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WRITTEN BY SHARON ROBB

August 12, 2012

Now that the official standings are in, Florida Gold Coast All-Stars walked away with a pair of fifth-place team finishes in the girls and boys competition at the Southern Zone Long Course Championships in Rockwall, Texas.

Coral Springs Swim Club’s trio of Steph Campo, Catharine Cooper and Isabella Pittinger picked up valuable national experience during the weeklong competition.

On the final day of competition, Cooper, competing in her biggest meet, was 15^th in the 50-meter

freestyle in 29.29. Cooper led off the seventh-place 11-12 200-meter freestyle relay that finished in 1:56.41 with Jessica Nava, Bianca Monti and Alicia Mancilla.

Pittinger swam 32.38 in the 50-meter butterfly.

North Carolina Swimming won the girls team title with 408.5 points to edge Florida Swimming with 398.

The Florida Gold Coast girls finished fifth with 257 points among the 14-team field featuring some of the nation’s top age group swimmers.

Georgia Swimming won the boys crown with an impressive 573 points. Florida Swimming was a distant second with 340.5.

Florida Gold Coast boys totaled 227.5, buoyed by the 15-18 200-meter freestyle relay victory in 1:37.31 with Alec Wathen, Danny Hartley, Quinn Cassidy and Gage Kohner on the final day.

SATURDAY RESULTS

GIRLS

TEAM TOTALS: 1. North Carolina Swimming 408.5, 2. Florida Swimming 398, 3. Southeastern Swimming 390, 4. Georgia Swimming 302, 5. Florida Gold Coast 257, 6. Kentucky Swimming 225.5, 7. South Texas Swimming 104, 8. Team North Texas 81, 9. South Carolina Zone 77, 10. Gulf Swimming 35, 11. Louisiana Zone 32, 12. Border Swimming 20, 13. West Texas Zones 11, 14. Mississippi 7.

200-meter individual medley:

11-12, 1. Christin Rockway, Florida Swimming 2:27.28; FGC: 10. Kelley Heron 2:35.45, best time; 11. Jessica Nava 2:35.50, best time, 28. Melannie Vargas 2:42.17, 33. Alicia Mancilla 2:43.81; 13-14, 1. Brooke Rubendall, North Carolina 2:23.43; FGC: 3. Rose Smiddy 2:27.43, best time, 6. Hannah Burdge 2:29.75, best time, 12. Kelly Fertel 2:31.69, 17. Jessica Conway 2:32.27, 26. Caroline Schirmer 2:33.74; 15-18, 1. Kira DeBruyn, Georgia 2:23.91; FGC: 3. Jessie Randolph 2:24.92, best time, 7. Darby Goodwin 2:27.43, best time, 10. Christi Herfurth 2:28.09, best time, 21. Marcella Marinheiro 2:32.20.

50-meter freestyle:

11-12, 1. Alena Kraus, Florida Swimming 27.60; FGC: 15. Catharine Cooper 29.29, 18. Bianca Monti 29.53, best time, 40. Racine Ross 30.38, best time, 50. Isabella Pittinger 30.85; 13-14, 1. Marta Ciesla, FGC 26.76; FGC: 16. Caroline Schirmer 28.59, best time, 27. Hannah Burdge 28.96, 37. Kelly Fertel 29.73; 15-18, 1. Tie, Lydia Ware, FL, Sarah Love, KY 27.14; FGC: 12. Darby Goodwin 28.20, 13. Brenna Ruth 28.23, 29. Maria Lopez 29.06, 32. Marcella Marinheiro 29.14, ties best time, 54. Kristina Figueroa 30.13.

50-meter butterfly:

11-12, 1. Tie, Abby Burke, FL, Jewels Harris, SES, 29.66; FGC: 22. Racine Ross 31.74, 29. Melannie Vargas 32.22, best time, 31. Alicia Mancilla 32.26, 33. Isabella Pittinger 32.38, 34. Bianca Monti 32.50, 58. Catharine Cooper 34.87.

200-meter butterfly:

13-14, 1. Nicole Fye, Georgia 2:18.85; FGC: 13. Namilla Sanchez 2:29.18, 22. Jessica Conway 2:38.39, best time; 15-18, 1. Kayla Moran, FL 2:19.28; FGC: 4. Christi Herfurth 2:21.04, 5. Maria Lopez, FGC 2:21.10.

200-meter freestyle relay:

11-12, 1. SES 1:52.81, 7. FGC “A” 1:56.41 (Catharine Cooper, Jessica Nava, Bianca Monti, Alicia Mancilla); 13-14, 1. SES 1:50.54, 2. FGC “A” 1:50.62 (Hannah Burdge, Rose Smiddy, Caroline Schirmer, Marta Ciesla); 15-18, 1. SES 1:49.12, 2. FGC “A” 1:49.29 (Jessie Randolph, Darby Goodwin, Brenna Ruth, Carla Robles).

BOYS

TEAM TOTALS: 1. Georgia Swimming 573, 2. Florida Swimming 340.5, 3. North Carolina 292, 4. Southeastern 279, 5. Florida Gold Coast 227.5, 6. South Texas 172.5, 7. Kentucky 130.5, 8. South Carolina 115, 9. Gulf Swimming 89, 10. Team North Texas 63, 11. Mississippi 35, 12. Border Swimming 32, 13. Louisiana Zone Team 14, 14. West Virginia 8.

200-meter individual medley:

11-12, 1. Isaac Gwin, South Texas 2:20.13; FGC: 24. Bryan Quintero 2:34.14, 34. Gabriel Munoz 2:35.53, 42. Kevin Hernandez 2:38.62, best time, 44. Jorge Depassier 2:39.61, best time, 49. Kevin Porto 2:41.05; 13-14, 1. Derek Cox, Georgia 2:13.23; FGC: 12. Jonathan Farah 2:20.06, best time, 37. Julio Horrego 2:25.46, 39. Julien Pinon 2:26.05; 15-18, 1. Dalton Shaw, North Carolina 2:09.72; FGC: 2. Quinn Cassidy 2:09.96, best time, 12. Alec Wathen 2:15.34, best time, 24. Danny Hartley 2:19.64, 36. Manuel Lopez 2:22.27.

50-meter freestyle:

11-12, 1. Tan Dunn III, GA 25.74; FGC: 12. Maximilian Asnis 28.09, best time, 13. Bryan Quintero 28.42, 31. Jorge Depassier 29.22, 33. Adrian Aguilar 29.39, 39. Kevin Hernandez 29.72; 13-14, 1. Knox Auerbach, GA 23.93; FGC: 7. Hank Contich, 25.64, 12. Julien Pinon 26.24, 16. Adrian Moya 26.51, 18. Cody Cline 26.55, best time, 33. Gustavo Valery 27.09, best time; 15-18, 1. Chris Powell, GA 24.19; FGC: 2. Gage Kohner 24.43, 4. Quinn Cassidy 24.47, 17. Alec Wathen 25.53, 45. Kent Haeffner 26.72, best time.

50-meter butterfly:

11-12, 1. Tan Dunn III, GA 28.73; FGC: 12. Ervin Marin 30.72, best time, 14. Maximilian Asnis 30.86, 16. Gabriel Munoz 30.94, 24. Adrian Aguilar 31.64, 30. Kevin Hernandez 31.94.

200-meter butterfly:

13-14, 1. Derek Cox, Georgia 2:09.77; FGC: 14. Carlos Gallego 2:20.74, best time, 27. Cody Cline 2:24.66, best time; 15-18, 1. Jacob Vosburgh, North Carolina 2:07.79; FGC: 5. Derek Chait 2:09.23, best time, 18. Ronald Santos 2:17.02, 20. Danny Hartley 2:18.91.

200-meter freestyle relay:

11-12, 1. Georgia 1:48.18, 5. FGC “A” 1”50.57 (Maximilian Asnis, Jorge Depassier, Bryan Quintero Ervin Marin); 13-14, 1. SES 1:41.48, 3. FGC “A” 1:43.19 (Hank Contich, Adrian Moya, Cody Cline, Julien Pinon); 15-18, 1. FGC “A” 1:37.31 (Alec Wathen, Danny Hartley, Quinn Cassidy, Gage Kohner).

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