Newsletter | November 21, 2023

Sign Up Now: Winter Nutrition Talk

Register today for our upcoming virtual nutrition talk with Beine Wellness Building where you'll learn how to fuel up for competitions!

• Who: AGUA Swim Team members and families 
• When: Tuesday, November 28 at 7:30pm
• Where: Via Zoom
• Register here

Great Work at the BGNW Invitationals!

Hats off to our athletes who raced at the BGNW Distance Invitational and BGNW 8-and-under Invitational! Many of our swimmers competed in new events, while others earned heat wins and secured new qualifications for the Senior Metropolitan Championships and Eastern Zone Sectionals.

Congratulations to the following swimmers on their new National Top Ten rankings: 

• Milly Birch: 12-year-old girls 1650 freestyle - 6th place
• Allegra Speight Ray: 13-year-old girls 1650 freestyle - 6th place

Also, a big thank you to Aria Freeman, Mark Silverman, Hiu Wong, and Dylan Zucker for standing out as R.A.D. teammates over the weekend. 

Bravo to our top three finishers as well:

• Alina Attarwala - 50 butterfly; 50 backstroke
• Isabella Babbitt - 1650 freestyle
• Timothy Batanov - 50 butterfly; 50 backstroke
• Milly Birch - 1650 freestyle
• Emma Bratu - 50 backstroke; 50 freestyle
• Logan Bratu - 50 breaststroke
• Cooper Chen - 50 butterfly; 50 backstroke; 50 breaststroke; 50 freestyle
• Morgan Dasilva - 50 freestyle
• Aria Freeman - 25 breaststroke
• George Laconte - 25 backstroke; 25 and 50 freestyle
• Thomas Mackey - 400 IM
• Bruce Qian - 1650 freestyle
• Jeffrey Qian - 50 butterfly; 50 breaststroke
• Elonu Rodrigues - 1650 freestyle
• Hayden Schwartz - 400 IM
• Quinn Smith - 50 butterfly; 50 backstroke; 50 freestyle
• Allegra Speight-Ray - 1650 freestyle
• Camille Turpin - 25 butterfly; 25 breaststroke
• Hiu Wong - 25 butterfly; 50 breaststroke
• Ali Wright - 400 IM

Stay tuned for a recap of the LIAC Thanksgiving Invitational!

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• 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

Practice Schedule Updates

Thursday, November 23 through Sunday, November 26, 2023

• Please view the Thanksgiving weekend practice schedule.

Thursday, November 30, 2023

• Swimmers racing at CPAC may swim from 5:30pm to 6:30pm at Asphalt Green, Upper East Side or 6:30pm to 7:30pm at Chelsea Piers, CT.
• Senior Prep Gold will swim from 6pm to 7:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus; Dryland will be from 5:15pm to 5:45pm.
• Canceled: Senior I dryland; Senior II

Friday, December 1, 2023

• National will swim from 6pm to 7:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus. 
• Senior Prep and AG3 swimmers racing at BGNW will swim from 5:30pm to 6:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus. 
• Senior Prep and AG3 swimmers racing at NCAP will swim from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus. 
• AG2 swimmers racing at NYS will swim from 4pm to 5pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus. 
• AG2 swimmers racing at NCAP will swim from 4pm to 5:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus. 
• UES AG1 swim practice will occur as regularly scheduled. 
• Canceled: Senior I; Senior II; all dryland practices.

Saturday, December 2, 2023

• National will swim from 10am to 11:30am at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus. 
• Senior Prep and AG3 swimmers racing at NCAP will swim from 7:30am to 9am at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus. 
• Canceled: All regularly scheduled practices at both campuses (see previous bullets).

Sunday, December 3, 2023

• National will swim from 8:30am to 10am at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus. 
• BPC and UES AG2 swimmers racing at NCAP will swim from 10:30am to 11:30am at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus. 
• Canceled: All regularly scheduled practices (see previous bullets).

Monday, December 4, 2023

• Canceled: Senior II morning practice

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

• AG3 Gold will swim from 5:30pm to 7pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
• Canceled: AG3 Green (see following date)

Thursday, December 7, 2023

• AG3 Green will swim 4:30pm to 6pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus
• Senior Prep Gold and Senior I will swim from 6pm to 7:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus; Dryland will be from 5pm to 5:45pm
• Canceled: AG3 Gold (see previous bullets); National

Saturday, December 23 through Monday, December 25, 2023

• AGUA Swim Team's winter holiday break
• Canceled: All practices

Tuesday, December 26 through Sunday, December 31, 2023

• Please view the winter holiday practice schedule for all groups.

Monday, January 1, 2024

• Canceled: All practices