As we were all busy with the Founder’s Day parade, the FGC Age Group Championships (formerly Junior Olympics) took place this weekend in Coral Springs.
Our Cyclones team was represented by:
Constantine Lazarou, Guy Soto, and Ziggy Sweizer in the 10 and under category; and Luca Pichardo, Gabriel Soto, and Jacob Woodrum in the 11-12 category.
Ziggy Sweizer qualified for the first time this year, swimming in the 50 breaststroke event.
Constantine Lazarou, also a first time qualifier, swam 7 events, placed 4th in the finals in 100 IM, and qualified for the Florida All Stars meet. He was 22 place overall in the 10 and under category.
Guy Soto swam 7 events, making finals in 5 of them, two of which he was a top 3 finisher. He earned 8th place overall in the 10 and under category and also qualified for the Florida All Stars meet.
Luca Pichardo qualified for the first time and swam two events, the 50 breast and 50 backstroke.
Gabriel Soto swam 5 events, making finals in 2 of them. He ended the meet with a best time in the 100 yd free, dropping 1.55 seconds in the finals to finish with an impressive 58.78.
Jacob Woodrum was also a first time qualifier at this meet and swam the 50 breast, in which he made it to finals, achieving a best time of 36.67.
These kids did amazing and proved that hard work pays off!…. We are very proud of them.
