SWIM TEAM NEWSLETTER

APRIL 30, 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 ranked 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 15 to 16 age group:

Spyros Argeros

Naomi Blau

Naila Broening-Chai

Isabella Castano

Beau Chan

Edward Chan

Ryan Choi

Justin Chiang

Bea Chukwulozie

Sam Crisostomo

Milo Devine

Tessa Feld

Lauren Fishbein

Luca Fong

Iain Fulnecky

Nikol Goncharenko

Vincent Gookin

David Gutin

Anna Hunt

Azana Karim

Ella Knox

Maddie Lent

William Levine

Thomas Mackey

Catherine MacLennan

Rohan Mehra

Daniel Mente

Imogen Miller

Katy Niziol

Ethan Pak

Lily Ramirez

Matthew Renwick

Elonu Rodrigues

Artem Safroniuk

Hayden Schwartz

Julien Shao

Oliver Shao

Kyra Stinebaugh

Alegra Teixidor-Salerno

Estelle Vernhes

Ali Wright

Aidan Zhu

UPCOMING SWIM MEETS

ASPHALT GREEN'S BIG SWIM

REGISTER TO COMPETE (25-free event) — Updated Deadline: Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 1

Who // Full AGUA Swim Team
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

FINAL ENTRIES

Who // AG1, AG2, AG3, Senior Prep and Senior I
When // Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12
Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center
Uniform:
- Saturday - Black AGUA shirt
- Sunday - Dark grey AGUA shirt

Swimmer Call Times:
- Saturday 11-to 12-year-olds and 15-and over: 7:30am
- Saturday 10-and under and 13-to 14-year-olds: 1pm
- Sunday 10-and under and 13-to 14-year-olds: 7:30
- Sunday 11-to 12-year-olds and 15-and over: 1pm

AGUA MEMORIAL DAY INVITATIONAL

FINAL ENTRIES

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 tomorrow, May 1, 2024.

AGUA BANQUET UPDATES

We look forward to celebrating our athletes at the annual AGUA Swim Team Banquet! All swimmers are encouraged to attend. Please see the details below:

When: Saturday, June 8, 2024 from 2:30pm to 5:30pm
Where: House of Joy (28 Pell St., New York, NY 10013)
AGUA athlete attendance confirmation: Please confirm your swimmer's attendance by Wednesday, May 22
Guest ticket sales: Further details to come
Photo submission: Submit photos from the season to aguabanquet@asphaltgreen.org to be included in our slideshow!

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

May 1

Cooper Plasting

Freya Riisberg

May 5

Tessa Feld

May 6

Van Casey

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)

Saturday, May 11

Canceled // BPC and UES AG2, AG3, Senior I

Sunday, May 12

Canceled // Senior Prep

SPORTS, FITNESS, AND PLAY FOR ALL

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