NEWSLETTER // MAY 13, 2025

TEAM UPDATES

GREAT JOB AT LIAC SPRING KICKOFF

Great work to all our athletes for a fantastic job at the 2025 LIAC Spring Kickoff! AGUA swimmers brought great energy throughout the competition, leading to a strong start to our official long-course racing season!

Our athletes swam to countless personal best times and new qualifications for Junior Mets, Senior Mets and Sectionals.

Special thank you to the following athletes for standing out to the coaching staff and exemplifying our team values of respect, accountability and discipline: Zahra Kumar, Xan Randolph and Allison Zhu.

Extra congratulations to our top three finishers:

Camille Auth - 50 freestyle
Milly Birch - 100 backstroke; 200 freestyle
Justin Chiang - 200 IM
Sienna Cho - 200 backstroke
Elliott Darwell - 100 butterfly
Chloe Fu - 100 breaststroke; 50 freestyle
Pia Ghimire - 100 butterfly
Emily Jukic - 800 freestyle
Mia Jukic - 200 freestyle
Sena Kanzaki - 50 and 100 breaststroke; 50, 100 and 200 freestyle; 200 IM
Jake Kim - 100 butterfly
Olivia Kim - 50 breaststroke
Mason Kostov - 50 and 100 freestyle
Zach Levin - 200 breaststroke
Benjamin Luding - 100 backstroke; 100 breaststroke
Skyler Miskin - 100 butterfly; 200 IM
Jeffrey Qian - 50 and 100 breaststroke
Xan Randolph - 100 and 200 backstroke
Mikel Ruiz-Massieu - 50 and 100 backstroke; 50, 100 and 200 freestyle; 200 IM
Sabrina Shafer - 100 freestyle; 200 IM
Quinn Smith - 200 freestyle
Rose South - 100 and 200 breaststroke
Felix Turpin - 50 and 100 backstroke
Ben Vargas - 50 backstroke
Chloe Yang - 100 and 200 butterfly

UPCOMING SWIM MEETS

AGUA MEMORIAL DAY INVITATIONAL

Final Entries; CHANGES WILL NO LONGER BE MADE.

Who // Full AGUA Swim Team (All Groups)
When // Saturday May 24, and Sunday, May 25, 2025
Where // Asphalt Green, Upper East Side
Tentative Swimmer Call Times //
- Saturday and Sunday 12 & Under - 7:30am
- Saturday and Sunday 13 & Over - 12:30pm
Service Sign Up // Now Available
- All families must complete ten service hours between October 2024 and July 2025 in accordance with our service policy.
- View job descriptions here

EASTERN ZONE OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Preliminary Entries; Please review for accuracy and submit any errors to Coach Diana by Friday, May 16.

Who // Invite Only
When // Saturday June 14, 2025
Where // Beesley's Point, Marmora, NJ
AGUA Team Information Zoom Call // Sunday, June 8 at 5pm

SYNERGY DRYLAND SUMMER SIZZLER

Who // Invite Only
When // Thursday, June 19 through Saturday June 21, 2025
Where // Nashville, TN
Hotel Block // AGUA Swim Team at Synergy Dryland Summer Sizzler (Nashville)
- Start Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025
- End Date: Sunday, June 22, 2025
- Reservation Deadline: Thursday, May 15, 2025
- Room Rate: $199/night before tax

LIAC SUMMER FUN

Register Here; Deadline: Friday, May 9

Who // Full AGUA Swim Team (All swimmers not attending Summer Sizzler)
When // Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22, 2025
Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center

LIAC SUMMER SPLASH

Register Here; Deadline: Friday, May 30

Who // All 12 & Under Swimmers; Select 13 & Over Swimmers
When // Saturday, July 5 and Sunday, July 6, 2025
Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center

JUNIOR METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Who // Qualifiers
When // Friday, July 18 and Sunday, July 20, 2025
Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center
Hotel Block // AGUA Swim Team at Junior Metropolitan Championship
- Start Date: Friday, July 18, 2025
- End Date: Sunday, July 20, 2025
- Reservation Deadline: Wednesday, June 18, 2025
- Room Rate: $249/night before tax

ANNOUNCEMENTS

DECLARE YOUR INTENT FOR 2025-2026

Please let us know if your swimmer intends to return for AGUA's 2025-2026 season beginning this fall. We ask that all athletes confirm their intent by Friday, June 6.

The 2025-2026 season begins Tuesday, September 2, 2025, and will run through August 2026.

SUMMER PRACTICE SCHEDULE

All swimmers will remain on their current spring 2025 practice schedule through Sunday, June 29. Beginning Monday, June 30, we will move to the summer 2025 practice schedule.

The final day of swim practice for the 2024-2025 season will be Thursday, August 14, 2024.

View Summer Practice Schedules

2025 AGUA TEAM BANQUET

We look forward to celebrating our athletes at the annual AGUA Swim Team Banquet! Please see the details below:

When // Saturday, June 7, 2025, from 2:30pm-5:30pm
Where // House of Joy (28 Pell St., New York, NY 10013)
Photo Submission // Submit your photos from the season to aguabanquet@asphaltgreen.org to be included in our slideshow!
- Deadline: Friday, May 30

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

May 14

Salvatore Bove

May 15

Emma Chubb

May 16

Sebastian Wassenaar

May 17

Cate Hsu

Zoe Jalkut

Gloria Jiang

Belle Liu

REMINDERS

LOCKER ROOM REMINDERS

As we continue the 2024-2025 AGUA season, we want to remind our athletes of locker room policies and best practices:

Locker rooms are shared spaces at both BPC & UES. All AGUA swimmers should speak and behave in alignment with our team values of respect, accountability and discipline.
There are absolutely no photos or videos permitted to be taken inside the locker rooms, both on campus and during travel meets.
Swimmers should lock their belongings in a locker during practice.
Only swimmers who are members of Asphalt Green are permitted to use the member locker rooms at Asphalt Green. There are no exceptions.

REQUIRED ID CARDS

All swimmers must use their ID cards to access our facilities. Swimmers are not permitted to enter the facilities without their ID cards.

ACCESS AGUA'S SWIMOUTLET PORTAL

We are excited to announce our new partnership with SwimOutlet for the 2024-2025 season. You can shop for team gear and the entire SwimOutlet catalog at our new AGUA team store using the link below:

Click here for the link to the new AGUA Team Store. You may use your normal SwimOutlet account login. No additional instructions or details are required.