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Parents, We had 34 swimmers compete at the Long Island Holiday Invitational the weekend of December 12-14th, and it was a very successful meet for our team. Across the weekend, our swimmers achieved 121 personal best times in 211 splashes, a pretty impressive feat to say the least! We had two swimmers earn YMCA National cuts in individual events. Junior Owen Englehardt (16) will be attending his first YMCA National Meet after qualifying in three individual events: 100 Backstroke, 50 Freestyle, and 100 Freestyle. Junior Danny Westervelt (17) qualified in...
Kevin Storrs Meet Recap Our swim team competed in the Kevin Storrs Meet the weekend of December 6th – 7th at Valley Central High School in Montgomery, NY. We had 49 swimmers in attendance and achieved an outstanding 130+ personal best times over the course of the weekend. YMCA State Cuts Emerie Kimball (9/10 Girls): 100 Back, 100 Free, 100 Breast Tempe Biehler (9/10 Girls): 200 Free, 200 IM, 100 Free Landon Howes (11/12 Boys): 50 Breast YMCA Silver Cuts Ava Spiro (11/12 Girls): 100 Breast Annabelle Schwarz (9/10 Girls):...
We would like to congratulate the following individuals who have broken team records during the first half of the season: Ethan Shindelman 8&under boys 500 free 8:35.25 8&under boys 200 IM 3:36.91 Temperance Biehler 8&under girls 200 free 2:45.35 8&under girls 500 free 7:31.38 8&under girls 50 back 37.16 8&under girls 100 back 1:22.10 8&under girls 200 back 2:55.44 8&under girls 100 fly 1:33.91 Joey Biehler 11/12 boys 1650 free 20:53.46 Espen Wespestad 15-18 boys 200 breast 2:16.60 Owen Englehardt 15-18 boys 500 free 4:49.02 Danny Westervelt 15-18 boys 100...
The NJ YMCA Swimming State Championship Committee completed its annual review of our league's championship meet series. After evaluating timelines, participation levels, and facility logistics, the League is implementing several updates to improve meet flow, swimmer experience, and overall event quality. Please review the changes below, which apply to the YMCA Silver and State Championship meets. YMCA Silver Championships What’s Changing The meet will take place at the Jersey Aquatic Center The meet will expand to three full days. The meet will run in one pool, with the flexibility to...
Parents, What a great weekend we had at our first Invitational of the season! Our swimmers achieved over 110 personal best times, 5 new team records, 14 new Silver YMCA Championship cuts and 2 new State YMCA Championship cuts! Below are two links showing the Improvement Report from the meet. The “baseline time” represents the seed time entered for each event, and the “improvement” column shows the time achieved at the meet, with a negative (-) number indicating how much time was dropped. It’s exciting to see so many swimmers...
Dear Parents and Swimmers, Our first invitational meet of the season, the Pumpkin Chill Invitational took place at the Lakeland YMCA on Sunday, October 5th, and we had some fantastic early-season swims! Leading the way with State cuts were Tempe Biehler (50 Backstroke) and Emerie Kimball (50 Breaststroke) Great job! Congratulations also to our Pumpkin Chill first-place finishers: Briella Barber – 1st in the 50 Free and 100 Free (9/10 session) Anja Wespestad – 1st in the 50 Fly and 50 Free (11/12 session) Ethan Shindelman- 1st place 50 fly...
Dear Parents, Congratulations to all our swimmers who participated in our first meet at our pool on Saturday afternoon! We already have several swimmers and relays who achieved State cuts, which is fantastic this early in the season! We also saw many personal best times, and many swimmers who achieved Bronze & Silver times! Congratulations to our State qualifiers, Joey Biehler and Josh Watkins in the 100 IM , 11/12 girls 200 free relay of Alexa Sabanosh, Abigail Sanchez, Kaelyn Daggett and Barbara Hackett, our 13/14 girls 200 free relay...
Dear Swim Team Families, Thank you for making our End-of-Year Banquet such a memorable celebration! Photos from the event are now up on our Instagram page — be sure to check them out! It was the perfect way to wrap up an amazing season. A heartfelt thank-you to all the parents, swimmers, and coaches — your energy, commitment, and support made this year truly special. To our four seniors: we are so proud of you! Wishing you all the best as you dive into your next chapter, both in and...
Parents, Please download the "SportsEngine Motion" App from either the Apple Store or Google Play. The OnDeck App will be discontinued in the near future and is currently showing limited information. Once you download the new "SportsEngine Motion" App, you can delete the OnDeck App. The login information is the same for the SportsEngine Motion App as you currently have for the OnDeck App. Once you download the new App, you need to select the different Time Standards to be able to see your child's Best Times. Any questions, please...
