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Belen Jesuit Sports Banquet Program 2002-2003 Volume XIX Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam This is an official publication of the Belen Jesuit Athletic Department. The Staff would like to thank the following individuals and groups for their help in making this program. Mr. Germán Delgado, Mr. Augusto Venegas, Mrs. Cristina Casero, Mrs. Carol Vila, Mrs. Teri Elías, Mrs. Beatriz Jiménez, Mr. Conrad Ruhi, Mr. Iván Santa-Cruz, the Vincam Staff, the Echoes Staff, Bryn-Alan, parents and all our advertisers. Fr. Marcelino García S.J. President/Principal Carlos Barquín Athletic Director 500 SW 127th Avenue Miami, FL 33184 305-223-8600 www.belenjesuit.org Table of Contents Athletic Director’s Year Recap 4 Student Honor Roll 6 JH Basketball 26 Varsity and JV Cheerleading 7 JH Baseball 27 Varsity Baseball 8 JH Cross Country 28 Varsity Basketball 9 JH Flag Football 29 Varsity and JV Crew 10 JH Football 30 Varsity Cross Country 11 JH Soccer 31 Varsity Football 12 6th Grade Soccer 31 Varsity Golf 13 JH Track and Field 32 Varsity Soccer 14 JH Volleyball 33 Varsity Swimming 15 JH Swimming 33 Varsity Tennis 16 JH Tennis 34 Varsity Track and Field 17 6th Gr. Basketball 34 Varsity Volleyball 18 6th Gr. Baseball 35 Varsity Water Polo 19 6th Gr. Cross Country 36 Varsity Wrestling 20 6th Gr. Track & Field 37 Junior Varsity Baseball 21 Advertising 38 Junior Varsity Basketball 22 Junior Varsity Football 23 Junior Varsity Soccer 24 Freshman Basketball 25 May 18th June 1st JV & Varsity Banquet Junior High Banquet Biltmore Hotel Belen Jesuit Dearest Lord, Teach me to be generous. Teach me to serve you as you deserve, To give and not to count the cost, To fight and not to heed the wounds, To toil and not to seek for rest, To labor and not to ask for reward, Save that of knowing that I am doing your will. St. Ignatius of Loyola 2002-2003 A RECAP OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Belen Jesuit Athletics had another succssful season. Our varsity teams compiled a combined record of 137 wins, 56 losses and 2 ties. 2 district tittles, 7-district runners up, 2 Region runnes ups and 2 indi- vidual State Champions. Jeffrey Vivo in swimming and Jason Machado in wrestling. NEW PROJECTS: A major building project is about to the completed. They include the construction of 5 new tennis courts, 2-new outdoor basketball and volleyball courts, a shelter was built as a center piece of the tennis complex. The brand new "de la Cruz Stadium" with a world class 400 metre 9-lane sythetic sur- face track, a new football and soccer field, drainage system, stadium bleachers that seat 1,400 people, a coaches sky box two new baseball fields with dog-outs and storage. This entire project is about 85% completed. In addition to that we are adding brand new bathroom and a concession stand building to be constructed between the de la Cruz Stadium and the baseball fields. Over 200 new parking spaces have also been added. FOOTBALL: A record of 10-2 ties the old time record for most wins in a regular season. The team shtu out district rival Gulliver by the score of 28 to 0. amazed 56 points in one our games by half time. 6 of it's players were voted in to the All County First team, they were Chris Gueits, Rene Veliz, ignacio Duquesne, David Caballero and Gaston Fontela. VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY: Under the direction of new Head Coach Frankie Ruiz, who is a Belen graduate and one of the founders of the New Miami Tropical Marathon. They compiled a record of 11 and 0, won an unprecedented 7th Dade County Championship Meet and had a 5fth place finish at the Great American Race in North Carolina. Javier Cruz and Eduardo Arguello made All County 1st. team as well as 1st. Team All State. VARSITY BASKETBALL: They finished with a record of 18 and 11 losses. The team was characterized by their tough and aggres- sive play that won them many close games, 5 of their games went into overtime and two of those games went into quadruple overtime. Alejandro Guardiola, was the team scoring leader was picked to the "South All Stars". VARSITY GOLF: The golf team under the dirction of Jay Perkins and Jerry Portela compiled a record of 12 and 4, fin- ished 3rd among all of the schools in Dade County and advanced to the Regional Championship meet where they finished 4th. Juan Weisenberg a Dade County medalist was the team leader. They also went on to set a new school record for 9 hole with a team score of 148. VARSITY SOCCER: Compiled a record of 14, 7 and 1. repeated as Distric Champions and lost a close game to Ransom on the Regional quarterfinals. Alimer Gonzalez led the team and was picked to the All County first team. Carlos Ortega and Andres De La Ossa were picked to the second team. VARSITY SWIMMING: The swimming squad was small in numbers, but high in individual talent. Leading the team was Jeffrey Vivo who became Belen 3rd. State Champion in the sport. VARSITY TENNIS: This year's marked the 25th. anniversary of the tennis team. Mr. Pat Collins has coached each and everyone of those years They compiled a record of 11 wins and 5 losses, and finished as the Distrcit runner ups. Leading the wolverine was Steve Pessoa who became the District Champion in the number one singles and advanced all the way into the State Finals, he also made the Miami Herald All County First team. VARSITY TRACK AND FIELD: This could easily be the best all around track team in Belen history. They compiled a dual meet record of 21 and 0, won 3 major Invitationals and won their district championship, finished as Dade County runners and Regional Runners up. New School records were stablished in the triple jump, both hurdle races, 400 meter, 1-mile, 100 and 200 meter, 4 X 100 and 4 X 400 relay and with the State Meet yet to come, more records could fall. Jose Garcia is Dade County Champion and has signed to run for the University Of Florida. Javier Garcia Tunon has been literally a horse, competing in 5 events and setting or tying 7 new school records, Miguel Ferrer, Felipe Ojeda, Javier Cruz and Eddy Arguello have also had outstanding seasons. VARSITY VOLLEYBALL: The team took first place in the Independent School Tournament and finished with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses. This also marked the inaugural State Championship series as the sport became sanctioned by the FHSAA. VARSITY WATER-POLO: The team compiled a record of 5 wins and 3 losses. It shows great promise as 8 of it's members were 6th., 7th and 8th. graders. VARSITY WRESTLING: The hilight of the season was the courage shown by Jason Machado in winning his second consecutive State Championship. Jason won the State Tournament while wrestling with a severely sprained ankle. Erine Calderin was another young man that showed tremendous courage by wrestling with an illness that would keep just about everbody away from streneous exercise. VARSITY BASEBALL: The varsity baseball showed great poise and determination while playing under extreneous circum- stances. The members of the team, their parents and coaches put out a tremendous amount of hours in order to get the new fields in playable conditions. The team has tremendous talent and were rewarded with a District runner up trophy and at the time of this report were playing in the Region quarter finals. Luis Rojas has signed with FSU. JR. VARSITY AND FRESHMAN SPORTS: The Jr. varsity baseball team finished with a record of 11 and 7 while playing against very tough opponents. The Jr. varsity basketball team finished with a record of 21 and 5. Frank Manes managed to score 31 points in the last game of the season. Chris Zumarraga and Fernando Aran set single season records for rebounds and assists. JR. HIGH SPORTS: The Jr. high program continues to be the backbone of our varsity program and is easily the best middle school program in Dade County as evident by winning Dade County Youth Fair meets in cross country, and swimming and winning ACC Championships in track and field, cross country, basketball, soccer, and base- ball. MANY THANKS: Tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Varsity & JV Cheerleading Varsity Team Roster JV Team Roster Name Gd. Lt. Name Gd. Lt. Kina Mills 12 3L Jennifer Estefan 10 2L Lydia Nodar 12 3L Natasha Castellón 10 1L Nicky Roque 12 3L Amanda Costales 10 1L Bea Iduate 12 2L Alexandra Limia 10 1L Nicole García 12 2L Christy Puig 10 1L Cassie Pérez-Zárraga 12 2L María Tamayo 10 1L Jackie Carnero 11 2L Jessica Chochún 9 1L Jeannie Herrero 11 2L Lyann Farah 9 1L Melissa Iglesias 11 2L Jacqueline Herrero 9 1L Krizia Núñez 10 2L Vanessa Navarro 9 1L Missy Reyes 10 2L Amanda Perez 9 1L Gaby Sobrado 10 2L Janelle Pimienta 9 1L Angie Alfonso 11 1L Chirley Rodríguez 9 1L Adriana Infante 11 1L Alexandra Sánchez 9 1L Giselle Jiménez 11 1L Diana Artega 9 1L Jeslin Hernández 9 1L Jackie Villavicencio 9 1L Waldo with a > Nikki Díaz 9 1L Cheerleader This year the 2002-2003 Belen Junior Varsity Cheerleaders attended a Top Gun Camp hosted by Víctor Rosario. Individually, cheerleaders perfected their stunting abilities and techniques. During the year, the cheerleaders participated in numerous pep- rallies and games. The team has surpassed all expectations, and is without a doubt, the best Junior Varsity Cheerleading team in Belen’s history.