NEWSLETTER // MARCH 18, 2025

TEAM UPDATES

GREAT JOB AT 8 & UNDER CHAMPS!

Congratulations to all our athletes who raced at the 2025 8 & Under Championships in West Nyack, NY. Our athletes swam to countless personal best times and heat winner ducks!

Everett Lan led the way, going eight-for-eight in medal performances in the 7 & Under Age Group:

GOLD: 25 freestyle, 25 butterfly and 50 butterfly
SILVER: 25 breaststroke, 50 breaststroke, 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle
BRONZE: 100 IM

The team of Audrey Tong, Aria Freeman, Camille Cruz and Sofia Kim also took home gold in the 8-year-old Girls 200 Medley Relay!

The AGUA coaches shout out Natalie Cheung, JJ Huss, Lauren Koh and Theia Sorin for standing out as R.A.D. teammates at the meet and exemplifying our team values of respect, accountability and discipline.

Extra congratulations to our additional top-three finishers:

Camille Cruz - 50 backstroke
Max Fan - 50 freestyle
Aria Freeman - 25 and 50 breaststroke
JJ Huss - 25 and 50 backstroke; 25 breaststroke; 25 and 50 freestyle
George Laconte - 50 butterfly

UPCOMING SWIM MEETS

EASTERN ZONE SPEEDO SECTIONALS

Final entries.

Who // Qualifiers
When // Thursday, March 27 through Sunday, March 30
Where // Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Tentative Swimmer Call Times //
- Thursday
  - Open Swim - 2pm-7pm
  - 1000 & 1650 Free - 2:45pm
- Friday
  - 200 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Fly - 7am
  - 400 IM - 8am
  - Finals - 4pm
- Saturday
  - 200 Fly, 50 Free, 200 Breast - 7am
  - 100 Back, 500 Free - 8am
  - Finals - 4pm
- Sunday
  - 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 IM - 7am
  - 1000 & 1650 Free - TBA
  - Finals - 3pm

EAST COAST ELITE SHOWCASE

Preliminary Entries. Please communicate any errors to your lead group coach by Friday, March 21.

Who // Qualifiers
When // Wednesday, April 2 through Saturday, April 5
Where // St. Petersburg, Fl
Hotel Options // Available here

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR SPRING EVENTS

Don't miss out! Add our upcoming spring 2025 events to your calendar:

Saturday, April 26: Asphalt Green's Big Swim
- 25-Yard Race Sign Up
- 13 & Over Volunteer Sign Up
Saturday, May 3: AGUA College Commitment Day
- AquaCenter, Third Floor
- 11:30am (tentative)
Saturday, May 24 & Sunday, May 25: AGUA Memorial Day Swim Meet
- See our full tentative Long Course Meet Calendar here
Saturday, June 7: AGUA Team Banquet

YOU'RE INVITED! ASPHALT GREEN ANNUAL GALA

You are invited to Asphalt Green’s special Gala Celebration on Thursday evening, May 29.

When you attend the Gala, you honor a coach, you honor a team, and you provide critical support to Asphalt Green’s mission and efforts to create pathways to achievement. Join an AGUA table at the Gala in celebrating our extraordinary year with breathtaking views of Central Park at the Mandarin Oriental.

Reserve your sponsorship or purchase tickets.

Questions can be directed to: gala @asphaltgreen.org

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

March 18

Pietro Belvedere

Elizabeth Gehrie

March 19

Luisa Fadul

March 20

Arden Groff

Jaime Silverman

March 21

Naomi Blau

March 22

Danan Chan

March 23

Max Fan

Dylan Zucker

March 24

Claire Healy

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.