JANELLE ATKINSON WINS 800 FREE AND FEMALE HIGH POINTS AWARD AT SOUTHERN ZONE SECTIONALS

Janelle Atkinson, 18, of the Bolles Sharks was the women's Individual High-point Champion with 72 points. 2nd place was Katie Robinson, 16, of the Bolles Sharks with 70 and 3rd was Renate Duplessis, 20, of Pine Crest with 65. In her last event of the competition , Jamaican Olympian Janelle Atkinson, 18, won the women's 800 FR in 8:47.46.

Once the points were tallied, the Fort Lauderdale Swim Team and the Bolles Sharks were declared the 2001 Team Champions of the Speedo Champions Series Southern Zone of the Southern Sectional.

FLST won the Men's Team title with 694.5 points over Bolles with 622 and Pine Crest with 392. Bolles won the Women's and Combined Team titles with 892 and 1514 points, respectively. In the women's meet, Pine Crest was 2nd with 616 and Highlander was 3rd with 364. In the combined race, Pine Crest was 2nd with 1008 and FLST was 3rd with 908.5.
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Ryan Lochte, 16, of Daytona was the men's Individual Champion with 91 points. 2nd place was the Bolles Sharks' Brandon Cover, 19 with 90. 3rd place was a tie between Jorge Oliver, 20, of the Bolles Sharks and Chris Fowler, 17,, of Martin County with 78 points each.

The final day saw 8 more National qualifying times and two more FGC records. Daytona's Ryan Lochte, 16, won the 200 IM over Bolles Brandon Cover, 19, 2:06.95 - 2:07.98. Miami Swimming's Christina Swindle, 16, took the women's 50 FR in 26.29 over Pine Crest's Kim Dodson, 20, (26.76), and Aqua Crest's Rhi Jeffrey, 14, (26.78). Brazilian Olympian Fernando Scherer, 26, of Coral Springs took the men's 50 FR in 23.60. 

FLST's Bradley Ally (Barbados) broke his 5th FGC record for 13-14 Boys going 2:13.07 in the finals of the men's 200 IM.


July 29, 2001

 

 

 

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