NEWSLETTER // DEC. 3, 2024

UPCOMING SWIM MEETS

View tentative 2024-2025 short course meet calendar

2024 CPAC DECEMBER INVITE

FINAL ENTRIES

Who // Senior I and Senior II
When // Friday, December 6 through Sunday, December 8
Where // Chelsea Piers, CT
Livestream Link // Available here
Timing Assignments //
- Friday Timed Finals - Swimmers must provide their own timer
- Saturday & Sunday Prelims - Sign up here
Swimmer Uniform //
- Friday - Black AGUA shirt
- Saturday - Dark gray AGUA shirt
- Sunday - Light gray AGUA shirt
- All Days - AGUA team cap & age-eligible tech suit
Swimmer Call Times //
- Friday:
  - 400 IM - 3pm
  - 500 Free - 3:30pm
  - 1650 Free - 4pm
- ADJUSTED Saturday Prelims:
  - All swimmers: 7:20am
- ADJUSTED Sunday Prelims:
  - All swimmers: 6:50am
- ADJUSTED Saturday & Sunday Finals: 4:30pm

NYS HOLIDAY CLASSIC

FINAL ENTRIES

Who // Invited athletes
When // Saturday, December 7 and Sunday, December 8
Where // Lehman College
Swimmer Uniform //
- Saturday - Black AGUA shirt
- Sunday - Dark gray AGUA shirt
- All days - AGUA team cap & age-eligible tech suit
Tentative Swimmer Call Times //
- Saturday & Sunday 11-to-14 prelims: 7am
- Saturday & Sunday 10-and-under: 12:30pm
- Saturday & Sunday 11-to-14 finals: 3:30pm

NCAP INVITE

FINAL ENTRIES

Who // Invited athletes
When // Thursday, December 12 through Sunday, December 15
Where // Eppley Recreation Center, UMD College Park Campus, College Park, MD
Swimmer Uniform //
- Thursday - Choice AGUA shirt
- Friday - Black AGUA shirt
- Saturday - Dark gray AGUA shirt
- Sunday - Light gray AGUA shirt
- All days - AGUA team cap & age-eligible tech suit
Tentative Swimmer Call Times //
- Thursday Timed Finals - 4pm
- Friday/Saturday/Sunday 13 & Over Prelims - TBA
- Friday 10 & under Timed Finals and 11-12 Prelims - 11:30am
- Saturday/Sunday 10 & under Timed Finals and 11-12 Prelims - 12pm
- Friday/Saturday/Sunday 11 & Over Finals - 4pm

ANNOUNCEMENTS

AGUA SPRING BREAK WEEKENDS

AGUA will return to the spring break format below to prioritize our competition strategy for the Long Course season.

There will be no AGUA Swim Team practices at BPC or UES on:

Friday, April 4 through Sunday, April 6, 2025
Thursday, April 10 through Sunday, April 13, 2025

Long course group assignments will begin on Monday, April 14, 2025.

AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE: NEW AGUA CAPS WITH UPDATED LOGO

AGUA caps with our new logo are now available for purchase at the front desk! These caps are not customized. Please note that either an updated customized or generic AGUA cap is required for competition beginning January 1, 2025. Please plan accordingly.

You can purchase caps at the front desk of the AquaCenter or the front desk of our Battery Park City campus. Latex caps cost $6 and silicone caps cost $16.

Please note that all swimmers will be limited to purchasing a maximum of two caps until further notice.

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

December 6

Hugo Novaro Cortijo

December 7

Sera Wagle

December 8

Alessandra Chou

Annette Yu

December 9

Noah Gutin

REMINDERS

LOCKER ROOM REMINDERS

As we continue the 2024-2025 AGUA season, we want to take the opportunity 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.

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.

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

Evan Banciella // 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

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PRACTICE

SCHEDULE UPDATES

Friday, December 6

AG3 and Senior Prep NYS swimmers // 5:30pm to 6:30pm (UES campus)
AG3 and Senior Prep NCAP swimmers // 6:30pm to 8pm (UES campus)
Swimmers racing at CPAC // May swim from 6:30pm to 7:30pm (UES campus) or 4:30pm to 7:30pm window (Chelsea Piers CT)
Canceled  //  AG3 Gold dryland and Senior Prep Gold dryland; Senior I and Senior II

Saturday, December 7

All 11-to 12-year-old swimmers racing at NCAP // 10am to 12pm (UES campus)
All BPC and UES 9-to 10-year-old swimmers racing at NCAP // 12pm to 1 pm (UES campus)
- Dryland 9:15am to 9:45am (UES campus)
Canceled  // BPC and UES AG1, AG2 and AG3;  Senior I and Senior II