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FEBRUARY SWIMMER OF THE MONTH Being committed to her school work, and sport of choice, is something her athletic family has encouraged and fostered in Maeve Wilber of the Westfield Y Swim Team (WYST). This 7th grade student excels in the classroom, at playing the piano, and at breaking swim records! Coach, Jamie Bloom, has been amazed at this girl’s achievement of breaking almost every single team record for her age group this season! Maeve continually asks to swim in events that will challenge her, and works extremely hard to...
Shawn Nee, age 14 and from the Shawmut Aquatic Club, has been selected to attend the USA Swimming Diversity Camp. To read more about this camp, click HERE Congratulations Shawn!
New rules for open water swimsuits At the FINA Bureau meeting held in Bangkok on January 14-15, 2010, revised rules were adopted for swimsuits used in open water competition. Effective June 1, 2010, swimsuits used in open water competition are allowed to provide for more body coverage than allowed under our current rules. Read more...
The Magnus Aquatic Club girls broke the 800 Free Relay NE RES record at the Speedo North Sectionals Championship Series. Maggie D'Innocenzo, Kendra Cheng, Erica Belcher and Rachel Moore finished in 7:24.31, which beats the ABF relay record set in 2008. Congratulations!
The recent charitable giving at the 13 & Over meet, held at MIT and hosted by NSSC, got the attention of the local press. Read this great article in "Wicked Local Cambridge" about our recent generosity. Thank you to Tony Padvaiskas and Dan Warner for initiating this food and clothing drive and many thanks to all the spectators and swimmers who contributed!
The Green Mountain Aquatics 13/14 Girl’s 200 Free Relay broke the NE record. Kira Hancock, Jenna Griffith, Hayley Booher and Tasija Karosas swam a 1:41.05 to beat the BGSC record set in 2004. Shawmut Girl's 13/14 200 Medley Relay set a NE and NE RES record clocking a 1:51.85. The team of Lauren Grasberger, Kayla Lilly, Meghan Pierce and Alex Brindisi broke the 1986 New England Record! Liam Egan, of BOSS, broke two New England records at the 13 & O Age Group Championships: He swam a 1:43.27 in the...
Several New England Swimmers were selected to participate in the USA Swimming Select Camps. For more information on the camps, follow this link. USA SWIMMING ZONE SELECT CAMP ROSTER: Description and Purpose: USA Swimming sponsors four Zone Select Camps. USA Swimming seeks to identify the emerging young athletes in each Zone, offering them a unique motivational and educational experience. The Zone Select Camps are viewed as an integral step for athletes to move from the local and Zone level onto to the national scene. Eligibility: 28 male and 28 female...
JANUARY SWIMMER OF THE MONTH This young math wizard is not only a dedicated swimmer, but an accomplished one too! Aidan Daudier has been a member of the Hampshire Hills Seawolves since he was 4 years old and has continually improved and become an invaluable help to his coaches and team. At the SSA meet in January, Aidan won 7 of his 8 events and broke all of the team records! As an 8 year old, Aidan has taken on the challenge of swimming the 500 free this season and...
USA Swimming has announced the 2010 clubs that have achieved the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals for club excellence. Congratulations to the four New England Clubs that join the ranks of medal achievement: The Bluefish Swim Club repeated a Gold medal status and moved to 7th place from last year's 16th, and increased their point totals by 12,000 to a total of 32,406 points! Magnus Aquatic Group received silver medal status earning 14,881 points, and Green Mountain Aquatics earned the bronze with 5,161 points YMCA of the North Shore earned...
