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A special thank you to Matt Craven and Crimson Aquatics for hosting a great meet at URI with a lot of fast swims and happy swimmers! CONGRATULATIONS TO AMHERST TRITONS SWIM TEAM for a 1st place finish at the 10 & Under SCY Championships! Congratulations to our High Point winners and to all the teams who participated. GIRLS BOYS TEAM SCORES
VISITING AND FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS: Calling hours 1-4 on Sunday February 6, 2022 at Boucher Funeral Home, 110 Nichols Street, Gardner, MA and Funeral is Monday February 7, 2022 at 10:00 am at the Annunciation Parish which is directly across the street from the funeral home. He was a legend in the swimming community and one of the nation's most successful high school coaches. A husband, father and grandfather. A friend to all. Don Lemieux died unexpectedly Saturday. He was 65. Lemieux coached Gardner High School to 16 state swimming championships,...
We are saddened to report that two long time members of New England Swimming have recently passed away. Chennelle Naomi “Nell” Jackson (athlete, coach) and Richard "Whit" Whitworth (Coach, Official). Both were huge contributors to the sport of swimming, with their passion and love of teaching others being their strongest attributes. Saying that they will be sorely missed doesn't do justice to how much they meant to others. Please click on the below links to read in more detail. Read more on Chennelle Read more on Whit
At the New England Senior Meet Jacqueline Zipagan, Bluefish Swim Club, broke the 1996 11/12 50 yard freestyle record set by Jenny Thompson! Jacqueline clocked at 23.89 which better Jenny's record of 23.96!! The Phoenix Swimming 200 Medley Relay, Malia Amuan, Katherine Handley, Michaela Chokureva, Caroline McCurdy, broke the 15/18 and Open record by swimming a 1:42.58! Jenny Thompson's NE 17/18 100 Freestyle Record was broken by Natalie Mannion from Commonwealth Swimming. Natalie swam the event in a 49.32 bettering the 49.51 record Jenny set in 1990! Congratulations all!
Phoenix Swimming was on fire at the Speedo East Winter Junior Championships setting several relay records and an individual 17-18 record set by MICHAELA CHOKUREVA in the 50 Freestyle. Her time of 22.93 breaks the record set in 2011 by Rachel Moore, CRIM. RELAYS: PHX 200 Free Relay broke the 15-18/Open record with a time of 1:31.47. Micheala Chokureva, Alexis Martino, Caroline McCurdy and Malia Amuan. PHX 800 Free Relay broke the 15-18/Open record with a time of 7:16.74. Megan Reich, Malia Amuan, Caroline McCurdy, Shea Furse PHX 200 Medley...
The following Board of Director position is open to be appointed at our next Board of Directors Meeting on December 14th. Operations Vice Chair If you would like to nominate a member of New England Swimming who is in good standing for one this position, please submit this form by November 15th. Nominate for the Vice Chair of Operations position here. If you have questions, please email General Chair, Matt Soska
The program recognizes USA Swimming’s highest-performing clubs in the development of athletes ages 18 years and younger on an annual basis. In a new addition to last year, eligible athlete performances include both pool and open water swims. CONGRATULATIONS to: BLUEFISH SWIM CLUB for being recognized as a GOLD level club in USA Swimming for 2021-2022. THe Bluefish was also named as one of the 15 "Podium" Clubs in USA Swimming for achieving the GOLD level for 4 consecutive years. SOLO AQUATICS, GATOR SWIM CLUB and PHOENIX SWIMMING achieved BRONZE...
Congratulations to the New England Swimmers who achieved and were awarded the USA Swimming Scholastic All America Award! For more information about the program click HERE Last Name First Name CLUB # of years Dubey Mitchell Bluefish Swim Club 1 Him Landon Bluefish Swim Club 1 Jachym Erin Bluefish Swim Club 1 Maldari Caleb Bluefish Swim Club 1 Parent Joshua Bluefish Swim Club 2 Smith Ella Bluefish Swim Club 3 Smith Summer Bluefish Swim Club 4 White Kathryn Bluefish Swim Club 1 Whittaker Raymond Commonwealth Swimming 1 Brown Eliza Commonwealth...
