Newsletter | December 12, 2023

Reminder: Renew your USA Swimming Membership by December 31, 2023

If you are a returning AGUA swimmer and haven't already done so, you must renew your USA Swimming membership by December 31, 2023 to remain eligible for 2024 competitions.

Please follow the steps below to renew your membership now. For questions or concerns, reach out to Coach John Alaimo via email at jalaimo@asphaltgreen.org. 

How to renew your USA Swimming membership:

• Log into your USA Swimming account: https://hub.usaswimming.org/landing 
• Click the renewal button on your member dashboard.
• Follow the self-guided steps. If you need assistance, use this step-by-step guide.

Great Work at the BGNW 14-and-under and NYS Holiday Invitationals!

Congratulations to our athletes who raced last weekend at the BGNW 14-and-under Invitational in Mt. Kisco, NY, and at the NYS Holiday Classic right here in New York City!

A special shoutout to Emma Bratu (25 backstroke; 50 breaststroke; 25 freestyle),Tegan Mejia (100 butterfly; 100 and 200 freestyle; 100 and 200 IM), Jeffrey Qian (25 and 50 breaststroke), and Quinn Smith (50 backstroke; 25 freestyle; 100 IM) each of who finished the meet with multiple individual wins. 

Lastly, we want to extend a big thank you to Camille Auth, Cooper Dong, Lili Dragulev-Silva, Juniper Eaton, Rayah Milam, Elvis Orchowski, Mark Silverman, Benjamin Vargas, Lucy Watts, and Dylan Zucker for standing out as R.A.D. teammates over the weekend.

Extra congratulations to our top three finishers:

• Alina Attarwala - 50 butterfly; 50 breaststroke; 100 IM
• Pietro Belvedere - 200 backstroke
• Emma Bratu - 50 butterfly; 25 and 50 backstroke; 50 breaststroke; 25 and 50 freestyle
• Logan Bratu - 25 and 50 backstroke; 25 breaststroke; 50 freestyle 
• Cooper Chen - 25 butterfly 
• Sienna Cho - 200 IM
• Christian Colvin - 100 backstroke 
• Morgan Dasilva - 25 butterfly; 25 and 50 backstroke; 25 breaststroke 
• Cooper Dong - 100 and 200 backstroke; 400 IM
• Juniper Eaton - 200 freestyle
• Saphira Grose - 50 breaststroke
• Annabel Gui - 50 backstroke; 100 breaststroke; 100 IM
• Sophia Hadar - 100 butterfly; 500 freestyle
• Charlotte Hammon - 100 butterfly; 100 breaststroke; 100 freestyle
• Kaila Katz - 25 and 50 butterfly
• Everett Lan - 25 butterfly
• Jolie Loghmanee - 50 butterfly; 50 and 100 backstroke; 50 freestyle; 100 IM
• Emma Matta - 25 backstroke
• Tegan Mejia - 100 butterfly; 50 and 100 backstroke; 100 and 200 freestyle; 100 and 200 IM
• Nikhil Mehra - 200 butterfly
• Alexis Miele - 100 and 200 freestyle
• Max Paltridge - 500 freestyle
• Maddie Perkins - 25 freestyle
• Ellise Plevin - 100 and 200 breaststroke
• Jeffrey Qian - 50 butterfly; 25 and 50 breaststroke; 100 IM
• Zubin Reuter - 50 butterfly
• Zoe Ross Allen - 100 butterfly
• Claire Schen - 50 backstroke
• Sabrina Shafer - 200 butterfly
• Mark Silverman - 200 and 400 IM
• Quinn Smith - 50 backstroke; 25 freestyle; 100 IM
• Benjamin Vargas - 200 butterfly
• Ana Sofia Vucic - 100 butterfly
• Annika Wahlquist - 50 and 100 breaststroke 
• Lucy Watts - 100 and 200 breaststroke; 500 freestyle
• Kylie Zhu - 200 breaststroke
• Dylan Zucker - 500 freestyle

Stay tuned next week for a recap of the NCAP Invitational!

Reminder: Sign Up to Become an Official!

Have a passion for swimming? Want to get more involved in your swimmer's life? Become an official for the AGUA Swim Team!

Interested? Click here to learn more and sign up for Metropolitan Swimming's clinics for new officials — happening Monday, January 8, 2024 — where you'll learn all the rules of competitive swimming and more!

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Parent/Coach Communication

To streamline parent/coach communication, please do not reply to this newsletter. Use the following email addresses for all questions:

• Jeff Chen: UES AG1, and AG2
• Kalee Walcott: BPC AG1, and AG2
• Hailey Hewitt: UES AG3
• John Alaimo: Senior Prep
• Youngho Kim: Senior I
• Diana Pimer: Senior II
• David Rodriguez: National

Practice Schedule Updates

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

• AG3 Gold, Senior Prep Gold, Senior II and National will swim from 4pm to 6pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
• Senior I will swim from 4:30pm to 6pm at Asphalt Green's Battery Park City campus. 
• Canceled: Senior Prep Green (see date below); All dryland practices at both BPC and UES locations. 

Thursday, December 21, 2023 

• Senior Prep Green will swim from 4pm to 5:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus. 

Friday, December 22, 2023

• Senior I will swim from 4pm to 5:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus. 

Saturday, December 23 through Monday, December 25, 2023

• AGUA Swim Team's winter holiday break
• Canceled: All practices

Tuesday, December 26 through Sunday, December 31, 2023

• Please view the winter holiday practice schedule for all groups

Monday, January 1, 2024

• Canceled: All practices