Gulliver 47 Swimmer’s attended from PC

Fall Invite, 147 New Best Times

Miami: 23 New JO Cuts

8 & Under 18 Swimmer’s attended from PC

Sizzler, Sunrise: 27 New Best Times

November Lane Lines

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Volume 83

November 2015

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November Birthday Month

Sara Pearl Adler, Anabel Bauer, Joshua Block, Guy Bogoslav-sky, Lauren Dudley, Xander Escobar, TJ Feeley, Regina Gallastegui, Ellie Gomez, Jim-my Hart, William Jeannot, Adri-an Najarro, Brooke Powell, Lior Silberman, Emily Smith, Benja-min Sturm, Christian Urbanek,

Michael Viera, Hannah Virgin

Swim Meet Results 2-3

FINA World Cup News 4

High School 5-6

Swimming News & Calendar 7-10

Inside this issue:

Aitor Arrese-Igor, Adrianna Barone, Jonah Bennett, Lorelei Bennett, Seth Berke, Joshua Block, Guy Bogoslavsky, Marissa Brannan, Taylor Collins, Rachel Contich, Hannah Contramaestre, Lauren Dudley, Bella Egizi, Michael Fernandez, Regina Gallastegui, Anton Generalov, Emma Gomez, Ryan Graff, Joshua Hanks, Nicholas Hediger, Jourdan Henry, Daniel Jacobs, Tiffany Korb, Elvis Kotikovski, Amelia Lipscomb, Brian Llamo, Annabella Lyn, Audrey Mason, Nicolas Medina, Alexandra Meszaros, Anna Montgomery, Daniela Munoz, Julian Munoz, Kristian Murphy, Adrian Najarro, Lejla Najarro, Brahm Najman, Jackie Nava, Jessica Nava, Colin Nealy, Noyola Lauren, Joao Vitor Pereira, Tiago Pereira, Matthew Petreski, Julia Podkoscielny, Brooke Powell, Rebecca Poznanski, Tesla Radulovic, Josefine Richter, Victoria Rotsaert, Julianna Russell, Molly See, Jacob Silberman, Madison Sipowski, Noah Sipowski, Hanna Elks Smith, Christian Soderberg, Samantha Stinemire, Emily Tadla, Christian Urbanek, Nicholas Vale, Simone Vale, Cara Virgin, Melody Yates, Savannah Yates, Caleb Young, Alana van Woerkom

Pine Crest Swimming—Winter Championship Team

Gulliver Fall Open at Miami, Oc-

tober 30—November 1

Pine Crest headed south to Miami for the last chance meet before Winter Champs. Congratulations to the follow-ing swimmer competing for the first time—Davin Louis and Caleb Young.

Sophia Alvarado swam on Sunday only with a new best time in the 100 free, dropping 2.28 seconds.

Aitor Arrese-Igor got 6 best times, drop-ping a huge 12.11 seconds in the 200 free, over 4 seconds in the 100IM and 100 free, and a huge 15.80 seconds in the 100 breast which was a new JO cut.

Addy Barone had 4 best times, drop-ping 2.77 seconds in the 100 breast, 0.71 seconds in the 50 free, 11.54 sec-onds in the 400IM, and 2.53 seconds in the 200IM.

Seth Berke got 5 best times, dropping 9.43 seconds in the 200 free, 12.62 seconds in the 100 breast, 5.96 sec-onds in the 100 fly and 2.15 seconds in the 50 free and 6.11 seconds in the 100 free which were both new JO cuts.

Joshua Block is competing in both club and high school, and swam in 3 events over the weekend. He dropped 2.15 seconds in the 200IM, and earned a JO cut in the 100 free.

Taylor Collins is also competing in both high school and club, and had 4 best times at the meet. She dropped almost a second in the 200 free, 50 free, 100 free and a 6.89 seconds in the 200IM.

Wyatt Denhard aged up over the sum-mer and continues to improve—now in the 11-12 age group. He had 100% best times with a huge 5.70 second drop in the 200 free and 4.11 second drop in the 500 free.

Lauren Dudley got 4 best times, drop-ping a whopping 12.95 seconds in the 200 free, 6.26 seconds in the 100 free, 1.49 seconds in the 50 free which were all new JO cuts, as well as dropping 1.03 seconds in the 100 back.

Paige Dudley got 2 best times, dropping 3.70 seconds in the 100 free and a huge 8.18 seconds in the 50 fly, and she is still 8 years old.

Bella Egizi had 3 best times, dropping 1.52 seconds in the 50 breast, which now adds another JO cut for her, as well as new bests in the 50 free and 50 fly for the 10 & under age group.

Samantha Escobar is still quite new to the team and swam the 50 free for the first time with PCS.

Xander Escobar is also quite new, and had a new best time in the 50 breast and swam the 100 back, 100 fly and 50 free for the first time with PCS.

Michael Fernandez earned 3 best times, dropping 5.08 seconds in the 100IM which is a new JO cut, and new best times in the 100 breast and 50 fly.

Regina Gallestegui is also swimming double duty with high school and club, and had a full plate of 8 events. She dropped 13.03 seconds in the 200 free and earned a new JO cut, and also had new bests in the 50 free and 100IM.

Emma Gomez swam 4 best times, with a first time swim in the 1650 free and earned a JO cut, as well as new cuts in the 200 fly, 100IM, and 50 fly.

Joshua Hanks is at the top of his age group with four 1st place finishes, one 2nd place finish, and two 3rd place fin-ishes. Lucky for us he won’t age up until summer next year—he came home with 7 best times for the 11-12 age group.

Jourdan Henry also did double duty in the pool for school and club and swam 5 best times. She earned her second JO cut in the 100 free, dropping 2.05 seconds.

William Jeannot swam 4 best times. Dropping a whopping 22.53 seconds in the 100IM, and 18.45 seconds in the 100 breast. He also dropped time in the 50 breast and 50 free.

Victor Lago was another double swim-mer for school and club. He swam 2 best times with drops in the 200 free and 50 free, edging closer to those JO cuts.

Mandy Levitt swam 2 best times, drop-ping 1.65 seconds in the 100 back and 0.23 seconds in the 50 free.

Sophia Lieuw-Kie-Song swam on Satur-day only with 2 new best times. She dropped 2.92 seconds in the 50 breast and 3.76 seconds in the 50 free.

Amelia Lipscomb only swam two events, but did the job in the pool to earn her first JO cuts in both the 50 free and 100 free for the 10 & under age group.

Denzel Louis swam 4 best times, drop-ping 4.42 seconds in the 100 back, 1.34 seconds in the 50 breast, 4.27 seconds in the 100IM and a huge 16.12 seconds in the 100 breast.

Isabella McGovern swam 2 best times, dropping 3.81 seconds in the 100IM and 8.25 seconds in the 50 back. She also swam the 100 free and 50 fly for the first time.

Kristian Murphy swam 2 best times, dropping 1.57 seconds in the 100IM and 0.42 seconds in the 50 fly to earn a new JO cut.

Adrian Najarro swam on Sunday only with 3 new best times. He dropped 2.57 seconds in the 100 free which is a new JO cut and new bests in the 50 fly and 50 back.

Lejla Najarro had a full plate with 8 events, and swam 4 best times. She dropped over a second in the 200 free, 50 free, and 100 free and dropped 2.19 seconds in the 200IM. She also swam the 400IM for the first time.

Colin Nealy is so close to those JO cuts, but he doesn’t age up until sum-mer next year, so he has time. He dropped in 5 events, with a huge 7.39 seconds in the 100 back and 8.65 sec-onds in the 50 breast, and 6.49 sec-onds in the 100 free.

Mia Patton likes to compete at every meet, invite and sizzler’s, why not—she’s still only 8 years old. She dropped time in the 50 breast and had a 3.14 second drop in the 100IM.

Chloe Pezaris swam 2 best times, drop-ping 5.35 seconds in the 100 free and 1.87 seconds in the 50 fly. She also swam the 100 breast for the first time.

Age Groups & Senior Groups

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Gulliver Fall Open at Miami, Oc-

tober 30—November 1

Joshua Pilote dropped a huge 4.26 seconds in the 100 free and swam the 200 breast and 100 back for the first time.

Brooke Powell also does double duty in the pool, and came home with 4 best times. She dropped 2.88 seconds in the 200 free, 3.21 seconds in the 100IM and new bests in the 50 breast and 50 free.

Tesla Radulovic earns some JO cuts this weekend, just in time for Winter Champs, as he ages up next month. But with a huge 19.60 second drop in the 500 free and new bests in the 100 breast and 50 fly to get 3 new JO cuts.

Rio Reynolds swam 4 best times, with drops in the 100 back, 50 breast ,50 free, and a 4.34 second drop in the 100 free. She also swam the 50 fly for the first time.

JoJo Richter swam on Saturday only with a new best time in the 100 back, dropping 2.46 seconds. She placed in the top 4 for all her events.

Athan Riesz is still 8 years old and dropped 1.44 seconds in the 50 breast and 3.11 seconds in the 100 free. He also swam the 100IM for the first time.

Liam Riesz swam 3 best times, with drops of 1.34 seconds in the 50 free, 1.62 seconds in the 100 free and 8.79 seconds in the 100 breast.

Sam Rosenthal also just finished high school and had a crazy drop of 47.37 seconds in the 200 free, 9.39 second drop in the 50 breast and 1.06 second drop in the 50 free.

Elizabeth Rotsaert is still 8 years old and had a great meet with 3 new best time. She dropped 2.31 seconds in the 50 breast, 2.51 seconds in the 50 free, and 7.85 seconds in the 50 fly.

Victoria Rotsaert earned a new JO cut in the 100 free, dropping 6.41 seconds. She also had a 6.62 second drop in the 200 free and new bests in the 50 free, and 50 fly.

Hannah Elks Smith swam on Saturday only with 3 new best times. She

dropped 8.32 seconds in the 200 free, 1.75 seconds in the 50 breast and a new best in the 50 free.

Emily Tadla swam 2 new best times. She dropped time in the 100 back and 50 back which was a 4th place finish for the 10 & under age group.

Natalie Tadla had a great meet with 6 best times. She dropped 7.01 seconds in the 200 free, 4.10 seconds in the 50 breast, over 2 seconds in the 50 free and 100 free, and new bests in the 50 fly and 50 back.

Christian Urbanek also did double duty in the pool, he had 4 best times. He dropped over a second in the 100 breast and 100 fly. He also dropped time in the 200 fly and 50 free and swam the 200IM for the first time.

Victoria Zlateva had a great meet with 100% best times. She dropped a huge 13.61 seconds in the 200 free and more best times in the 100 back, 50 breast, 50 free, 100 free, 100 breast and 50 back.

8 & Under Sizzler at Sunrise,

November 6

Our last Sizzler for 2015 was again at Sunrise with 19 swimmers attending from PCS. Unfortunately the weather was a bit wet and miserable.

Jared Berke had 3 best times, dropping 1.56 seconds in the 25 fly and new bests in the 25 breast and 25 free.

Sofia Egizi was feeling unwell, so only swam the 25 fly before she went home which was still an 8th place finish.

Amelie Flory-Struzer had a best time in the 25 breast, which was an 8th place finish.

Kaylee Foreman had 2 best times, dropping 2.79 seconds in the 25 fly, and 2.53 seconds in the 25 breast.

Luna Guzman swam in her first Sizzler with PCS doing a great job.

Luke Hendrick swam in his last Sizzler as he will turn 9 years old next month. He dropped time in the 25 fly which was

a 4th place finish.

Blair Joselson had a best time in the 25 breast which was a 4th place finish, and also finished in the top 5 places for all her other events.

Zephy Kjos had a best time in the 25 free, dropping 2.15 seconds, and was part of the relay team.

Lev Konnikov swam in his first Sizzler with PCS and did a great job, finishing in the top 8 places for all his events.

Brynn Maynard had 4 best times, drop-ping 2.58 seconds in the 25 fly, 4.39 seconds in the 25 back, a huge 7.81 seconds in the 25 breast, and 5.08 sec-onds in the 25 free.

Mia Patton had 3 best times, dropping time in the 25 back, 25 breast, and 25 free events. She placed 1st in the 25 free and Mia will be joined to PCS by her next month, meaning she can be added to our relay teams.

Emmi Rogovin did a great job swim-ming in all 4 events. She is still 7 years old, so has another year in the 7-8 year age group.

Shea Runsdorf had 2 best times, drop-ping in the 25 back and 25 free events, Shea is also another 7 year old.

Danil Sachenko had 3 best times, drop-ping 2.99 seconds in the 25 fly, 2.24 seconds in the 25 back, and 1.39 sec-onds in the 25 free.

Kevin Santos had a best time in the 25 breast, dropping 1.47 seconds which was a 9th place finish. He was also part of the relay team.

Sarah Sponder had 3 best times, drop-ping a huge 4.39 seconds in the 25 fly, and 4.35 seconds in the 25 free, and a new best time in the 25 back.

Benjamin Sturm did a great job in his first Sizzler with PCS, he finished 1st place in the 25 breast and 2nd place in the 25 free.

Sam Weisfisch did great, as he finished in 5th place in the 25 fly, and 6th place in the 25 free events.

Age Groups & Senior Groups

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Marta Ciesla travelled to Doha and Dubai for the FINA World Championships in late Octo-ber and early November. She finished 6th in Doha in the 50m freestyle, and 2nd in Dubai, again in the 50m freestyle in a time of 25.31.

Marta is a Junior at Pine Crest School and has been swimming in our club program since 2012 and started at our Boca campus under Coach Tom, she currently swims in the Senior group with Coach Mariusz and Coach Jay.

Congratulations to Marta Ciesla on her 2nd place finish at Worlds

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Class 1A-Girls District Champions Class 1A-Boys District Champions

Class 1A—Girls Regional Champions Class 1A-Boys Regional Runner Up

Class 1A—Boys State Runner Up, Class 1A—Girls finished 4th at States

Pine Crest School—High School Swimming & Diving results

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STATE CHAMPIONS (Class 1A)

Austin Fields (Pine Crest School)

- 1m diving (3 x State Champion)

Jessica Nava (Westminster Academy)

- 100 butterfly in a time of 53.77

NEW STATE RECORD HOLDER

PATRICK GROTERS (University School)

- 200IM in a time of 1:50.22

High School Swimming & Diving results

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Pine Crest Swimming News

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Congratulations to our PC Alumni Swimmers that were Inducted into the Pine Crest Athletic Hall of Fame last month during Pine Crest School Homecoming Week-end.

Stephanie Eisenring ‘09

Joey Pedraza ‘07

Thanks to the organization of our PC parent—Michael Lyn, the Tornado Swim Club team in Jamaica is sending a huge THANK YOU to the families of Pine Crest Swimming for their donations to their Inner City learn-to-swim program in Kingston, Jamaica.

Pine Crest Swimming—team attire for all meets:

Friday—black team t-shirt

Saturday—green team t-shirt

Sunday—white team t-shirt

Regular Swim Meets—Black PC team swim suit, green swim cap

Championship Swim Meets—Black PC team swim suit, white championship swim cap

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OctoberFest Winners—

Boca Raton Campus:

Novice I—

Winners: Levent Ozaktay, Fallyn

Riesz, & Emmi Rogovin

Novice II—

Winners: Sophia Moreno &

Elizabeth Rotsaert

White Group—

Winner: Paige Dudley

Runner Up: Mikaela Schluth

Green I Group—

Winner: Rio Reynolds

Runner Up: Victoria Zlateva

Mikaela, Paige, & Rio

Lily Lila Rose & Kevin Fun times with Novice at the

Halloween Party with a mummy wrap relay race

Fort Lauderdale Campus:

Novice—

Winner: Lily Viera

Runner-Up: Kevin Santos & Lila

Rose Feeley

White Group—

Winner: Mia Patton

Runner-Up: Emily Tadla

Green I Group—

Winner: Julia Podkoscielny

Runner-Up: Josh Pilote

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A History Lesson—

of his vision. The road to recovery

was a steep one according to

Snyder who had to adjust to his

new life without sight.

Snyder reports that within 5

weeks he was completing a 5k

run and enjoyed exercise as a

simple hobby. He was ap-

proached multiple times by adap-

tive athletic programs, but re-

mained hesitant at the idea of

competing in swimming again.

Eventually he came around to

the idea, and the year that fol-

lowed was one he couldn't have

imagined. He quickly rose in the

national rankings and it became

clear to him that he had an amaz-

ing opportunity in front of him.

Brad later quoted, “Something

came true that I didn’t necessarily

recognize the importance of it

while it was happening.”

In London 2012, exactly one

year (down to the day) after his

accident in Afghanistan, Brad

touched the wall in his 100-meter

freestyle and became a Paralym-

pian. “It was such a tangible rep-

resentation of how we had turned

everything around”, he said about

the accomplishment.

Brad went on to win another

gold and a silver medal in Lon-

don, as well as another handful of

medals at the IPC World Champi-

onships in Glasgow.

Now, Brad acts an advocate for

adaptive athletics for wound vet-

erans, and hopes to compete next

year in Rio de Janeiro.

Thank you Brad for your ser-

vice. Additionally, thank you for

reminding us that we can perse-

vere even in the face of adversity.

U.S. Navy Lieutenant

Brad Snyder

Brad Snyder was born in Neva-

da, and then relocated to St. Pe-

tersburg, FL where he grew up.

Snyder excelled in the water from

a young age, and continued in the

sport through high school.

Snyder’s long desire to serve

his country lead him to attend the

United State Naval Academy. Be-

sides simply swimming for his

school, Brad studied naval archi-

tecture and eventually was named

captain of the swim team.

Snyder graduated in 2006 and

went on to become a lieutenant in

the Navy. He served in Afghani-

stan as an explosive ordnance

disposal officer.

In September of 2011, the lieu-

tenant was in the midst of rescu-

ing victims of a bombing when he

himself stepped on an improvised

explosive device. It was this

incident that lead to the total loss

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PINE CRE ST SW IMMING

January 22-24

Scotty Invite, Saint Andrews, Boca

Raton

December 5

Santa Claus Meet, Pompano Beach

December 9-12

Speedo Winter Junior Nationals,

Atlanta, GA

December 16

Holiday Party—PC Boca Raton & Fort

Lauderdale

February 13-14

14 & Under Panther Invite, PCFL

February 27-28

Area 2 Developmental Championships,

Sunrise

December January February

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Email: swimming@pinecrest.edu

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SAVE THE DATE

ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY!

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

for

Novice, Age Group, Senior Group

& Diving Team