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NEWSLETTER // JULY 7, 2026

TEAM UPDATES

CONGRATULATIONS, COACH HAILEY!

 

Congratulations to Coach Hailey Hewitt on being included in the 2026 American Swimming Coaches Association's Top 25 Age Group Coaches list!

 

The results were compiled using a dataset provided by USA Swimming’s data scientists of swimmers ages 10-14 with qualifying time standards from the 2025 Long Course season and 2025-26 Short Course season.

READ ON

GREAT WORK AT SUMMER FUN

 

Congratulations to our athletes who competed at the 2026 LIAC Summer Fun on Long Island, NY! Our swimmers earned many new cut times for Junior Mets and beyond. 

 

Mikel Ruiz-Massieu led the team with two victories in the 11-12 Boys 100 and 400-meter Freestyles. He also earned runner-up finishes in the 100 Butterfly and 200 IM. 

 

The AGUA coaches would like to thank Sebastian de la Cruz, Lizzie Gehrie, JJ Huss, Kenzo Kanzaki, Lauren Koh, Mia Messina, Christian Oh, Elvis Orchowski, Julia Stonitsch, Alexandra Sun, and Ana Sofia Vucic for exemplifying our team values of respect, accountability, and discipline throughout the competition. 

 

Extra congratulations to our individual top-three finishers:

  • Noe Godin - 50 Freestyle

  • Logan Hovsepian - 50 Butterfly

  • Jaden Huang - 100 Freestyle

  • Jolie Loghmanee - 100 Butterfly; 100 and 200 Backstroke; 50, 100, and 400 Freestyle

  • Sury Loghmanee - 100 Breaststroke

  • Josephine Luding - 100 Freestyle

  • Alexis Miele - 50 Butterfly; 50 and 200 Freestyle

  • Maya Mulholland - 200 Freestyle

  • Mikel Ruiz-Massieu - 100 Butterfly; 50 Backstroke; 100 and 400 Freestyle; 200 IM

  • Brady Shiferman - 50 Breaststroke; 200 Freestyle

  • Flip Smit van Riel - 100 Freestyle

UPCOMING SWIM MEETS

TYR SENIOR METS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Final entries

  • Who // All Qualifiers

  • When // Thursday, July 9, 2026 through Sunday, July 12, 2026

  • Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center

  • Job Sign Up // Now Available
    • All unfilled jobs will be assigned by the coaching staff.
  • Swimmer Uniform //
    • Thursday - Choice AGUA shirt
    • Friday - Black AGUA shirt
    • Saturday - Dark gray AGUA shirt
    • Sunday - Light gray AGUA shirt
    • All Days - AGUA Outerwear and Team cap
  • Tentative Swimmer Call Times //
    • Thursday:
      • 200 Medley Relay - 3:45pm
      • 800 Freestyle - 4pm
      • 800 Freestyle Relay - 5:30pm
    • Friday Prelims:
      • 50 Back & 100 Breast - 7:15am
      • All other events refer to the itinerary 
    • Saturday Prelims:
      • 200 IM - 7:15am
      • All other events refer to the itinerary
    • Sunday Prelims:
      • 50 Fly & 200 Back - 7:15am
      • All other events refer to the itinerary
    • Finals: Refer to the itinerary 

JUNIOR METS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Final Entries

  • Who // All Qualifiers

  • When // Friday, July 17, 2026 through Sunday, July 19, 2026

  • Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center

  • Tentative Swimmer Call Times //
    • Friday/Saturday/Sunday 13-14 and 10 & Under - 7:30am
    • Friday/Saturday/Sunday 11-12 and 15 & Over - 1:30pm

USA SWIMMING FUTURES

CHAMPIONSHIPS

  • Who // All Qualifiers

  • When // Wednesday, July 29, 2026 through Saturday, August 1, 2026

  • Where // Knoxville, TN

ISCA SENIOR BLAST

Preliminary Entries

Correction Deadline: Friday, July 10, 2026

  • Who // All 15 & Over Qualifiers

  • When // Tuesday, July 28, 2026 through Saturday, August 1, 2026

  • Where // St. Petersburg, FL

ISCA ELITE SHOWCASE

  • Who // All 14 & Under Qualifiers

  • When // Monday, August 3, 2026 through Thursday, August 6, 2026

  • Where // St. Petersburg, FL

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

July 7

Harper Nam

Jason Qi

 

July 8

Alice Booth

Morgan Dasilva

July 11

Nicholas Ambar

Oskar Davidsen

Mikaela Mark

 

July 12

Jack Moore

ANNOUNCEMENTS

WELCOME, COACH JASPER JURMAN

 

Please join us in welcoming Coach Jasper Jurman to the AGUA Coaching Staff. 

Jasper grew up in New York City, where he learned to swim at Asphalt Green and joined the AGUA swim team when he was 10 years old. After representing Metro Swimming at Eastern Zones and beyond, he later committed to swim at Queens University of Charlotte (NC) where he was a member of three Division II National Championships.

 

While teaching private lessons during the summers, Jasper grew his passion for coaching. After graduating, he coached the Hampton Dolphins club team from 2021 to 2025, as well as Masters and private lessons. He then co-founded a swim school before returning to NYC. You can find Coach Jasper on deck working with our groups at Battery Park City!

 

NOW AVAILABLE: SWIM FOR THE FUTURE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS

 

As we navigate the remainder of the long course season, please look ahead to information regarding the 2026-2027 AGUA swim season:

  • Season Start Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2026
  • Swim for the Future Scholarship Information:
    • Apply here
    • Please be sure you are logged in to your Asphalt Green (not AGUA Team Unify) account before starting the application process.

Stay tuned over the coming months for updates on the following:

  • Group placement information
  • Tentative fall practice schedules
  • Asphalt Green 2026-2027 team registration

SUMMER EQUIPMENT BAG PICKUP

 

Please plan ahead and bring home your gear bag upon your final practice of the long course season. Any remaining gear or equipment bags may be thrown away or recycled during the Asphalt Green pool shutdown starting Saturday, August 15, 2026.

 

GET INVOLVED: BECOME AN OFFICIAL

 

AGUA is still looking for more Admin Officials and stroke-and-turn judges! Becoming an official is a great way to get involved in your swimmer's life and sport. You will learn the rules of competitive swimming and how meets work.

 

Learn more and reach out to Charles Asch and Ashley Chan with any questions.

REMINDERS

LOCKER ROOM REMINDERS

 

As we continue the 2025-2026 AGUA season, we want to remind our athletes of locker room policies and best practices:

  • Locker rooms are shared spaces at both Asphalt Green's Battery Park City and Upper East Side campuses. 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 inside locker rooms, both on campus and during travel meets.
  • Swimmers should lock their belongings in a locker during practice. 
  • Only swimmers who are Asphalt Green members 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

 

You can shop for team gear and the entire SwimOutlet catalog at our AGUA team store using the link below. You may use your normal SwimOutlet account login. No additional instructions or details are required. 

VIEW TEAM STORE

AGUA TEAM TYR DISCOUNT CODE

 

Looking for additional TYR gear? Make sure you use our AGUA team discount code: TYRSWIM6NV directly on the TYR website. 

 

COACH COMMS

 

To streamline communication, please do not reply to this newsletter. Instead, please use the following email addresses for all questions:

Andy Ross // UES AG1 + Private Lesson Booking Assistance

Jeff Chen // UES AG1 + UES AG2

Isaac Gomez //  BPC AG1 + AG2

Hailey Hewitt //  UES AG3

John Alaimo // Senior Prep

Youngho Kim // Senior I

Diana Ross // Senior II

David Rodriguez //  National

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

PRACTICE

SCHEDULE UPDATES

 

Summer practice schedules have begun:

  • View UES schedules here
  • View BPC schedules here

Thursday, July 9, 2026

  • Senior I, Senior II & National Senior Mets Team // 4:30pm-5:30pm swim (UES campus) or 5pm-8pm open swim (Nassau County Aquatic Center)
  • Senior Prep Gold // 6:15pm-7:45pm swim (UES campus)
    • Dryland canceled 
  • Canceled // National and Senior II 

Friday, July 10, 2026

  • Senior I // 7am-8:30am swim (UES campus)
  • Canceled // National and Senior II; AG3 and Senior Prep drylands

Saturday, July 11, 2026

  • AG3 Green & Gold // 7:30am-9:15am swim (UES campus)
    • Dryland canceled
  • Canceled // National and Senior II

Sunday, July 12, 2026

  • Senior Prep Green & Gold // 8am-9:45am swim (UES campus)
    • Dryland canceled
  • Senior I // 10:30am-12:30pm swim (UES campus)
    • Dryland canceled

Monday, July 13, 2026

  • Canceled // Senior II morning practice
    • Evening practice as regularly scheduled

Friday, July 17, 2026

  • Canceled // UES AG1, AG2, AG3, Senior Prep and Senior I

Saturday, July 18, 2026

  • Senior II // 10am-12pm swim (UES campus)
    • Dryland as regularly scheduled
  • Canceled // UES AG1 AG2 and AG3; BPC AG2

Sunday, July 19, 2026

  • Canceled // All practices

Monday, July 20, 2026

  • Canceled // Senior II morning practice
    • Evening practice as regularly scheduled 

Friday, August 14, 2026

  • Last day of practice
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