SOFLO’s Marinheiro Swims Lifetime-Best At Winter Junior Nationals

By Sharon Robb

December 14, 2013

Melissa Marinheiro of South Florida Aquatic Club ended on a good note Saturday at the USA Swimming Speedo Winter Junior National Championships at Greensboro (N.C.) Aquatic Center.

Marinheiro, 16, swam a lifetime-best in the 1,650-yard freestyle in 16 minutes, 51.94 seconds.

She was 23rd among a field of 42 of the nation’s top age group distance swimmers. She dropped three seconds off her prevcious best time.

It was the end of an impressive fall for Marinheiro that featured the state high school meet, Winter Championships, senior and junior nationals.

“We ended up on a good note,” SOFLO head coach Chris Anderson said. “We got a couple other best times here and there in her off events. Now we go for consistency in her main events. She feels she can be a lot more consistent. She is motivated to have a successful summer. It will be her time to shine for college recruiting.”

Marinheiro relaxed after the meet with family and friends at dinner.

“I went to a lot of meets, it was really a challenge,” Marinheiro said. “Sometimes I doubted myself but I got a lot of support.

“I am really excited about the meets I went to. I really love to go to national level meets. Everyone there has the same goal, it’s a different atmosphere.

“The first two days here I didn’t have good times but I was excited to pull off a best time today,” Marinheiro said.

Marinheiro will get Sunday off before returning to the pool on Monday. She said she is motivated for the upcoming year.

“I want to try to get more junior cuts and national cuts for the summer,” she said. “I know it will be a challenge. I am ready to train and start fresh. I want to start running again and do more dryland training. I am very motivated.”

Several other Florida Gold Coast swimmers did well on the third and final night of competition among the nation’s top age group swimmers on the national stage.

“I felt Florida Gold Coast had a good showing,” said Anderson, also chairman of the FGC. “I thought Florida in general did great. I was congratulating a lot of Florida coaches. I thought it was a very nice showing from the start and that Florida was very well-represented at the national level. And Clara Smiddy just ripped it up.”

Clara Smiddy, 17, made it a clean sweep in the backstroke events capturing the 200-yard backstroke in a meet record and lifetime-best 1:50.59.

Smiddy’s previous best time was 1:55.07 which she first bettered in morning prelims in 1:52.40, breaking the meet record of 1:53.16 set in 2010 by Courtney Bartholomew.

Having the meet of her life, Smiddy led from start-to-finish to break her own meet record and became the third-fastest pre-collegiate performance of all-time behind Elizabeth Pelton and Missy Franklin.

Twenty minutes later, Smiddy had enough left in the tank to finish second in the 100-yard freestyle in 48.97, another lifetime-best lowering her previous best of 49.57.

Smiddy was the girls’ individual high point winner. Curtis Ogren was the boys’ high point winner.

On Friday, Smiddy won the 100-yard backstroke in a blistering lifetime-best of 51.75 to break the previous four-year-old meet record of 52.22 set by Courtney Bartholomew in 2009.

The University of Michigan-bound South Florida Heat swimmer was also third on Thursday in the 200-yard individual medley.

In the 100-yard freestyle, Caeleb Dressel, 17, of Bolles won the 100-yard freestyle in a meet record 42.85. Former Florida Gold Coast swimmer Dylan Carter, 17, of Trojan Swim Club was second in 43.07, also under the previous meet record of 43.27 set by Vlad Morozov in 2009.

SATURDAY RESULTS

GIRLS

1,650-yard freestyle: 1. Leah Stevens, Lakeside 16:19.29, 2. Sandra Soe, Santa Clara 16:24.35, 3. Amanda Richey, Boulder Swimming 16:26.45.

200-yard backstroke: 1. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 1:50.59, meet record; 2. Kylie Stewart, Dynamos 1:53.12, 3. Claire Adams, Carmel 1:54.13.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Abbigail Weitzeil, Canyons Aquatic 47.78, record; 2. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 48.97, 3. Lindsey Engel, JCC Waves 49.15.

200-yard breaststroke: 1. Kennedy Lohman, Lakeside Swimming 2:10.87, 2. Lillian King, Newburgh 2:11.17, 3. Maija Roses, SwimMAC 2:12.00.

200-yard butterfly: 1. Megan Kingsley, Mount Pleasant 1:55.26, record, 2. Madison Wright, Kingfish 1:55.30, record, 3. Lindsey Engel, JCC Waves 1:57.86.

4×100-yard freestyle relay: 1. SwimMAC 3:17.93, record, 2. Carmel 3:18.23, record, 3. Ozaukee Aquatics 3:20.42, record.

BOYS

1,650-yard freestyle: 1. Kevin Litherland, Dynamo 14:58.77, 2. Francis Haas, NOVA of Virginia 15:06.13, 3. Jonathan Roberts, North Texas 15:10.15.

200-yard backstroke: 1. Tristan Sanders, Palm Harbor 1:42.50, 2. Hennessy Stuart, Denver Swimming 1:42.75, 3. Ethan Young, Carpet Capital 1:43.06.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Caeleb Dressel, Bolles 42.85, record, 2. Dylan Carter, Unattached Trojan Swim Club 43.07, record, 3. Ryan Hoffer, Scottsdale Aquatics 43.13, record.

200-yard breaststroke: 1. Curtis Ogren, Palo Alto Stanford 1:57.64, 2. Thomas Brewer, Current Swimming 1:57.73, 3. Matthew Whittle, Davis Aquadarts 1:57.75.

200-yard butterfly: 1. Robert McHugh, Baylor 1:43.64, record, 2. Micah Litherland, Dynamo 1:46.01, 3. Zachary Buerger, Allegheny North 1:46.35.

FLORIDA GOLD COAST RESULTS

Women’s 1,650-yard freestyle: 23. Melissa Marinheiro, SOFLO 16:51.94, best time.

Men’s 1,650-yard freestyle: 13. Kent Haeffner, Pine Crest Swimming 15:24.93

Women’s 200-yard backstroke: 1. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 1:50.59, record; 106. Darby Goodwin, St. Andrew’s Swimming 2:03.51, 109. Julia Suarez, Lake Lytal Lightning 2:03.65, 143. Melissa Marinheiro, SOFLO 2:12.34.

Men’s 200-yard backstroke: 110. William Pisani, Lake Lytal Lightning 1:52.23.

Women’s 100-yard freestyle: 2. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks, 48.97; 67. Marta Ciesla, Pine Crest Swimming 51.43, 161. Caroline Nava, Pine Crest Swimming 53.00.

Men’s 100-yard freestyle: 2. Dylan Carter, Trojans Swim Club 43.07, record, 5. Joshua Romany, Azura Florida Aquatics 44.12, 37. Jordy Groters, Pine Crest Swimming 45.74, 40. Gage Kohner, St. Andrew’s Swimming 45.76, 89. Brody Heck, St. Andrew’s Swimming 46.79.

Women’s 200-yard breaststroke: 14. Rachael Bradford-Feldman, St. Andrew’s Swimming 2:16.64, 2:15.77 prelims; 20. Lindsey Swartz, Pine Crest Swimming 2:16.28.

Men’s 200-yard breaststroke: 12. Alex Morgan, Azura Florida Aquatics 2:01.36, 15. Jordy Groters, Pine Crest Swimming 2:02.57, 75. Julio Horrego, Hialeah Swim Club 2:06.52, 86. Daniel Pereira, Azura Florida Aquatics 2:07.38.

Women’s 200-yard butterfly: 44. Christina Herfurth, Lake Lytal Lightning 2:03.00, 94. Jessica Nava, Pine Crest Swimming 2:08.46.

Men’s 200-yard butterfly: 24. Luis Martinez, Azura Florida Aquatics 1:51.44.

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

Smiddy Breaks Record, Wins; SOFLO’s Marinheiro Swims Two Events Saturday At Speedo Winter Junior Nationals

By Sharon Robb

December 13, 2013

Clara Smiddy of AquaKids Sharks turned it on in the final 50 to win her first national title of the week at the USA Swimming Speedo Winter Junior National Championships Friday night at Greensboro (N.C.) Aquatic Center.

Smiddy, 17, won the 100-yard backstroke in a blistering lifetime-best of 51.75 to break the previous four-year-old meet record of 52.22 set by Courtney Bartholomew in 2009.

It was the first time she broke the 52-second mark. Her splits were 25.34 and 26.41. She had the fastest back-half split in the women’s field.

The University of Michigan-bound South Florida Heat swimmer was the top seed going into finals in 52.60. Her previous best time was 52.46.

On Thursday, Smiddy was third in the 200-yard individual medley and also on Friday before her backstroke gold medal performance, she won the “B” final in 1:46.33.

Meet records fell in six of the 10 individual finals.

Former Florida Gold Coast swimmer Dylan Carter of Trinidad and Tobago won the 200-yard freestyle in a meet record 1:33.60. He broke his own record of 1:34.47 he set in morning prelims. His previous best was 1:35.29, also a meet record he set at last year’s junior nationals.

Carter of the Trojan Swim Club was also second in the 100-yard backstroke in 47.50.

South Florida Aquatic Club’s Melissa Marinheiro, 16, and her coach Chris Anderson wind up the meet today with two events in the 200-yard backstroke (2:05.27) and 1,650-yard freestyle (17:04.87).

On Friday, Marinheiro finished the 200-yard freestyle in 1:53.58.

Bolles swimmer Caeleb Dressel, who has asthma, had breathing problems during the morning prelims of his 100-yard butterfly race and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance as a precaution. Dressel scratched from his individual event but was able to help his team win the 200-yard medley relay.

The Greensboro Aquatic Center is having problems with its air quality which several swimmers and coaches are complaining about. Pool officials said the center had its HVAC systems upgraded just last week.

“Beautiful facility but horrible AIR QUALITY,” Bolles coach Sergio Lopez wrote on his Facebook.

SwimMAC broke the first record of the night in the girls’ 200-yard medley relay. Buoyed by a quick leadoff backstroke leg of 24.42 by Kathleen Baker, broke the national 15-18 age group record to win in 1:39.27, the all-time fastest mark. The other splits were 28.08 (Maija Roses), 23.93 (Alyssa Marsh, daughter of SwimMAC coach David Marsh) and 22.84 (Lauren Rhodes). The second and third place finishers also dipped under the old record of 1:40.82.

During the awards ceremony, former Fort Lauderdale Swim Team and Olympian Todd Torres passed out medals during the awards ceremony for the 100-yard breaststroke including to a beaming runner-up Jordy Groters of Pine Crest Swimming. Torres, 45, a top breaststroker, represented Puerto Rico in the 1988 and 1992 Olympics. He is now a top masters swimmer in Greensboro and recently broke a world age group masters record.

FRIDAY RESULTS

GIRLS

200-yard medley relay: 1. SwimMAC “A” 1:39.27, record (Kathleen Baker, Maija Roses, Alyssa Marsh, Lauren Rhodes), 2. Academy Bullets, Ill. 1:40.73, record, 3. SwimMac “B” 1:40.78, record.

400-yard individual medley: 1. Ella Eastin, SOCAL Aquatics 4:05.25, record; 2. Megan Kingsley, Mount Pleasant 4:10.90, 3. Katherine Drabot, Ozaukee 4:11.85.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Danielle Nack, Mantas 52.44, record; 2. Madison Wright, Kingfish 53.14, 3. Lindsey Engel, JCC Waves 53.16.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Katherine Drabot, Ozaukee 1:45.49, 2. Claire Adams, Carmel 1:45.55, 3. Paige Madden, City of Mobile 1:46.05.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Lillian King, Newburgh 59.67, record; 2. Lindsey Horejsi, Atlantis 1:00.21, 3. Heidi Poppe, Walnut Creek 1:00.64.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 51.75, record; 2. Taylor Garcia, Byron Center 52.07, record; 3. Ally Howe, Palo Alto Stanford 52.79.

BOYS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Bolles School 1:29.64 (Josh Booth, Rio Kurihara, Caeleb Dressel, William McKinney), 2. Palo Alto Stanford 1:29.71, 3. Scottsdale 1:30.15.

400-yard individual medley: 1. Curtis Ogren, Palo Alto 3:44.26, record; 2. Jay Litherland, Dynamo 3:45.20, 3. Robert McHugh, Baylor Swim Club 3:47.08.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Kyle Gornay, Redlands 47.01, 2. Michael Andrew, Indie Swimming 47.47, 3. Ryan Dudzinski, Upper St. Clair 47.52.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Dylan Carter, Unattached Trojans 1:33.67, record; 2. Blake Pieroni, Duneland 1:35.87, 3. Jake Markham, Aces 1:37.24.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Curtis Ogren, Palo Alto Stanford 54.51, 2. Jordy Groters, Pine Crest Swimming 54.58, 3. Austin Temple, Tide 54.63.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Tristan Sanders, Palm Harbor YMCA 46.80, 2. Dylan Carter, Unattached-Trojans Swim Club 47.05, 3. Ryan Dudzinski, Upper St. Clair 47.46.

FLORIDA GOLD COAST RESULTS

Women’s 200-yard medley relay: 21. Miami Swimming 1:44.33 (Dorothy Morgan, Anna Valls, Alexa Kalandiak, Kyla Valls).

Men’s 200-yard medley relay: 39. St. Andrew’s Swimming 1:37.07 (Luke Hayhoe, Brody Heck, Sidrell Williams, Gage Kohner).

Women’s 400-yard individual medley: 15. Rachael Bradford-Feldman, St. Andrew’s Swimming 4:21.49 “B” final, 4:19.92 prelims.

Women’s 100-yard butterfly: 69. Jessica Nava, Pine Crest Swimming 55.86; 91. Caroline Nava, Unattached-Pine Crest 56.28; 93. Christina Herfurth, Lake Lytal Lightning 56.30.

Men’s 100-yard butterfly: 11. Luis Martinez, Azura Florida Aquatics 48.31, 48.73 prelims; 110. Sidrell Williams, St. Andrew’s Swimming 51.69.

Women’s 200-yard freestyle: 9. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 1:46.33; 114. Julie Suarez, Lake Lytal Lightning 1:53.49, 116. Melissa Marinheiro, SOFLO 1:53.58.

Men’s 200-yard freestyle: 1. Dylan Carter, Unattached-Trojan SC 1:33.67, record; 7. Joshua Romany. Azura Florida Aquatics 1:38.49, 94. Gage Kohner, St. Andrew’s Swimming 1:42.19, 113. Brody Heck, St. Andrew’s Swimming 1:43.02, 137. Kent Haeffner, Pine Crest Swimming 1:45.01.

Women’s 100-yard breaststroke: 34. Rachael Bradford-Feldman, St. Andrew’s Swimming 1:03.84, 64. Lindsey Swartz, Pine Crest Swimming 1:04.42, 65. Anna Valls, Miami Swimming 1:04.43.

Men’s 100-yard breaststroke: 2. Jordy Groters, Pine Crest Swimming 54.58, 6. Alex Morgan, Azura Florida Aquatics 55.14, 31. Marco Guarente, Azura Florida Aquatics 57.01, 107. Daniel Pereira, Azura Florida Aquatics 59.26, 111. Julio Horrego, Hialeah Swim Club 59.42.

Women’s 100-yard backstroke: 1. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 51.65, record; 67. Julie Suarez, Lake Lytal Lightning 56.19, 72. Darby Goodwin, St. Andrew’s Swimming 56.35.

Men’s 100-yard backstroke: 2. Dylan Carter, Unattached Trojans SC 47.05, 76. William Pisani, Lake Lytal Lightning 51.25.

The meet, both prelims and finals, is being streamed live at usaswimming.org today on the third and final day at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

http://www.swim4soflo.com

SOFLO’s Marinheiro Competes On Opening Day Of Speedo Winter Junior Nationals

By Sharon Robb

December 12, 2013

Melissa Marinheiro of South Florida Aquatic Club competed among the nation’s top juniors on opening day of the USA Swimming Speedo Winter Junior National Championships at the Greensboro (N.C.) Aquatic Center.

Marinheiro, 16, finished 47th among a field of 96 swimmers in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:55.59, off her best time of 4:51.13.

Clara Smiddy of AquaKids Sharks was the top Florida Gold Coast finisher on Day One. University of Michigan-bound Smiddy, 17, finished third in the 200-yard individual medley in a lifetime-best 1:57.82.

Marta Ciesla, 15, of Pine Crest Swimming won the “B” final in the 50-yard freestyle in a lifetime-best 22.77, breaking the 23-second barrier for the first time. She first bettered her best time in prelims in 22.99 dropping from 23.06.

St. Andrew’s Swimming broke a team record in the boys’ 200-yard freestyle relay to finish fifth in 1:22.90 with Gage Kohner (20.47), Brody Heck (20.47), Sidrell Williams (21.07) and Luke Hayhoe (20.89).

In morning prelims, Caeleb Dressel, 17, of Bolles swam 19.29 in the 50-yard freestyle to tie the national age group record.

Swimming leadoff on the 200-yard freestyle relay in finals, Dressel swam an 18.94 split to break the 17-18 national age group record. He is the first 18-and-under swimmer to go under 19 seconds in the event. That time would have placed him second at last year’s NCAA Men’s Championships.

Dressel, University of Florida-bound, then went on to win the 50-yard freestyle title in 19.10.

Also in the 50-yard freestyle, Ryan Hoffer, 15, of Scottsdale Aquatic Club shaved another 1/100th of a second off his 15-16 national age group record in 19.54, his relay lead-off time.

Townley Haas of NOVA of Virginia broke Michael Phelps’ national age group record in the 500-yard freestyle to win the title in a meet record 4:17.45. Phelps set the record of 4:18.12 in 2002.

Carmel Swim Club broke its own national age group record it broke in prelims in 1:30.49 to win the title in 1:30.13 with Rachel Hayden, Amy Bilquist, Claire Adams and Veronica Burchill.

THURSDAY RESULTS

GIRLS

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Carmel Swim Club 1:30.13, record (Rachel Hayden, Amy Bilquist, Claire Adams, Veronica Burchill), 2. SwimMAC 1:31.44, 3. Bolles 1:31.61.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Hannah Moore, Triangle 4:43.04, 2. Cecil Williams, Area Tallahassee 4:44.03, 3. Zoe Thatcher, Mason Manta Rays 4:45.03.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Ella Eastin, SOCAL Aquatics 1:56.02, record; 2. Meaghan Raab, Hershey Aquatics 1:56.92, 3. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 1:57.82, best time.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Abbigail Weitzell, Canyons 22.29, 2. Amy Bilquist, Carmel 22.51, 3. Alexa Cleveland, Zionsville 22.55.

BOYS

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Bolles 1:19.27 (Caeleb Dressel, Josh Booth, Arthur Pace, William McKinney), 2. Scottsdale Aquatics 1:19.56, 3. Baylor Swim Club 1:22.32.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Townley Francis Haas, NOVA of Virginia 4:17.45, record, 2. Jonathan Roberts, North Texas 4:20.51, 3. Jay Litherland, Dynamo 4:20.79.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Curtis Ogren, Palo Alto 1:45.08, record; 2. Jay Litherland, Dynamo 1:45.99, 3. Gunnar Bentz, Dynamo 1:46.41.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Caeleb Dressel, Bolles 19.10, 2. Paul Powers, Splash Aquatics 19.58, 3. Dylan Carter, Unattached Trojans 19.65.

FLORIDA GOLD COAST RESULTS

Men’s 200-yard freestyle relay: 5. St. Andrew’s Swimming, (Gage Kohner, Brody Heck, Sidrell Williams, Luke Hayhoe) 1:22.90, team record; 7. St. Andrew’s Swimming (Gage Kohner, Brody Heck, Sidrell Williams, Luke Hayhoe) 1:23.51, prelims.

Women’s 500-yard freestyle: 47. Melissa Marinheiro, South Florida Aquatic Club 4:55.59.

Men’s 500-yard freestyle: 12. Kent Haeffner, Pine Crest Swimming 4:27.68; 14. Kent Haeffner, Pine Crest 4:26.64, prelims.

Women’s 200-yard individual medley: 3. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 1:57.82, best time; 5. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 1:59.25, prelims; 86. Darby Goodwin, St. Andrew’s Swimming 2:04.46, 96. Rachael Bradford-Feldman, St. Andrew’s Swimming 2:04.84, 138. Lindsey Swartz, Pine Crest Swimming 2:06.25.

Men’s 200-yard individual medley: 34. Jordy Groters, Pine Crest Swimming 1:51.06.

Women’s 50-yard freestyle: 9. Marta Ciesla, Pine Crest 22.77, best time; 15. Marta Ciesla, Pine Crest Swimming 22.99, best time, prelims; 26. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 23.27.

Men’s 50-yard freestyle: 3. Dylan Carter, Unattached 19.65, 6. Dylan Carter, Unattached 20.26; 7. Joshua Romany, Azura Florida 20.34, best time; 8. Joshua Romany, Azura Florida Aquatics 20.40, best time, prelims; 18. Gage Kohner, St. Andrew’s Swimming 20.48; 19. Gage Kohner, St. Andrew’s Swimming 20.67, prelims; 24. Jordy Groters, Pine Crest Swimming 20.93; 22. Jordy Groters, Pine Crest Swimming 20.68, best time, prelims; 77. Brody Heck, St. Andrew’s Swimming 21.19, 80. Sidrell Williams, St. Andrew’s Swimming 21.22, 106. William Pisani, Lake Lytal Lightning 21.59.

The meet, both prelims and finals, is being streamed live at usaswimming.org.

ELSEWHERE AROUND THE WORLD

Bolles Olympian Joseph Schooling led Team Singapore to a gold medal on the 800 freestyle relay.

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

SOFLO’s Melissa Marinheiro Ready For Speedo Winter Junior Nationals

By Sharon Robb

December 11, 2013

Melissa Marinheiro will complete her swimming hat trick this week at the USA Swimming Speedo Winter Junior Nationals in Greensboro, N.C.

The South Florida Aquatic Club swimmer, who has already competed in the state high school meet and last week’s Winter Senior Nationals in Knoxville, is among several Florida Gold Coast swimmers wrapping up their 2013 season this week.

The top 18-and-under swimmers in the nation will compete for junior national titles and national age group records.

The meet gets under way on Thursday and ends Saturday, following the traditional three-day meet format used at major meets including the NCAA Championships.

Marinheiro, 16, is seeded 28th in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:51.13 among a field of 101 swimmers and 28th in the 1,650-yard freestyle in 17:04.87 (off long course time).

Pine Crest, AquaKids Sharks and St. Andrew’s Swimming are among Florida Gold Coast teams competing.

Other top FGC swimmers competing are Kent Haeffner, Jordy Groters and Marta Ciesla of Pine Crest, Clara Smiddy of AK Sharks and Rachael Bradford-Feldman of St. Andrew’s Swimming.

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

AQUATIC NOTEBOOK, Issue 218: Marinheiro Competes In Opening Event At Speedo Winter Junior Nationals

WRITTEN BY SHARON ROBB

December 6, 2012

Melissa Marinheiro of South Florida Aquatic Club finished among the Top 50 in the 500-yard freestyle on the opening day of the Speedo Winter Junior Nationals.

Marinheiro, 15, was 43rd in 4:56.32 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She was seeded 24th in 4:51.88 among a field of 104 swimmers.

The West Broward High School sophomore still has the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.71) and 1,000-yard freestyle (9:07.32) to swim during the three-day meet. She swims the 200 on Friday.

Lindsey Engel, 16, of the Orange County Waves won the girls 50-yard freestyle in a meet record 22.24 to highlight opening night action. The previous record was 22.63 set in 2010.

Brett Ringgold, 17, of North Texas Nadadores won the boys 50 in 19.73, also a meet record. The previous record was 19.83 set in 2009. Dylan Carter, 16, of Davie Nadadores and Trinidad and Tobago was third in 19.94 cracking the 20-second mark he just missed in prelims,  and Jason McCormick of FLA Aquatics was sixth in 20.47.

In other finals:

Bolles won the boys 4×50-yard freestyle relay of Caeleb Dressel, Santo Condorelli, Emiro Goossen and Joseph Schooling in a meet record 1:19.03, breaking its own record of 1:19.82 set in 2011.

Leah Stevens, 16, of Lakeside won the 500-yard freestyle in 4:43.25.

Jonathan Roberts, 17, of North Texas came back with a strong second half to win the 500-yard freestyle in 4:21.33.

Kathleen Baker, 15, won the 200-yard individual medley in a meet record 1:56.53, following Meaghan Raab’s meet record of 1:57.86 in prelims which broke former CSSC swimmer Lindsey McKnight’s record of 1:58.03.

Steven Stumph, 18, of Orinda won the 200 IM in 1:46.79.

In Florida Gold Coast results:

Texas-bound Tasija Karosas, 17, of St. Andrew’s Swimming won the “B” final and finished ninth overall in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:00.18 that would have placed her seventh in finals.

St. Andrew’s teammate Quinn Cassidy, Florida-bound, was 16th in the

boys 200 IM in 1:52.06 after going a U.S. Open cut of 1:49.47 in a swim-off.

St. Andrew’s relay of Karosas, Darby Goodwin, Brenna Ruth and Megan Moroney finished fifth in the 4×50-yard freestyle relay in 1:34.18 ahead of Bolles in 1:34.46. Pine Crest’s Carolina Nava, Marta Ciesla, Casey Francis and Brittany Hammond were 16th in 1:36.25.

St. Andrew’s boys were tenth in the 4×50-yard freestyle relay in 1:24.91 with Cassidy, Gage Kohner, Luke Hayhoe and Shawn Warner.

Megan Moroney of St. Andrew’s was 20th in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:52.27; Casey Francis of Pine Crest, 38th, 4:55.44; Melissa Marinheiro of SOFLO, 43rd, 4:56.32; Clara Smiddy of AK Sharks, 49th, 4:57.17; Isabella Paez of Metro Aquatics, 95th, 5:06.44.

Kent Haeffner of Pine Crest was 19th in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:31.58.

Rachael Bradford-Feldman, 15, of St. Andrew’s was 30th in the 200 IM in 2:03.90. Casey Francis of Pine Crest was 58th in 2:04.87. Darby Goodwin of St. Andrew’s was 98th in the 200 IM in 2:06.82. Brittany Hammond, Pine Crest, 115th in the 200 IM in 2:07.71. Tyla Martin, Pine Crest, 120th, 200 IM, 2:08.07; Isabella Paez, Metro Aquatics, 139th, 200 IM, 2:09.17.

Julian Radice, 17, of Metro Aquatics was 52nd in the 200 IM in 1:52.55.

Marta Ciesla, 14, of Pine Crest Swimming was 28th in the 50-yard freestyle in 23.58. Caroline Nava, 15, of Pine Crest was 55th in 23.84. Megan Moroney was 61st in 23.87.

Julian Ballestas, 18, was 19th in the 50-yard freestyle in 21.00.

College Rankings

University of Florida is ranked No. 7 in this week’s College Swimming Coaches Association NCAA Division 1 Men’s Swimming and Diving poll.

The Gators are undefeated overall (4-0) and in the Southeastern Conference (3-0).

Florida State is the only other Florida team ranked in the Top 25 with a No. 13 ranking with a 5-2 overall record and 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference record.

Michigan remains on top with the No. 1 ranking, 4-0 overall record and 3-0 Big Ten record.

Arizona State women’s team, with local swimmer Carolina Kuczynski, is ranked 18th, tied with Florida State led by SOFLO’s Tiffany Oliver, coming

off a record-breaking weekend. The Seminoles are 10-0 overall and 3-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. ASU is 2-2 and 1-2 in the PAC 12.

Southern California is ranked No. 1 with an undefeated 5-0 overall record and 4-0 in the PAC 12. Texas A&M is ranked second with a 4-0 overall record and 2-0 SEC record. The Gator women, 1-3 overall and 1-2 in the SEC, are ranked ninth. Louisville women are ranked 17th with a 2-1
overall record and 1-0 record in the Big East.

MEN’S POLL: 1. Michigan 4-0, 2. California 2-0, 3. Arizona 3-1, 4. Texas 1-2, 5. Southern California 3-0, 6. Ohio State 4-0, 7. Florida 4-0, 8. Stanford 1-0, 9. Auburn 3-0, 10. Indiana 4-2, 11. Minnesota 2-1, 12. Georgia 3-1, 13. Florida State 5-2, 14. Missouri 3-1, 15. Virginia 4-1, 16. Louisville 1-2, 17. Virginia Tech 6-1, 18. Iowa 1-1, 19. LSU 2-1, 20. Notre Dame 5-0, 20. Penn State 2-2, 22. North Carolina 3-0, 23. UNLV 3-2, 24. Georgia Tech 1-2, 25. Denver 1-2.

WOMEN’S POLL: 1. Southern California 5-0, 2. Texas A&M 4-0, 3. Georgia 5-0, 4. California 4-0, 5. Texas 3-1, 6. Arizona 4-2, 7. Stanford 2-1, 8. Virginia 3-0, 9. Florida 1-3, 10. Tennessee 5-0, 11. Auburn 3-0, 12. Penn State 3-1, 13. UCLA 8-0, 14. Minnesota 5-0, 15. Ohio State 4-1, 16. North Carolina 2-1, 17. Louisville 2-1, 18. Florida State 10-0, 18. Arizona State 2-2, 20. Missouri 3-2, 21. Notre Dame 1-3, 22. Indiana 2-4, 23. SMU 1-1, 24. Michigan 1-3, 25. Arkansas 3-1.

Miscellaneous        

Bieber Fever is allowed by the NCAA, go figure! A day after Olympian Missy Franklin told media outlets that she returned all the swag that Justin Bieber sent her over the summer when he found out that she was a fan and loved his music. She was worried about it affecting her NCAA eligibility when she begins California next fall. Not so, said an NCAA official spokesperson on Thursday. “We applaud Missy Franklin’s commitment to amateurism but Bieber Fever is allowed under NCAA rules,” spokeswoman Stacey Osburn said. Bieber is known for giving fans gifts and was never suspected of giving her special treatment or recruiting her for any college…

Five-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte has volunteered his services as a coach to help raise money for Hurricane Sandy Relief victims. Lochte has joined in the Hurricane Sandy Relief auction, organized by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Vogue Magazine. The winning bidder and a guest will receive a one-hour lesson with Lochte and lunch with him afterwards. The starting bid is $4,000. Though no bids have been made the auction still has 12 days left.

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