NEWSLETTER // AUGUST 12, 2025

SUMMER NOTICES

Please note that AGUA coaches will be out of office August 16-August 24. Our next newsletter will be distributed on Tuesday, August 26.
Last Call: Swimmers should pick up their equipment bags and bring them home. After today, gear may be thrown away or recycled during the Asphalt Green pool shutdown.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

AGUA COACH JOHN ALAIMO NAMED TOP 5 COACH BY ASCA

Recently, AGUA Coach John Alaimo was recognized as one of the top 5 coaches in the country by the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA). Read Asphalt Green's most recent blog to see our interview with Coach John and learn more about his accomplishment!

READ ON

TEAM UPDATES

GREAT WORK AT ISCA SENIOR BLAST

Congratulations to our swimmers who competed at the 2025 ISCA Senior Blast in St. Petersburg, FL! Our athletes achieved numerous records, personal best times, and new qualification standards for Senior Mets, Sectionals and Futures.

The team was led in points by Katy Niziol, who scored 22 points with top-ten efforts in the 50 and 100 butterfly, 50 backstroke and 100 freestyle, and Yahro Pique who tallied 19 points with top-ten swims in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 freestyles.

The AGUA coaches would also like to thank the following athletes for standing out as RAD teammates during the meet: Ella Knox, Max Packles, Yahro Pique and Aidan Zhu.

Extra congratulations to our additional individual point scorers:

Justin Chiang - 100 and 200 Breaststroke
Bea Chukwulozie - 50 and 100 Backstroke
Cooper Dong - 200 Backstroke
Luca Fong - 200 Freestyle; 200 IM
Vincent Gookin - 800 Freestyle; 400 IM
Nikolai Haridasan - 100 and 200 Butterfly
Ella Knox - 200 Butterfly; 400 IM
Thomas Mackey - 100 Backstroke
Katy Niziol - 50 and 100 Butterfly; 50 Backstroke; 100 Freestyle
Max Packles - 100 Backstroke
Yahro Pique - 100, 200, 400 and 800 Freestyle
Artem Safroniuk - 200 Butterfly; 400 IM
Tim Seliger - 50 and 200 Freestyle
Allegra Speight-Ray - 800 and 1500 Freestyle
Laura Strassenburg - 50 and 200 Breaststroke
Estelle Vernhes - 200 and 400 Freestyle
Ali Wright - 100 and 400 Freestyle

UPCOMING SWIM MEETS

SAVE THE DATE: AGUA SEASON STARTER

Who // Full AGUA Swim Team
When // Saturday, October 11 and Sunday, October 12, 2025
- 13 & Over - Saturday afternoon only
- 8 & Under - Sunday afternoon only
- 9- to 12-year-olds - Both days, morning session
Where // Asphalt Green AquaCenter

The full tentative short course meet calendar will be available in the coming weeks.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

2025-2026 AGUA SWIM SEASON

Please see below for information regarding the 2025-2026 AGUA swim season:

Fall Practice Schedule:
- Available here
- Start Date: Tuesday, September 2
Swim for the Future Scholarship Information:
- Apply here
- Please be sure you are logged in to your Asphalt Green (not AGUA Team Unify) account before starting the application process.

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

August 12

Olivia Cha

Maria Manukyan

August 15

Benjamin Luding

Brady Shiferman

August 16

Leo Lambert

August 17

Zoya Arsiwalla

Elliott Wallis

Genevieve White

August 18

Leo De La Garza

August 21

Thomas Barmettler

Anya Verma

August 22

Pierce Dowhy Canfield

Ashley Kang

Addilyn Seacord

August 23

Natalie Cheung

August 24

Nathan Wang

August 25

Lauren Koh

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.