CONGRATULATIONS to the below coaches for their outstanding work in the 2019-2020 SCY Season: Dorsi Raynolds Award for Senior Coach of the Year: Meghan Feran, SOLO Aquatics Jeff Johnson Award for Age Group Coach of the Year: Mark Taffe, BYB

CONGRATULATIONS to Chris Sheppard, Head Coach of Commonwealth Swimming and Sahar Mumtaz, a freshman at Tufts University, who were recently named to the newly formed Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council and Black Leadership in Aquatics Coalition! For more information: https://www.usaswimming.org/news/2020/09/15/usa-swimming-announces-formation-of-diversity-equity-inclusion-council-and-black-leadership-in-aquatics-coalition

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SWIMMERS OF NEW ENGLAND WHO WERE NAMED TO THE 2019-2020 SCHOLASTIC ALL-AMERICA TEAM! Last Name First Name Gender Club #Years Grade Farris Aislin F Bluefish Swim Club 2 10th Kramer Megan F Bluefish Swim Club 1 11th Parent Joshua M Bluefish Swim Club 1 9th Smith Ella F Bluefish Swim Club 2 10th Smith Summer F Bluefish Swim Club 3 11th Germain Eli M Cape Cod Swim Club 2 11th Brown Laurel F Commonwealth Swimming 1 11th Youngman Genevieve F Commonwealth Swimming 2 11th Hamlin Molly F...

There are faster and more direct ways to cross the English Channel. Then there’s the method Vera Rivard (UVAC) chose on Tuesday. The 16-year-old long-distance swimmer from Springfield, N.H., and student at Kearsarge Regional High School completed a solo crossing of the Channel, going from Samphire Hoe beach in Dover on England’s southeast coast to Wissant, a beach village on the northern shoreline of France near Calais, arriving at 11:48 p.m. local time late Tuesday night. Rivard, a member of the White River Junction-based Upper Valley Aquatic Club, finished with...

The New England Swimming Board of Directors are seeking individuals interested in several positions that will be open in September, as well as individuals willing to serve on various Committees: Diversity and Inclusion Chair *Board position Age Group Committee Chair Senior Committee Chair At-Large BOD member *Board position Operational Risk & Safety Chair Safe Sport Chair Governance Committee Member If you are interested in serving in one of these positions, please complete and submit this form by September 5th. Matt Soska, General Chair, will get back to you.

Robert Menck III, Bob to friends and family, died peacefully July 21, 2020, as his partner Lisa held his hand. He was the son of Carol (Meddaugh) Menck and the late Robert Menck Jr. He was born in Smallwood, NY October 12, 1960 and moved with his family to Brattleboro, VT. He graduated from Brattleboro Union High School, where he participated in the band and played football in 1978. Bob attended the United States Naval Academy 78-79, and moved to Auburn University when his major was no longer available at...

ATTENTION all High School Athletes: Scholastic All American Program The SAA program opened on June 1 and the deadline is August 31, 2020 www.usaswimming.org/saaapp

Joint Texas LSCs Admin clinic - July 11 (SAT) 10:30AM CDT Instructor: Tim Husson, Potomac Valley General Chair and former Chair of the National Times and Recognition committee Please encourage swim parents of your team to pre-register by using the following link. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_NgWgxpmRJ8PZSixsFoRnzggwbCFYec7pvqeKXaI0N3SJiw/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1 The Admin is a critically important function to run a successful swim meet. The following is a description of the key role of an Admin Official. Shall be responsible to the Referee for: A. The accurate processing of entries and scratches. B. Accurate seeding of preliminary, semi-final...

On July 5, 2020, 16 year old, Vera Rivard (UVAC) of Springfield, NH and Derby, VT completed the world famous 28.5 mile 20 Bridges Swim in New York City. This swim is a circumnavigation swim around the island of Manhattan via the East River, Harlem River, and Hudson River. This swim is one of the Triple Crowns of Marathon Open Water swimming. Rivard finished with a time of 7h53m. Rivard was the first swimmer of the year to attempt the swim. The swim is sanctioned by New York Open Water...

The 2020 Coaches Meeting will be held immediately after the Annual Meeting (Sunday, June 28th at 9 AM) via Zoom. All attendees must pre-register for this meeting through Zoom. CLICK HERE TO PRE-REGISTER by Saturday at 12 noon. YOU CANNOT GET INTO THE MEETING WITHOUT REGISTERING. EVERYONE'S LOGIN IS DIFFERENT AND WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU FROM ZOOM AFTER YOU REGISTER! In order to do the electronic voting, we will need you to submit this form with your name, club and email address that you will easily access during the...