NEWSLETTER // JAN. 14, 2025

TEAM UPDATES

GREAT WORK AT RUTGERS INVITE!

Congratulations to our athletes who raced at the Scarlet Invitational at Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ! Our swimmers raced in long course meters to kick off 2025 and built great momentum for the team heading into our annual MLK meet this weekend.

Among new championship qualifications, personal best times and heat wins, AGUA swimmers also broke three program records over the weekend:

Alex Argeros: 11 to 12 Boys 200 Backstroke (2:22.82 - Previous record of 2:25.25 set in 2016)
Milly Birch: 13 to 14 Girls 200 Backstroke (2:18.52 - Previous record of 2:18.87 set in 2016)
Bruce Qian: 13 to 14 Boys 200 Butterfly (2:13.68 - Previous record of 2:13.68 set in 2024)

The AGUA coaches also thank Lauren Fishbein, Mayrah Johnson, Mia Jukic and Addie Yang for standing out as R.A.D. teammates over the weekend. These AGUA team members exemplified our team values of respect, accountability and discipline.

Congratulations to our top-eight finishers:

Aitana Almandoz - 50, 100 and 200 freestyle; 200 IM
Alex Argeros - 50, 100 and 200 backstroke; 50 breaststroke; 50 and 100 freestyle
Spyros Argeros - 200 breaststroke
Camille Auth - 50, 100, 200 and 400 freestyle
Milly Birch - 100 butterfly; 100 and 200 backstroke
Isabella Castano - 100 butterfly
Sienna Cho - 100 butterfly; 100 and 200 backstroke; 400 IM
Sebastian Colvin - 100 breaststroke
Elliott Darwell - 50 and 100 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 50 and 100 freestyle; 200 IM
Morgan Dasilva - 50 butterfly; 50 freestyle
Luisa Fadul - 50 and 100 backstroke; 50 breaststroke; 50 and 100 freestyle
Lauren Fishbein - 100 and 200 breaststroke
Chloe Fu - 50 and 100 breaststroke; 50, 100 and 400 freestyle
Annabel Gui - 50 breaststroke
David Gutin - 100 and 200 backstroke; 100 freestyle; 400 IM
Claire Healy - 100 butterfly; 100 and 200 breaststroke; 200 IM
Jaden Huang - 50 and 100 freestyle
Gloria Jiang - 50 and 100 butterfly; 50 backstroke; 50 breaststroke
Eva Johnson - 100 backstroke
Mayrah Johnson - 50 backstroke; 50 freestyle
Emily Jukic - 100 and 200 backstroke; 200 and 400 freestyle; 200 IM
Mia Jukic - 100 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 100 breaststroke; 100 and 200 freestyle; 200 IM
Sena Kanzaki - 100 backstroke; 50, 100, 200 and 400 freestyle
Jake Kim - 50 and 100 butterfly; 200 IM
Olivia Kim - 50 and 100 butterfly; 100 breaststroke
Mason Kostov - 50 and 100 freestyle
Parker Lee-Walters - 100 backstroke; 200 freestyle; 200 IM
Wyatt Lee-Walters - 50 and 100 backstroke; 100 breaststroke; 200 IM
Zach Levin - 100 butterfly; 100 and 200 breaststroke; 200 and 400 IM
Jolie Loghmanee - 100 backstroke; 100 freestyle
Ben Luding - 50 and 100 backstroke; 100 breaststroke; 200 IM
Josephine Luding - 50 and 100 freestyle
Emma Matta - 50 butterfly; 50 breaststroke
Veronica McCall - 100 backstroke
Skyler Miskin - 100 and 200 butterfly; 50 backstroke; 200 freestyle
Jack Moore - 200 freestyle
Andrew Nawang - 50 and 100 backstroke; 50 and 200 freestyle
Jonathan Packles - 100 and 200 backstroke
Yahro Pique - 100 freestyle
Jeffrey Qian - 50 and 100 breaststroke
Andrew Quach - 100 butterfly; 50, 100 and 200 freestyle; 200 IM
Viaan Ramnath - 50 butterfly; 200 IM
Xan Randolph - 100 and 200 backstroke; 200 and 400 freestyle; 200 IM
Aiden Rhee - 100 and 200 breaststroke; 400 IM
Mikel Ruiz Massieu - 50 and 100 backstroke; 50 , 100 and 200 freestyle; 200 IM
Sabrina Shafer - 100 butterfly; 50 backstroke; 200 and 400 freestyle
Oliver Shao - 200 backstroke; 800 freestyle
Mark Silverman - 200 breaststroke; 50 and 400 freestyle; 400 IM
Mia Slowik - 200 backstroke
Quinn Smith - 100 butterfly; 50, 100 and 200 freestyle; 200 IM
Rose South - 100 breaststroke
Alegra Teixidor-Salerno - 200 breaststroke; 400 IM
Henry Tong - 100 butterfly
Felix Turpin - 50 backstroke
Ben Vargas - 50 and 100 backstroke; 50 breaststroke; 200 and 400 freestyle; 200 IM
Nathan Wang - 50 freestyle
Penny Wheaton - 100 and 200 butterfly; 50, 100, 200 and 400 freestyle
Addie Yang - 100 backstroke; 50 breaststroke
Chloe Yang - 100 and 200 butterfly; 100 and 200 freestyle
Leo Yang - 100 butterfly; 200 breaststroke; 50 freestyle

UPCOMING SWIM MEETS

AGUA MLK INVITATIONAL

FINAL ENTRIES

Who // Invited athletes
When // Saturday, January 18 through Monday, January 20
Where // Asphalt Green, Upper East Side
Service Sign Up // Thank you to all of our families to have signed up!
- All families must complete 10 service hours between October 2024 and July 2025 in accordance with our service policy.
- View job descriptions here
Swimmer Call Times //
- Saturday/Sunday/Monday 12 and Under - 7:30am
- Saturday Distance - 12:15pm
- Saturday 13 and Over - 2:15pm
- Sunday Distance - 12pm
- Sunday 13 and Over - 1:45pm
- Monday 13 and Over - 12:15pm
Uniform //
- All Days - Updated logo AGUA Team Cap & AGUA Team Suit; Swimmers 11 and older may wear an age-eligible tech suit
- Saturday - Black AGUA shirt
- Sunday - Dark Gray AGUA shirt
- Monday - Light Gray AGUA shirt

LIE SECOND CHANCE CHALLENGE

Register Here - Deadline: Tuesday, January 21

Who // AG1, AG2, AG3, Senior Prep and Senior I
When // Friday, February 7 through Sunday, February 9
Where // Hofstra University

TYR SENIOR MET WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Who // All qualifiers
When // Thursday, February 13 through Sunday, February 16
Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center
Service Sign Up // Now Available
- We will have many job assignments as a result of our high number of qualifiers! AGUA coaching staff will assign all remaining open jobs on February 4.

AGUA LAST CHANCE MEET

Register Here - Deadline: Friday, January 31

Who // All AGUA swimmers ages 9 and older
When // Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9
Where // Asphalt Green, Upper East Side

METRO 8 & UNDER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Register Here - Deadline: Friday, January 31

Who // All AGUA swimmers ages 8 and under
When // Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9
Where // Felix Festa Middle School

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

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

Tuesday, February 4: Digital Dive In - AGUA Winter Parent Meeting at 7:30pm on Zoom (registration to come).
Monday, February 24: Spring Schedule Begins (schedule available in next week's newsletter).
Monday, April 15: Long course group placements begin (details to be announced in the coming weeks).

NOW REQUIRED: SWIM CAPS WITH UPDATED AGUA LOGO

An updated customized or generic AGUA cap is required for all AGUA competitions in 2025. Please plan accordingly.

To purchase an updated logo cap, please do one or more of the following:

Generic AGUA Caps are now available for purchase at the front desk! These caps are not customized. You can purchase 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.

Custom Cap Order #2 - Did you miss out on our first custom order? Our second round of customization is now open here.
- Deadline: Friday, January 24

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

January 14

Gemma Zampetti

January 15

Meital Weiner

January 17

Andrew Quach

Whitney Salisbury

January 18

Sophie Bejuashvili

Esme Hynes

Max Mulholland

Joanna Wang

January 19

Sebastian Colvin

January 20

Lili Dragulev-Silva

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.