SWIM TEAM NEWSLETTER

JULY 9, 2024

COMPETITION UPDATES

CONGRATS, COACH HAILEY!

Congratulations to AGUA Head Age Group Coach Hailey Hewitt on being named one of the Top 50 Age Group Coaches in the United States by the American Swimming Coaches Association.

Results for the 2023-2024 season were compiled using USA Swimming Power Points of the top-ranked age group swimmers over the long and short course seasons.

Outstanding work to Coach Hailey and our entire age group program. We are incredibly proud!

GREAT WORK AT QNS INVITATIONAL

Congratulations to our athletes who raced at the QNS One More Chance Invitational! Our swimmers raced to countless personal best times and new qualifications for the upcoming Junior Metropolitan Championships.

Keep an eye on our Instagram @aguaswim this week as we highlight this summer's newest qualifiers!

The AGUA coaches thank Alexander Baichorov, Pierce Dowhy Canfield, Kai Huang, Mayrah Johnson, Anna Lenzi-Palmero, Hugo Novaro Cortijo and Dree von Schreiber for standing out as R.A.D. teammates over the weekend.

Congratulations to our individual event top-three finishers:

Alexander Argeros - 50, 100 and 200 backstroke; 50 breaststroke; 400 IM
Camille Auth - 200 and 400 freestyle
Salvatore Bove - 200 backstroke; 400 IM
Olivia Cauley - 400 IM
Annabel Gui - 50 and 100 butterfly; 50 breaststroke
Zairong Jiang - 100 butterfly
Mayrah Johnson - 50 butterfly; 50 backstroke; 50 breaststroke; 50 and 200 freestyle; 200 IM
Julian Jung - 50 and 100 backstroke
Ella Knox - 200 backstroke; 400 freestyle
Vihaan Kothari - 100 breaststroke
Leo Lambert - 50 butterfly
Giulia Lenzi-Palmero - 200 breaststroke
Jolie Loghmanee - 50 and 100 backstroke; 50, 100, 200 and 400 freestyle
Emma Matta - 100 butterfly
Maya Mulholland - 200 butterfly; 200 and 400 IM
Katerina Spartioti - 100 and 200 breaststroke
Laura Strassenburg - 200 breaststroke
George Wang - 100 freestyle; 200 IM
Jack Wiggins - 100 breaststroke
Kylie Zhu - 100 butterfly

UPCOMING SWIM MEETS

2024 TYR SENIOR METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

FINAL ENTRIES

Who // Qualifiers
When // Thursday, July 11 through Sunday, July 14
Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center
Spectator Tickets // Now available.
Uniform //
- Thursday - Choice AGUA shirt
- Friday - Black AGUA shirt
- Saturday - Dark gray AGUA shirt
- Sunday - Light gray AGUA shirt
Updated Swimmer Call Times //
Thursday 800 Freestyle - 3:45pm
Thursday 800 Freestyle Relay - 5pm
Friday Preliminaries -
- 100 breaststroke - 7:30am
- 200 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 400 IM - 8am
Saturday Preliminaries -
- 200 IM - 7am
- 50 freestyle, 100 backstroke -8am
- 400 freestyle - 8:30am
Sunday Preliminaries -
- 200 backstroke - 7am
- 200 breaststroke, 100 freestyle - 8am
- 200 butterfly - 8:30am
Friday and Saturday Finals - 4pm
Sunday Distance - TBA
Sunday Finals - 3:30pm

2024 JUNIOR METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

FINAL ENTRIES

Who // Qualifiers
When // Friday, July 19 through Sunday, July 21
Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center
Uniform //
- Friday - Black AGUA shirt
- Saturday - Dark gray AGUA shirt
- Sunday - Light gray AGUA shirt
Tentative Swimmer Call Times //
- Friday/Saturday/Sunday 10 and under and 13-to-14 - 7:15am
- Friday 15 and over and 11-to-12 - 1pm
- Saturday and Sunday 15 and over and 11-to-12 - 1:30pm

2024 SENIOR ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Who // Qualifiers
When // Thursday, August 1 through Sunday, August 4
Where // Burt Flickinger Aquatic Center, Buffalo, NY
Tentative Swimmer Call Times //
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday Prelims - 7am
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday Finals - 3:15pm

ANNOUNCEMENTS

2024-2025 SEASON UPDATES

Group placements and registration details for the 2024-2025 season will be communicated in the coming weeks.

Registration must be completed through your Asphalt Green account. Please be sure to check your password in advance.

For the 2024-2025 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 Swim for the Future
School Year // Select 2024-2025

APPLY NOW

USA SWIMMING SAFE SPORT CLASSES NOW AVAILABLE

USA Swimming Safe Sport staff is hosting Zoom trainings for parents, young athletes, and coaches to assist clubs in completing the Training and Education requirements of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program.

All participants must register in advance to attend training (see below). Alternatively, you can log in as an athlete or as a parent to take the course. We appreciate you for helping us remain a USA Swimming SafeSport recognized club!

Parent Trainings:

Wednesday, July 17 at 8pm ET – REGISTER
Wednesday, August 7 at 8pm ET – REGISTER

Athlete Trainings (12-17 years old):

Thursday, July 18 at 8pm ET – REGISTER
Thursday, August 8 at 8pm ET – REGISTER

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

July 9

Michelle Jia

Reece Toliver

July 11

Emory Yang

July 12

Jack Moore

July 15

Ella Knox

REMINDERS

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 TO AGUA'S PORTAL

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

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

Kalee Walcott // 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

Now through Friday, August 9, 2024

All Groups // Summer practice schedule has started

Thursday, July 11

Senior Prep Gold // 4:15pm to 6:15pm swim (UES campus)
National, Senior II & Senior I Senior Mets Qualifiers // 6pm to 7:30pm swim (UES campus)
Canceled // Senior II; National evening swim; Senior Prep Gold dryland

Friday, July 12