Don't forget — if you're a returning AGUA swimmer and haven't already, you must renew your USA Swimming membership by December 31, 2023 to remain eligible for 2024 competitions. 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.
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 2023 NCAP Invitational!
Congratulations to our athletes who raced last weekend at the 2023 NCAP Invitational in College Park, MD! AGUA swimmers had great success, earning new qualifications for Junior Metropolitan Championships, Futures Championships and Junior Nationals, personal best times, team records, and more!
Our athletes combined to set five AGUA Swim Team records in the relay events:
11- to 12-year-old boys 200 medley relay (Xan Randolph, Sebastian Colvin, Atticus Fogarty, and Mason Kostov) — A Metropolitan Swimming record and the current #1 time in the country.
13- to 14-year-old boys 200 medley relay (Jonathan Packles, Spyros Argeros, Bruce Qian, and Tim Seliger) — A Metropolitan Swimming record and the current #1 time in the country.
13- to 14-year-old boys 400 medley relay (Jonathan Packles, Spyros Argeros, Bruce Qian, and Tim Seliger)
13- to 14-year-old boys 200 freestyle relay (Tim Seliger, Daniel Wojciechowski, Luca Fong and Bruce Qian)
13- to 14-year-old boys 400 freestyle relay (Tim Seliger, Bruce Qian, Daniel Wojciechowski and Luca Fong)
Congratulations to our athletes who posted individual National top-10 times:
Milly Birch and Mason Kostov earned high point honors in the 11- to 12-year-old category after they scored the most points throughout the competition. Additionally, Oliver Shao earned two Fran Crippen Memorial awards for his top-three finishes in the open-age category distance events.
Milly (11- to 12-year-old girls 50 backstroke) and Mason (11- to 12-year-old boys 50 and 100 freestyle; 50 breaststroke) also joined Spyros Argeros (13- to 14-year-old boys 100 and 200 breaststroke)in setting individual AGUA Swim Team records throughout the meet.
Lastly, we want to extend a big thank you to Alexander Argeros, Atticus Fogarty, Lizzie Gehrie, Veronica McCall, and Tim Seligerfor standing out as R.A.D. teammates over the weekend.
Extra congratulations to our top eight finishers:
Satya Agashiwala - 200 butterfly
Spyros Argeros - 100 butterfly;100 and 200 breaststroke; 200 IM
Milly Birch - 100 butterfly; 50, 100 and 200 backstroke; 100, 200, and 400 IM
Isabella Castano - 100 and 200 butterfly
Sebastian Colvin - 50, 100, and 200 breaststroke
Milo Devine - 100 and 200 breaststroke
Lauren Fishbein - 100 breaststroke
Atticus Fogarty - 50, 100, and 200 butterfly; 500 freestyle; 200 and 400 IM
Luca Fong - 200 breaststroke
Chloe Fu - 100 breaststroke
Elizabeth Gehrie - 100 butterfly; 200 IM
Nikolai Haridasan - 100 and 200 butterfly
Eva Johnson - 100 butterfly; 100 backstroke
Jake Kim - 100 butterfly
Olivia Kim - 100 breaststroke
Mason Kostov - 100 butterfly; 50 and 100 breaststroke; 50 and 100 freestyle; 100 and 200 IM
Veronica McCall - 100 breaststroke; 400 IM
Maya Mulholland - 50 and 100 backstroke; 100 and 200 freestyle; 200 IM
Jonathan Packles - 100 and 200 backstroke
Nick Pichlmeier - 100 breaststroke
Bruce Qian - 100 and 200 butterfly; 100, 200, and 500 freestyle; 200 IM
Xan Randolph - 50 butterfly; 50, 100, and 200 backstroke
Aiden Rhee - 200 breaststroke
Tim Seliger - 100 freestyle
Oliver Shao - 500, 1000, and 1650 freestyle
Delilah Skaistis - 100 breaststroke; 200 and 400 IM
Mia Slowik - 100 backstroke
Jagger Stachtiaris - 100 backstroke
Alegra Teixidor-Salerno - 400 IM
Addie Yang - 50 and 100 breaststroke
Chloe Yang - 50, 100, and 200 butterfly;50 breaststroke; 200 and 400 IM
Swim Meet Calendar Updates
AGUA Swim Team's MLK Invitational
Preliminary entries will be available in next week's newsletter.
Service hour sign up will be available at 9am on Wednesday, January 3, 2024.
Who: Full AGUA Swim Team
When: Saturday, January 13 through Monday, January 15, 2024
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