A new team record was set on Friday at Winterfest in the Girls 200 free relay. The time of 1:39.13 by Vanessa Rizzo, Heidi Rizzo, Lizzie Daniels, and Daisy Pitches broke the old record of 1:39.60 set by Cami Hatch, Lily Griffin, Daisy Pitches, and Summer Jones at Y Nationals in April 0f 2023. Congratulations, girls!

Winterfest Re-Cap There were so many fantastic swims across all age groups at Winterfest. The highlights included Vanessa Rizzo and Liam Knight making their first individual Y National cuts, both in the 50 free. The Girls Open Free Relay team of Vanessa Rizzo, Heidi Rizzo, Lizzie Daniels and Daisy Pitches started off the meet with a Y National cut and a fourth place finish. The Girls Open Medley Relay team of Vanessa Rizzo, Lizzie Daniels, Ginger Griffin and Daisy Pitches also swam a Y National Cut and a fourth place...

Sunday Night did not disappoint!! We saw another team record broken by Daisy Pitches in the 200 back with a time of 2:08.11 (breaking her old record of 2:08.48 set in January) and another Y National qualifying time by Nick Chavez in the 50 free with a blazing 21.91! We also had a few first place finishes with Lizzie Daniels winning the open 100 breast and Raegin Poitras winning the 11-12 50 fly and 100 IM! It was great swimming by those mentioned and all finalists! Overall, the team finished...

Sunday bought us snow, dancing Novi and the elves, and some fast swims! Here are our returning finalists for tonight: 11-12 50 back B final: Reagan Taylor, Evelyn Rizzo 13-14 200 back B final: Mia Milazzo 15-18 200 back A final: Daisy Pitches B final: Vanessa Rizzo B final: Nick Chavez, Liam Knight 11-12 50 breast A final: Evelyn Rizzo B final: Blakely Ball 13-14 100 breast A final: Heidi Rizzo B final: Avienne O’Shea Open 100 breast A final: Lizzie Daniels B final: Ginger Griffin 2nd alt: Olivia Robertson...

The Saturday finals session was a blast! We had two first place finishers: Aidan Menu in the 13-14 100 free and Raegin Poitras in the 11-12 100 fly! Way to go, Aidan and Raegin! All of the swims were great and it was so fun to watch! 13-14 100 back Heidi Rizzo 6th place Avienne O’Shea 16th place Aidan Menu 16th place 15-18 100 back Daisy Pitches 5th place Vanessa Rizzo 8th place Nick Chavez 6th place Liam Knight 10th place 11-12 50 back Raegin Poitras 2nd place Evelyn Rizzo...

Saturday morning session saw GREAT swims with lots of personal bests! We even had Avienne O’Shea in a thrilling seimm-off for 8th place in the 100 free. Although she did not win that, she won in that she took a half second off the best time she swam in prelims!! AND gets to come back and swim in the B final. Great swimming, Avienne! And Nick Chavez is on fire! He set another team record in 100 back this morning! His time of 52.49 smashes the previous record of 54.23...

Friday Night Highlights!!! Friday night got started with a bang as Nicky Chavez set a new team record in the 400 IM with a 4:20.14, breaking the record of 4:22.40 set by Thomas Brierley in 2013. Other Highlights were a first place finish in the 11-12 200 IM by Evelyn Rizzo, a first place finish in the 9-10 200 free by Maya Saifullah, a second place finish in the 11-12 200 free by Raegin Poitras, a second place finish by Heidi Rizzo in the 13-14 500 free, and a third...

Congratulations to Lizzie Daniels on her commitment to swim at Central Connecticut State University! ���� We are so proud of all the hard work, dedication, and leadership Lizzie has shown in the pool and on deck. This is an incredible next step in her academic and athletic journey, and we can’t wait to see all she achieves at CCSU. Way to go, Lizzie! ����

Congratulations to Aaron O’Shea! We are thrilled to recognize Aaron O’Shea for setting a new team record in the 8 & Under Boys 500 Freestyle with an amazing time of 8:03.95! Aaron’s swim breaks Nicky Badilla’s long-standing record of 8:26.60, set back in 2013. Huge congratulations to Aaron on this outstanding achievement—and to his coaches and teammates for the support that helped make it happen. Keep chasing big goals, Hurricanes!

Congrats to these Hurricane swimmers on their All County Awards for Cross Country last night . Jasper Samuelson and Evelyn Rizzo earned All County and Liam Knight earned All Academic All County. They are fast in and out of the water , showing off their cross training . Good luck to Evelyn as she heads to the New York State XC Championship !!!