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2008 LONG COURSE SEASON NEWS

CYCLONES "FLASH" AT THE Junior Olympic Meet in Plantation !

The Cyclones Swim Team concluded their 2008 long-course season with the Florida Gold Coast Junior Olympic Meet at the Plantation Aquatic Complex on the weekend of July 24^th through 27^th.  The Cyclones, represented by twenty-seven of their elite swimmers, finished with 157 points.  They placed fourteenth out of forty-five teams at the meet.  

Two Cyclone swimmers took home individual high point awards.  Max Fons took third overall in the boys’ 13-14 category.  Chloe Gerena finished third overall in the girls’ 10 & under category.  Max made finals in six of his seven events and finished with two individual event victories.  He took first place in the 200-meter butterfly (2:20.00 AAA) and the 1500-meter freestyle (17:23.57 AAAA).  Max also took third place in the 200-meter freestyle (2:04.06 AAAA), 800-meter freestyle (9:12.38 AAAA) and 400-meter IM (5:06.28 AAA)  and fifth place in the 400-meter freestyle (4:26.50 AAAA).  Chloe made finals in all seven of her events.  She finished first in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:30.05 AAAA).  Chloe dropped 18.66 seconds to take second in the 400-meter freestyle (5:24.81 AAA).  She also took second in the 100-meter butterfly (1:23.49 AAA), third in the 50-meter breaststroke (42.74 AAA), 4^th place in the 200-meter IM (2:53.43 AAAA), fifth in the 200-meter freestyle (2:36.46 AAA) and seventh in the 100-meter freestyle (1:13.84 AAA).  

Also making finals for the Cyclones were Drew Fons, Aiden Goldberg, Rachel Gross,   Jennifer Ryan, Flavia Segatto and Sarah Shah.

• Sarah made finals in five of her seven events.  She finished with best times in each of her events.  Sarah took fifth place in the girls’ 10 & U 100-meter butterfly (1:25.88 AAA).  She finished sixth in both the 400-meter freestyle (5:39.30 AA), dropping her time by 22.93 seconds, and 100-meter backstroke (1:27.68 AA).  She finished seventh in the 200-meter freestyle (2:38.32 AAA), dropping 11.72 seconds from her prior best time, and eighth in the 200-meter IM (3:00.45 AAA).

• Flavia made finals in four of her seven events.  She took third place in both the 800-meter freestyle (9:35.58 AAA) and 200-meter butterfly (2:30.23 AAA).  She dropped her 800-free time by 5.30 seconds.  Flavia took fifth place in the 400-meter freestyle (4:38.55 AAA), improving her time by 6.06 seconds, and eighth in the 400-meter IM (5:28.74 AA).

• Rachel turned in a great race in the girls’ 13-14 1500-meter freestyle (18:46.94 AAA).  She finished second and bettered her time by 22.77 seconds.  She also took fourth place in the 800-meter freestyle (9:48.55 AAA).

• Jen ended a great long course season by making finals in two of her events at JO’s.   She took eighth place in both the 400-meter IM (5:40.60 A) and 200-meter butterfly (2:38.07 A).

• Drew had a great race in the boys’ 15-16 1500-meter freestyle (17:56.04 AA), finishing in sixth place.

• Aiden had an outstanding swim in the boys’ 11-12 200-meter breaststroke (3:04.96 AA). He finished fifth and dropped his time by 15.33 seconds. 

• Juli concluded an outstanding season with a great meet.  She qualified for finals in the girls’ 11-12 200-meter butterfly (2:48.93 AA) but, unfortunately was DQ’d in finals.

There were several other highlights for the Cyclones.  The Girls’ 10 & U relay team (Star Fassler, Chloe Gerena, Sarah Shah and Sydney Stewart) did a great job representing the Cyclones.  The girls took second place in the 200-meter medley relay (Shah, Gerena, Stewart, Fassler) and broke a four year old team record with a time of 2:38.17.  The girls took third place in the 200-meter freestyle relay (2:18.32).

The Girls’ 13-14 relay teams broke two team records.  The 200-freestyle relay team of Brianna Schlunaker, Erika Fassler, Caitlin Gerena and Logan Snider finished in tenth place with a time of 2:02.69. The 200-medley relay team (Gerena, Fassler, Snider, Schlunaker) took fourteenth with a time of 2:21.67.       

CYCLONES "ROAR" AT THE Division II South MEET in Miami !

The Cooper City Cyclones Swim Team continued to gear up for the finish of their 2008 long course season with the Division II Championship Meet at Tamiami Park on the weekend of July 11^th through 13^th.  The Division II Meet is the last chance for swimmers to earn a Junior Olympic qualifying time and compete in the Junior Olympic championship meet later in July.  Forty Cyclones took part in the  meet . 

The Cyclones combined for sixteen new Junior Olympic qualifying times and eleven first place finishes.  Twenty-three Cyclones made finals.

The following Cyclones had outstanding meets:

• Juliann Plasencia finished with two new JO cuts and three first place finishes.  She took first place and earned a Junior Olympic cut with an outstanding swim in the girls’ 12 & U 200-meter backstroke (2:51.09 AA).  Juli dropped her time by 23.84 seconds.  In her first time competing in the event, she grabbed a second JO cut and also took first place in the 12 & U 200-meter butterfly (2:48.34 AA. Juli also swam the 14 & U 1500-meter freestyle for the first time and took first place with a time of 20:16.18).  Juli took second and dropped 19.15 seconds from her previous time in the 14 & U 400-meter IM (5:58.24.

• Jordan Cook earned her first two Junior Olympic qualifying times at the meet.  She finished first and grabbed a JO cut in the 10 & U 100-meter butterfly (1:36.33 A).  Jordan turned in a great swim at finals in the 200-meter freestyle (2:58.20 A) to finish fifth.

• Jessie Ankney also finished with two new Junior Olympic qualifying times at the meet.  She finished first and earned a JO cut with an outstanding swim in the 11-14 200-meter  backstroke (2:48.34 A).  She grabbed a second Junior Olympic cut with a first place finish in the 100-meter backstroke (1:18.63 A), dropping her time by 2.13 seconds.

• Jeffrey Chmura  added to his list of 11-12 JO times with two new Junior Olympic cuts.  Jeff finished second and dropped 4.01 seconds in the 100-meter butterfly, turning in a JO qualifying time of 1:23.99.  He earned a second JO cut with a fourth place finish in the 200-meter IM (3:04.84.

• Star Fassler also added two new 10 & U Junior Olympic cuts at the meet.  She took first place and grabbed a JO cut in the 50-meter breaststroke (48.29 A).  She finished second and earned another Junior Olympic time in the 200-meter IM (3:18.68 A).  Star also took first and just missed a JO cut in the 50-meter backstroke (44.44).

• Michael Shah earned two new JO cuts.  He dropped 4.76 seconds and earned a Junior Olympic time in the 11-12 200-meter IM (3:02.12).  He made a second JO qualifying time in the 100-meter butterfly (1:24.80).

• Drew Fons, Krista Gomes, Sarah Shah and Sydney Stewart each earned a JO cut.  Drew had a great 1500-meter freestyle (17:56.57 AA) , finishing first and dropping more than  one minute and fifty five seconds  from his previous best.  Drew also took second and dropped 13.69 seconds in the 400-meter IM (5:31.59).  Krista took first and earned an 11-12 JO cut in the 12 & U 50-meter butterfly (35.93 A).  Sarah took first and picked up a JO qualifying time in the 10 & U 50-meter backstroke (41.71 A).  She took second and just missed a JO time in the 50-meter breaststroke (48.44).  Sydney took second and earned a JO time in the 10 & U 100-meter freestyle (1:20.40 A).