SWIM TEAM NEWSLETTER

APRIL 23, 2024

COMPETITION UPDATES

AGUA EARNS HIGHEST VCC FINISH IN PROGRAM HISTORY!

The USA Swimming Virtual Club Championship program recognizes and highlights clubs that develop athletes and achieve success at multiple levels, emphasizing the team element of club swimming. Teams are evaluated by the USA Swimming power point system.

The Virtual Club Championship runs throughout each swim season. Teams may score two swimmers per event and age group, while individual swimmers are limited to contributing four swims. Swimmers must be 11 years old or older to score points.

Congratulations to all AGUA athletes on scoring our highest VCC score in program history with 249,914 points for the 2024 short course season! We also earned our first-ever top-25 finish as a team, with a national ranking of 15th out of over 4,000 USA Swimming teams.

We are proud to recognize our swimmers who scored in the VCC this season in the 13 to 14 age group:

Spyros Argeros

Camille Auth

Milly Birch

Kate Casciato

Emily Chan

Sienna Cho

Sebastian Colvin

Milo Devine

Luca Fong

Nikolai Haridasan

Claire Healy

Alex Hoffmann

Jaden Huang

Eva Johnson

Emily Jukic

Bridget Lockwood

Veronica McCall

Rayah Milam

Jonathan Packles

Ellise Plevin

Lily Ramirez

Xan Randolph

Elonu Rodrigues

Zoe Ross Allen

Bruce Qian

Andrew Quach

Will Rankin

Tim Seliger

Mark Silverman

Allegra Speight-Ray

George Wang

Jack Wiggins

Penny Wheaton

Daniel Wojciechowski

Chloe Yang

Leo Yang

UPCOMING SWIM MEETS

ASPHALT GREEN'S BIG SWIM

REGISTER TO COMPETE (25-free event)— Deadline: Friday, April 26

REGISTER TO VOLUNTEER (limited spots remain) — Deadline: Friday, April 26

Who // Full team participation strongly encouraged
When // Saturday, May 4
Where // Asphalt Green, Upper East Side
Session Times //
- Session 1: 9- to 12-year-olds
  - Check In: 10am
  - Meet Start: 11am
- Session 2: 6- to 8-year-olds
  - Check In: 12:15pm
  - Meet Start: 1pm
- Session 3: 13 and over
  - Check In: 2pm
  - Meet Start: 2:30pm

LIAC SPRING KICKOFF

PRELIMINARY ENTRIES — Please report any errors to your lead group coach by Friday, April 26 at 12pm.

Who // AG1, AG2, AG3, Senior Prep and Senior I
When // Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12
Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center

AGUA MEMORIAL DAY INVITATIONAL

PRELIMINARY ENTRIES — Please report any errors to your lead group coach by Friday, April 26 at 12pm.

Who // Full Team
When // Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26
Where // Asphalt Green, Upper East Side

CPAC PRELIMS/FINALS INVITATIONAL

Who // Senior II and National
When // Friday, June 14 through Sunday, June 16
Where // Chelsea Piers, CT

LIE JUNE JAMBOREE

CLICK TO REGISTER — Deadline: Friday May 3

Who // AG1, AG2, AG3, Senior Prep and Senior I
When // Friday, June 21 through Sunday, June 23
Where // To Be Announced

2024 NBAC MID-SUMMER CLASSIC

CLICK TO REGISTER — Deadline: Friday May 3

Who // Qualifiers
When // Friday, July 5 through Sunday, July 7
Where // To Be Announced

2024 TYR SENIOR METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Who // Qualifiers
When // Thursday, July 11 through Sunday, July 14
Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center

2024 JUNIOR METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Who // Qualifiers
When // Friday, July 19 through Sunday, July 21
Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center

ANNOUNCEMENTS

YOU'RE INVITED: ASPHALT GREEN'S ANNUAL GALA

Join us to celebrate Asphalt Green's efforts to transform lives and build community through sports, fitness, and play for all at the annual Asphalt Green Gala on Tuesday, May 21. Kindly RSVP by May 1, 2024.

FINAL DAY TO NOMINATE A RAD TEAMMATE!

We look forward to celebrating our athletes at our annual banquet on Saturday, June 8! Every year, we ask our athletes to nominate one teammate from their short course training group for RAD Teammate of the Year. Nominees should embody our team values of respect, accountability, and discipline.

Please click below to submit your nominations by today, April 23:

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Add our upcoming spring 2024 events to your calendar:

Saturday, May 18 // AGUA College Commitment Day (Date Changed)
Saturday, June 8 // AGUA Swim Team Annual Banquet at House of Joy from 2:30pm to 5:30pm

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

April 24

Maria Dutova

Eliza Holloway

April 25

Catherine MacLennan

April 26

Bruce Qian

REMINDERS

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 TO AGUA'S PORTAL

View the access instructions for our team's upgraded TYR portal and purchase tech suits, team suits and apparel, and practice equipment.

COACH COMMUNICATIONS

To streamline communication, please do not reply to this newsletter. Instead, please use the following email addresses for all questions:

Jeff Chen // UES AG1 + AG2

Kalee Walcott // BPC AG1 + AG2

Hailey Hewitt // UES AG3

John Alaimo // Senior Prep

Youngho Kim // Senior I

Diana Ross // Senior II

David Rodriguez // National

Andy Ross // Admin + Private Lessons

FOLLOW US ON INSTA

Follow us @aguaswim for announcements, shoutouts, and more!

PRACTICE

SCHEDULE UPDATES

Saturday, May 4

National & Senior II // 7am - 9am swim (UES campus)
BPC & UES AG3 Green and Gold // 6am - 7:30am swim (Sacred Heart)
BPC & UES AG2 Green // 7:30am - 8:30am swim (Sacred Heart)
BPC & UES AG2 Gold // 7:30am - 9am swim (Sacred Heart)
Canceled // Senior I (see below); All dryland practices

Sunday, May 5

Senior Prep Gold // 10:30am - 12pm swim (UES campus)
Senior Prep Green //
- 12pm - 1:30pm swim (UES campus)
- 11:15am - 11:45am dryland (UES campus)
Senior I // 1:30pm - 3pm swim (UES campus)

SPORTS, FITNESS, AND PLAY FOR ALL

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