CONNETQUOT SWIM CLUB

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If interested in joining our team,please contact Head Coach Alex Scichilone at [email protected]  

ALL ARE WELCOME TO TRYOUT!

CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH ALEX ON RECEIVING 2018-2019 SUFFOLK COUNTY COACH OF THE YEAR and 2019-2020 NEW YORK STATE COACH OF THE YEAR!!

 

Mission Statement: The Connetquot Swimming & Diving Club provides training and competitive opportunities for swimmers of all abilities to reach their individual and team goals. We are dependent on committed swimmers, family participation, and a well-qualified coaching staff. Our team provides an enjoyable environment to build sportsmanship, character, skills, friendships and health.

Our club is a USS year round competitive swim team offering high quality professional coaching and technique instruction for all ages and abilities. The goal of our team is to provide every member an opportunity to improve swimming skills and achieve success at his or her level of ability, from novice to international competitor. All of our coaches, as members of the American Swim Coaches Association, have access to the most comprehensive training and certification program for youth coaches of any sport in the United States. They provide assurances that the time children spend in swimming will be quality time.

The Connetquot Swimming & Diving Club , is a non profit club, Head Coach Directed program, with parent meetings All members are welcome at each meeting and encouraged to be involved in team activities and fundraisers. We are constantly growing and training young swimmers to maintain a well rounded competitive swim team.Connetquot Swim Club is committed to providing a safe environment for all participants. To do so we have athlete protection policies and guidelines in place. Thank you for joining us. We are looking forward to meeting you. Please feel free to ask another member or coach any question you may have

 

LETS GO CONNETQUOT!!! SWIM FAST!!! ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS!!!

Coaches and Directors

Coaches and Directors
Coaching Staff
Alex Scichilone Head Coach

Coach Alex is the Head Coach of Connetquot Swimming and Diving Club and has been coaching for 30 years. In addition, Coach Alex is currently the men and women's Varsity swim coach at Connetquot High School. He is also the Head Coach of the Junior High swim team.

Coach Alex is the recipient of the NEW YORK STATE COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD (2019) as well as the SUFFOLK COUNTY COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD(2018)

On the club level he has trained and developed top eight and under, Silver, Junior Olympic, Zone, Top 16, Junior National, U.S Open,  National /Senior National Qualifiers and New York State Champions. Coach Alex has won numerous LEAGUE titles throughout his Varsity career. He  has spent most of his life involved with the sport. He trained with the Connetquot Swim Club during his swim years and was captain of his High school team. Coach Alex is a high school science teacher. He is a Certified First Aid, lifeguard & CPR instructor. Also during the summer months Coach Alex is a senior Ocean Lifeguard, and enjoys staying physically active, competing in triathlons, and watching kids swim fast. Coach Alex prides himself on developing the "total athlete". He believes each swimmer has an opportunity to use the sport to learn the skills necessary for a successful life, while having fun and swimming fast at the same time. Physical, mental, emotional, and social traits are all aspects of his philosophy. His goals include developing each athlete at every level in swimming to their greatest potential.

Tristan Weingarten Senior Elite Coach
Francesco Messina Elite Coach
Sean Cannon Jr Elite Coach
Matthew Dieterich Intermediate Coach

Coach Matt has been coaching for the Connetquot Swim Club for 5 years. He has swam on the team since he was 6. He is a certified Ocean lifeguard with the Town of Islip and is certified in first aid and CPR. Coach Matt also swam on the Connetquot Varsity swim team and was captain his senior year. He attends Suffolk Community College where he swam an additional 2 years. He is very passionate about swimming, loves to see all swimmers excel and is very happy to be apart of the CSC family for so many memorable years.

Gianna Messina Shark Red Coach
Mikiala Gaffey Shark Black Coach
Dakota Ramos Shark Black Coach
AmyJo Southworth Novice coach
Coach "AJ" swam for Holy Trinity High School and was co-captain her senior year.  She swam for Stony Brook University where she also trained in Adapted Aquatics. For 8 years, she led in the Town of Hempstead and worked as an Instructor Lieutenant. Shortly after, she was brought in as the Aquatics Director for the Buckley Country Day School in Manhasset. When she returned to NY after teaching at a Navajo school in NM, she jumped back into the field and continued working as a per diem instructor in Child Care, Lifeguarding, WSI, and CPR/First Aid, for the American Red Cross for a total of 20 years. Teaching through best practice is her passion, and Coach AJ has also been an educator since 1997--English, High School Librarian, and Summer School Principal. She is thrilled to return to the aquatics world, coaching our youngest swimmers and coordinating the Saturday Learn to Swim Program after a hiatus raising 3 children.  
 

Alexa Cassidy Novice Coach
Board of Directors
Alex Scichilone Head Coach