Newsletter | November 14, 2023

Sign Up Now: Upcoming Team Events

Register today to join us on Zoom for our fall virtual team events!

Cocktails with Coaches

• Who: AGUA Swim Team families (ages 21+)
• When: Thursday, November 16 at 7:30pm
• Register here (Zoom link will be distributed on Thursday afternoon)

Nutrition Talk with Beine Wellness

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

Great Work at LIE Fall Classic!

Great work to our athletes who raced at the LIE Fall Classic! Our athletes raced to countless personal best times, heat wins, championship qualifications, and more. 

Both Milly Birch and Bruce Qian posted a variety of National Top Ten rankings! Milly earned her spot in these rankings in the 50 backstroke, 100 backstroke, and 400 IM while Bruce did so in the 100 and 200 butterfly and the 100, 200, and 500 freestyle. 

Extra thank you to Ava Appignani, Nari Baker, Sebastian Chang, Emma Chubb, Sophia Hadar, Simone Lilavois, Aislinn Moloney, Jojo Plevin, Kaelen Thakker, Dree von Schreiber, Penny Wheaton and Leo Yang for standing out as R.A.D. teammates over the weekend. 

Congratulations as well to our individual event winners:

• Daniel Andguladze - 50 butterfly; 50 backstroke; 50, 100, and 500 freestyle
• Spyros Argeros - 200 butterfly; 100 and 200 breaststroke
• Milly Birch - 50 and 100 butterfly; 50 and 100 backstroke; 500 freestyle
• Kate Casciato - 50 freestyle
• Sebastian Colvin - 50 breaststroke
• Atticus Fogarty - 200 freestyle; 200 IM
• Chloe Fu - 50 breaststroke
• Zairong Jiang - 100 butterfly
• Eva Johnson - 100 butterfly; 100 backstroke
• Emily Jukic - 100 breaststroke; 200 freestyle
• Jake Kim - 200 IM
• Mason Kostov - 50 and 100 butterfly; 100 breaststroke; 50, 100, and 500 freestyle
• Benjamin Luding - 100 butterfly
• Josephine Luding - 50 freestyle; 200 IM
• Veronica McCall - 200 backstroke; 200 breaststroke
• Maya Mulholland - 200 freestyle; 200 IM
• Jonathan Packles - 100 and 200 backstroke
• Nicholas Pichlmeier - 50 and 100 breaststroke
• Ellise Plevin - 100 breaststroke
• Bruce Qian - 100 butterfly; 100, 200, and 500 freestyle; 200 IM
• Lily Ramirez - 100 and 200 freestyle
• Xan Randolph - 50 and 100 backstroke
• Allegra Speight-Ray - 500 freestyle
• Penny Wheaton - 200 butterfly; 200 and 400 IM
• Ali Wright - 100 and 500 freestyle
• Chloe Yang - 100 freestyle

Stay tuned for a recap of the BGNW Distance and 8-and-under Meets!

Sign Up Today to Become an Official!

The AGUA Swim Team needs swim stroke and turn judges. Being an official is a great way to get involved in your swimmer's life and the sport! You'll learn the rules of competitive swimming and gain a greater understanding of how swim meets work.

Interested? Click here to learn more. Metropolitan Swimming is running clinics for new officials this fall. Sign up today!

• Monday, December 11: Sign up here
• Monday, January 8: Sign up here

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Parent/Coach Communication

To streamline parent/coach communication, please do not reply to this newsletter. 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

Practice Schedule Updates

The winter practice schedule for all groups has begun.

Sunday, November 19, 2023

• Canceled: Senior Prep Green and Gold

Thursday, November 23 through Sunday, November 26, 2023

• UPDATED: The Thanksgiving weekend practice schedule

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

• The winter holiday practice schedule is available for all groups

Monday, January 1, 2024

• Canceled: All practices