AGUA Newsletter: July 11, 2023

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Newsletter | July 18, 2023

Great Work at the Condors July Jubilee!

Congratulations to our athletes who raced at the 2023 Condors July Jubilee in West Nyack, NY! Our swimmers raced to new personal bests, qualifications, and more. The team was led by Atticus Fogarty (200 butterfly and 400 freestyle), Luca Fong (100 breaststroke), Nikol Goncharenko (100 backstroke), Rohan Mehra (200 Butterfly), Jonathan Packles (100 backstroke), and Elonu Rodrigues (100 butterfly) who all earned first-place finishes in their respective events.

The AGUA Coaches would like to thank Olivia Cha, Jolie Loghmanee, Ethan Pak, Matthew Renwick, and Kai Wong for standing out as RAD Teammates throughout the weekend.

A special congratulations to our top-eight finishers:

Daniel Andguladze - 100 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 100 breaststroke; 50 freestyle
Gillian Asch - 200 butterfly
Anisa Basler - 200 freestyle
Naomi Blau - 200 backstroke
Olivia Cauley - 100 butterfly; 200 backstroke
Beau Chan - 200 butterfly; 100 and 200 breaststroke
Danan Chan - 100 and 200 breaststroke
Donald Chan - 100 breaststroke
Hanyu Chen - 100 breaststroke
Chloe Comisarow - 50 and 100 freestyle; 100 breaststroke
Jacqueline Constantine - 200 backstroke
Sam Crisostomo - 100 butterfly; 100 breaststroke
Arabella Fang - 50 and 100 breaststroke; 100 freestyle
Atticus Fogarty - 200 butterfly; 50, 100, and 200 backstroke; 100, 200, and 400 freestyle
Luca Fong - 100 breaststroke; 100 freestyle
Nikol Goncharenko - 100 and 200 backstroke; 50 and 100 freestyle
Vincent Gookin - 100 backstroke; 50 and 200 freestyle
Annabel Gui - 50 and 100 breaststroke
Sadie Hargis - 100 and 200 backstroke
Nikolai Haridasan - 100 butterfly; 50 freestyle
Alexander Hoffmann - 100 and 200 breaststroke; 400 freestyle; 200 and 400 IM
Eamonn Hynes - 50 and 100 butterfly; 50 and 100 backstroke; 50, 100, and 400 freestyle
Kouros Javaheri - 100 backstroke
Cormac Lapolla - 100 and 200 breaststroke; 400 freestyle
William Levine - 200 butterfly; 100 and 200 breaststroke
Catherine MacLennan - 100 backstroke; 200 IM
Sofia Manukyan - 100 butterfly
Rohan Mehra - 100 and 200 butterfly; 100 and 200 backstroke; 200 and 400 IM
Imogen Miller - 100 backstroke; 50 freestyle
Aislinn Moloney - 100 and 200 butterfly
Rome Neal - 100 butterfly; 50 and 100 backstroke
Hugo Novaro Cortijo - 100 and 200 breaststroke
Jonathan Packles - 200 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 200 freestyle
Ethan Pak - 100 butterfly; 100 breaststroke; 50 and 100 freestyle
Max Paltridge - 400 freestyle
Will Rankin - 200 butterfly; 400 freestyle
Matthew Renwick - 100 butterfly
Elonu Rodrigues - 100 butterfly; 100 breaststroke; 50, 100, and 400 freestyle
Tim Seliger - 100 and 200 backstroke; 50 and 100 freestyle
Katerina Spartioti - 50 butterfly; 50 and 100 breaststroke
Allegra Speight-Ray - 100 butterfly; 200 backstroke; 100 and 200 breaststroke; 100 freestyle; 200 and 400 IM
Shanel Tan - 100 and 200 breaststroke
Benjamin Vargas - 50 butterfly; 50 and 100 backstroke; 50, 100, and 200 freestyle
Ethan Yi - 50 freestyle; 200 IM
Aidan Zhu - 100 breaststroke
Allison Zhu - 50 and 100 butterfly; 50 and 100 backstroke; 50 breaststroke

Stay tuned next week for a recap of the 2023 NBAC Mid-Summer Classic!

2023 LCM Meet Updates

Metropolitan Age Group Championships

When: Friday, July 21, to Sunday, July 23, 2023
Where: Nassau County Aquatic Center, East Meadow, NY
Spectator tickets: Available here.
Tentative swimmer call times:
- Friday/Saturday/Sunday (10-and-under; 13- to 14-year-olds) – 7:15am
- Friday (11- to 12-year-olds and 15-and-over) – 1pm
- Saturday/Sunday (11- to 12-year-olds and 15-and-over) – 1:30pm
Uniform: Please note, tech suits are permitted. All suits must adhere to the team suit policy.
- Friday – Black AGUA shirt
- Saturday – Dark gray AGUA shirt
- Sunday – Light gray AGUA shirt

USA Swimming Futures Championships

Who: Qualifiers
When: Wednesday, July 26, to Saturday, July 29, 2023
Where: SwimRVA, Richmond, VA
Uniform:
- Wednesday – Choice AGUA shirt
- Thursday – Black AGUA shirt
- Friday – Dark gray AGUA shirt
- Saturday – Light gray AGUA shirt

ISCA Summer Elite Showcase

Who: Qualifiers
When: Wednesday, August 2, to Saturday, August 5, 2023
Where: North Shore Aquatic Complex, St. Petersburg, FL

Eastern Zone Senior Zone Championships

Who: Qualifiers
When: Thursday, August 3, to Sunday, August 6, 2023
Where: Eerie Community College, Buffalo, NY

Registration for the 2023-2024 AGUA Season

Registration for the 2023-2024 season is now open through Friday, August 11. Registration must be completed through your Asphalt Green account.

For the 2023-2024 scholarship application process, all financial information must be submitted through Asphalt Green’s financial aid software, TADS.

Once you create a login, please make the following selections:

State: New York
City: New York
School: Asphalt Green
Select the 2023-2024 school year

Register for 2023-2024

Upcoming Birthdays

July 19

Gebran Kastoun

Mark Silverman

July 23

Mia Schneider

July 24

Aysha Islam

Zhaoen Zhang

AGUA Team Handbook

All families are responsible for the information noted in the AGUA Team Handbook.

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.

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Access to the Team's TYR Portal

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

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Parent/Coach Communication

To streamline parent/coach communication, please do not reply to this newsletter. Use the following email addresses for all questions:

Jeff Chen: UES, AG1, and AG2
Kalee Walcott: BPC AG1, AG2, and AG3 Green
Hailey Hewitt: UES AG3
John Alaimo: Senior Prep
Youngho Kim: Senior I
Diana Pimer: Senior II
David Rodriguez: National

Upcoming Schedule Changes

Thursday, July 20

Senior Prep Gold will swim from 5:15pm to 6:15pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus. Dryland is canceled.
AG3 Gold will swim from 4:15pm to 5:15pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Canceled: BPC dryland practices.

Friday, July 21 (Updated)

Senior II and National will swim from 4:15pm to 5:45pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Canceled: Senior I, AG1, AG2, AG3, and Senior Prep practices.

Saturday, July 22

Canceled: BPC and UES AG2 and AG3 practices.

Sunday, July 23

Canceled: All practices.

Monday, July 24

Canceled: BPC dryland practices.

Tuesday, July 25

Senior I will swim from 6:30am to 8:30am at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus. Evening practice is canceled.
AG3 Gold will swim from 3:30pm to 5pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Senior Prep Green and Gold will swim from 4pm to 5:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Swimmers racing at the Senior Zones will swim from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Canceled: National practices.

Wednesday, July 26

Senior Prep Gold will swim from 3:30pm to 5:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Swimmers racing at the Senior Zones will swim from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Canceled: National practices.

Thursday, July 27

Swimmers racing at the Senior Zones will swim from 7am to 8:30am at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Senior Prep Gold will swim from 4:15pm to 5:45pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Canceled: National and Senior II evening practices.

Friday, July 28

Swimmers racing at the Senior Zones will swim from 4:15pm to 6:15pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Canceled: National practices; Senior Prep Green dryland practice.

Saturday, July 29

Swimmers racing at the Senior Zones will swim from 7:30am to 9:30am at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
10-and-under swimmers racing at the ISCA Championships will swim from 10am to 11am at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Canceled: All other practices.

Sunday, July 30

11- to 14-year-old swimmers racing at the ISCA Championships will swim from 8:30am to 10am at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Canceled: All other practices.

Monday, July 31

Senior II will swim from 7am to 8:30am at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus. Evening practice will occur as regularly scheduled.
Senior I will swim from 3:30pm to 5:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Canceled: National evening practices; all dryland practices.