In Montreal the PHX Girls 13-14 200 free relay of Michaela Chokureva, Alexis Martino, Megan Reich and Malia Amuan swam a time of 1:47.26. this time not only broke the RES record of 1:48.88 they set last summer, but is tentatively a new National Age Group Record in the event! Congratulations! #nesrecord #NAG @usaswimming @swimswamnews @PHXSwimming

Sailfish Swim Team (SAIL) becomes New England Swimming's First Safe Sport Recognized Club We are celebrating our first Safe Sport Recognized Club in New England! Congratulations to Sailfish Swim Team (SAIL) and Head Coach Julie Margolis for their achievement! Karen Taft is the Safe Sport Coordinator at SAIL who worked with the staff to submit their application. Video views from parents and athletes were a key component, as well as making sure their website had a visible Safe Sport tab for easy access to their policies and programming. USA Swimming...

The Board of Directors voted last night to allow bids for the 2019 LCM Season to continue until March 1st. This decision is based on the calendar protection policy being modified to allow the following: July 11-14: Seniors weekend: ( allow 12 and Under meets ONLY. Any 12 and Unders with Senior cuts are allowed to choose). Currently no other meets are allowed this weekend. July 18-21: 12 & Under weekend: ( allow 13+ meets ONLY) Currently no other meets are allowed this weekend. July 25-28: 13-18 Champ weekend: (...

Obituary Renowned USA Swimming and high school coach Jeff Johnson passed away unexpectedly on Friday, February 15th at the age of 74. Jeff began his Acton-Boxborough coaching career with the Boys' Swim Team in 1977 and became the Girl's Team Head Coach in 2002 . He achieved over 500 dual meet wins and had multiple team state titles. In 1992, Jeff founded the Patriot Swim Club to fill a void in Acton-Boxborough and the surrounding communities. He was a strong advocate of both club and high school swimming and many...

At the CRIM Ground hog Day Meet, the CRIM 11-12 mixed 200 free relay team of Kevin Han, Alexandra Akmaeva, Clara Renner and Quinn Borchers finished in 1:46.01 breaking the old record of 1:46.12 set by the SSA team of A.Abreu, D.Figuet Kossyrev, G.Groves and K.Cartwright earlier this season. Congratulations!

Natalie Mannion (CS) qualified for 2020 Olympic Trials in the 100 Back with a time of 1:02.30! Max Reich (PHX) qualified for 2020 Olympic Trials in the 200 breast with a time of 2:17.47. At the BAC Meet in New Jersey this weekend, The ABF girls 13-14 LCM 400 Medley Relay of Sonia Mlakar, Sydney Abild, Katie White and Brynn Wright finished in 4:23.61 breaking the RES record of 4:24.51 set by the team of Mlakar, Smith, White and Wright set last summer. CONGRATULATIONS ALL!

At the SOLO Meet this past weekend, Sydney Kang (SOLO) set new 13-14 NE and RES records in the 100 IM. Her time of 59.64 lowered the marks of 1:00.19 set by Chloe Song (GS) in November. Andrew Benson (SOLO) broke his own 15-16 NE and RES records along with the NE OPEN record in the 100 IM. His time of 52.16 broke his old records of 52.92. At the ABF meet this past weekend, Natalie Mannion (CS) broke her own 13-14 NE 100 back record of 55.48 with a...

Mary T. Riddell passed away peacefully at home, December 31, 2018. She was 82 years old. Mary was the office manager, records keeper, top-10 coordinator, newsletter editor, administrative everything, and heart-and-soul of New England Swimming, officially, for 25 years until she retired in 2010. We did not need SWIMS until Mary retired. Though officially retired, she remained involved with numerous aspects of New England Swimming for many years. She was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer in January 2017. Despite the diagnosis, she repeatedly beat odds, and defied the...

Last weekend at the GS meet at WPI: Vivian Weng (GS) swam to a time of 57.15 in the 100 IM breaking her own NE 15-16 and Open records of 58.34 and the RES records of 57.84 set by Molly Pierce (SAC) in 2014. John Zeiger (CRIM) finished the 100 IM in 53.08 breaking the 17-18 NE record of 53.65 set by Jack Warden (SOLO) earlier this season. Congratulations!

Countless records fell at Senior Champs! On Thursday, Summer Smith (ABF) placed 1st in the 1650 free breaking the NE 15-16 record of 16:25.31 set by Eva Fabian (GMSC) back in 2010! The Bluefish Swim Club Girls 800 Free Relay team of Megan Kramer, Sydney Winters, Summer Smith and Erin Jachym set new 15-18 and Open RES records! Their time of 7:22.87 broke the records of 7:23.35 set by the CRIM team of Rachel Moore , Erica Belcher Erin Foley and Maggie D'Innocenzo in 2010. The ABF Boys 800 Free...