AGUA Newsletter: Feb. 13, 2024

Newsletter | February 13, 2024

Great Work at the Condors Last Chance Meet!

The AGUA Swim Team kicked off our February racing calendar with numerous event and heat wins at the 2024 Condors Last Chance Meet! Our athletes also achieved several personal best times, along with new and additional qualifications for the 2024 Junior Metropolitan Championships.

AGUA was led by Atticus Fogarty (50 backstroke; 100 breaststroke; 100 and 200 freestyle; 400 IM) and Wyatt Lee-Walters (50 and 100 backstroke; 500 freestyle; 100 and 200 IM), who each won five individual events.

The AGUA coaches would like to thank Olivia Cha, Ben Vargas and Aitana Almandoz for exemplifying our team values of respect, accountability, and discipline throughout the weekend.

Congratulations to our top-three finishers:

Aitana Almandoz - 50 and 100 backstroke; 50 breaststroke; 50, 100 and 200 freestyle
Daniel Andguladze - 50 and 100 backstroke; 50 and 200 freestyle; 100 and 200 IM
Alexander Argeros - 100 breaststroke; 50 and 200 freestyle
Alina Attarwala - 50 butterfly
Pietro Belvedere - 100 backstroke; 200 and 500 freestyle
Emma Bratu - 25 butterfly; 25 backstroke; 25 breaststroke; 25 freestyle
Logan Bratu - 25 backstroke; 25 breaststroke
Cooper Chen - 25 backstroke; 25 breaststroke
Joshua Cho - 500 freestyle; 100 IM
Sebastian Colvin - 400 IM
Elliott Darwell - 50 and 100 breaststroke; 50 and 200 freestyle; 200 IM
Morgan Dasilva - 25 backstroke; 25 breaststroke; 25 freestyle
Jonathan Davis - 50 backstroke; 50 and 100 breaststroke; 100 freestyle
Eva Dolan - 100 breaststroke; 100 IM
Pierce Dowhy Canfield - 200 freestyle
Atticus Fogarty - 50 and 100 backstroke; 100 breaststroke; 100 and 200 freestyle; 200 and 400 IM
Aria Freeman - 25 breaststroke
Chloe Fu - 50 and 100 butterfly; 50 and 100 backstroke; 100 and 200 IM
Pia Ghimire - 50 butterfly
Sophia Hadar - 50 and 100 butterfly; 400 IM
Adrian Harutunyan - 100 butterfly; 50 and 100 breaststroke
Leo Huang - 50 butterfly
Zairong Jiang - 100 backstroke
Mayrah Johnson - 50 and 100 butterfly; 50 and 100 backstroke; 50 breaststroke; 50 and 500 freestyle
Mia Jukic - 50 and 100 backstroke; 200 freestyle
Kaila Katz - 100 butterfly
Jake Kim - 50 butterfly; 50 and 100 backstroke; 50 breaststroke; 500 freestyle; 100 and 200 IM
Olivia Kim - 100 backstroke; 50 and 100 breaststroke; 500 freestyle; 100 IM
Parker Lee-Walters - 50 butterfly; 50 and 100 backstroke; 50 breaststroke; 200 freestyle; 400 IM
Wyatt Lee-Walters - 50 and 100 butterfly; 50 and 100 backstroke; 500 freestyle; 100 and 200 IM
Jolie Loghmanee - 50 backstroke; 50 freestyle
Benjamin Luding - 50 and 100 butterfly; 50 and 100 breaststroke; 500 freestyle; 100 and 200 IM
Josephine Luding - 50 backstroke; 50 breaststroke; 50, 100, and 200 freestyle; 200 IM
Nikhil Mehra - 100 IM
Kaia Mejia - 25 backstroke
Tegan Mejia - 100 butterfly; 100 breaststroke
Alexis Miele - 200 freestyle
Ashy Milam - 50 backstroke
Skylar Miskin - 100 backstroke; 50, 100, and 200 freestyle; 100, 200 and 400 IM
Maya Mulholland - 100 butterfly; 100 breaststroke; 500 freestyle; 100 and 200 IM
Rome Neal - 50 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 50 freestyle
Max Paltridge - 500 freestyle
Maddie Perkins - 25 freestyle
Nicholas Pichlmeier - 50 and 100 breaststroke
Jojo Plevin - 100 breaststroke
Jeffrey Qian - 25 butterfly; 100 breaststroke
Andrew Quach - 500 freestyle
Viaan Ramnath - 100 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 50 and 100 breaststroke; 200 freestyle; 100 and 400 IM
Mikel Ruiz-Massieu - 100 butterfly; 50 and 100 backstroke; 50 breaststroke; 50 and 200 freestyle
Claire Schen - 25 butterfly; 25 backstroke
Sabrina Shafer - 50 butterfly
Quinn Smith - 100 freestyle; 100 IM
Rose South - 50 and 100 breaststroke; 500 freestyle
Dev Sud - 100 freestyle
Kaelen Thakker - 50 backstroke; 100 freestyle; 200 and 400 IM
Sophie Tu - 100 breaststroke; 100 IM
Felix Turpin - 100 backstroke
Benjamin Vargas - 100 butterfly; 100 breaststroke; 500 freestyle; 100 IM
Cassie Wheaton - 50 backstroke; 200 freestyle; 400 IM
Addie Yang - 100 breaststroke
Allison Zhu - 100 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 100 breaststroke; 50, 100, 200 and 500 freestyle
Kylie Zhu - 100 butterfly
Liam Zucker - 50, 100, and 500 freestyle; 200 IM

Stay tuned next week for a recap of the 2024 LIE Second Chance Meet!

Swim Meet Calendar Updates

TYR Senior Metropolitan Championships

Final entries are now available.

Who: All qualifiers
When: This Thursday, February 15 through Sunday, February 18
Where: Nassau County Aquatic Center, East Meadow, NY
Tickets: Now available.
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; Swimmers may wear their age-eligible tech suits and should confirm with their lead group coach.
Updated Swimmer Call Times:
- Thursday 1000 Freestyle - 3:30pm
- Thursday 800 Freestyle Relay - 4:30pm
- Friday/Saturday Preliminaries - 7:45am
- Friday/Saturday Finals - 4pm
- Sunday Preliminaries - 7:15am
- Sunday Distance - TBD
- Sunday Finals - 3:30pm

Metropolitan Swimming 8-and-under Championships

Registration is now available; Deadline: Today, February 13

Who: All swimmers ages 8-and-under
When: Saturday, March 2 through Sunday, March 3
Where (tentative): Felix Festa Middle School, West Nyack, NY

AGUA Last Chance Invitational

Registration is now available; Deadline: Today, February 13

Who: AGUA Swim Team (9-and-over)
When: Saturday, March 2 through Sunday, March 3
Where: Asphalt Green, Upper East Side

Junior Metropolitan Championships

Who: All qualifiers
When: Friday, March 8 through Sunday, March 10
Where: Nassau County Aquatic Center, East Meadow, NY
Hotel room block information: Long Island Marriott at 101 James Doolittle Boulevard Uniondale, New York, NY 11553
- Price: $199 per night
- Deadline to book: Today, February 13
- Book your group rate through Asphalt Green

Announcements

Register Now: 10-and-under Nutrition Workshop

Registration is open for our first 10-and-under Nutrition Workshop with Beine Wellness Building!

Join us Wednesday, February 21 from 7:30pm and 8:30pm to discuss nutrition best practices for our swimmers 10 years old and younger.

Sign Up

Mark Your Calendars!

Add our upcoming winter and spring 2024 events to your calendar:

Monday, February 19 through Thursday, February 22: Long course season group placements assigned. If your swimmer turns 11, 13, or 15 by June 1, 2024, they will likely be placed into a new group for the long course season.
Monday, February 26: Spring schedule begins (swimmers will remain in current groups until Monday, April 8, 2024).
Monday, April 1 through Sunday, April 7: AGUA Swim Team spring break. All practices are canceled.
Monday, April 8: Long course group placements begin.

Upcoming Birthdays

February 13

Mackenzie Lynton

February 14

Dean Parobeck

Ava Smith

February 15

Chloe Kehoe

February 16

Philip Smit van Riel

Liam Zucker

February 18

Arianne Dracopoulos

Wyatt Lee-Walters

Theodore Smales

Required: Asphalt Green 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.

Follow AGUA on Instagram

Follow us @aguaswim for announcements, shoutouts, and more!

Access to the Team's TYR Portal

Click to view the access instructions for our team's upgraded TYR portal and purchase tech suits, team suits and apparel, and practice equipment.

Parent/Coach Communication

To streamline parent/coach communication, please do not reply to this newsletter. Instead, please 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
Andy Ross: Admin and Private Lessons

Practice Schedule Updates

If you haven't already, please view the updated spring 2024 practice schedule (as of January 2024). As a reminder, the spring schedule will begin on Monday, February 26. All swimmers will remain in their current practice groups.

View Spring Schedule

Today, Tuesday, February 13

AG3 Green will swim from 4pm to 5:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus (see following date).

Wednesday, February 14

All Senior Mets qualifiers will swim from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Canceled: National; Senior II; AG3 Green

Thursday, February 15

Senior Prep Gold will swim 6pm to 7:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side Campus. Dryland will be from 5:15pm to 5:45pm.
Senior I will swim from 6:30pm to 8pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side Campus. Dryland will be from 5:30pm to 6:15pm.
Senior II and National swimmers racing at Senior Mets may swim from 5pm to 6:30pm.
Canceled: National; Senior II

Friday, February 16

Senior I will swim from 6pm to 7:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Senior I and Senior II swimmers racing at Senior Mets will swim from 4pm to 5:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Canceled: Senior II

Saturday, February 17

AG3 Green and Gold will swim from 7am to 8:30am at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
UES AG2 Green and Gold will swim from 8:15am to 9:15am at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Senior Prep, Senior I, and Senior II swimmers racing at Senior Mets may swim from 11am to 12pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Canceled: National; Senior II; Senior I (see following date)

Sunday, February 18

Senior Prep Green and Gold will swim from 8am to 10am at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Senior I will swim from 10:30am to 12:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Canceled: National; Senior Prep Green dryland

Monday, February 19

Senior Prep Green will swim from 4pm to 5:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Senior Prep Gold will swim from 5:30pm to 7pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Canceled: Senior II morning practice; National

Asphalt Green is a not-for-profit. When you participate in our programs, you stand with Asphalt Green to transform lives and build community through sports, fitness, and play for all.

Learn More