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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Sign Up for Our 12-and-under Nutrition Talk


Register for our upcoming nutrition talk with Beine Wellness for AG1, AG2, and AG3! The event is for 12-and-under athletes and will be held over Zoom at 7:30pm next Tuesday, February 28, 2023.

Register!

Great Work at the LIE Second Chance Challenge


Fantastic work to all who participated in the LIE Second Chance Challenge! The AGUA coaches were proud of the team's success in and out of the water. Our efforts at the meet helped set a program record of 71 Senior Mets qualifiers, breaking the previous record of 65 qualifiers set in 2020!


A special thank you to Manas Chan, Luca Fong, Kouros Javaheri, Imogen Miller, Ellise Plevin, and Julien Shao for standing out as RAD teammates!


Extra congratulations to our top-three finishers:

  • Cece Arabadjiev - 200 backstroke 
  • Anisa Basler - 50 freestyle
  • Naomi Blau - 100 and 200 backstroke; 200 breaststroke
  • Salvatore Bove - 400 IM
  • Kate Casciato - 50 and 100 freestyle
  • Edward Chan - 200 IM
  • Bea Chukwulozie - 100 backstroke
  • Chloe Comisarow - 200 breaststroke
  • Sam Crisostomo - 100 butterfly
  • Henry Doherty - 100 breaststroke
  • Lauren Fishbein - 100 and 200 backstroke; 50 freestyle; 200 and 400 IM
  • Luca Fong - 100 and 200 breaststroke
  • Vincent Gookin - 200 backstroke; 200 IM
  • Nikolai Haridasan - 100 and 200 butterfly; 200 IM
  • Kelly Hsu - 100 and 200 freestyle; 200 IM
  • Anna Hunt - 200 IM
  • Kouros Javaheri - 100 and 200 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 400 IM
  • Eva Johnson - 200 butterfly; 50, 100 and 200 freestyle
  • Gebran Kastoun - 100 and 200 backstroke
  • Ella Knox - 500 freestyle
  • Cormac Lapolla - 100 breaststroke
  • Maddie Lent - 200 backstroke; 200 IM
  • Simone Lilavois - 200 butterfly; 400 IM
  • Catherine MacLennan - 200 backstroke; 200 and 400 IM
  • Veronica McCall - 100 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 200 breaststroke; 500 freestyle
  • Rohan Mehra - 100 and 200 butterfly; 200 backstroke; 500 freestyle
  • Daniel Mente - 100 breaststroke
  • Imogen Miller - 200 backstroke
  • Cara Neary - 50 freestyle
  • Liv Olsen - 100 butterfly; 100 backstroke; 200 freestyle; 200 and 400 IM
  • Ethan Pak - 50 and 100 freestyle
  • Antony Pfaffle - 500 freestyle
  • Yahro Pique - 100 freestyle
  • Will Rankin - 400 IM
  • Matthew Renwick - 50, 100, and 200 freestyle
  • Aiden Rhee - 200 IM
  • Elonu Rodrigues - 100 butterfly; 200 breaststroke; 200 and 500 freestyle; 200 IM
  • Hayden Schwartz - 100 and 200 backstroke
  • Tim Seliger - 50, 100, and 200 freestyle
  • Julien Shao - 200 and 500 freestyle
  • Allegra Speight-Ray - 500 freestyle
  • Ollie Speight-Ray - 100 backstroke
  • Laura Strassenburg - 100 breaststroke
  • Estelle Vernhes - 50, 100, and 200 freestyle
  • Daniel Wojciechowski - 200 butterfly; 50 freestyle; 400 IM
  • Ethan Yi - 200 and 400 IM
  • Aidan Zhu - 50, 100, and 500 freestyle


Stay tuned to next week's newsletter for a full recap of the TYR Senior Metropolitan Championships!

2022-2023 Meet Updates


AGUA Last Chance Meet

Preliminary entries are now available. Please notify your lead coach of any errors by this Thursday, February 23 at 8pm.

  • Who: Full team (athletes 9-and-over)
  • When: Saturday, March 4 and Sunday, March 5, 2023
  • Where: Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus
  • Service hour sign-up is available. View job descriptions here. As a reminder, all families must complete 10 service hours between October 2022 and July 2023 in accordance with our service policy.
  • Swimmer call times:
  • Saturday and Sunday 9-to 12-year-olds – 7:30am
  • Saturday 1000 – 12:30pm
  • Saturday 13-and-over – 2pm
  • Sunday 13-and-over – 12:30pm
  • Uniform requirements:
  • Saturday – Dark gray AGUA shirt
  • Sunday – Light gray AGUA shirt
  • All days – All suits must adhere to the team suit policy. A solid-colored TYR suit will be permitted if your AGUA team suit has not arrived.


Metropolitan Swimming 8-and-under Championships

Preliminary entries are now available. Please notify your lead coach of any errors by this Thursday, February 23 at 8pm.

  • Who: All 8-and-under athletes
  • When: Saturday, March 4 and Sunday, March 5, 2023
  • Where: Lehman College, The Bronx
  • Swimmer call times:
  • Saturday (all girls) – 12:30pm
  • Sunday (all boys) – 12:30pm
  • Uniform requirements:
  • Black AGUA Shirt
  • AGUA team suit and cap (a solid-colored TYR suit will be permitted if your AGUA team suit has not arrived)


Metropolitan Swimming 15-and-over Age Group Team Challenge

Preliminary entries are now available. Please notify your lead coach of any errors as soon as possible.

  • Who: Qualifiers
  • When: Friday, March 10 to Sunday, March 12, 2023
  • Where: Nassau County Aquatic Center, East Meadow, NY


Metropolitan Swimming 14-and-under Age Group Championships

Preliminary entries are now available. Please notify your lead coach of any errors as soon as possible.

  • Who: Qualifiers
  • When: Friday, March 10 to Sunday, March 12, 2023
  • Where: Nassau County Aquatic Center, East Meadow, NY

Upcoming Birthdays


February 21

Zoe Ross Allen


February 22

Anna Hsu

Lauren Hsu


February 23

Sadie Hargis

Kyra Stinebaugh


February 24

William Jin

AGUA Team Handbook

All families are responsible for the information noted in the AGUA Team Handbook.

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Be sure to follow us @aguaswim for announcements, shout-outs, and more!


Asphalt Green ID Cards

All swimmers must use their ID cards to access Asphalt Green's Upper East Side and Battery Park City campuses at each practice. Swimmers will not be permitted to enter the facilities without swiping in with their ID.

Register for the AGUA Summer Swim Clinics


Sign up for our summer swim clinics to refine your skills and gain a competitive edge in the water! All activities, including dryland training and nutritional awareness, are designed for swimmer-specific needs.


AGUA Rising Star Clinic

  • Who: AGUA swimmers ages seven through 12
  • When: Monday, June 26 through Friday, June 30, 2023
  • Register here.


AGUA Elite Clinic

  • Who: AGUA swimmers ages 10 through 14
  • When: Monday, July 10 through Friday, July 14, 2023
  • Register here.

Reminder: Upcoming Notable Dates


Add our upcoming winter and spring 2023 events to your calendar!


  • Monday, February 20 – Friday, February 24, 2023: Long course season group placements announced. If your swimmer turns 11, 13, or 15 by May 31, 2023, they will likely be placed in a new group for the long course season.
  • Monday, February 27, 2023: Spring schedule begins. Swimmers will remain in current groups until April 10, 2023.
  • Monday, April 3 – Sunday, April 9, 2023: AGUA team spring break. All practices canceled.
  • Monday, April 10, 2023: Long course group placements begin.

Access to the Team's TYR Portal


View the access instructions for our team's upgraded TYR portal and purchase tech suits, team suits, AGUA apparel, and practice equipment.

View Instructions

Parent/Coach Communication 

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


Training Schedule and Updates 

Sunday, February 26, 2023

  • Senior Prep Gold will swim from 10:30am to 12pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus.
  • Senior Prep Green will swim from 12pm to 1:30pm at Asphalt Green's Upper East Side campus. Dryland is canceled.


Monday, February 27, 2023

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