows at 11:30 a.m. for the 9-and-over swimmers.

SOFLO dominates the top-seeded spots. They are:

Ellie Phan, 6, 25-yard butterfly, 25.18; 25-yard backstroke, 25.24.

Gabriel Ferrer, 8, 25-yard butterfly, 23.90.

Leonardo Zuluaga, 8, 25-yard freestyle, 22.66; 25-yard backstroke, 23.94; 25-yard breaststroke, 24.93.

Gabriella Ordonez, 10, 50-yard butterfly, 42.68; 50-yard backstroke, 42.00; 50-yard freestyle, 36.68

Jose Donayre, 17, 50-yard butterfly, 38.72; 50-yard freestyle, 26.72.

Jiana Connor, 13, 50-yard butterfly, 43.32.

Mikhel Martin, 12, 50-yard backstroke 38.73; 50-yard breaststroke, 45.40.

Judith-Allison Natino, 15, 50-yard butterfly, NT; 50-yard backstroke, 37.00.

Matthew Ortiz, 10, 50-yard butterfly, 44.26.

Ethan Phan, 9, 50-yard backstroke, 42.91; 50-yard freestyle, 37.20.

David Valdiviezo, 11, 50-yard backstroke, 36.13.

Dominique Balli, 15, 50-yard backstroke, 45.60; 50-yard freestyle, 36.62.

Sakima Coradin, 14, 50-yard backstroke, 36.33.

Alessandro Suarez Cabrera, 9, 50-yard breaststroke, 48.00; 100-yard individual medley, 1:32.60.

Mati Eiletz Bottaro, 16, 50-yard backstroke, NT; 50-yard breaststroke, 37.70.

Sofia Duranti, 10, 50-yard breaststroke, 47.82.

Maximiliano Remmele, 12, 50-yard freestyle, 30.60.

Luke Mercier, 14, 50-yard freestyle, 28.07.

Joanna Valdiviezo, 10, 100-yard individual medley, 1:35.08.

Martin Petkov, 12, 100-yard individual medley, 1:15.93.

Alexander Chaussky, 13, 100-yard individual medley, 1:15.48.

With the ongoing pandemic, COVID protocols will continue at Academic Village Pool. Swimmers, coaches, officials and volunteers are required to wear masks. There is a designated spectator area on the pool deck. Spectators are encouraged to social distance. The meet will not be live streamed. Admission is free. Heat sheets are also free and available on Meet Mobile or soflomeets.info/Aviation.

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