Andreina Pinto Wins Five Events, Azura Florida Takes Team Title at Plantation Sectionals

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PLANTATION – Gator Swim Club’s Andreina Pinto won her fourth and fifth individual events of the meet, while Azura Florida Aquatic Club secured the combined team title as the Plantation Sectionals meet came to a close tonight at the Plantation Aquatic Complex in Florida.

Pinto kicked off the final night of racing with her fourth individual win in the women’s 800m free. Pinto dominated the race, winning by more than 20 seconds with an 8:44.62. Luisa Braga dropped four seconds from her seed time to finish second in 9:05.50, two seconds in front of Seacoast’s Kate Magill (9:07.78).

Pinto then pulled a solid Sunday double, clocking a 2:12.26 to win the 200m fly, a five second drop from her prelim performance of 2:17.53 and her fifth win of the meet. She had plenty of clean water to swim through in finals as Seacoast’s Isabel Reis was five seconds behind in 2:17.95. Makos Aquatics’ Alena Kraus rounded out the top three in 2:18.11.

A trio of swimmers finished within .26 of each other in the men’s 200m fly final, led by former University of Florida standout Marcin Cieslak. Cieslak, who won the 200 IM last night, punched the wall in 2:00.53 to narrowly defeat Zack Chetrat (2:00.64) and Bluefish Swim Club’s Maxwell Miranda (2:00.79) in a very tight final.

Canadian Sandrine Mainville made it a clean sweep of the sprint free events in Plantation, adding a win in the 100m free to her top finish in the 50m free yesterday with a 55.58 in this evening’s final. Michelle Williams posted a 56.07 to take second in front of Auburn Aquatics’ Hannah Riordan (56.19).

Polish Olympian Pawel Korzeniowski picked up another first place finish at the meet with a 50.16 in the men’s 100m free, adding to his earlier wins in the 50m fly and 100m fly. Auburn Aquatics teammates Marcelo Chierighini (50.35) and Renzo Tjon A Joe (50.44) were right on Korzeniowski’s heels, finishing second and third.

Gator Swim Club swept the distance freestyle events, with Pinto taking the women’s 800m free and Alejandro Gomez claiming the men’s 1500m free in 15:48.25. No one finished within 17 seconds of Gomez, as Azura Florida’s Franco Lupoli came in at 16:05.35 and Seacoast’s Luke Nelson stopped the clock at 16:07.57.

Canadian Olympian Martha McCabe was the class of the field in the women’s 200m breast final, holding off Gator Swim Club’s Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir for the win, 2:26.74 to 2:27.71. Pine Crest’s Lindsey Swartz finished a distant third in 2:37.03.

Meanwhile, Jorge Murillo Valdes topped the men’s 200m breast final in 2:16.43 after chasing down Gator Swim Club’s Nicholas D’Innocenzo (2:17.22) on the final 50. Azura Florida’s Marco Guarente separated himself from the rest of the pack for third as he touched in 2:20.78.

After finishing in the top three of several different events, Greater Holyoke’s Erin Voss saved the best for last with a first place finish in her final opportunity, the 200m back. Voss stopped the clock in 2:10.80 in a dominating swim. Carolina Colorado came in five seconds later at 2:15.84, followed by Seacoast’s Kyra Sarazen at 2:19.79.

Blue Dolfins’ Zachary Poti claimed the final individual event title up for grabs in Plantation with a 2:03.86 in the men’s 200m back final. Quinn Cassidy came in second with a 2:05.42, while Bluefish Swim Club’s Michael Choate rounded out the top three in 2:07.34.

Lindsey Trematerra, Hannah Burns, Andreina Pinto and Kahra Williams gave Gator Swim Club a victory in the women’s 400m free relay with their 3:55.37. They finished comfortably ahead of Seacoast’s Isabel Reis, Sydnee Aubin, Madalyn Redding and Kyra Sarazen, who punched the wall at 3:59.16. Bluefish rounded out the top three, with Lilly Vivado, Emily McQuaid, Haley Cordery and Abigail Martin stopping the clock at 4:02.80.

Azura Florida closed out the meet with a convincing win in the men’s 400m free relay, thanks to Marco Guarente, Raiz Tjon A Joe, Mateo Gonzalez and Carlos Herrera. The foursome touched in 3:31.66 to top Bluefish’s Maxwell Miranda, Nicholas Brown, Noah Moniz and Michael Choate (3:37.85) by more than six seconds. Lake Lytal Light picked up its first top three finish of the meet, with Michael Rahrig, Yousef Abdelraouf, Jared Ingram and William Pisani stopping the clock at 3:39.40.

Azura Florida cruised to the combined team title with 665 points, well ahead of Seacoast Swimming Association (548 points) and South Florida Aquatic Club (545 points). Azura Florida also topped the men’s standings with 552 points, while Seacoast won the women’s meet with 391 points.

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