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 Coach Larry Shofe - 8/19/08The Sharks were shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the sudden passing of Coach Larry Shofe in Knoxville, Tennessee. We will always be grateful for the passion and commitment that he brought to the Sharks as our head coach over the past 4+ years. The entire Shark organization extends its heartfelt sympathy to Rosemary, and sons Milo and Kevin.
A memorial service for Coach Shofe will be held on Saturday, August 30th at 11 am at the Church of the Palms, 3224 Bee Ridge Road in Sarasota. In lieu of flowers, a Larry Shofe Memorial Fund will be set up and administered by Florida Swimming to help needy swimmers. Condolences may be sent to Rosemary Shofe, c/o M/M Curtice, 696 Andover Circle, Winter Springs, Fl. 32708. Shark Tryouts Announced - 8/18/08
The Sarasota Sharks will be having tryouts from August 20th to the 22nd between 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm in the diving well at the Selby Aquatic Center. You must be at least 6 years old and be able to swim a 25 yard freestyle and backstroke. Contact Coach Sherwood Watts at 922-9622 for more information. Welcome Mckenzie Olivia Brown - 8/18/08Coach Steve Brown and his wife, Anne, welcomed their second child into the world on Monday morning, August 18th. Mckenzie Olivia Brown, at 10 lbs, 4 oz. and 22 inches, joins her older sister, Avery, as 1/2 of a future Shark relay. We send our best wishes and congratulations to the Browns! Junior Nationals Meet Results - 8/13/08The Sharks took 13 swimmers to the Junior Nationals Championships held August 4th through 8th in Minneapolis. This meet brings together the country's fastest 18 and unders for their season-ending, long course championship. John Orban racked up 2 Olympic Trial cuts (2008) in the 400 free and 1500 free to bring the grand total to 7 new OT cuts made by the Sharks since July 24th. Making new Senior National cuts were: Patrick Ceddia (800 free); Kata Fodor (1500 free); Marissa Harrington (1500 free); Ashlee Linn (200 back); and John Orban (800 free). New Shark records were set by: Ashlee Linn in the girls 15-16 and Open categories in the 50 free with a 27.17 and the 100 free with a 57.72; and John Orban in the Open boys 800 free with an 8:16.13. On the relay side, the Open boys 800 free relay team of Pat Ceddia, John Orban, Matt Kaminske, and Mark Cox reset the Shark record with a 7:46.05. Finishing in the Top 16 of their individual events were: Pat Ceddia (14th - 800 free); Kata Fodor (14th - 1500 free); Marissa Harrington (15th - 1500 free); Ashlee Linn (15th - 100 back); and John Orban (3rd - 1500 free, 5th - 400 free, and 8th - 800 free). Full Meet results and Individual Shark results are now posted. Florida Swimming Team Wins Southern Zones - 8/13/08The Florida Swimming All-Star team won their second straight Southern Zone championship July 29th - Aug. 3rd in Atlanta. The team was led by Shark swimmers Cha-cha Bugatti, Rocky Raybon, Marissa Harrington, Patrick Wall, Ian Amistoso, Roman Zaremba, Liam McKane, Derrick Pridemore, John Orban, Mark Cox, Kirt Davis, and Matt Kaminske and Shark coaches Mark Matuszak, John Bruenning, and Nicole Maglich. Eleven Shark records were broken at the meet including: Cha-cha Bugatti breaking Bambi Bowman's 1987 record in the girls 13-14 200 free with a 2:06.66; Rocky Raybon picking up a total of 4 records by breaking the girls 15-16 and Open records in the 200 fly with a 2:15.71, and Kim Linehan's 400 IM record in both categories with a 4:57.03; Patrick Wall breaking Jack Salzman's record from 1975 in the 11-12 boys 200 free with a 2:08.62, and resetting his own mark in the 200 IM with a 2:25.26; Ian Amistoso resetting his own record in the 11-12 boys 50 breast with a 34.11; Mark Cox resetting his own records in the Open boys 100 fly with a 56.98 and 200 fly with 2:03.79; and John Orban breaking Ryan Crete's record in the Open boys 400 IM by almost 3 seconds with a 4:35.22. Additionally, two more Olympic Trial cuts (2008) were achieved by Rocky Raybon (200 fly) and Mark Cox (200 fly) - making a total of 5 OT cuts made by the Sharks in just over a week. New Senior National cuts were made by Matt Kaminske (1500 free) and John Orban (1500 free). New Junior National cuts were made by: Cha-cha Bugatti (400 IM); Marissa Harrington (800 free); and John Orban (200 & 400 IM). Top 3 finishers in their individual events were: Ian Amistoso (2nd - 50 breast, 3rd - 100 breast); Cha-cha Bugatti (1st - 800 free & 400 IM, 2nd - 200 & 400 free); Mark Cox (1st - 200 fly, 3rd - 100 fly); Marissa Harrington (3rd - 200 & 800 free); Matt Kaminske (2nd - 1500 free); John Orban (1st - 1500 free & 400 IM, 3rd - 200 IM); Rocky Raybon (1st - 400 IM & 200 fly); and Roman Zaremba (3rd - 100 back). The Full Meet Results, Team Scores, and Individual Shark Results are now posted. Congratulations to these swimmers, parents, and coaches. Matt Kaminske 4th in 10K National Open Water - 8/13/08Shark Senior swimmer Matt Kaminske finished 4th in the 10K Open Water competition held as part of the U.S. Open Championships on August 3rd in Minneapolis. Matt was less than 2 seconds out of 2nd place and finished the 6.2 mile event in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 13.339 seconds. Congratulations Matt! Showalter Takes 3rd in 1500 and 5th in 800 at US Open - 8/2/08Three Senior 1 Sharks made the trip to Minneapolis to swim in the U.S. Open Championships held July 29th thru Aug 2nd. Corinne Showalter, Austin Detra, and Blair Collins were accompanied by Senior coach Steve Brown. Corinne finished 3rd in the 1500 and 5th in the 800 free, Austin finished 11th in the 800 and 20th in the 1500 free, and Blair was 52nd in the 200 back. Corinne broke the Shark Senior girls record in the 200 fly with a 2:17.28, and Austin broke the Senior Shark record in the 800 free with an 8:16.37. Click HERE for a photo of Corinne on the awards stand. Congratulations to these 3 swimmers, their parents, and coaches. Shark Wins Florida Swimming Scholarship - 7/29/08Florida Swimming announced that Shark Senior 1 swimmer Drew Crete is the 2008 male recipient of the Irene & Bud Hackett Scholarship award. The scholarship award of $1,000.00 was presented to Drew at the 2008 FS Senior Championship meet at Florida Gulf Coast University. Each year, Florida Swimming awards two $1000.00 scholarships, one to a male and one to a female member of Florida Swimming, in memory of Florida Swimming's long time Executive Director, Irene Hackett and her husband Bud. The criteria for the Scholarship is as follows: The nominee must show the ability to be a strong leader with his or her peers; Must be a graduating high school senior; The nominee must be a current Florida Swimming Member in good standing and has been with Florida Swimming as a member for at least 2 years; They must graduate with at minimum of a 3.25 GPA (unweighted); The nominee should be a well-respected member of their community (i.e. volunteer, civic organizations, church, school, etc.). Drew also had to write an essay explaining what it means to be a leader to your peers in today’s society. Congratulations and Good Luck to Drew who will be attending and swimming for the University of Florida this Fall. 5 Straight for Sharks at Senior Champs - 7/28/08The Sarasota Sharks successfully defended their Florida Swimming Senior Champs title by scoring nearly 1,000 points more than second-place Swim Florida. This was the Sharks' fifth straight FS Senior Champs title. The four day long course meet was held at the Florida Gulf Coast University aquatic complex in Ft. Myers from July 24th through 27th. Breaking Senior Champ meet records were: Patrick Ceddia (15 & 16 boys 100 free and 200 free), and Ashlee Linn (15 & 16 girls 100 free and 100 back). Setting new Shark records were: Ashlee Linn who reset her own 15 & 16 100 free record by over a second with a 58:07; Ian Amistoso who reset his own record in the 11 & 12 breast by over 4 seconds with a 2:41.35; Tucker Atkins who reset his own record in the 13 & 14 100 fly with a 1:01.25; and Patrick Ceddia who set new records in the 15 & 16 50 free with a 24.99 and the 100 free (breaking Tripp Schwenk's record from 1988) with a 53.19. The girls Open 400 free relay team of Lindsey Largo, Kata Fodor, Ashlee Linn, and Sara Conner broke the Shark record with a 3:58.50, and the boys Open 400 free relay team of Patrick Ceddia, Drew Crete, Jordan Hershberger, and Tucker Atkins set a new Shark record with a 3:38.52. Notable cuts achieved by the Sharks were: Olympic Trial cuts made by Lindsey Largo (800 free), Ashley Largo (400 free), and Kata Fodor (400 free). A new U.S. Open cut was made by Lindsey Largo (1500 free). New Junior National cuts were made by: Patrick Ceddia (100 free), Kata Fodor (800 free), Shelby Leonard (200 back), Ashlee Linn (100 free), Rocky Raybon (800 free), and John Silvers (800 free). On an individual basis, the follow Sharks finished in the top 10 in the high point competition: 15 & 16 girls - Rachel Harrington (3rd), Ashlee Linn (5th), Shelby Leonard (7th), and Jesse Bessire (9th); 15 & 16 boys - Patrick Ceddia (1st); Open girls - Ashley Largo (1st), Lindsey Largo (2nd), Kata Fodor (5th), and Sara Conner (9th); Open boys - Drew Crete (8th), and Jordan Hershberger (T-9th). The Full Meet Results, Individual Shark Results, and a Photo Page are posted. Area 3/5 Results - 7/27/08Over 80 Shark swimmers participated in the Summer Area 3/5 Championships held July 25th through 27th in St. Pete. This is a below J.O. meet and offers a great chance for swimmers to make their Junior Olympic cuts or just improve their times for the upcoming short-course season. Making new J.O. cuts were: Hayden Aristizabal, Alex Boehm, Patrick Bucken, Rees Cattermole, Phil Czupryna, Talia Daniel, Daniel Erlenmeyer, Eric Erlenmeyer, Matthew Garcia, Megan Griffiths, Natalie Hegwein, Maggie Hibnick, Mohamed Ibrahim, Morgan Kontor, Drew Maddy, Connor O'Brien, Stasia Pietraszun, Kirsten Quinn, and Pablo Suarez. Setting two new Shark records was Campbell Lee: Campbell broke Coach John Bruenning's long-standing 500 free record in the 10 & under boys category with a 5:33.02 (sorry Coach), and he also broke the record in the 1000 free (from 1999) by 36+ seconds with a 11:33.59. The Full Meet Results and the Individual Shark Results are posted. YMCA Names Ira Klein New Shark Head Coach - 7/24/08The Sarasota YMCA has announced that Ira Klein will be the new Head Coach for the Sarasota Sharks swim team. Coach Klein was the Shark Head Coach from 1985 to 1990, and has spent the past four years working for USA Swimming in Colorado Springs. Coach Klein has provided us with a brief biography to introduce himself to the Sharks. He will officially begin his duties as Shark Head Coach on Monday, August 18th. The Sharks extend a very warm welcome to Coach Klein and his family. Sharks Smash Records in Winning J.O.'s - 7/22/08
The Sarasota Sharks won their sixth straight Florida Swimming Junior Olympic title in awesome fashion outdistancing second-place Bolles by 1,334 points. The four day long course meet was held in Gainesville at the UF pool on July 17th through 20th. In all, the Sharks broke 1 National Age Group Record, 7 JO and Florida LSC records, and 27 Shark records. In fact, the Shark 10 & under girls not only broke 3 JO and FL LSC records, but they broke every single Shark record in their age group but one (12 total Shark records broken). The 11 & 12 boys also were on a tear, as they broke 1 national record, 5 JO and FL LSC records, and 9 Shark records. The highlight of the meet was most likely when the 11 & 12 Boy's 400 Medley Relay Team of Roman Zaremba, Ian Amistoso, Liam McKane, and Patrick Wall SMASHED the U.S. NATIONAL AGE GROUP record by 4+ seconds with a 4:29.83!!! The old US record for this event was 4:34.17 and was set in 1998 by Irvine Novaquatics in California. Additionally, the Florida Swimming LSC and J.O. record for this event was set in 1993 and was 4:43.87 - that's a 14+ second drop! The old Shark record was 4:48.11 - that's an 18+ second drop! More records fell victim to the Shark J.O. swimmers. The Sharks took it to the J.O. and Florida Swimming records as the 10 & under girls team of (Shealyn Atkins, Spence Atkins, Nancy Hu, and Vanessa Knoch) smashed the J.O. and FS record in the 200 free relay with a time of 2:08.38; and, the team of Atkins, Atkins, Hu, and Lily Donoghue also broke the JO and FS records in the 200 medley relay by over 4 seconds with a 2:22.52. On an individual basis, Shealyn Atkins also broke the JO and FS record in the 50 back with a 34.40. In addition to their 400 medley relay record, the same four 11 & 12 boys also broke JO and FS records in the 200 free relay with a 1:53.75, the 200 medley relay with a 2:05.94 (a 4 second drop of both records), and the 400 freestyle relay with a 4:09.97. In addition, Ian Amistoso broke the JO and FS record by nearly 1 second in the 100 breast with a 1:13.15. In all, a total of 27 Shark records were broken over the weekend including: the 10 & under girls 50 free (Hu), 100 free (Hu), 200 free (Sh. Atkins), 400 free (Hu), 50 back (Sh. Atkins), 100 back (Sh. Atkins), 100 breast (Sp. Atkins), 50 fly (Sp. Atkins), 100 fly (Sp. Atkins), 200 IM (Hu), 200 free relay, and 200 medley relay; the 10 & under boys 200 free (Campbell Lee), 400 free (Lee), and 200 free relay (Pat Bowers, Matt Pelton, Keanan Dols, Lee); the 11 & 12 boys 800 free (Wall), 100 back (Zaremba), 50 breast (Amistoso), 100 breast (Amistoso), 200 IM (Wall), 200 & 400 free relays, and 200 & 400 medley relays; and the 13 & 14 boys 200 fly (Tucker Atkins), 200 (Atkins, Derek Pridemore, Andy Watts, Gregg Cesaroni)& 400 free (Atkins, Pridemore, Watts, Yusuf Kadibhai) relays. Records aside, the 63 swimmer Shark team swam tremendously throughout the weekend with scores of personal best times and great races. Finishing in the Top 10 of their age groups in individual high points were: 10 & under girls - Nancy Hu (1st place), Spence Atkins (2nd), and Shealyn Atkins (3rd); 10 & under boys - Campbell Lee (4th), Patrick Bowers (7th), and Keanan Dols (10th); 11 & 12 girls - Cameron Davis (9th); 11 & 12 boys - Patrick Wall (1st), Ian Amistoso (2nd), Roman Zaremba (4th), and Liam McKane (7th); 13 & 14 girls - Cha-cha Bugatti (T-1st), and Tori Kontor (9th); 13 & 14 boys - Tucker Atkins (4th), and Derek Pridemore (7th). The Full Meet Results and Scores, Individual Shark Results, and a Photo Page are now posted. More to follow....  (some downloads on this site require Acrobat Reader, to get your free copy click the Icon above) ^back to top |
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