NEWSLETTER // NOV. 12, 2024

TEAM UPDATES

GREAT JOB AT LIE FALL CLASSIC!

Great work to all our athletes for a fantastic job at the 2024 LIE Fall Classic! AGUA swimmers brought great energy throughout all three days of competition which led to many standout moments.

Our athletes raced to countless personal best times and new qualifications for Junior Mets, Age Group Team Challenge, Senior Mets and Sectionals. Additionally, AGUA came home with 54 event wins,  47 second-place finishes and 52 third-place finishes. 

Special thank you to the following athletes for standing out to the coaching staff for exemplifying our team values of respect, accountability and discipline: Christian Colvin, Sofie Dewan, Morgan Lynton, Maddie Perkins, Kaelen Thakker, Kyra Stinebaugh, Ana Sofia Vukic, Hiu Wong and Dylan Zucker. 

Congratulations to our top-three finishers:

• Aitana Almandoz – 50 backstroke; 100 breaststroke; 50, 100 and 500 freestyle
• Alexander Argeros – 50 and 100 backstroke; 100 breaststroke; 100 and 500 freestyle
• Alina Attarwala – 100 butterfly
• Camille Auth – 50, 100 and 500 freestyle
• Milly Birch – 100 and 200 butterfly; 100 and 200 backstroke; 200 breaststroke; 500 freestyle; 200 and 400 IM
• Sienna Cho – 200 backstroke; 200 breaststroke; 100 and 200 freestyle; 200 and 400 IM
• Emma Chubb – 500 freestyle
• Christian Colvin – 50 backstroke
• Sebastian Colvin – 200 breaststroke
• Elliott Darwell – 100 butterfly; 200 freestyle
• Sofie Dewan – 100 and 200 butterfly; 400 IM
• Cooper Dong – 200 backstroke
• Luisa Fadul – 50 backstroke
• Rylee Ferraro – 500 freestyle
• Atticus Fogarty – 200 butterfly; 200 and 400 IM
• Aerin Healy – 50 breaststroke; 200 freestyle
• Claire Healy – 200 butterfly; 100 and 200 breaststroke; 100 freestyle; 200 IM
• Jaden Huang – 200 freestyle
• Mayrah Johnson – 100 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 50 and 100 freestyle; 200 IM
• Emily Jukic – 100 and 200 backstroke; 200 and 500 freestyle
• Mia Jukic – 50 butterfly; 100, 200 and 500 freestyle; 200 IM
• Sena Kanzaki – 500 freestyle
• Olivia Kim – 200 IM
• Ella Knox – 200 backstroke; 100 breaststroke; 500 freestyle; 200 IM
• Mason Kostov – 100 butterfly; 50 and 100 freestyle
• Wyatt Lee-Walters – 100 breaststroke; 200 IM
• Zach Levin – 100 breaststroke; 400 IM
• Jolie Loghmanee – 100 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 50, 100, 200 and 500 freestyle
• Josephine Luding – 100 butterfly; 50 and 100 freestyle
• Skyler Miskin – 100 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 100 breaststroke; 50 freestyle; 400 IM
• Bruce Qian – 200 butterfly; 200 backstroke; 50, 100, 200 and 500 freestyle; 200 IM
• Jeffrey Qian – 100 breaststroke
• Andrew Quach – 200 IM
• Xan Randolph – 100 and 200 backstroke; 500 freestyle
• Lily Ramirez – 100 breaststroke
• Mikel Ruiz-Massieu – 100 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 50, 100, 200 and 500 freestyle; 200 IM
• Sabrina Shafer – 100 butterfly; 500 freestyle; 200 IM
• Mark Silverman – 100 and 200 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 100 and 200 breaststroke; 400 IM
• Quinn Smith – 50 freestyle
• Rose South – 100 backstroke; 100 breaststroke; 100 and 500 freestyle; 400 IM
• Kyra Stinebaugh – 100 freestyle
• Laura Strassenburg – 100 and 200 backstroke; 100 and 200 breaststroke; 50 freestyle; 200 IM
• Evie Taylor – 200 backstroke
• Kaelen Thakker – 100 butterfly
• Felix Turpin – 100 backstroke
• Benjamin Vargas – 100 backstroke; 50 breaststroke
• Annika Wahlquist – 50 breaststroke
• Nathan Wang – 200 backstroke; 500 freestyle
• Lucy Watts – 100 breaststroke
• Cassie Wheaton – 50 backstroke
• Penny Wheaton – 100 and 200 butterfly; 400 IM
• Chloe Yang – 100 and 200 butterfly; 50 freestyle
• Leo Yang – 100 and 200 breaststroke
• Kylie Zhu – 50 butterfly
• Michael Zhu – 100 and 200 breaststroke; 200 IM

UPCOMING SWIM MEETS

View tentative 2024-2025 short course meet calendar

JW THANKSGIVING INVITE

FINAL ENTRIES 

• Who // Senior II and National
• When //  Saturday, November 16 and Sunday, November 17
  • Team Bus Departure: Friday, November 15 at 7:30pm
• Where //  Gloucester County Institute of Technology, Tanyard Road, Sewell, NJ

2024 CPAC DECEMBER INVITE

FINAL ENTRIES 

• Who // Senior I and Senior II
• When //  Friday, December 6 through Sunday, December 8
• Where //  Chelsea Piers. CT
• Hotel Blocks //
  AGUA Swim Team at the Stamford Marriott Hotel and Spa
  • Start Date: Friday, December 6, 2024
  • End Date: Sunday, December 8, 2024
  • Reservation Deadline: Friday, November 22, 2024
  • Room Rate: $189/night before tax, $10 Parking
  • Book your group rate for AGUA Swim Team
  AGUA Swim Team at the Courtyard Stamford Downtown
  • Start Date: Friday, December 6, 2024
  • End Date: Sunday, December 8, 2024
  • Reservation Deadline: Friday, November 22, 2024
  • Room Rate: $209/night before tax
  • Book your group rate for AGUA Swim Team

NYS HOLIDAY CLASSIC

Please stay tuned for e-mail communication from the AGUA staff by Friday, November 15 for preliminary entries. 

• Who // Invited athletes
• When //  Saturday, December 7 and Sunday, December 8
• Where //  Lehman College

NCAP INVITE

Please stay tuned for e-mail communication from the AGUA staff by Friday, November 15 for preliminary entries. 

• Who // Invited athletes
• When //  Thursday, December 12 through Sunday, December 15
• Where //  Eppley Recreation Center, UMD College Park Campus, College Park, MD
• Hotel Block //
  AGUA Swim Team at The Hotel at University of Maryland
  • Start Date: Thursday, December 12, 2024
  • End Date: Sunday, December 15, 2024
  • Reservation Deadline: Tuesday, November 12, 2024
  • Room Rate: $189/night before tax plus parking
  • Book your group rate for AGUA Swim Team

ANNOUNCEMENTS

AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE: NEW AGUA CAPS WITH UPDATED LOGO

AVAILABLE TO ORDER:

CUSTOMIZED AGUA CAPS

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

REMINDERS

LOCKER ROOM REMINDERS

As we continue the 2024-2025 AGUA season, we want to take the opportunity 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. 

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

Friday, November 15

• UES AG2 Gold // 5pm to 6pm (UES campus)
• Senior II & National Girls  // 6pm to 6:30pm (UES campus)
• Senior II & National Boys  // 6:30pm to 7pm (UES campus)

Saturday, November 16

• AG3 Green and Gold  // 7am to 9am (UES campus)
• UES AG2 Gold // 7:30am to 9am (Sacred Heart)
• Canceled  //  Senior II and National

Sunday, November 17

• Senior Prep Gold // 7am to 9:30am (UES campus)
• Senior Prep Green // 10:30am to 12:30pm (UES campus)
  
  • 9:30am to 10:15am Dryland (UES campus)
• Canceled  //  National

Monday, November 18

• Senior Prep Green // 5:30am to 7am (UES campus)
• Canceled  //  Senior II morning practice

Thursday, November 28 through Sunday, December 1

• Adjusted practice schedules 

Monday, December 2

• Senior Prep Green  // 5:30am to 7am (UES campus)
• Canceled  //  Senior II morning practice; Senior Prep Gold

Monday, December 23 through Wednesday, December 25

• Canceled  //  All BPC & UES Practices