By Sharon Robb
SUNRISE, May 2, 2018—Mallory Schleicher got in a little fine tuning for Saturday’s USA Swimming 5K Open Water Junior Nationals in Tempe (Ariz.) Town Lake at this past weekend’s IMR-IMX Challenge at Sunrise Civic Center Pool.
Schleicher, 14, one of the top open water swimmers on the South Florida circuit, won the 400-meter freestyle in 4:36.59 on opening night of the three-day meet.
Schleicher also won the 400-meter individual medley in a best time 5:16.46, dropping 5.27 seconds from her previous best. Teammate Kayla Cunningham, 15, was third in 5:28.20, also a best time, dropping 14.42.
Schleicher was second in the 100-meter freestyle in 1:03.71, another best time and time drop of 2.30 and second in the 200-meter backstroke in a best time 2:36.47, a 8.20 time drop. She was third in the 200-meter butterfly in a best time 2:34.92, dropping 2.25. She was fifth in the 200-meter breaststroke in a best time 3:01.04, dropping an impressive 13.28 seconds.
Also in the girls’ 400-meter freestyle, several SOFLO swimmers had some huge time drops. Natalia Sibug, 12, dropped 43.13 seconds in 5:32.70; Reagan Lowe, 12, dropped 29.94 in 5:32.69; Victoria Torres, 13, dropped 28.89 in 5:13.99; Mariann Catalasan, 12, dropped 18.25 in 5:32.78 and Alana Acevedo, 16, dropped 15.73 in 5:24.86. Two unattached SOFLO swimmers, JennaMarie Brames, 14, dropped 47.99 in 5:14.47 and Sally Golding, 14, dropped 30.49 in 5:09.89.
In the boys competition, SOFLO was led by Jonathan Lozano, the top finisher in the 200-meter freestyle. Lozano, 10, was second in the 12-and-under 200-meter freestyle in a best time 2:30.01.
FRIDAY RESULTS
GIRLS
400-meter freestyle:
1. Mallory Schleicher, SOFLO 4:36.59; SOFLO: 4. Kayla Cunningham 4:51.14, 7. Sarah Acevedo 4:54.62, 10. Alexis Christensen 4:58.68, time drop, 24. Sally Golding 5:09.89, time drop, 27. Victoria Torres 5:13.99, time drop, 28. JennaMarie Brames 5:14.47, 32. Alana Acevedo 5:24.86, 38. Reagan Lowe 5:32.69, 39. Natalia Sibug 5:32.70, 40. Mariann Catalasan 5:32.78, 41. Luna Delgado 5:35.28.
200-meter freestyle:
12-and-under, 1. Nicole Creed, CSSC 2:21.88; SOFLO: 9. Luna Delgado 2:39.58, time drop, 17. Giada Porven 2:45.41, 18. Kaitlyn Consuegra 2:45.65, time drop, 20. Sarah Vasquez 2:47.27, time drop, 21. Carleigh Schleicher 2:48.16, time drop, 25. Gabriella Lissa 2:53.14, 27. Leanne Sorensen 2:54.61, 29. Annie Schulze 3:02.17.
400-meter individual medley:
1. Mallory Schleicher, SOFLO 5:16.46, time drop; SOFLO: 3. Kayla Cunningham 5:28.20, time drop, 7. Sally Golding 5:44.27, 15. Jena Legaspi 6:01.18, 16. Victoria Torres 6:03.04, 19. Kailey Smith 6:18.01.
SATURDAY RESULTS
50-meter butterfly:
1. Jocelyn Ruiz, BMHG 30.58; SOFLO: 4. Kayla Cunningham 32.00, time drop, 11. JennaMarie Brames 33.89, time drop, 23. Mia Escudero 35.74, time drop, 27. Jena Legaspi 36.15.
100-meter butterfly:
1. Fatima Portillo, Azura 1:08.39; SOFLO: 11. Luna Delgado 1:17.03, time drop, 24. Alana Acevedo 1:23.30, 25. Giada Porven 1:23.68, time drop.
200-meter butterfly:
1. Jocelyn Ruiz, BMHG 2:27.23; SOFLO: 3. Mallory Schleicher 2:34.92, time drop, 4. Sarah Acevedo 2:36.70, 5. Sally Golding 2:51.23, 8. Jena Legaspi 2:55.43, time drop, 11. Luna Delgado 2:56.74, 13. Victoria Torres 2:59.91, 16. Kailey Smith 3:10.52, 17. Mia Escudero 3:10.85.
50-meter breaststroke:
1. Elisa Funes, Azura 35.84; SOFLO: 20. Mia Escudero 43.84, 30. Samantha Solis 45.48, time drop, 31. Ava Kuznik 45.65, time drop, 33. JennaMarie Brames 46.34, time drop, 46. Annie Schulze 49.72, time drop, 49. Gabriella Lissa 49.94, time drop, 52. Isabella Gomez 50.01, time drop.
100-meter breaststroke:
1. Elisa Funes, Azura 1:18.30; SOFLO: 5. Natalia Sibug 1:27.26, time drop, 11. Kayla Cunningham 1:31.29, time drop, 14. Kaitlyn Barrios 1:33.51, time drop, 17. Mariann Catalasan 1:34.05, time drop, 28. Alexis Christensen 1:37.11, time drop, 32. JennaMarie Brames 1:38.02, time drop, 33. Reagan Lowe 1:38.41, time drop, 36. Samantha Solis 1:39.22, time drop.
200-meter breaststroke:
1. Elisa Funes, Azura 2:46.84; SOFLO: 4. Victoria Torres 3:00.83, time drop, 5. Mallory Schleicher 3:01.04, 7. Sally Golding 3:02.59, time drop, 14. Kayla Cunningham 3:13.49, time drop, 20. Jena Legaspi 3:30.94, 21. Kailey Smith 3:31.75, time drop.
SUNDAY RESULTS
100-meter freestyle:
1. Elisa Funes, Azura 1:00.84; SOFLO: 2. Mallory Schleicher 1:03.71, time drop, 25. Luna Delgado 1:10.83, time drop, 26. Anastasia Lutz 1:11.22, time drop, 28. Alana Acevedo 1:11.53, 36. Mia Escudero 1:13.69, time drop, 48. Shayna Blitz 1:16.28, 56. Carleigh Schleicher 1:17.61, 59. Gabriella Lissa 1:18.52, time drop, 63.Leanne Sorensen 1:19.46, 72. Savini Subasingha 1:22.69, 76. Caterina Fogli 1:23.81.
200-meter individual medley:
1. Elisa Funes, Azura 2:28.90; SOFLO: 11. Sarah Acevedo 2:42.01, 13. Sally Golding 2:43.16, 16. Victoria Torres 2:45.68, time drop, 26. JennaMarie Brames 2:49.97, 27. Jena Legaspi 2:50.12, 28. Alexis Christensen 2:50.18, 32. Natalia Sibug 2:53.45, time drop, 40. Luna Delgado 2:55.42, time drop, 42. Kaitlyn Barrios 2:55.92, time drop, 43. Kailey Smith 2:56.58, time drop, 45. Reagan Lowe 2:58.26, time drop, 51. Giada Porven 3:02.32, 59. Anastasia Lutz 3:04.99, time drop.
50-meter backstroke:
1. Jocelyn Ruiz, BMHG 33.60; SOFLO: 13. Mia Escudero 39.80, 21. Shayna Blitz 40.95, time drop, 23. Leanne Sorensen 41.86, 32. Carleigh Schleicher 42.90, time drop, 43. Caterina Fogli 45.29, time drop, 55. Savini Subasingha 47.65, 56. Caitlin Nguyen 48.46, 57. Annie Schulze 48.70, time drop, 62. Alexandra Strong 49.61.
100-meter backstroke:
1. Solana Capalbo, Azura 1:08.32; SOFLO: 17. Alexis Christensen 1:21.65, time drop, 21. Reagan Lowe 1:22.86, time drop, 27. Natalia Sibug 1:24.30, 32. Anastasia Lutz 1:25.38, time drop, 34. Alana Acevedo 1:25.58, 35. Kaitlyn Barrios 1:25.70, 38. Luna Delgado 1:27.83, time drop, 39. Shayna Blitz 1:28.25, time drop, 40. Giada Porven 1:28.93, time drop, 43. Leanne Sorensen 1:30.39, 50. Sarah Vasquez 1:33.40, time drop.
200-meter backstroke:
1. Jocelyn Ruiz, BMHG 2:34.60; SOFLO: 2. Mallory Schleicher 2:36.47, time drop, 6. Jena Legaspi 2:44.58, 7. Sally Golding 2:44.97, 10. Sarah Acevedo 2:46.93, 11. JennaMarie Brames 2:50.26, 16. Kaitlyn Barrios 3:00.66, 17. Mia Escudero 3:02.43, 21. Victoria Torres 3:07.30.
200-meter freestyle:
1. Fatima Portillo, Azura 2:15.19; SOFLO: 10. Sally Golding 2:26.31, time drop, 14. JennaMarie Brames 2:28.21, time drop, 23. Jena Legaspi 2:35.08.
BOYS
FRIDAY RESULTS
400-meter freestyle:
1. Franco Lupoli, Azura 4:09.41; SOFLO: 13. Juan Colmenares 4:37.88, 21. Enrique Rodriguez 4:44.98, 23. Javier Roman 4:46.82, 27. Zackary Harris 4:48.35, time drop, 32. Alejandro Mateus 4:51.79, time drop, 34. Alex Golding 4:56.36, time drop, 35. Moises Rodriguez 4:56.69, 36. Alessandro Pereira 4:57.50, time drop, 40. Christian Tijero 4:58.47, 43. tie, Roberto Garrido 5:07, 43. Javier Colmenares 5:07, 48. Logan Gonzalez 5:08.97, time drop, 49. Lucas Porven 5:09.02, time drop, 51. Diego Nazario-Vazquez 5:15.16, 57. Samuel Bullen 5:21.76, 60. Gavin Sheyda 5:23.71, time drop, 63. Matthew Kim 5:39.03, time drop.
200-meter freestyle:
12-and-under, 1. Andres Teran Azura 2:27.20; SOFLO: 2. Jonathan Lozano 2:30.01, time drop, 5. Hashan Ekanayake 2:36.49, time drop, 7. Marvan Ekanayake 2:39.31, 15. Stefano Mazzi 2:56.19, 16. Juan Vallmitjana 2:56.31, 19. Benjamin Kim 2:57.92.
400-meter individual medley:
1. Ricardo Torres, Azura 4:44.91; SOFLO: 8. Javier Roman 5:10.41, 9. Enrique Rodriguez 5:17.97, time drop , 13. Moises Rodriguez 5:28.32, 18. Alejandro Mateus 5:36.98, 20. Logan Gonzalez 5:40.28, 21. Chris Vasquez 5:41.35, 22. Alex Golding 5:44.81, 25. Matthew Kim 6:07.93.
SATURDAY RESULTS
50-meter butterfly:
1. Steven Aimable, Azura 26.08; SOFLO: 17. Marcos Vazquez 30.15, 19. Ryan Alfonso 31.47, time drop, 32. Diego Nazario-Vazquez 33.78, 33. Logan Gonzalez 33.84, time drop, 54. Hashan Ekanayake 41.04, 68. Juan Vallmitjana 46.09, time drop, 70. Joseph-Blake Natino 47.40, time drop, 77. Alex Viazmetinov 50.95.
100-meter butterfly:
1. Steven Aimable, Azura 56.38; SOFLO: 9. Marcos Vazquez 1:07.40, time drop, 12. Juancamilo Rivero 1:08.60, time drop, 20. Christian Tijero 1:13.10, time drop, 21. Alessandro Pereira 1:13.32, time drop, 22. Lucas Porven 1:13.67, time drop, 27. Diego Nazario-Vazquez 1:16.07, 28. Aldo Zepeda 1:16.21, time drop, 31. Javier Colmenares 1:16.89, time drop, 39. Manuel Melendez 1:19.92, 48. Jonathan Lozano 1:25.32, time drop, 53. Stefano Mazzi 1:32.38, 54. Owen Smith 1:33.23, time drop, 55. Roberto Garrido 1:33.64, time drop, 62. Benjamin Kim 1:40.91, time drop.
200-meter butterfly:
1. Ricardo Torres, Azura 2:12.62; SOFLO: 7. John Paul Handal 2:24.35, 8. Enrique Rodriguez 2:28.14, 11. Javier Roman 2:31.13, 13. Juan Colmenares 2:32.35, 15. Alejandro Mateus 2:35.37, time drop, 16. Moises Rodriguez 2:36.55, 17. Zackary Harris 2:36.63, time drop, 22. Chris Vasquez 2:55.34, 24. Alex Golding 2:58.66, 25. Samuel Bullen 2:58.81, 27. Logan Gonzalez 3:06.67, 28. Matthew Kim 3:09.45.
50-meter breaststroke:
1. Steven Aimable, Azura 31.49; SOFLO: 16. Samuel Bullen 36.45, time drop, 18. John Paul Handal 36.64, time drop, 20. Juan Colmenares 36.77, time drop, 25. Juancamilo Rivero 38.29, 30. Marcos Vazquez 39.84, time drop, 34. Alex Golding 40.54, time drop, 35. Moises Rodriguez 40.89, 36. Javier Colmenares 41.13, 43. Ryan Alfonso 41.92, 60. Joseph-Blake Natino 48.43, time drop.
100-meter breaststroke:
1. Ricardo Torres, Azura 1:11.43; SOFLO: 5. John Paul Handal 1:18.05, time drop, 7. Logan Gonzalez 1:19.91, time drop, 15. Alessandro Pereira 1:25, time drop, 17. Javier Colmenares 1:27.17, 22. Lucas Porven 1:31.21, time drop, 23. Christian Tijero 1:31.53, time drop, 24. Aldo Zepeda 1:33.94, time drop, 32. Jonathan Lozano 1:38.05, time drop, 39. Stefano Mazzi 1:41.19, 42. Benjamin Kim 1:42.64, time drop, 45. Diego Nazario-Vazquez 1:43.42, 50. Roberto Garrido 1:48.41.
200-meter breaststroke:
1. Brandon Moran, Azura 2:29.39; SOFLO: 5. Javier Roman 2:43.14, 9. Juan Colmenares 2:50.35, time drop, 11. Enrique Rodriguez 2:50.74, time drop, 15. Samuel Bullen 2:56.75, time drop, 17. Zackary Harris 2:58.11, 22. Alex Golding 3:01.57, time drop, 25. Alejandro Mateus 3:05.14, 29. Moises Rodriguez 3:08.06, 33. Matthew Kim 3:16.74, time drop, 36. Chris Vasquez 3:19.47, time drop.
SUNDAY RESULTS
100-meter freestyle:
1. Pedro Chiancone, Azura 52.48; SOFLO: 38. Diego Nazario-Vazquez 1:06.19, time drop, 42. Javier Colmenares 1:08.62, 56. Stefano Mazzi 1:17.22, time drop, 62. Owen Smith 1:19.51, time drop, 63. Juan Vallmitjana 1:20.17, time drop.
200-meter individual medley:
1. Ricardo Torres, Azura 2:13.29; SOFLO: 7. Enrique Rodriguez 2:28.75, time drop, 9. Juan Colmenares 2:28.86, 18. Zackary Harris 2:33.49, time drop, 19. Marcos Vazquez 2:34.74, 20. Alejandro Mateus 2:35.13, 21. Moises Rodriguez 2:35.32, time drop, 26. Logan Gonzalez 2:37.68, time drop, 27. Mark Andre De Gracia 2:38.30, 28. Alessandro Pereira 2:38.82, time drop, 30. Christian Tijero 2:39.21, time drop, 34. Alex Golding 2:40.55, 36. Chris Vasquez 2:43.20, 38. Aldo Zepeda 2:44.87, time drop, 40. Lucas Porven 2:45.62, time drop, 42. Javier Colmenares 2:47.23, 45. Samuel Bullen 2:48.87, time drop, 47. Manuel Melendez 2:49.03, 49. Jonathan Lozano 2:50.85, time drop, 50. Diego Nazario-Vazquez 2:51.30, 51. Matthew Kim 2:52.24, time drop, 64. Gavin Sheyda 3:06.21, time drop.
50-meter backstroke:
1. Steven Aimable, Azura 29.28; SOFLO: 6. Juan Colmenares 32.00, time drop, 8. Marcos Vazquez 32.53, time drop, 9. Moises Rodriguez 32.74, time drop, 18. Samuel Bullen 35.26, time drop, 21. Alex Golding 36.03, 32. Marvan Ekanayake 39.42, time drop, 34. Hashan Ekanayake 40.64, time drop, 47. Gavin Sheyda 44.03, time drop, 58. Juan Vallmitjana 47.27, 63. Joseph-Blake Natino 48.21.
100-meter backstroke:
1. Aaron Granadeno, Azura 1:04.26; SOFLO: 10. Logan Gonzalez 1:13.84, time drop, 11. Marcos Vazquez 1:14.51, 12. Manuel Melendez 1:14.93, 14. Aldo Zepeda 1:16.14, time drop, 16. Christian Tijero 1:16.61, time drop, 22. Alessandro Pereira 1:18.83, 24. Javier Colmenares 1:19.73, time drop, 25. Diego Nazario-Vazquez 1:20.01, 31. Jonathan Lozano 1:22.49, time drop, 32. Lucas Porven 1:22.73, time drop, 4. Marvan Ekanayake 1:24.47, 39. Stefano Mazzi 1:27.56, 40. Hashan Ekanayake 1:27.66, time drop, 46. Benjamin Kim 1:32.89, time drop.
200-meter backstroke:
1. Juan Zapata, Azura 2:18.39; SOFLO: 5. Juan Colmenares 2:29.72, time drop, 6. Enrique Rodriguez 2:30.15, time drop, 10. Alejandro Mateus 2:36.13, 13. Javier Roman 2:37.43, 14. Zackary Harris 2:39.87, 18. Alex Golding 2:43.66, 20. Mark Andre De Gracia 2:48.58, 21. Chris Vasquez 2:50.41, 22. Jonathan Lozano 2:52.70, 23. Samuel Bullen 2:53.36, 24. Matthew Kim 2:53.49, time drop.
200-meter freestyle:
1. Andres Lares, Azura 1:57.44; SOFLO: 13. Javier Roman 2:14.34, 20. Moises Rodriguez 2:18.71, time drop, 26. Logan Gonzalez 2:24.75, time drop, 27. Aldo Zepeda 2:25.00, time drop, 30. Manuel Melendez 2:26.92.
JON OLSEN GOLD MEDAL INVITE
SOFLO’s Sofia and Sabrina Osorio competed in the Jon Olsen Gold Medal Invitational this past weekend at Ron Levy Aquatic Center in Islamorada. The three-day meet featured 383 swimmers from 14 teams.
Sabrina Osorio had the best finish, placing seventh in the 50-meter breaststroke in 39.69. In other SOFLO results:
400-meter freestyle: 14. Sofia Osorio, 13, 5:17.84; 15. Sabrina Osorio, 13, 5:17.93.
50-meter breaststroke: 37. Sofia Osorio, 46.31.
100-meter backstroke: 27. Sofia Osorio 1:19.61; 47. Sabrina Osorio 1:26.90.
50-meter butterfly: 37. Sofia Osorio 35.55.
100-meter freestyle: 39. Sabrina Osorio 1:10.68.
50-meter backstroke: 13. Sofia Osorio 36.18.
100-meter butterfly: 38. Sofia Osorio 1:21.21; 47. Sabrina Osorio 1:25.85.
50-meter freestyle: 47. Sabrina Osorio 33.17; 54. Sofia Osorio 34.27.
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