Belen JesuitSports Banquet Program

2002-2003Volume XIX

Ad Majorem Dei GloriamThis 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. CristinaCasero, 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 andall our advertisers.

Fr. Marcelino García S.J.President/Principal

Carlos BarquínAthletic Director

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Table of Contents

Athletic Director’s Year Recap 4Student Honor Roll 6Varsity and JV Cheerleading 7Varsity Baseball 8Varsity Basketball 9Varsity and JV Crew 10Varsity Cross Country 11Varsity Football 12Varsity Golf 13Varsity Soccer 14Varsity Swimming 15Varsity Tennis 16Varsity Track and Field 17Varsity Volleyball 18Varsity Water Polo 19Varsity Wrestling 20Junior Varsity Baseball 21Junior Varsity Basketball 22Junior Varsity Football 23Junior Varsity Soccer 24Freshman Basketball 25

JH Basketball 26JH Baseball 27JH Cross Country 28JH Flag Football 29JH Football 30JH Soccer 316th Grade Soccer 31JH Track and Field 32JH Volleyball 33JH Swimming 33JH Tennis 346th Gr. Basketball 346th Gr. Baseball 356th Gr. Cross Country 366th Gr. Track & Field 37Advertising 38

May 18th JV & Varsity Banquet

Biltmore Hotel

June 1stJunior High Banquet

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

2002-2003A RECAP OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Belen Jesuit Athletics had another succssful season. Our varsity teams compiled a combined record of137 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 tenniscourts, 2-new outdoor basketball and volleyball courts, a shelter was built as a center piece of thetennis 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, acoaches 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 beconstructed between the de la Cruz Stadium and the baseball fields. Over 200 new parking spaces havealso been added.

FOOTBALL:A record of 10-2 ties the old time record for most wins in a regular season. The team shtu out districtrival Gulliver by the score of 28 to 0. amazed 56 points in one our games by half time. 6 of it's playerswere voted in to the All County First team, they were Chris Gueits, Rene Veliz, ignacio Duquesne, DavidCaballero 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 ofthe New Miami Tropical Marathon. They compiled a record of 11 and 0, won an unprecedented 7th DadeCounty 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 gameswent 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 meetwhere they finished 4th. Juan Weisenberg a Dade County medalist was the team leader. They also wenton 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 theRegional quarterfinals. Alimer Gonzalez led the team and was picked to the All County first team. CarlosOrtega 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 JeffreyVivo 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 andeveryone of those years They compiled a record of 11 wins and 5 losses, and finished as the Distrcitrunner ups. Leading the wolverine was Steve Pessoa who became the District Champion in the numberone singles and advanced all the way into the State Finals, he also made the Miami Herald All CountyFirst team.

VARSITY TRACK AND FIELD:This could easily be the best all around track team in Belen history. They compiled a dual meet record of21 and 0, won 3 major Invitationals and won their district championship, finished as Dade County runnersand Regional Runners up. New School records were stablished in the triple jump, both hurdle races, 400meter, 1-mile, 100 and 200 meter, 4 X 100 and 4 X 400 relay and with the State Meet yet to come, morerecords could fall. Jose Garcia is Dade County Champion and has signed to run for the University OfFlorida. Javier Garcia Tunon has been literally a horse, competing in 5 events and setting or tying 7 newschool records, Miguel Ferrer, Felipe Ojeda, Javier Cruz and Eddy Arguello have also had outstandingseasons.

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL:The team took first place in the Independent School Tournament and finished with a record of 8 winsand 8 losses. This also marked the inaugural State Championship series as the sport became sanctionedby 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 were6th., 7th and 8th. graders.

VARSITY WRESTLING:The hilight of the season was the courage shown by Jason Machado in winning his second consecutiveState 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 thatwould 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 inorder to get the new fields in playable conditions. The team has tremendous talent and were rewardedwith 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 toughopponents.The Jr. varsity basketball team finished with a record of 21 and 5. Frank Manes managed to score 31points in the last game of the season. Chris Zumarraga and Fernando Aran set single season records forrebounds and assists.

JR. HIGH SPORTS:The Jr. high program continues to be the backbone of our varsity program and is easily the best middleschool program in Dade County as evident by winning Dade County Youth Fair meets in cross country, andswimming and winning ACC Championships in track and field, cross country, basketball, soccer, and base-ball.

MANY THANKS:Tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Varsity & JV Cheerleading

Varsity Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Kina Mills 12 3LLydia Nodar 12 3LNicky Roque 12 3LBea Iduate 12 2LNicole García 12 2LCassie Pérez-Zárraga 12 2LJackie Carnero 11 2LJeannie Herrero 11 2LMelissa Iglesias 11 2LKrizia Núñez 10 2LMissy Reyes 10 2LGaby Sobrado 10 2LAngie Alfonso 11 1LAdriana Infante 11 1LGiselle Jiménez 11 1LDiana Artega 9 1LJeslin Hernández 9 1LJackie Villavicencio 9 1LNikki Díaz 9 1L

JV Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Jennifer Estefan 10 2LNatasha Castellón 10 1LAmanda Costales 10 1LAlexandra Limia 10 1LChristy Puig 10 1LMaría Tamayo 10 1LJessica Chochún 9 1LLyann Farah 9 1LJacqueline Herrero 9 1LVanessa Navarro 9 1LAmanda Perez 9 1LJanelle Pimienta 9 1LChirley Rodríguez 9 1LAlexandra Sánchez 9 1L

This year the 2002-2003 Belen Junior Varsity Cheerleadersattended 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, andis without a doubt, the best Junior Varsity Cheerleading team inBelen’s history.

The 2003-2003 Belen Varsity cheerleaders, likewise, began the year attending a Top GunCamp. Supporting the guys by going to as many games as possible, no matter how far the drive,attending all the pep-rallies, and even decorating the locker room showed our spirit toward Belen.One of our biggest rewards was the bundle of joy that came along with our coach, little KyleRodríguez.

Waldo with a >Cheerleader

Varsity Baseball

Team RosterName Gr. Lt.Louis-Daniel Rojas 12 3LAlexander Esteban 12 3LJonathan Mederos 12 3LMario García 11 3LDaniel Márquez 11 3LRafael de Armas 12 2LMatthew Maranges 11 2LAlexander Parets 11 2LEmmanuel Pérez 11 2LArmando de Zayas 10 2LMiguel Massens 11 1LGabriel Hernández 11 1LRobert Pérez 11 1LAndrew Guasch 10 1LJorge Jordán 10 1LEduardo Mendiola 10 1LJuan Pérez 10 1LChristopher Rey 10 1LAlexander Wiltz 10 1LDaniel Wiltz 10 1LEric Wiltz 10 1LDaniel A. Rodríguez 9 1L

Head Coach:Tony Meilan (3rd Year)

Assistant Coaches:Tommy Molina, Kiki Avila, and Gil Meilan

Team Record:

Varsity BasketballHead Coach:José E. Roca (6th Year)Assistant Coaches:Jerry L. Jones and Carlos Bravo

Team Record: 18-11

Individual Recognition:Alejandro Guardiola � All-State Honorable Mention, All-County Third Team, Florida Christian All Tournament Team.All-County Class 4A-1A Honorable Mention: Jean PaulBermúdez, Anthony Fernández, Alejandro Tellería andAnthony Torrente

Jean Paul Bermúdez 12 2LIgancio Duquesne 12 2LAlejandro Guardiola 12 2LChristopher Gueits 12 2LStephen Putman 12 2LAnthony Torrente 12 2LGabriel Bermúdez 9 1LIvan Echenique 11 1LAnthony Fernández 9 1LJavier Morejón 12 1LDaniel J. Rodríguez 12 1LAlejandro Tellería 10 1L

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.

The 2002-2003 season will go down in basketball history books as one of the most exciting ever. TheWolverines played in five overtime games winning four. Two of the overtime games were quadruple overtimewins. The team also renewed an old rivalry with Columbus after a seventeen-year absence. Other notablegames included victories over South Dade, St. Brendan and LaSalle in addition to three hard-fought gamesversus Gulliver Prep. The Varsity Basketball team ended their season with a record of 18 wins and 11 losses.Alejandro Guardiola led the Woverines with 20 points per game including a school record 44-point effortagainst Curley. Anthony Fernández averaged a double for the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds pergame and Alejandro Tellería added 10 points per game as the sixth man. Jean Paul Bermúdez was second onthe team in rebounds, while Gabriel Bermúdez led the team in assists. Anthony Torrente and ChristopherGueits added experience and defense. Ignacio Duquesne, Javier Morejón, Stephen Putman, DanielRodríguez, and Iván Echenique contributed greatly off the bench.

The basketball program learned many things from its Senior players. The commitment, desire andhard work displayed by all of them has shown the underclassmen the way to succeed. This attitude, in con-junction with the underclassmen's natural ability, paints a bright future for basketball at Belen. We would alsolike to thank Vince Fernández for all his help during these past three seasons.

Alejandro Tellería

Alejandro Guardiola Anthony FernándezChristopher Gueits

Anthony Torrente

Varsity Crew

For the first time the Novice/Freshmen Crews competed in both the fall and spring rowing seasons. Two sets oftryouts brought the team many gifted athletes. The novices started the season long on enthusiasm, but short on know-how.They quickly picked up the "stroke" and were off to winning races in several regattas. Among the highlights of the Frosh/Novice Crew, was a First place finish at the Miami International Regatta against cross-town rival MRC.The Crew ended theyear, qualifying for the FSRA State Championship, and placing third in the State at the Finals. The team would like to thankCoaches René Revuelta and Alex Salas for their support and dedication.

The Varsity Crew was a young and determined team this year. Only four seniors finished the season, with the bulkof the team made up of sophomores who performed well beyond their expectations. All three boats qualified for the FSRAState Championships giving Belen an entry in every category. The J.V. four placed second in the State Championshipregatta after an incredible final race where they held off Pine Crest in the last second. The Third four did the unthinkable bywinning the State Championship in their category, giving Belen it's first ever Gold medal at this regatta. The Varsity Crewhad the toughest job all season. Every weekend these seniors would face the fastest crews in the State and letting themknow that the Belen Varsity crew was there, was fast, and was ready to race. This year, with three medals at the StateChampionships, the Belen Crew made it clear we were the new rowing power in Florida Scholastic Crew. The team wouldlike to thank Coach Alex Salas for all his hours of hard work and commitment to the team. Thanks also to the Parents Clubfor making the season possible.

JV CREW

VARSITY CREW

Varsity Team RosterName Gr. Lt.Carlos Candarco 10 1LMichael Casas 10 2LAlejandro Chediak 8 2LDavid Costa 10 2LJorge de León 12 3LFelipe de León 12 3LRaymond del Castillo 10 2LChristopher Gutiérrez 7 2LHéctor Gutiérrez 9 1LRickard Laviña 10 3LJeffrey Montes 10 2LDaniel Pérez 8 2LDavid Pérez 9 1LChris Sanchelima 10 2LJosé Ugas 10 2LAlfredo Vargas 12 3LAlex Volsky 12 2L

Novice Team RosterName Gr. Lt.Víctor Alarcón 9 1LAlejandro Alvarado 8 1LGastón de Zárraga 10 1LVíctor Delgado 9 1LRobert García 9 1LJorge Gómez 9 1LCarlos Hondal 9 1LJeffrey Jáuregui 11 1LEdward Lazzarin 9 1LSergio Lobo-Navia 9 1LBranden López 9 1LChristopher Melley 9 1LJosé C. Mendiola 9 1LNicholas Palermo 9 1LMichael Sierra 9 1LJulián Ucha 6 1LCésar Vega 9 1L

Head Coach:Alex Salas(1st Year)

Assist. Coach:René Revuelta

Varsity Cross CountryHead Coach:Frankie Ruiz (1st Year)Assistant Coaches:Juan RodríguezVíctor Arrieta

Team Record: 11-0

Individual Recognition:Javier Cruz &Eduardo Argüello1st Team All County &1st Team All State

Team Recognition: DadeCounty Champions; 1st PlaceHealthSouth, Spanish River,FIU and Catholic Cup.

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Miguel Ferrer 12 4LJosé García 12 3LIldefonso Mas 12 3LJavier Cruz 11 3LGabriel Suárez 11 3LEduardo Argüello 10 3LMichael Jalil 10 3LPaul Santuoso 10 2LDaniel Castellanos 10 2LRené Medina 10 2LIván Arango 10 2LJonathan Mederos 12 1LAlex Formoso 10 1LRafael Márquez 10 1LErnesto Pérez 9 1LRemi Flor 9 1LAdam Badrampour 9 1L

Paul Santuoso Eddie Argüello Javier Cruz Jonathan Mederos

Michael Jalil Daniel Castellanos

The Cross Country team had an overall successful season.They travelled as far as North Carolina to compete in the GreatAmerican XC festival, where they finished 5th from a field of teamsfrom across the nation. The team was led by the one-two punch ofJunior Javier Cruz who finished 4th in the State Meet with thefastest time in Miami-Dade County, and sophomore Eddie Argüellowho finished 6th. Paul Santuoso, Michael Jalil, Jonathan Mederos,René Medina, and Daniel Castellanos anchored the Wolverines toa 5th Place finish at the State Meet.

René >Medina

Varsity Football

The 2002 Varsity Football team was the best team in Belenfootball history. This fine group of young men won 10 games and lost 2,which included a regular season record of 9-1. This is the first Belenfootball team to win a total of 10 games and the team tied the 1990 teamfor the most regular season wins.

The team accomplished all of this without having a home fieldadvantage. The 12 games were played at 11 different fields, with ourhome games played at Tropical Park, LaSalle, Palmer Trinity, FIU twiceand finally, our Homecoming game at Belen’s new football stadium. Theteam and coaches also overcame the everyday obstacles of commutingwith lots of equipment to practice at Tamiami Park. Team leaders such asChris Gueits, David Caballero, René Veliz, Louis González, René Larrieuand Gabby Fontela and the rest of a very strong Senior class, made surethe team stayed focused and didn’t let the hardships of not having ahome field interfere with the team’s success.

Some of the season highlights include the following:- Shutting out Gulliver 28-0. 1982 was the last time Belen shut Gulliverout.- Belen school record of 56 points in a half against LaSalle.- Blowing out Crescent City 39-6 for the 10th straight Homecomingvictory.- A 53-28 victory over BayPoint after trailing 22-21 at the half.- Being the first Belen team to start a season 8-0.

This Senior class of 2003 was truly amazing. Their 3-year Varsityrecord is an incredible 28 wins and 8 losses. They will not only go downas the best group of Belen football players but as great leaders, hardworkers and good people. Thanks for the memories and best of luck inthe future!

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.David Caballero 12 4LRené Veliz 12 4LChristopher Gueits 12 3LLouis González 12 3LGabriel Fontela 12 3LCarlos Ortega 11 3LAlejandro Castro 11 3LAlejandro Munilla 12 2LAnthony Torrente 12 2LNicholas Gutiérrez 12 2LAlvaro Muñiz 12 2LGastón Fontela 12 2LRené Larrieu 12 2LIgnacio Duquesne 12 2LJavier Carabeo 12 2LFernando Hernández 12 2LJean Paul Bermúdez 12 2LDerek Varona 12 2LDavid Romero 11 2LMario García 11 2LJason López 11 2LEric Blanco 12 1LChristopher Zacarías 12 1LGabriel Alonso 11 1LAlberto Arán 11 1LGustavo Ceballos 11 1LJavier Correoso 11 1LEloy Figueredo 11 1LJulio Mesa 11 1LGeorge Metcalf 11 1LJuan Michelén 11 1LMichael Ortiz 11 1LDaniel Pérez 11 1LAngel Ruiz 11 1LMatthew Stille 11 1LPeter Muñoz 10 1LJorge Ríos 10 1LAlejandro Sosa 10 1LChristopher Rey 10 1L

Head Coach:Richard Stuart(20th Year)

Asst. Coaches:Eddie Delgado,Germán Delgado,Eddie Esslinger &Augusto Venegas.

Team Record:10-2

Individual Recognition: 1st Team all County- ChristopherGueits, René Veliz, Ignacio Duquesne, David Caballero andGastón Fontela.

<Chris Gueits

< Alex Munilla

Gastón>Fontela

Varsity GolfHead Coach: Jay Perkins (1st Year)Asst. Coach: Jerry Portela

Team record: 12-4

Team Recognition: 3rd at Dade CountyYouth Fair and 4th at Regional Tournament

Individual Recognition: 3rd Team All County-Juan Weissenberg. Honorable Mention- NickAlexander, José Canto, Ricky Moreno andRicky Escobar.

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Juan Weissenberg 12 5LJosé Canto 12 5LNicholas Alexander 12 4LFederico Moreno 12 4LJulian Knight 11 4LGregory Schaiberger 12 1LJavier González-Mora 9 1LMario Murgado 9 1LVíctor Delgado 9 1LJorge Gómez 9 1L

The golf team had an outstanding season. Be-hind the coaching of 1st year coach Jay Perkins theWolverines had a record of 12-4. Led by Senior JuanWeissenberg who earned a medal at the Dade CountyFair (71) the team finished in 3rd place. The team set anew school record in 9-hole scoring with 148, also theirmargin average of winning was 21 strokes and averageloss was 4 strokes. At the District Tournament RickyMoreno was a medalist to help the team advance to theRegional Tournament where they finished in 4th Place.Making the 3rd team All County was Juan Weissenbergand Honorable mention were Nicky Alexander, JoséCanto, Ricky Moreno and Ricky Escobar. The teamalso has two players attending Colleges on Golf Schol-arships Juan Weissenberg (Barry University) and NickyAlexander (Spring Hill). Congratulations to Seniors andGod Bless.

Julian Knight

Juan Weissenberg >

Nicky Alexander

Richard Massa 7 1L

Varsity SoccerHead Coach:Fabio Ortega (2nd Year)

Team Record: 14-7-1

Team Recognition:District Champions

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Alimer González 11 4LAndrés de la Ossa 12 3LDerek Varona 12 3LCarlos Ortega 11 3LEduardo Valdés 12 2LEugenio Hernández12 2LEmil Gómez 11 2LPeter Klock 11 2LDavid MacNamara 11 2LPatricio González 10 2LMiguel Ferrer 12 1LRodrigo Suárez 12 1LMariano Mallol 12 1LAlex Uribe 12 1LBorja Polo 11 1LAndrés Manrara 11 1LJulian Knight 11 1LFacundo Roselló 10 1LDaniel Palacios 10 1LAndrés Vega 10 1LIván Arango 10 1LLuis Wulff 9 1LGustavo Isaac 9 1LJavier Gonzólez-Mora 9 1LRoland St. Louis 9 1L

With 11 seniors lost from last year, the Varsity Soccer team went through another remarkableseason. All the team members contributed to finish with a well-done job. As a result our team fin-ished as District Champions for the second consecutive year. Leading the defense were SeniorsEduardo Valdes and Derek Varona. The midfield was commanded by Senior Andrés de la Ossa andJunior Alimer González. At forward were Senior Miguel Ferrer and Junior Carlos Ortega who onceagain was the leading goal scorer for the year. The team finished with a District record of 12-2-0 anda season record of 14-7-1. Congratulations to all team members for their great success.

Andrés de la Ossa Andrés Vega Alimer González

Miguel Ferrer Carlos OrtegaBorja Polo

Individual Recognition:1st Team All County-Alimer González2nd team all County-Carlos Ortega &Andrés de la Ossa

Varsity SwimmingHead Coach:Kirk Peppas (15th Year)

Assist. Coach:Olga Uribe

Team Record: 4-2

Team Recognition:All Catholic Conference Champi-ons and 5th Place at 1A StateChampionship.

Individual Recognitio:Jeffrey Vivó-State Champion(50 freestyle) and 1st Team AllCounty; Javier Basnuevo 3rdPlace at State (100 Backstroke)and 1st Team All County;Francisco Lacayo- 1st Team AllCounty.

Team RosterName Gr. Lt.Jeffrey Vivó 11 5LJavier Basnuevo 10 4LCharles Wood 9 3LJavier Morejón 12 2LLeonardo Silveira 12 2LFrancisco Lacayo 9 2LRaymond Zomerfeld 8 2LMarino Baez 10 1LJavier Fonseca 9 1LRobert Gentry 9 1LChristopher Peréz de Alejo 9 1LTommy Soler 8 1LPatrick Arenson 7 1LVíctor López-Cantera 7 1L

Javier Basnuevo

Javier Morejón

Jeffrey Vivó

“the relay”

The 2003 season saw the welcomed return of our #1 Singles player, Steve Pessoa, who missed all last year due toa severe shoulder injury. Steve not only lead the team to its twenty-third consecutive winning season since 1981, heachieved a personal record of becoming the District 16AA #1 Singles Champion. Steve joins three other Belen tennisplayers who advanced to the State Tennis Tournament (Héctor Ortiz in 1985 and 1986; César Conde in 1990 and 1991;and Luis Iglesias at #1 Doubles with Ortiz in 1985 and 1986). At the state tournament in Tampa, Steve played brilliantly inreaching the Quarterfinals.

The team also had great performances from veterans Jorge Salazar, Facundo Rosselló, and brothers Javier andDaniel González-Mora. The team received additional support from Luigi Juárez, Andres Garrigo, Juan Fernández, Patrickde la Llana and Santiago Tefel.

Special recognition to: Ms. Maria Elena Cartaya who attended every tennis match at Belen to support the teamand is our #1 Fan. Coach Víctor Arrieta who ably managed the team during the District Tournament.

The tennis team record is now 274 – 110 since 1975.

Team RosterName Gr. Lt.Jorge Salazar 10 5LSteven Pessoa 11 3LJavier González-Mora 9 3LFacundo Rosselló 10 2LDaniel González-Mora 8 2LLuigi Juárez 12 1LSantiago Tefel 12 CAndrés Garrigo 8 CJuan Fernández 6 CPatrick de la Llana 6 C

Head Coach:Patrick Collins (28th Year)

Team Record: 11-5

Team Honors:District 16AA Runner-Up

Varsity Tennis

Individual Honors:District Champion #1 Singles: Steven PessoaDistrict Runner-Up #2 Singles: Jorge SalazarDistrict Runner-Up #3 Singles: Facundo RossellóDistrict Runner-Up #4 Singles: Daniel González-MoraDistrict Runner-Up #2 Doubles: Rosselló and González-Mora

Miami Herald All-Dade Tennis: Steven Pessoa 1st Team,Jorge SalazarState AA Tennis Tournament in Tampa: Steven Pessoa

Steven PessoaFacundo Roselló Javier González-MoraJorge Salazar

Varsity Track & Field

This year’s track and field assembled what is arguably the best group ofrunners in Belen history. It also was historic in that it inaugurated our brand new WorldClass 400 meter 9-lane running track. The school also played host to the DistrictChampionship finals as well as numerous ACC Championships and high schoolmeets.

The team is poised for another strong finish at the State Championship meetwith Javier García-Tuñón advancing to the State Championship in the both hurdleraces and in the 4 X 400 relay, José García advances in the 1,600, 800 and4 X 800 relay, Eduardo Argüello advances in the 1,600 and 4 X 800 relay, MiguelFerrer advances in the 400 and in the 4 X 400 relay. Other team members running inrelays are Michael Jalil, Felipe Ojeda and Fernando Arán.

Head Coach: Carlos Barquín (25th Year)Assist. Coaches: Frankie Ruiz, Jorge Bustamante, Víctor McMillianTeam Record: 21-0Team Recognition: 1st Place- Crusader, West. Academy and District;2nd Place-UM, Regional, and Dade County.

Individual Recognition: New School Records-Javier García-Tuñón (110H, 300H,Triple Jump, High Jump, 4x400 and 4x100); Miguel Ferrer (400, 4x400, 4x100);José García (1 Mile); Felipe Ojeda, Fernando Arán and Luis Pereda (Relays).Dade County Champion- José García (1600), Javier Cruz (3200), Javier García-Tuñón (110H and 300H) and Miguel Ferrer (400).

Team RosterName Gr. Lt.Miguel Ferrer 12 6LJavier García-Tuñón 11 5LFelipe Ojeda 12 4LDaniel Rodríguez 12 4LDavid Caballero 12 4LJose García 12 4LLuis Pereda 12 4LGaston Fontela 12 3LAgustín de la Vega 12 3LGabriel Suárez 11 3LChristian Rodríguez 11 3LJavier Cruz 11 3LRene Medina 10 3LAlejandro Sosa 10 3LEduardo Argüello 10 3LMichael Jalil 10 3LJavier Basnuevo 10 3LMichael Wood 11 2LDaniel Castellanos 10 2LPaul Santuoso 10 2LJorge Bello 10 2LJonathan Hernández 9 2LAlejandro Munilla 12 1LBorja Polo 11 1LGuerdy Fabré 10 1LOscar Guzmán 10 1LAlexFormoso 10 1LJavier Armenteros 10 1LFrank Damas 10 1LCarlos Macías 10 1LDavid Fernández 10 1LDonato Argüelles 10 1LNicholas Peréz-Alvarez 10 1LChristopher Cano 10 1LEmilio Hernández 10 1LJosé Ortega 10 1LPeter Trujillo 10 1LRafael Márquez 10 1LAndrew Valdés 9 1LEduard Chicota 9 1LDorián Barrero 9 1LNicholas Díaz 8 1LGabriel Fontela 12 1CChristopher Méndez 10 1CCarlos Ortega 10 1CEric Esteva 10 1CGeorge Naya 10 1CEmilio Fuster 10 1C

Javi García-Tuñón

Miguel Ferrer Felipe Ojeda José GarcíaJavier Cruz

Varsity Volleyball

The 2003 season was the inaugural State Boys Volleyball FHSAA series in Florida. We were reallyexcited about attending our first district tournament. This kept the team focused and motivated throughout theseason. Leading the team was Captain Víctor Ruiz (hitter), and Co-captain Juan Andión (setter). They were theanchors of the team. Helping at the net were seniors Jean Paul Bermúdez (middle hitter), Carlos Wiltz (out-side hitter), and Américo Padilla (blocker), and junior Danny Fernández (outside hitter).Defensive specialists were Tim Halpin and Alex León. Our ace server was Adrián Díaz. The highlight of the season was the tournament at Ransom. The team really cametogether as a unit. They beat rival Greater Miami Academy and Ransom to take 1stPlace. Juan Andión served 13 in a row to win 15-10. This year’s team was a wonderful group of young men. Their attitude towards thegame and each other made a big difference in their performance this year. It was a truepleasure to coach them and see their progress throughout the season. I’d like to wishthe best to the 5 graduating seniors. We will miss you. Also, a special thank you to Mrs.Bermúdez who helped with the score-keeping and the parents and teachers who sup-ported our team.

Head Coach:Miriam Cambó-Martínez (5th Year)

Assist. Coach: William González

Team Record: 8-8 (Dist. 4-3)

Team Recognition- 1st Place at theMiami Independent SchoolChampionship

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Juan Andión 12 3LTimothy Halpin 11 3LVíctor Ruiz 12 2LJean P.Bermúdez 12 2LDaniel Fernández 11 2LAlex León 9 2LAmerico Padilla 12 1LCarlos Wiltz 12 1LAdrian Díaz 11 1LLouis-Daniel Rojas 12 1CChristopher Gueits12 1C Timothy Halpin Víctor Ruiz

Juan Andión

Americo Padilla

Varsity Water Polo

Head Coach: Olga Uribe (1st Year)

Assist. Coach: Alfredo Moreno

Team Record: 5-3

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Leonardo Silveira 12 1LOscar Fonseca 9 1LJulio López 6 1LJavier Morejón 12 1CJavier Araque 12 1CRobert Colón 11 1CJulián Miranda 8 1CFernando Casco-Downing 8 1CTommy Soler 8 1CJesús Valentino 8 1CAdrián Colón 8 1CDaniel Llauro 8 1CTulio Alvarez-Burgos 7 1C

Varsity Wrestling

The Wrestling team had one tough season. Only losing Head Captain and State Champion David Bouza to gradu-ation, the team looked like it would have another great season, but this year turned out to be bitter-sweet. After severalveterans decided to end their careers early, the team took a big hit, physically and mentally. However, they were not goingto let that stop them from working hard and doing their job. Flooded with first year seniors and junior high veterans theteam began suffering from various injuries. Going into the District Tournament without several key wrestlers, the teammanaged to take several 3rd and 4th place finishes, a 2nd place finish by Steven Rico and Ernie Calderín, and a 1st placeby Jason Machado after being out for 2/3 of the season with a hip injury. Machado went on to wrestle at the RegionalTournament where he dislocated his ankle in the opening minutes of the Regional Championship. In the hands of anylesser man the injury would have been a nuissance but once again facing certain defeat, Machado picked himself up andshowed what the true heart of a champion is made of by winning his second consecutive State Championship.

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Jason Machado 11 6LDavid Caballero 12 2LErnesto Calderín 12 2LJorge García 12 2LMauricio Montiel 12 2LLuis Vargas 10 2LDerek Veliz 9 2LLouis González 12 1LLoren Rodríguez 12 1LJulio Aenlle 12 1LEric Blanco 12 1LDavid Carnright 12 1LNicolas Ferreiro 10 1LSteven Rico 8 1LOctavio Suárez 8 1LLuis Simauchi 8 1LJavier Arenas 7 1LJavier Chang 7 1LJulian Miranda 8 1CRodolfo Villanueva 7 1CDavid García 6 1C

Head Coach: Fidel Albelo (10th Year)Assistant Coaches: Alberto Hernández, David Cuervo,David Bouza, Miguel Reyes and Oscar Zapata

Team Record: 2-4-1

Individual Recognation: JasonMachado- 1st Team All County,1st Team All State and StateChampion (119lbs.)

JasonMachado

Jorge García

DavidCaballero

ErnestoCalderín

Steven Rico

Junior Varsity Baseball

Team RosterName Gr. Lt.Alejandro Arias 10 2LPedro Casais 10 2LBrian Domínguez 10 2LNicholas Echevarría 10 2LJames Fenton 10 2LAndrew Guasch 10 2LJorge Jordán 10 2LDaniel A. Rodríguez 9 1LKristopher García 9 1LIan Rivero 9 1LLino Morejón 9 1LErnesto Ramírez 9 1LManuel Fernández 9 1LSalvador Camaraza 9 1LMario Rojo 9 1LDaniel Merino 8 1L

Head Coach:Pepe Santamarina (1st Year)

Assist. Coach: Mike Hernández

Team Record: 11-7

Andrew Guasch

Jorge Jordán

Daniel Rodríguez

Junior Varsity Basketball

The 2002-03 J.V. Basketball Team faced tough competition and played a majority of its gameson the road during this record setting season. The “road warrior” mentality seemed to bring the teamtogether and the Wolverines finished the year with an excellent record of (21-5). This was a very disciplined and strong-minded group of individuals that played as a team andfought hard to the end of every game. The schedule included games with rivals Gulliver Prep, St.Brendan and Key West. Also, an old rivalry was renewed as Belen played Columbus for the first timein quite a few years. Many exceptional performances were turned in during the course of the season. Frank Manesscored 31 points in the season finale against LaSalle and Eric Montes blocked 7 shots in that samegame. The Wolverines won that contest by a score of 92-24 to record their 21st victory. JonathanHermida had 23 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in a win over South Dade. Starting point guardChris Zumárraga and power forward Fernando Arán also set single season school records in assistsand rebounding, respectively. Every player on this year’s team contributed to the team’s success and there is no doubt that sev-eral of these student-athletes will be outstanding varsity players in the years to come.

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Robert Velasco 11 2LGuerdy Fabré 10 2LJonathan Hermida 10 2LFrank Manes 10 2LPeter Muñoz 10 1LCarlos Nieto 10 1LChris Zumárraga 10 1LCarlos Rosado 10 1LAndrés Guardiola 10 1LArmando de Zayas 10 1LEric Montes 9 1LFernando Arán 9 1L

Head Coach:Jerry Jones (4th Year)Assistant Coach:Víctor Arrieta

Team Record: 21-5

Individual Recogniton:Frank Manes and Chris ZumárragaColumbus All-Tournament Team

Team Recognition: 3rd Place-Columbus Tournament

Frank Manes

< ChrisZumárraga

Jonathan >Hermida

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Eric Montes >

Junior Varsity Football

Head Coach: Angel Aparicio (15th Year)Assistant Coaches: Barney Flores, Javier Valdés and Ramón CregoTeam Record: 3-4

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Javier Armenteros 10 2LCarlos Manrara 10 2LBrian Domínguez 10 2LJames Fenton 10 2LJorge Ugarte 10 2LChristian Kruger 10 2LJason Gutiérrez 10 2LMaickoll Papastavros 10 2LEduardo Regalado 10 2LCarlos Nieto 10 2LLouis Méndez 10 2LSteven Artau 10 2LLuis Martín 10 2LAndrew Guasch 10 2LCarlos Rodríguez 10 2LMiguel Mármol 10 2LAlejandro Capote 10 2LDavid Monzón 10 2LChristopher Pierce 10 2LCarlos Ortega 10 2LChristopher Zumárraga 10 2LEmilio Hernández 10 2LJorge Bello 10 1LAndres Bilbao 10 1LManuel de la Fuente 10 1LJuan C. Gronlier 10 1LJuan Hernández 10 1LEric Knott 10 1LFrank Manes 10 1LRay Millián 10 1LJosé Migenis 10 1LVíctor Segrera 10 1LJon Eric Alvarez 9 1LFernando Arán 9 1LChristopher Brolley 9 1LJoshua Echeverri 9 1LDaniel García 9 1LJonathan Hernández 9 1LBryan Herrera 9 1LAnthony Logan 9 1LWilliam López 9 1LChristopher Machado 9 1LAmed Moussawel 9 1LPeter Pidermann 9 1LMario Rojo 9 1LCarlos Roque 9 1LJonathan Sargentón 9 1LRoland St. Louis 9 1LMarshall Thomas 9 1LLuis Tornes 9 1L

The season can be summed up in one word: “Interesting.” To startthis off, they didn’t even practice on their own field and their only home gamewas played at La Salle. The team got off to a fast start after big wins overPine Crest and Key West. The line, which protected QB Frank Manesthrough the season, consisted of guards Louis Méndez and Steven Artau,center Louis Martín, tackles David Monzón and Miguel Mármol, and tight endCarlos Nieto. The RB’s Charlie Manrara, Danny Rodríguez, Ferny Arán,Jimmy Fenton, Brian Dominguez, Jonathan Hernandez, and Carlos Roqueracked up yards on the ground. Even though the running backs took anearly blow losing Maickoll Papastavros because of an injury, they still man-aged to hold together and succeed.

The Defense was led by Jimmy Fenton, Louis Méndez, CharlieManrara and Carlos Nieto as they helped douse the fires of opposing of-fenses. The defensive line consisting of Jimmy Fenton, Ray Milián, and AlexCapote, dominated the opposing offensive lines, while linebackers LouisMéndez, Steven Artau, Ferny Arán, Eddy Regalado, and Eric Knott shutdown the running game. Our secondary led by Charlie Manrara, CarlosNieto, Brian Domínguez, Peter Pidermann, Chris Zumárraga, DannyRodríguez, and Jorge Ugarte shut down the aerial attack. Without theleadership of Head Coach Angel Aparicio, and assistant coaches BarneyFlores, Javy Valdez, and Ramón “Mongo” Crego we wouldn’t have been ableto make it through the season. We were able to come together through amix of emotions, personalities, laughter, and tears to step up to the challengeof the toughest JV schedule ever.

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Jonathan Hernández< Fernando Arán

Roland >St. Louis

Junior Varsity Soccer

Head Coach: Hugo García (2nd Year)

Team Record:

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Freddy Elorza 10 3LMiguel Mármol 10 2LEduardo Pizarro 10 2LIván Arango 10 1LAzael Ortega 10 1LDaniel Sánchez 10 1LJose Tost 9 1LDiego Durand 9 1LJavier González-Mora 9 1LGabriel Marrero 9 1LAndrés Kaifer 9 1LLuis Wulff 9 1LRoland St. Louis 9 1LFelipe Lanusse 8 1LDiego Abaroa 8 1LSantiago Morfin 8 1LSebástian Otero 8 1LAgustín de Goytisolo 8 1L

We started the soccer season with try-outs, where thirty kids came out competing for eighteenspots . The JV team had an excellent mix of kids from eighth, ninth and tenth grades.

The players showed great interest and discipline, which helped us do our job. The physical,technical and tactical aspects of the game were learned quickly. The kids always absorbed the infor-mation focusing in the main objective which is to be in the Varsity team.

Our season went well without any inconveniences, we hope that in the future the work done bythese players will help coach Fabio Ortega and Assistant Hugo García to many succesful years ofsoccer for Belen.

Javier González-Mora

Roland St. Louis > Luis Wulff >

< Iván Arango

Freshman BasketballHead Coach:Eddie Delgado (4th Year)

Team Record: 6-13

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Alex Trueba 9 1LJonathan Hernández 9 1LJon Eric Alvarez 9 1LDaniel Noste 9 1LDaniel Núñez 9 1LMarshall Thomas 9 1LPeter Pidermann 9 1LDaniel Hanlon 9 1LChristopher Brolley 9 1LMichael Sánchez 9 1LBryan Herrera 9 1LMario Murgado 9 1LChristian Carlesi 9 1L

The Freshman Basketball team finished the season with a 6-13record. The team faced a very challenging schedule and was able to im-prove tremendously from beggining to end. Many of the games were closeand were not decided until the final minutes. The team fought hard in eachand every game. The highlight of the season was a five game winningstreak at home which included victories over Msgr. Pace and Gulliver.

Jonathan Hernández

Christian Carlesi

Alex Trueba

Christopher Brolley

Junior High Basketball

Head Coach:Thomas de Quesada (1st Year)

Team Record: 21-5

Team Honors: ACC Champions(Regular Season & Tournament),3rd Place - Columbus Pre-SeasonTournament

Individual Honors: Tony Quezada-Columbus Tour. All-Star

Team RosterName Grade Ltr.Giovanni Christodoulou 8 2CAgustín Guardiola 8 2CSteven Agras 8 2CDaniel Méndez 8 2CRichard Bandrich 8 2CJuan Carlos Arenas 8 2CChristian Leiva 8 1CAntonio Quezada 7 1CJoshua Espinosa 7 1CDiego Fernández-Soto 7 1CDaniel Ramos 7 1CMichael Newmeyer 7 1CRobert Arán 7 1CAlex Iparraguirre 7 1C

The 2002-2003 Junior High Basketball team had anexceptional season because of the outstanding teamwork itexhibited on and off the court. Led by first-year coach, Thomasde Quesada, the team repeated as champions of the ACC. Theteam was well balanced with seven 7th graders and seven 8thgraders. The group was led all season by the hustle and cha-risma of Tony Quezada and Giovanni Christodoulou. StevenAgras provided the inside presence and outstanding scoringability, and Agustín Guardiola's court vision made the offenseflow all season long.

In the end, what made the unit a special one was its commit-ment to defense. Defense is was what propelled the team to itsbiggest victories all season against St. Michael's and St. Agnes.Depth was also a contributor to the team's success and everyonewas able to share in the enjoyment of the year.

Steven Agras

Gio Christodoulou

Antonio Quezada

Junior High Baseball

The 2003 Baseball season was unique and full ofexcitement due to the completion of our new baseball fields.The team was finally able to play their 2003 season in the fieldof dreams. The team was driven by five 8th grade players thatwere strong-minded and diversified. One outstanding playerthat anchored the team by playing multiple positions and wasthe recipient of MVP award was Pablo Vinent. Another sensa-tional player that secured the infield with his soft hands andgreat bat authority and given the Coach’s award was GiovanniChristodoulou. In addition, and just as great was EmmanuelGómez, Rosendo Forms, and Juan Sotolongo who played withtheir hearts every game. The team would not have beencomplete without the 7th graders who also contributed to theteam’s success and enjoyable year.

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Giovanni Christodoulou 8 2CRosendo Forns 8 2CEmmanuel Gómez 8 2CJuan Sotolongo 8 2CPablo Vinent 8 2CWilfred Alvarez 7 1CGuido Arreola 7 1CLucas Calderón 7 1CChristopher de Goti 7 1CAlexander García 7 1CGerry González 7 1CBrandon Martí 7 1CNicholas Martínez 7 1CJavier Padrón 7 1CAlexander Pastoriza 7 1CBrian Sánchez 7 1CNicholas Herrera 7 1C

Head Coach:Ernesto Díaz(2nd Year)

Asst. Coach:Fidel Amore

Team Record: 6-6

Individual Recognition:MVP- Pablo Vinent &Coach�s Award-Giovanni Christodoulou

Gio Christodoulou

Nicholas MartínezPablo Vinent

Brian SánchezChris de Goti

Junior High Cross Country

Head Coach:Víctor Arrieta (1st year)

Assistant Coach:Juan Rodríguez

Team Recognition:Undefeated; Dade County,Tri-County, Great American,ACC Champions

Individual Achievement:Javier Ramos Dade County,Great American, ACC Champ.Guillermo Echarte-Tri-County Champ.

Team RosterName Grade Lt.Javier Ramos 8 2CNicholas Díaz 8 2CAgustín Guardiola 8 2CConor McCarthy 8 2CTimothy O�Connor 8 2CJason Oliver 8 2CDaniel Silva 8 2CEugenio Suárez 8 2CEric Zambrano 8 2CMatthew Rad 8 2CDavid Ocón 8 2CGuillermo Echarte 7 2CMichael Cruz 7 2CJavier Zamparelli 8 1CAran Matheus 8 1CAndrew Schmidt 8 1CKristopher Burbano 8 1CMichael LaFont 8 1CNicholas Martínez 7 1CNelson Alemany 7 1CDouglas Chacón 7 1CChristopher de Goti 7 1CAlex Montes 7 1CAlejandro Sealey 7 1COmar Valenzuela 7 1CWilliam Alvarez 7 1CGabriel Méndez 7 1CMichele Martucci 6 1C

This year’s Junior High Cross Country team made ahistoric trip to Charlotte, North Carolina to attend the Great Ameri-can Cross Country festival. The festival brought teams from allover the world. The Wolverines were able to get first place withJavier Ramos won the individual title.

The team was able to cap an undefeated season behindthe deep field of runners made up of Javier Ramos, GuillermoEcharte, Michele Martucci, Michael Cruz, Javier Zamparelli, JasonOliver, Nicholas Martínez, Nicholas Díaz, Timothy O’Connor andConor McCarthy. The Varsity JH team also won the Dade CountyChampionship for a 10th time and the JV got 2nd Place. TheWolverines also ended the season winning the Tri-County and theAll Catholic Conference. Congratulations on establishing them-selves as one of the best Junior High Cross Country team’s everin the history of the school!

Nicholas MartinezMichael Cruz

Guillermo EcharteJavier Ramos Nicholas Díaz Jason Oliver

Junior High Flag FootballTeam Roster

Name Gr. Lt.Gregory Fontela 8 2CAndré Grillón 8 2CAgustín Guardiola 8 2CJohn Smit 8 2CDaniel Méndez 8 2CDiego Fernández-Soto 7 2CSteven Agrás 8 1CCarlos Briceño 8 1CAndrew Burt 8 1CAndrew Fernández 8 1CGiorgio Garrido 8 1CMichael Lafont 8 1CChristian Leiva 8 1CTimothy O�Connor 8 1CRoberto Arán 7 1CAlexander Iparraguirre 7 1C

Head Coach: Richard Stuart (3rd Year)Assist. Coach: Germán Delgado Team Record: 9-1

Team Recognition: ACC Champions Southern Division

Team RosterName Gr. Lt.Alexander del Río 8 2CJorge V. de Oña 7 2CMichael Ríos 7 2CAdrián Zubillaga 7 2CFrank Azcuy 8 1CDavid Fraguio 8 1CGabriel Garrido 8 1CJason Oliver 8 1CDaniel Silva 8 1CEugenio Suárez 8 1CIñigo Abaroa 7 1CMichael García 7 1CMatthew Hanlon 7 1CManuel Padín 7 1CAntonio Quezada 7 1CCarl Sugarman 7 1C

Head Coach:Ramón Crego(1st Year)Assist. Coach:Juan Pérez

Team Record: 11-1

Team Recognition:ACC ChampionsCentral Division

John Smit Gio Christodoulou Gregory Fontela

The team won theACC for the third year in arow. The Defense was ledby John Smit who had 8Interceptions. Offensivelythe team was led by QB GioChristodoulou and DiegoFernández who combined toscore 7 touchdowns.Congratulations on a greatseason.

JV de Oña

The Gold Flag Football Team had an incredible year. They overcamemany obstacles and still had a record of 11-1, 10-0 in ACC confer-ence play. They won the ACC central division. The Offense was ledby strong play from QB J.V. De Oña, and TE Alex del Río. TheDefense was led by FS David Fragio with 12 ints, and LB MichaelRíos.

Junior High Football

It was a year of many firsts, especially for a relativelyyoung coaching staff and for a young team with only eightreturners and only a hand full of others that had playedpreviously. There was a rough time midway through theseason with three tough losses in a row but the teamshowed great character, heart, anddetermination with a huge win on theroad and a great win to finish off theyear.

Team RosterName Gr. Lt.Jordi Macías 8 2CGregory Fontela 8 2CJohn Smit 8 2COrlando Blanco 8 2CGuillermo Alvarez 8 2CFrank Estévez 8 2CAndrew Burt 8 2CHector Moreno 8 1CJuan C. Arenas 8 1CMichael Chisholm 8 1CGiovanni Christodoulou 8 1CJuan de León Belloc 8 1CAlexis Fernández 8 1CAndrew Fernández 8 1CDavid Fraguio 8 1CGiorgio Garrido 8 1CAndré Grillón 8 1CChristian Leiva 8 1CDavid Márquez 8 1CDaniel Méndez 8 1CDaniel Oporto 8 1CMichael Putman 8 1CJuan A. Sanchelima 8 1CRaúl Suárez-Murias 8 1CStephen Sutton 8 1CFernando Tello 8 1CJesse Vázquez 8 1CRobert Arán 7 1CChristopher Bustos 7 1CAlexis Corral 7 1CCarlos Díaz 7 1CErick Echeverría 7 1CDiego Fernández-Soto 7 1CEric Guitián 7 1CJames Holmquist 7 1CArnulfo Izquierdo 7 1CAmado Nieto 7 1CMichael Ríos 7 1CRoberto Sroka 7 1CCarl Sugarman 7 1CJosé Villamil 7 1CAdrián Zubillaga 7 1CNicolás Llaca 6 1CMichael Abadín 6 1C

Head Coach: Nick García (1st Year)Assistant Coaches: JP Madariaga, Thomas Pla, Dan Baldor,& Br. Frank Permuy

Team Record: 3-4

< Andrew Fernández

John Smit >

JC Arenas

Gregory Fontela >

GioChristodoulou

Michael Putman

Junior High Soccer

Head Coach: Mark Chin (1st Year)Team Record: 9-0-1

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Eric Zambrano 8 2CClarence Chamorro 8 2CMario Fernández 8 2CDaniel González-Mora 8 2CIñigo Abaroa 7 2CLlobal Alonso 7 2CChristopher Cruz 7 2CMichael Cruz 7 2CDaniel Lobo 7 2CAndrés Mármol 7 2CFelipe Ortega 7 2CDaniel Rojas 7 2CJuan Vargas 8 1COrlando Alvarez-Burgos 8 1CFelipe Jaramillo 8 1CMax Vega-Sanz 8 1CChristopher Bustos 7 1CJorge V. de Oña 7 1CFabrizio Pittaluga 7 1CRobert Sroka 7 1CVictor Verdeja 7 1CLuis Vernet 7 1C

The Belen Junior High Soccer team had a very successfulseason posting a record of 9 wins O ties and 1 loss. The team was ledin the defense by Daniel Mora & Robert Sroka and Offensively byDaniel Rojas and Felipe Ortega. The team should go on to be a verysuccesful Junior Varsity and Varsity team, if most of the team staystogether.

< IñigoAbaroa

< Luis Vernet

Andrés >Mármol

6th Grade Soccer

6th Grade Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Tomislav Belfranin 6 1CFrancisco Chamorro 6 1CPatrick de la Llana 6 1CJuan de la Ossa 6 1CPablo de la Vega 6 1CJoel Díaz 6 1CDaniel Echevarría 6 1CManuel Flor 6 1CMario Fonseca 6 1CVíctor González 6 1CRobert Grimal 6 1CLuis Lam 6 1CRaul Loys 6 1CJorge Menocal 6 1CFabrizio Pérez 6 1CDylan Rico 6 1CAndrés Rodríguez 6 1CMax Sánchez 6 1CAndré Seidenthal 6 1CLuis Tost 6 1CJulio Villafane 6 1C

Head Coach: Rafael Uncein

Team Record: 8-0

Team Recognition:All Catholic Conference Champions

Junior High Track and Field

Head Coach: Víctor Arrieta (2nd Year)Assistant Coaches: Iván Santa-Cruz, Erik Montalvo, &Jerry Jones

Team Recognition: ACC, Tri-County, Crusader, & WestminsterAcademy Champions; 3rd Place Dade County.

Individual Recognition: 4x400 Dade County Champs(D. Fernández-Soto, G. Fontela, N. Díaz and R. Arán.) andJoshua Joseph school record- Long Jump and 100 M.

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Jason Oliver 8 3CNicholas Díaz 8 3CJavier Caraballo 8 2CGregory Fontela 8 2CJoshua Joseph 8 2CConor McCarthy 8 2CTimothy O�Connor 8 2CDaniel Silva 8 2CJohn Smit 8 2CRobert Arán 7 2CMichael Cruz 7 2CGuillermo Echarte 7 2CAndrew Fernández 8 1CMichael Orta 8 1CGiorgio Garrido 8 1CJuan Vargas 8 1CJavier Zamparelli 8 1CDavid Ocón 8 1CMichael Putman 8 1CCarlos Díaz 7 1CDiego Fernández-Soto 7 1CAdrian Zubillaga 7 1CRudy Villanueva 7 1CYvan González 7 1CChris Baran 7 1CAlex Sealey 7 1CDouglas Chacón 7 1CAlex Iparraguirre 7 1CAmado Nieto 7 1CMichele Martucci 6 1C

Thanks to the De la Cruz family the Junior Trackteam was able to inaugurate this season in brand newsynthetic surface track. The Wolverines made good use ofit by winning the ACC and the Tri-County Championship.At the Dade County Championship the team finished in3rd place and the 4x400 was able to win the event. Con-gratulations to all the athletes on a fine season.

< Gregory Fontela

< Diego Fernández-Soto

Nicky Díaz Joshua Joseph

< Andrew Fernández

< John Smit

< Robert Arán

Junior High Volleyball

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Iván Rodríguez 8 2CJesús Valentino 8 2CMiguel de la Flor 8 1CDaniel González 8 1CCarlos López 8 1CChristopher Miles 8 1CLuis Rodríguez 8 1CChristopher Cruz 7 1CBrian Sánchez 7 1C

Head Coach:William González (1st Year)Assistant Coach:Víctor RuizTeam Record: 2-8Team Recognition:4th Place ACC Tournament

Iván RodríguezConsidering they only had tworeturning starters, the team went throughit’s second rebuilding year in a row. Whilethe Wolverines had a record of 2-8 theywere able to finish strong with a 4th Placefinish in the ACC Tournament held atBelen. Congratulations to the players ongiving their best efforts.

Junior High SwimmingTeam Roster

Name Gr. Lt.Orlando Alvarez-Burgos 8 3CRaymond Zomerfeld 8 3CTommy Soler 8 3CKyle Aguilar 8 2CJulio González 8 2CFernando Casco-Downing 8 2CRicardo de Lemus 8 2CCarlos Araque 7 2CCarlos Fonseca 7 2CVíctor López-Cantera 7 2CTulio Alvarez-Burgos 7 2CAlejandro Giménez 7 2CPatrick Arenson 7 2CGustavo Martínez 7 1CMarco Mejía 7 1CMichael Paula 7 1CNicholas Schwab 7 1CAndrés Simauchi 7 1CRichard Smit 7 1CPablo Morejón 6 1CCarlos Basnuevo 6 1CDavid Barrera 6 1CAdrián Sánchez 6 1CJulio López 6 1CDavid Iglesias 6 1C

Head Coach:Olga Uribe(2nd Year)

Team Recognition:Dade County FairChampions &IndependentSchool Champions

Carlos Fonseca

6th Grade Basketball

The Sixth Grade Basketball team had two goals in mind this year. First, each player dedicated himself to become abetter basketball player and improve with each practice and every game. Second, and most important, was to have funplaying the game and enjoy the experience. The team played with a lot of heart all season long. After getting off to a slow start, the Wolverines came back to win 5 ofits last 6 games. Jorge Menocal averaged 9 points and 3.5 steals per game. He is an extremely versatile player and proved it by playingfour different positions during the course of the season. Starting center Mario Rojas contributed 9 points and 9 reboundsper game and was a major force at the defensive end of the court. Luis Wulff ran the offense, led the team in assists anddefinitely has much more Belen basketball in his future. This team demonstrated consistent improvement throughout the year and really came together as a team at the end ofthe season. Thanks to the parents of all the players for their support and enthusiasm.

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Mario Rojas 6 1CJorge Menocal 6 1CAlex Jaramillo 6 1CErick Bustos 6 1CLuis Wulff 6 1CNick Delgado 6 1CRené Gómez 6 1CAdam Bofill 6 1CEric de Lara 6 1CEric Donado 6 1CAngel Faraldo 6 1CAndrés Martínez 6 1C

Head Coach:Jerry Jones

Team Record:6-5

Junior High Tennis

Team RosterName Gr. Lt.Daniel González-Mora 8 3CAndrés Garrigo 8 2CGianfranco Molfetto 7 2CMario Fernández 8 1CFelipe Jaramillo 8 1CAgustín De Goytisolo 8 1CDaniele Mion-Bet 7 1CJean-Didier Collongette 7 1CJuan Fernández 6 1CPatrick de la Llana 6 1C

Head Coach:Patrick Collins (18th Year)

Team Record:

Daniel González-Mora

Juan Fernández

The 2003 Sixth Grade Baseball team was full of energetictalent. They faced the All-Catholic Conference with a strongdefense and long bats in hand to secure runs. The team wasrarely contested on the field as they hammered their way to-wards season championship. The season was a great successdue to the outstanding pitching on the mound of elite players likeMario Rojas, Luis Wulff, Will Harrison, Nick Llaca and RenéGómez and Joe Capparelli, who was just as great behind theplate catching. Not to be left behind was Zachary Berger andAndrés Wiltz whose big bats showed up in a demanding way, aswell as Eric De Lara and Eric Donado and their soft hands in thein-field. Securing the outfield, playing multiple positions andkeeping runs from scoring were Adam Bofill, Lázaro Rodríguez,Angel Faraldo, Manny Abella, Javier Castañeda, Javier Sosa,and Michael Collantes. This outstanding combination of playersled the team to victory time after time. They turned in an unde-feated season and topped it off with the ACC Southern DivisionChampionship.

6th Grade Baseball

Head Coach:Ernesto Díaz (2nd Year)Assistant Coach:FidelAmore

Team Record: 8-0

Team Recognition:ACC Southern Div.Champions

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Manuel Abella 6 1CZachary Berger 6 1CAdam Bofill 6 1CJoseph Capparelli 6 1CJavier Castañeda 6 1CEric De Lara 6 1CCarlos Donado 6 1CAngel Faraldo 6 1CRené Gómez 6 1CWilliam Haralson 6 1CMichael Llaca 6 1CLázaro Rodríguez 6 1CMario Rojas 6 1CJavier Sosa 6 1CAndrés Wiltz 6 1CLuis Wulff 6 1CMichael Collantes 6 1C

Luis Wulff Andrés WiltzMario Rojas

6th Grade Cross Country

Head Coach:Víctor Arrieta (1st Year)

Assistant Coach:Juan Rodríguez

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Michele Martucci 6 1CDylan Rico 6 1CJoseph Capparelli 6 1CWilliam Haralson 6 1CCarlos Basnuevo 6 1CFrancisco Chamorro 6 1CJuan de la Ossa 6 1CDaniel Blanco 6 1CJavier Castañeda 6 1CAriel Martínez 6 1CSean Hew 6 1CDaniel Echevarría 6 1CAndrés Rodríguez 6 1CManuel Flor 6 1C

Team Recognition:2nd Place ACC; Belen Inv.;Holy Rosary Inv.;3rd Place in Tri-CountyChampionship.

Individual Recognition:Michele Martucci-ACCChampion; Top 10 finish-ers at ACC- Dylan Ricoand William Haralson

As it occurs every year the Wolverine 6th grade crosscountry season started with a lot of inexperienced runnersthrough hard work and determination the young harriers im-proved throughout the season. Highlights of the seasonincluded winning the Holy Rosary II Inv., finishing third at theTri-County Championships without its best runner and secondat the ACC Championship. The team was led by MicheleMartucci who was undefeated in 6th Grade races. Othernotables were Dylan Rico, William Haralson and JoeyCapparelli. Congratulations to all the runners and we hope tosee you next year.

< Dylan Rico

Joey Capparelli

< William Haralson

Michele >Martucci

6th Grade Track and Field

Head Coach:Víctor Arrieta(2nd Year)

Assistant Coaches:Iván Santa-CruzErik MontalvoJerry Jones

Due to the lack of athletes the Wolverines had a hard time placing in the top 5 atdifferent meets. But the athletes we had gave their 100% to the team and worked hardto do the best they could. Thanks to the performances of Michael Abadín, JorgeMenocal and others the Wolverines were always on their toes.

Team RosterName Gd. Lt.Michael Abadín 6 1CJorge Menocal 6 1CSteven San Miguel 6 1CDaniel Echevarría 6 1CJavier Castañeda 6 1CAlberto Schumacher 6 1CRobert Grimal 6 1CCarlos Basnuevo 6 1CMichele Martucci 6 1CMario Olazabal 6 1C

Individual Recognition:Michael Abadín Tri-CountyChampion in Discus; All CatholicConference Champion in theShot Put and Discus throw.

< Jorge Menocal

Michele Martucci >< Robert Grimal

SWIMMING

CongratulationsState

Champion

Jeffrey Vivó

Your Dedication, Perseverance, andAchievements have made us very proud.

LoveDad, Mom, Kristin, Kacie

To Belen’s Volleyball Team:Our wishes that you grow,both in spirit and strength,

in years to come.We’re proud of you!

Oooooohhh!! Clap Clap

Front Row:Danny Fernández #6Adrián Díaz # 3Alex León#1Timothy Halpin#5Back Row:Carlos Wiltz #11Américo Padilla #8Jean Paul Bermúdez #10Víctor Ruiz #7Juan Andión #2Head CoachMiriam Cambó-Martínez

Congratulationsto

The Belen Rowing TeamFor the great outcome in this year’s competitions.

We would like to wish the best of luckTo our Senior Members

&Congratulate our State Champion Crew

andThe two boats that got Second and Third Place

To keep up the good work andGood luck next year!

From the Costa Family

To All Junior HighSwimmers!

Congratulations For AJob Well Done This Year!

Carli,We are proud of yourefforts. Keep up thegood work.

Love,Mami y Papi

Javier,Keep working hard.You make us veryproud.

Love,Mamá y Papá

David,“There’s only one way to succed inanything, and that is to give it everything.”

Vince Lombardi

Congratulations on all your successeson and off the field and achieving yourdream of playing college football.

Love,

Mami, Papi, Gaby & Eileen

José Miguel,

“In the long run men hit only what they aim at, therefore aim high.”Henry David Thoreau

Congratulations on all of your achievementsthus far, especially to be a collegiate runner!We are very proud of you. Through perseveranceand self-discipline you have shown us that goals areattainable. Thanks for being YOU.

We love you, Mom and Betsy

CongratulationsJV & Varsity Crewon a fine season

Good luck next year!

Congratulations to allBelen Athletes

and best wishes to the

Graduating Class of 2003

Way to go Wolverines!!!!

Alvaro J. Muñiz #9

Be very proud of youraccomplishments

Love, Mom

“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”Steve Prefontaine

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF2003

SPECIAL THANKS TO COACH STUARTAND HIS STAFF!

THANKS FOR PUTTING UP WITH #60.WE WISH YOU THE BEST ALWAYS.

THE VELIZ FAMILY

Javi,

You’ve been blessed!Your hard work and determination inreaching your goals makes us very proud.May Jesus always guide you in all yourchallengesLove,

Mom, Pap, and José

Javi & Carlos:

We are very proud of you.

Your faith, dedication,and hard work, haehelped you obtain your goals.

Keep up the good workand remain always close to Godto follow the right path.

Love,

Papi, Mami, William ansd Janet

Congratulations!!

Wolverines

Class of ‘03

Always remember to guard well within yourselves that treasure,

KINDNESS,

Know how to give without hesitation,

How to lose without regret,

How to acquire without meanness.

G. Sands

Lots of Love,

WOLVERINE MOMS

Dear Fernie

Congratulations- We are very proud of the person you are!Continue to cultivate your wonderful sense of integrity, your

persistence and your sense of humor!Keep up the good work. God bless you always.

Love, Mom and Dad