AGUA Newsletter: April 3, 2024

Newsletter | April 3, 2024

AGUA Repeats as Eastern Zone Sectional Champions!

Congratulations to our athletes who competed at the 2024 Eastern Zone Senior Sectionals at Brown University and helped AGUA repeat as Combined Team Champions for the first time in program history! This back-to-back victory included an overall Men's Team Championship, new AGUA relay team records, and plenty more.

Jagger Stachtiaris led the team in points, earning third-place high point honors after racing to top-eight finishes in the 100 and 200 butterfly, 100 backstroke and 200 IM. Combined with his teammates, AGUA athletes also raced to nine AGUA Team Relay Records:

Boys 15 to 18 and Open 200 Freestyle Relay: Jagger Stachtiaris, Satya Agashiwala, Tyler Thompson and Ethan Pak
Boys 15 to 18 and Open 400 Freestyle Relay: Satya Agashiwala, Tyler Thompson, Jagger Stachtiaris and Yahro Pique
Boys 15 to 18 and Open 800 Freestyle Relay: Satya Agashiwala, Jagger Stachtiaris, Tyler Thompson and Oliver Shao
Boys 15 to 18 and Open 200 Medley Relay: Tyler Thompson, Jagger Stachtiaris, David Gutin and Satya Agashiwala
Girls 15 to 18 400 Medley Relay: Mia Slowik, Delilah Skaistis, Isabella Castano and Azana Karim

Congratulations to our individual point scorers:

Satya Agashiwala - 100 and 200 butterfly; 50 and 100 freestyle
Kayla Bolster - 100 butterfly; 200 backstroke
Isabella Castano - 200 butterfly
Tessa Feld - 500, 1000 and 1650 freestyle
Lauren Fishbein - 200 breaststroke
David Gutin - 200 backstroke
Azana Karim - 100 freestyle
Aiden Rhee - 200 breaststroke
Oliver Shao - 200 backstroke; 500, 1000 and 1650 freestyle; 400 IM
Delilah Skaistis - 100 and 200 breaststroke; 200 and 400 IM
Mia Slowik - 200 butterfly; 200 backstroke; 400 IM
Jagger Stachtiaris - 100 and 200 butterfly; 100 and 200 backstroke; 200 IM
Alegra Teixidor-Salerno - 200 breaststroke; 1000 freestyle
Tyler Thompson - 200 butterfly; 100 backstroke

Stay tuned next week for a recap of the Eastern Zone

Age Group Championships!

Swim Meet Calendar Updates

LIAC Spring Kickoff

Register here; Deadline: Tuesday, April 16

Who: AG1, AG2, AG3, Senior Prep and Senior I
When: Saturday, May 11 through Sunday, May 12
Where: Nassau County Aquatic Center

AGUA Memorial Day Invitational

Register here; Deadline: Monday, April 29

Who: Full Team
When: Saturday, May 25 through Sunday, May 26
Where: Asphalt Green, Upper East Side

CPAC Prelims/Finals Invitational

Who: Invited Swimmers
When: Friday, June 14 through Sunday, June 16
Where: Chelsea Piers, CT

LIE June Jamboree

Register here; Deadline: Friday, May 3

Who: AG1, AG2, AG3, Senior Prep and Senior I
When: Friday, June 21 through Sunday, June 23
Where: To Be Announced!

Stay tuned next week for the full LCM Meet Schedule.

Announcements

You're Invited!: Asphalt Green Annual Gala

Join us to celebrate Asphalt Green's efforts to transform lives and build community through sports, fitness, and play for all at the annual Asphalt Green Gala on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Kindly RSVP by May 1, 2024.

RSVP

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Cocktails at 6:30PM | Dinner at 7:30PM

Cocktail Attire

FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST & HONOREE

TIM HINCHEY III

President & CEO of USA Swimming

& the USA Swimming Foundation

AT

THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life

200 Central Park West

New York, NY 10024

Mark Your Calendars!

Add our upcoming winter and spring 2024 events to your calendar:

Monday, April 8: Long course group placements begin
Saturday, April 27: AGUA College Commitment Day
Saturday, May 4: Asphalt Green Big Swim
Saturday, June 8: AGUA Swim Team Annual Banquet

Upcoming Birthdays

April 2

Sophia Hadar

April 3

Eliana Roca

Tim Seliger

Aidan Zhu

April 4

Rose South

Kaily Zhou

Required: 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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Parent/Coach Communication

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

Jeff Chen: UES AG1 and AG2
Kalee Walcott: BPC AG1 and AG2
Hailey Hewitt: UES AG3
John Alaimo: Senior Prep
Youngho Kim: Senior I
Diana Pimer: Senior II
David Rodriguez: National
Andy Ross: Admin and Private Lessons

Practice Schedule Updates

Please review the updated practice schedule for today, Wednesday April 3 though Friday, April 5:

Wednesday, April 3

UES AG1, AG2 Green and AG2 Gold will swim from 4pm to 5pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Senior Prep Green and Gold will swim from 5pm to 6:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Senior I will swim from 6pm to 7:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Senior II and National will swim from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.

Thursday, April 4

BPC AG1 will swim from 4pm to 5pm at Asphalt Green's Battery Park City campus.
BPC AG2 Green will swim from 5:15pm to 6:15pm at Asphalt Green's Battery Park City campus.
BPC AG2 Gold will swim from 5:15pm to 6:30pm at Asphalt Green's Battery Park City campus.
Senior I will swim from 5:30pm to 7pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Senior II and National will swim from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.

Friday, April 5

AG3 Green and Gold will swim from 5pm to 6:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Senior Prep Green and Gold will swim from 6:30pm to 8pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
Senior II will swim from 6:30pm to 8pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
National will swim from 5pm to 6:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.

Monday, April 8

Long course group placements begin; Swimmers should follow the spring practice schedule.

Sunday, April 14

National will swim from 8am to 10am at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.

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