Comets "A" Invite      As most of you know, the Pine Crest Fort Lauderdale Age Group competed at the Comets “A” Invitational in Pembroke Pines this passed weekend. Amongst these swimmers were: Kent Haeffner, Hank Contich, Nicholas Hediger, Ryan Graff, Caroline Nava, Amber Lubie, Charlotte Spencer, Cara Vota, Jessica Nava, Windsor Anderton, and Ashley Crouse.      On Friday night, Hank and Charlotte began the meet with the 200 I.M. Hank improved his time by over three and half seconds getting a 2:28.50. Both swims showed strong improvement during...

Pine Crest vs. St. Andrews Pine Crest ended the dual meet season with victories by both the girls and boys teams over St. Andrews.  The final score PC 106- St. Andrews 80 in the girls; PC 112-St. Andrews 74 for the boys.  This puts the dual meet record at 11-1 and for the boys and 10-1 for the girls. The State Playoffs series starts next week with the District Championship meet on Saturday, October 31 at St. Andrews School. For the girls meet St. Andrews opened up with a win the...

Pine Crest vs. Belen Jesuit   Pine Crest had the final home dual meet for the season last night as the boys team swam Belen Jesuit of Miami the 2A State Championship team for boys.  Since Belen is only a boys school there was no dual meet for the girls however we had a Green-White meet where the ladies swam against each other and had some fun relays.  The boys had one of the most challenging meets of the season as Belen won every event and relay with exception of...

 Pine Crest vs. American Heritage   Pine Crest defeated a very strong and talented American Heritage team in both boys and girls today at the Woodson pool.  Getting out to a strong start was the key to victory as Pine Crest boys won 107 to 76 and girls were 120 to 66, pushing the dual meet record for both teams up to 7-1 for the year. Pine Crest won the opening event in both the girls and boys meet, in the 200 Medley Relay with the teams of Stephanie Moeller,...

Pine Crest vs. The Bolles School  Pine Crest Men and Women took on Bolles the State Champions in swimming and diving tonight at the Woodson pool and it was one of the most exciting meets since the early dual meets against St. Thomas back in 2002.  Bolles won both the boys and girls meets but Pine Crest got their attention and that of everyone else who came to see a classic meet against two strong teams.  It was 170.5 to 138.5 for the Lady Panthers and 177 to 123 for...

 St. Andrew’s Invitational   Pine Crest men and women swimming and diving teams moved to a 4-0 record as both teams defeated Gulliver Prep at home this past Friday, the Lady Panthers won 215 to 91 and it was 178 to 109 for mens team.  It was great to see so many faculty at the meet on Friday and our new students were happy to see Elena DelAlamo from Admissions following their progress at school. On Saturday, the Panthers competed in the St. Andrews Invitational in Boca Raton and dominated...

  Pine Crest vs. Lake Highland / Lake Brantley Invitational Results Pine Crest went to Orlando this past weekend and defeated Lake Highland Prep in a dual meet and then raced in the Lake Brantley Invitational against the top teams in the state. The Panthers finished 2nd to Bolles in the Lake Brantley Invitational. Lake Highland Prep has some outstanding swimmers but did not have the depth for the dual meet as Pine Crest increased their dual record to 3-0 for both the boys and girls. However, the power that...

Pine Crest Defeats Westminster Academy Pine Crest boys and girls swimming and diving won their opening dual meet against Westminster Academy making this the 14th year in a row that Pine Crest has won their season opener.  Pine Crest boys beat WA 119 to 67 and Lady Panthers defeated the Lions 133 to 55. The boys used a mixture of depth and strong wins in key events to put the team in front, however, WA opened up the meet strong with a win the 200 Medley Relay;  200 free; 50...