Diaz-Quintero and Belen boys win cross-country title. Fraga and Lourdes girls win, too
The Belen Jesuit boys’ cross-country team won its 10th consecutive Miami Dade County Youth Fair Championships and 21st in school history at Larry and Penny Thompson Park.
Proving the strength of the depth of Belen, the team ran without its Top 3 runners including Adam Magoulas.
The Wolverines still finished with 16 points in a field that included 26 teams and 308 athletes from Miami Dade County.
Columbus was runner-up with 83 points, and G. Holmes Braddock placed third with 102 points.
Belen was led by freshman Joey Diaz-Quintero, who ran the 5K course (3.1 miles) in 16 minutes and 33 seconds to finish first overall. Teammate Diego de la Hoz, a junior, was second in 16:44.
Senior teammate Julian Rodriguez was third at 16:49, and junior Marco de la Hoz was fourth at 16:51. Braddock senior Gabriel Garcia broke up the pack by placing fifth in 16:55.
Other top finishers: 6. Roberto Leon (Bel) 16:57; 7. Ryan Sarafoglu (Coral Reef) 16:59.35; 8. Alec Torricella (Bel) 16:59.52; 9. Ricardo Mendez (Bel) 16:59.71; 10. Marcus Mata (Columbus) 17:01.27; 11. Giovanni Armas (Columbus) 17:03.02; 12. Lucas Alejandro Garcia (Bel) 17:07.74; 13. Dennis Moreno (Miami Sunset) 17:10.21; 14. Felipe de Cardenas (Ransom Everglades) 17:13.52; 15. Daniel Lurigados (Bel) 17:26.50.
Team scores Top 10: 1. Belen 16, 2. Columbus 83, 3. Braddock 102, 4. Mater Lakes Academy 185, 5. Miami Sunset 183, 6. Coral Reef 206, 7. Gulliver Prep 220, 8. Doctors Charter 223, 9. Ransom Everglades 224, 10. TERRA 241.
Belen will run in the Flrunners.com Invitational on Friday in Lakeland.
Lourdes wins girls’ race
Lourdes junior Olivia Fraga won the girls’ race, edging St. Brendan junior Emma Hencock during the Miami Dade County Youth Fair Championships.
Fraga covered the 3.1-mile course in 20:00.37, and Hencock did so in 20:00.64.
The girls’ division featured 258 runners.
Fraga also led the Bobcats to the team title as Lourdes totaled 42 points, 16 points ahead of runner-up Braddock. Gulliver Prep was third of 20 teams with 77 points, and St. Brendan followed closely at 83 points.
Team results: 1. Lourdes 42, 2. Braddock 58, 3. Gulliver Prep 77, 4. St. Brendan 83, 5. Coral Reef 201, 6. Miami Sunset 222, 7. Palmetto 232, 8. Northwestern 260, 9. Miami Country Day 275, 10. Ransom Everglades 279.
Individual results: 1. Olivia Fraga (Lourdes) 20:00.37; 2. Emma Hencock (StB) 20:00.64; 3. Annabella Cardona (Brd) 20:13.62; 4. Daniela Alvarez (StB) 20:41.54; 5. Sofi Martinez (Lourdes) 20:43.88; 6. Nina Starvaggi (GP) 20:44.27; 7. Kaycie Aquilino (StB) 20:47.17; 8. Kayla Feeney (Brd) 20:52.76; 9. Jasmine Trotz (Brd) 20:59.51; 10. Olivia Rodriguez (Lourdes) 21:06.75; 11. Sabrina Gomez (Miami Sunset) 21:07.32; 12. Cayla Moore (Miami Southridge) 21:11.71; 13. Johanna Diez (Lourdes) 21:13.79; 14. Alessandra Di Mise (GP) 21:15.18; 15. Ana Romeu (Lourdes) 21:36.32.
Swimming
The American Heritage (Plantation) swim teams (boys and girls) swept the team competition in a tri-meet with American Heritage (Delray Beach) and Archbishop McCarthy.
Eva Pierre-Antoine, Amari M. Porter and Audrey Prado helped lead the winning Patriots’ girls’ team. Syven Walker of Archbishop McCarthy was a double winner in individual events.
Rithvik Marri and Alessandro Pereira were double winners for the winning boys’ team.
GIRLS: American Heritage (Plantation) 79, Archbishop McCarthy 77; American Heritage (Plantation) 90, American Heritage (Delray Beach) 47; Archbishop McCarthy 102.50, American Heritage (Delray Beach) 44.5:
200 Medley Relay: 1. AHP (Mia Guerrero, Wynona Brinkmann, Amari M. Porter, Eva Pierre-Antoine) 2:05.82. 200 free: 1. Pierre-Antoine, Eva (AHP) 2:21.06. 200 IM: 1. Lappas-Ford, Ainsley (AHDB) 2:27.35. 50 free: 1. Walker, Syven (AMC) 25.86. 100 butterfly: 1. Porter, Amari M (AHP) 1:07.45. 100 free: 1. Walker, Syven (AMC) 57.36. 500 free: 1. Prado, Audrey (AHP) 5:47.84. 200 free relay: 1. AHP (Mia Guerrero, Mila Bond, Wyonna Brinkmann, Audrey Prado) 1:54.98. 100 back: 1. Lappas-Ford, Ainsley (AHDB) 1:07.61. 100 breast: 1. Rock, Julia B (AHDB) 1:15.76. 400 free relay: 1. AHP (Mila Bond, Amari Porter, Audrey Prado, Eva Pierre-Antoine) 4:10.48.
BOYS: American Heritage (Plantation) 88, Archbishop McCarthy 71; American Heritage (Plantation) 99, American Heritage (Delray Beach) 39; Archbishop McCarthy High 111, American Heritage (Delray Beach) 38:
200 Medley Relay: 1. AHP (Rithvik Marri, Daniel Burg, Alessandro Pereira, Kirill Prikhodko) 1:45.77. 200 free: 1. Pereira, Alessandro (AHP) 1:52.06. 200 IM: 1. Marri, Rithvik (AHP) 2:08.24. 50 free: 1. Cabrera, Alejandro (AMC) 20.53. 100 butterfly: 1. Pereira, Alessandro (AHP) 57.06. 100 free: 1. Prikhodko, Kirill (AHP) 52.24. 500 free: 1. Marri, Rithvik (AHP) 5:04.53. 200 free relay: 1. AHP (Odin Farkas, Yanjun Wang, Tyler Zhou, Sean Vittanakorn) 1:45.17. 100 back: 1. Garrick, Nathaniel (AMC) 1:01.25. 100 breast: 1. Burg, Daniel (AHP) 1:09.96. 400 free relay: 1. AHP (Alessandro Pereira, Rithvik Marri, Kirill Prikhodko, Daniel Burg) 3:31.76.
Bowling
GIRLS: Ferguson d. Killian 7-0: Ferg: High Games Nicole Marin 135, Samantha Perez 140, Lia Ramirez 132, Natalia Findeisen 128, Samantha Abreu 157; High Series Samantha Abreu 438. Kil: High Games Alyssa Reyes 122, Linayah Leon 122; High Series Linayah Leon 294.
GIRLS: Hialeah d. COHEA: Hia: Jennifer Suarez High Game 144, High Series 346; Joana Dobal High Game 120, Series 300; Jeanette Sanchez High Game 64, Series 169; Melany Borges High Game 80, Series 215. COHEA: Krystal Fernandez High Game 100, High Series 276; Kassandra Fernandez High Game 83, Series 229.
BOYS: COHEA d. Hialeah: COHEA: Tyler Keller High Game 269, High Series 695; Adair Garica High Game 190, Series 522; Adrian Hermoso High Game 116, Series 204; Yusnier Fernandez High Game 64; Miguel Gonzalez High Game 115; Bo Williams High Game 101; Vince Tech High Game 100. Hia: George Matta High Game 135, High Series 303; Anthony Bustamante High Game 121, Series 306; Javier Carreno High Game 58; Adel Disla High Game 118, Series 286; Serguey Rios High Game 75; Haizen Forero High Game 107.
Golf
GIRLS: American Heritage (Plantation) 154, Cardinal Gibbons 173: Kelly Shanahan (AH) 35; Alessandro Tabora (AH) 38; Katherine Schaefer (AH) 38; Kaylee Ehret (CG) 39; Jayden Boros (CG) 41; Emma Parker (AH) 43; Sofia Ehret (CG) 46; Laura Monsalve (AH) 47; Marykait Reeder (CG) 47; Elizabeth Smith (CG) 48.
Tennis
More than 360 junior tennis players competed in the Bobby Curtis Junior Doubles Section Championships at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, featuring many high school age level players.
In boys’ 14s, top-seeded Stefan Karatosic (Aventura) and Rafael Ferreira (Boca Raton) topped No.2 seeds Nathan Germino (Valrico) and Jack Satterfield (Tampa) 3-6, 6-3 [10-3] to capture their first Bobby Curtis doubles title.
In girls’ 14s, No.2 seeds Daniela Chica (Miami) and Gabriella Rawles (Bradenton) reached the semifinals.
In mixed 14s, Miami’s Caleb Chow and Daniela Chica won the title, besting Fort Myer’s Berklie Simmering and Tampa’s Jack Satterfield in the finals 5-4 (7-4), 3-5, [7-5].
In boys’ 16s, No.4 seeds Pierce Garbett (Miami/Gulliver Prep) and Benjamin Willwerth (Jupiter) were finalists. Hunter Nussbaum (Tampa) and Nikola Parichkov (Tampa) topped them in a close finals 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), [11-9].
In mixed 16s, No.3 seeds Catherine Goldman (Hollywood) and David Prasievi (Miami) were first, beating Savannah Webster of Bonita Springs and Benjamin Saltman of Winter Haven 5-3, 5-4 (7-5).
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More tennis
A USA Tennis Tour Series event is Friday-Sunday at J.D. Redd Park in Homestead.
The tournament — via SpotSports, USA TennisTour, Global Tennis Tour — will allow players to compete who normally don’t have this opportunity.
Divisions are: Women’s Singles and Women’s Doubles WTAOpen, Pre Wildcard Event, Men’s Open and Girls 18-and-under.
Registration ends Friday.
Visit: https://app.universaltennis.com/events/63262.
Submit results
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Roundup compiled by Jim Varsallone
jvarsallone@miamiherald.com
