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Our Age Group and Novice Coach at the Boca Raton campus has once again committed to the St. Baldrick's Foundation. Eddie will shave his head on March 16 in honor of children who are fighting cancer. Click HERE for his home page to St. Baldricks.
March 2012 14 & Under FGC Junior Olympic Post Meet Report * 49 Pine Crest swimmers participated * 5 High Point Awards - Carolina Nava, High Point Champion 13-14 girls - Jessica Nava, High Point Champion 11-12 girls - Matthew Petreski, 3rd place High Point 10 & Under boys - Jamie Flores, 3rd place High Point 11-12 girls - Hank Contich, 2nd place High Point 13-14 boys * 263 Personal Best Times * 89 individual events made finals (top...
Pine Crest Swimming had 263 Personal Best Times at this past weekend's "14 & Under Junior Olympics" at Coral Springs. Both the individual events and relays scored vital points for the team. Our Girls were the "Champions", while our Combined Team finished as "Runner-Up". Another posting on the High Point Awards will be posted later once I receive the full information from the host team. Click HERE for the full results. Combined Team Scores: 1. South Florida Aquatic Club, 1348.5 2. Pine Crest Swimming, 1006 3. Lake Lytal Swimming,...
Pine Crest Swimming finished the weekend of Junior Olympics with more records broken and the girls bringing home the "Championship" trophy, while overall the team brought home the "Runner-Up" trophy. More details will soon follow along with photo's. Congratulations to our Junior Olympic Champions from Sunday night: 200 Freestyle Relay (11-12 girls) with a time of 1:45.72 Jamie Flores, Bailey Warren, Alexis Yribarren, Jessica Nava 400 Frrestyle Relay (13-14 girls) with a time of 3:37.88 Tyla Martin, Miriyam Ghali, Sabrina Gornisiewicz, Caroline Nava 200IM (11-12 girls)...
More records were broken on the second night of Junior Olympics. After an hour delay because of weather, fast swimming was underway. Congratulations to our Junior Olympic Champions from Saturday night: 200 Medley Relay (13-14 girls) with a time of 1:49.69 - NEW CLUB RECORD Miriyam Ghali, Marin Mullen, Tyla Martin, Caroline Nava 200 Breaststroke (13-14 boys) with a time of 2:13.50 - NEW CLUB RECORD Hank Contich 200 Freestyle (11-12 girls) with a time of 1:57.82 Jessica Nava 200 Freestyle (13-14 girls) with a...
Pine Crest Swimming ended the first night of Junior Olympics with seven new records, several JO Champions and many making finals. Congratulations to our Junior Olympic Champions from finals on March 9, 2012 200 Freestyle Relay (13-14 girls) with a time of 1:35.14 - NEW FGC RECORD AND CLUB RECORD Marta Ciesla, Alexa Rivera, Miriyam Ghali, Caroline Nava 200 Backstroke (11-12 girls) with a time of 2:09.38 - NEW CLUB RECORD Jessica Nava 50 Freestyle (10 & Under boys) with a time of 28.30 Matthew Petreski...
Congratulations to our swimmers who participated in the March 2 "Winter Sizzler" at Pompano Beach. Click HERE for the full results * A mistake was made with Hannah Fowler winning the 25 back, but she wasn't there * Half the ribbons have been received and given out, we are waiting for the remainder * Photo's of our boys and girls will be posted next week
Today starts the 14 & Under Junior Olympics at the Coral Springs Aquatic Center. This morning, our swimmers did exceptionally well in prelims and we are looking forward to a fun and fast night for finals tonight. Caroline Nava (14 years old) won the prelims for the 50 free in a time of 23.16 which breaks not only the Pine Crest Record (13-14 girls) which was previously held by herself, along with the Pine Crest Open Record, but also the FG Open and Florida Gold Coast Record for the 13-14...
Last night was the Pine Crest School - High School Swimming & Diving Awards Banquet. Congratulations to all our athletes who were acknowledged by either Coach Jay Fitzgerald or Coach Janet Gabriel. Pine Crest Swimming and Diving would like to thank Athletic Director Jim Foster, Assistant Athletic Director Jeff Foster, Elisabeth Eisenring and Eileen Pliske for all the help and support this year and every year that they provide to our student/athletes. Jim Foster was outstanding every year in making sure our program had the support it needed, we...
