NEWSLETTER // JUNE 10, 2025

TEAM UPDATES

CONGRATS, BANQUET AWARD RECIPIENTS!

Congratulations to all on another successful year of AGUA swimming! The AGUA coaches were proud to celebrate these accomplishments at our annual banquet.

The year featured national top times, AGUA program records, college commitments, USA Swimming camp selections, and so much more. We could not be prouder!

Special congratulations to all of our major award winners:

Breakthrough Performers:

Luisa Fadul & Morgan Dasilva

Sabrina Shafer & Sena Kanzaki

Chloe Yang & Mark Silverman

Laura Strassenburg & Cooper Dong

Naila Broening-Chai & Justin Chiang

Alegra Teixidor-Salerno & Yahro Pique

Top Performers:

Mia Jukic & Mikel Ruiz-Massieu

Olivia Kim & Ben Vargas

Penny Wheaton & Atticus Fogarty

Kayla Bolster & David Gutin

RAD Teammates of the Year:

Audrey Tong & Ahnya Zhou

Claire Schen, Emilia Schnabl, Emma Bratu & Pierce Dowhy Canfield

Cruz Malick & Viaan Ramnath

Sophie Tu & Claire Healy

Cooper Dong, Justin Chiang & Isabella Castano

Senior Commitment Award:

Isabella Castano & Beau Chan

Up and Comers:

Camille Cruz & Camille Turpin

AGUA Team Award:

Milly Birch & Bruce Qian

Mia Slowik & Aiden Rhee

UPCOMING SWIM MEETS

EASTERN ZONE OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Final Entries

Who // Invite Only
When // Saturday June 14, 2025
Where // Beesley's Point, Marmora, NJ
Swimmer Uniform //
- AGUA Team Suit or age-eligible tech suit
- Black AGUA shirt and AGUA Open Water Cap (to be provided)
Tentative Swimmer Call Times //
- 2.5K Boys - 7am
- 2.5K Girls - 7:45am
- 1.25K - 9am
- 5K Women - 10am
- 5K Men - 11am

SYNERGY DRYLAND SUMMER SIZZLER

Final Entries

Who // Invite Only
When // Thursday, June 19 through Saturday, June 21, 2025
Where // Nashville, TN
Wednesday Swim in Competition Pool // 5pm-7pm
Swimmer Uniform //
- Thursday - Black AGUA shirt
- Friday - Dark gray AGUA shirt
- Saturday -Light gray AGUA shirt
Tentative Swimmer Call Times //
- Thursday/Friday/Saturday 13 & Over Prelims - 7am
- Thursday/Friday/Saturday 11 & Over Finals - 4:30pm
- Thursday/Friday/Saturday 12 & under - TBA (Approx. 12:30pm)

LIAC SUMMER FUN

Final Entries

Who // Full AGUA Swim Team (All swimmers not attending Summer Sizzler)
When // Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22, 2025
Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center
Swimmer Uniform //
- Saturday - Black AGUA shirt
- Sunday - Dark gray AGUA shirt
Tentative Swimmer Call Times //
- 12 & Under - Saturday 7:30am; Sunday 11:30am
- 13 & Over - Saturday 11:30am; Sunday 7:30am

LIAC SUMMER SPLASH

Preliminary Entries; Please communicate any errors or omissions to your lead group coach by Friday, June 13.

Who // All 12 & Under Swimmers; Select 13 & Over Swimmers
When // Saturday, July 5 and Sunday, July 6, 2025
Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center

SENIOR METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Preliminary Entries

Who // Qualifiers
When // Thursday, July 10 through Sunday, July 23, 2025
Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center
Hotel Block // Residence Inn Long Island Garden City
- Start Date: Thursday, July 10, 2025
- End Date: Sunday, July 13, 2025
- Reservation Deadline: Tuesday, June 10, 2025
- Room Rate: $349/night before tax

JUNIOR METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Who // Qualifiers
When // Friday, July 18 through Sunday, July 20, 2025
Where // Nassau County Aquatic Center
Hotel Block // AGUA Swim Team at Junior Metropolitan Championship
- Start Date: Friday, July 18, 2025
- End Date: Sunday, July 20, 2025
- Reservation Deadline: Wednesday, June 18, 2025
- Room Rate: $249/night before tax

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
Hotel Block // Hyatt Place St Petersburg Downtown
- Start Date: Monday, July 28, 2025
- End Date: Sunday, August 3, 2025
- Reservation Deadline: Friday, June 27, 2025
- Room Rate: $199/night before tax

ISCA SUMMER ELITE SHOWCASE

Register Here; Deadline: Friday, June 13

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

SERVICE HOURS NOW CONFIRMED

All service hours for the 2024-2025 season are now accounted for on our website. Please follow the instructions below to check your service hours. If you note any discrepancies, email Coach Evan by Friday, June 20, 2025.

How to check the status of your service hours:

Visit our website and log in to your account.
In the top right corner, hover over your account name and click "My Account".
On the left side menu, hover over the fourth icon down and click "Invoices & Payments".
Navigate to the "Service Hours" tab.

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

June 10

Marcus Kim

June 11

Juni Guo

June 13

Zachary Finston

June 15

Camille Auth

Frances Veksler

June 16

Minho Rhee

Hayley Zhou

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

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PRACTICE

SCHEDULE UPDATES

Saturday, June 14, 2025

BPC & UES AG3 // 6:30am-8am swim (Sacred Heart)
BPC & UES AG2 Gold // 8am-9am swim (Sacred Heart)
BPC & UES AG2 Green // 10am-11am swim (UES campus)
- UES dryland as regularly scheduled
Senior I // 1:15pm-2pm dryland (UES campus)
- Swim as regularly scheduled