Eva Fabian, of GMSC, placed 3rd in the 10K Open Water event and a very close 2nd in the 5K, this past weekend at the National Open Water Championships. Alex Meyer of Crimson Aquatics placed 4th in both the 10 K and 5 K events, and Blake Lewkowitz of Crimson Aquatics placed 32nd in the 10K and 10th in the 5 K. Click HERE for full story and results. Congratulations EVA, ALEX and BLAKE!!

The Jenny Thompson Pool in Dover, NH was in danger of being closed due to budget cuts. They recently heard that the pool will remain open, largely because of all the support of the New England Swimming Community. Please read this letter from the SSA President and thank you for all of your support!

This fine young swimmer was one of eight swimmers, in his age group from around the country, selected to participate in the USA Swimming Diversity Camp held this past month in Colorado Springs. This was no surprise to his coaches , Matt Craven and Susan Trainer of the Shawmut Aquatic Group. They state that Shawn Nee leads by example and attends every practice committed to train hard and perform at the highest level. Shawn is always open to suggested technical changes and is an enthusiastic supporter of all his teammates....

The Jenny Thompson Pool in Dover, NH is in danger of closing due to budget cuts. Seacoast Swimming Association needs the support of the New England Swimming Community to help draw attention to this matter and to show how important this pool is to the community. Consider joining the march with your team: May 26th, 6PM Rain or shine! March from Dover's Jenny Thompson Pool to the Dover City Hall. Less than a mile total. Seacoast has invited NE Teams to practice with SSA from 4-6PM @ the JTP. Please...

The New England Swimming Board will be selecting THREE Athlete Representatives in June because we now need four student athlete representatives on our Board of Directors to comply with the 20% athlete representative USA policy. Please consider applying for this position on the Board of Directors. If you want to get involved, this is a perfect opportunity for you to have say in developing New England Swimming policies and procedures! Click HERE for the application

Please check the 2010 LCM calendar to see the team location re-assignments of Regional meets. There are now 4 sites for this meet. More information on each location will be posted as soon as it becomes available. Click HERE for a listing of all teams.

This swimmer has learned to manage her time so efficiently that she can play field hockey in the fall, and still manage to get to swim practice every day, AND, be an honor roll student! Her kindness to others, and her leadership skills, were evident when she organized a Christmas party to collect toys for tots, and was able to donate over 138 toys for this worthy program. In the pool, Jen Marrkand shows a competitiveness and drive that translates into constant improvement and best times in her end of...

The New England Swimming LCM New England and NE Resident records are now posted as a printable html document and a hytek file. RECORDS

New England Swimming announces a new club called MetroWest Aquatic Club (MAC). Michael Kotch is the head coach of this team that practices at Regis College. WELCOME TO NEW ENGLAND SWIMMING!

New England Swimming’s “Off the Block” – Breakout Performance Join USA & New England Swimming in efforts to achieve the vision of creating and maintaining an environment which is free from participation barriers for persons from all cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. This as an inclusion initiative to diversify swimming, and swimmers from all backgrounds are welcome and encouraged to attend. What, Where and When: Our initial effort, Off the Block” is to have A New England All Star Team attend the National Black Heritage Championship Swim Meet, held in...