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NEWSLETTER // JULY 1, 2025

TEAM UPDATES

GREAT WORK AT LIAC SUMMER FUN

 

Congratulations to the AGUA swimmers who competed in the 2025 Summer Fun meet in Long Island, NY! Our swimmers raced to many new personal bests and qualification standards for the Junior Metropolitan Swimming Championships. 

 

AGUA raced to five event wins, all in the 10 & Under Boys age group with great efforts from Elliott Darwell (100 Butterfly), Benjamin Luding (50 Backstroke, 50 Breastroke and 100 Breaststroke) and Felix Turpin (100 Freestyle).

 

The AGUA coaches would also like to thank the following swimmers for standing out as R.A.D. Teammates throughout the meet: Sophie Bejuashvili, Olivia Cha, Beau Chan, Josh Cho, Lauren Koh, Aurora Leung, Imogen Miller and Kaelen Thakker.

 

Special congratulations to all of our top-eight finishers:
  • Daniel Andguladze - 50 and 100 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 200 freestyle
  • Alina Attarwala - 200 freestyle
  • Olivia Cha - 100 and 200 freestyle
  • Beau Chan - 100 and 200 butterfly; 50 and 200 freestyle
  • Justin Chiang - 100 and 200 breaststroke; 200 IM
  • Joshua Cho - 200 butterfly
  • Elliot Darwell - 100 butterfly; 50 backstroke; 200 freestyle; 200 IM
  • Morgan Dasilva - 50 butterfly; 200 freestyle; 200 IM
  • Milo Devine - 200 breaststroke 
  • Mia Dewan - 100 backstroke
  • Cooper Dong - 200 freestyle 
  • Juniper Eaton - 200 freestyle
  • Tessa Feld - 200 butterfly; 200 IM
  • Luca Fong - 100 and 400 freestyle; 200 IM
  • Iain Fulnecky - 100 breaststroke; 100 freestyle
  • Jade Golnar - 50 butterfly; 50 freestyle
  • Nikol Goncharenko - 100 backstroke
  • Jaden Huang - 200 freestyle
  • Gloria Jiang - 100 butterfly; 50 backstroke 
  • Mia Jukic - 50 and 100 backstroke; 50 and 100  breaststroke; 200 freestyle; 200 IM
  • Jolie Loghmanee - 100 backstroke; 200 freestyle
  • Benjamin Luding - 50 backstroke; 50 and 100 breaststroke; 50 freestyle; 200 IM
  • Cruz Malick - 50 and 100 breaststroke; 200 IM
  • Sofia Manukyan - 50 and 100 butterfly; 100 breaststroke; 100 and 200 freestyle; 200 IM
  • Skyler Misken - 200 butterfly
  • Jack Moore - 100 and 200 freestyle
  • Maya Mulholland - 100 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 200 and 400 freestyle; 200 IM
  • Andrew Nawang - 100 backstroke
  • Katy Niziol - 50 freestyle
  • Hugo Novaro Cortijo - 200 breaststroke 
  • Jason Qi - 50 and 100 breaststroke 
  • Jeffrey Qian - 200 IM
  • Zubin Reuter - 50 and 100 butterfly
  • Tim Seliger - 50 and 100 freestyle
  • Brady Shiferman - 50 freestyle
  • Quinn Smith - 50 butterfly; 100 freestyle
  • Laura Strassenburg - 100 and 200 breaststroke 
  • Dev Sud - 50 freestyle 
  • Sophie Tu - 50 freestyle
  • Felix Turpin - 100 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 100 freestyle
  • Lucy Watts - 200 breaststroke 
  • Kaily Zhou - 50 breaststroke
  • Allison Zhu - 50 and 100 freestyle
  • Michael Zhu - 100 breaststroke

UPCOMING SWIM MEETS

LIAC SUMMER SPLASH

Final Entries

  • Who // All 12 & Under Swimmers; Select 13 & Over Swimmers
  • When // Saturday, July 5 and Sunday, July 6, 2025
  • Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center 
  • Swimmer Uniform //
    • Saturday - Black AGUA shirt with updated logo
    • Sunday - Dark gray AGUA shirt with updated logo
  • Tentative Swimmer Call Times //
    • 12 & Under - Saturday 7:30am; Sunday 11:30am
    • 13 & Over - Saturday 11:30am; Sunday 7:30am

SENIOR METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Final Entries

  • Who // Qualifiers
  • When // Thursday, July 10 through Sunday, July 13, 2025
  • Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center
  • Admissions // Free (All Sessions)
  • Tentative Swimmer Call Times //
    • Thursday Timed Finals- 
      • 800 freestyle - 3:45pm
      • 800 freestyle relay - 5pm
    • Friday Prelims -
      • 100 breast - 7:30am
      • 200 free, 100 fly and 400 IM - 8am
    • Saturday Prelims -
      • 200 IM - 7am
      • 50 free and 100 back - 8am
      • 400 free - 8:30am
    • Sunday Prelims - 
      • 200 back - 7am
      • 200 breast and 100 free - 8am
      • 200 fly - 8:30am
    • Job Signup // Now available
      • Due to our large number of qualifiers, AGUA will be assigned a minimum of 15 job assignments. If you are available, please sign up here. All remaining openings will be assigned by the coaching staff by Monday, July 7. 

    JUNIOR METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

    • Who // Qualifiers
    • When // Friday, July 18 through Sunday, July 20, 2025
    • Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center

    ISCA SUMMER SENIOR BLAST

    Preliminary Entries

    • Who // 15 & Over Qualifiers
    • When // Tuesday, July 29 through Saturday, August 2, 2025
    • Where // North Shore Aquatic Center, St. Petersburg, Fl

    ISCA SUMMER ELITE SHOWCASE

    • Who // 14 & Under Qualifiers
    • When // Wednesday, August 6 through Saturday, August 9, 2025
    • Where // North Shore Aquatic Center, St. Petersburg, Fl
    • Hotel Block // Hyatt Place St Petersburg Downtown
      • Start Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2025
      • End Date: Sunday, August 10, 2025
      • Reservation Deadline: Monday, July 7, 2025
      • Room Rate: $199/night before tax

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    2025-2026 AGUA SWIM SEASON

     

    Stay tuned over the coming weeks for updates on the following for the 2025-2026 AGUA Swim Season:

    • Official start date & tentative fall practice schedules
    • Group placements 
    • Swim for the Future Scholarship applications
    • Asphalt Green registration (please be sure to check your login information in advance)

    UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

    July 2

    Alexis Miele

     

    July 3

    Lauren Fishbein

    Felix Turpin

     

    July 4

    Maya Mulholland

    July 5

    Nari Baker

     

    July 6

    Leo Yang

     

    July 7

    Jason Qi

    REMINDERS

    LOCKER ROOM REMINDERS

     

    As we continue the 2024-2025 AGUA season, we want 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. 
    • Only swimmers who are members of Asphalt Green are permitted to use the member locker rooms at Asphalt Green. There are no exceptions. 

    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

    FOLLOW US ON INSTA

     

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

    PRACTICE

    SCHEDULE UPDATES

    Friday, July 4, 2025

    • Canceled // All Practices

    Saturday, July 5, 2025

    • Canceled // BPC & UES AG2 Green and Gold; BPC & UES AG3 Green and Gold

    Sunday, July 6, 2025

    • National // 8am-10am swim (UES campus) UPDATED
    • Senior II // 10:30am-12:30pm swim (UES campus)
    • Canceled // Senior Prep Green and Gold; Senior I

    Thursday, July 10, 2025

    • UES AG2 Green and Gold // 4:15pm-5:15pm swim (UES campus) 
    • Senior I, Senior II and National Swimmers Racing in Senior Mets // May swim from 5:15pm to 6:15pm (UES campus)
    • Canceled // Senior II; National evening practice

    Friday, July 11, 2025

    • Senior I // Swim 7am -8:30am (UES campus)
    • AG3 Green and Gold // Swim 4:15pm-5:45pm (UES campus)
    • Senior Prep Green and Gold // Swim 5:45pm-7:15pm (UES campus)
    • Swimmers Racing in Senior Mets // May swim from 5:15pm-6:15pm (UES campus)
    • Canceled // UES AG2 Green and Gold; Senior II; National; Senior Prep dryland; AG3 dryland

    Saturday, July 12, 2025

    • Swimmers Racing in Senior Mets // May swim from 10am-11:30am (UES campus)
    • AG3 Green and Gold // 7:30am-9am swim (UES campus)
    • Canceled // Senior II; National; AG3 Green and Gold Dryland

    Sunday, July 13, 2025

    • Senior Prep Green and Gold // 8am-9:45am swim (UES campus)

    • Senior I // 10:30am - 12:30pm swim (UES campus)

    • Canceled // All dryland practices

    Monday, July 14, 2025

    • Canceled // Senior II morning practice; National morning practice

    August 9 and August 10, 2025

    • Canceled // All Practices

    Thursday, August 14, 2025

    • Last day of 2024-2025 season practices
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