It was an unseasonably warm weekend, but we prefer to believe it was the sizzling performances by Patriot swimmers that brought relief to the Winters Frost.  There were 267 personal best performances, 22 Zone Trial qualifying performances, 32 Junior Olympic Qualifying performances, 143 Silver Championship qualifying performances, 8 Patriot records broken, 13 Beacon records broken and 7 Peekskill records broken. Our Swimmers moved us much closer to our 2012-2013 goal of being in the top 500 of the approximately 3000+ USA Teams in the country, moving us into 520th place...

We are happy to announce we will be attending the Speedo Championship Series - Southern Zone Sectional meet, March 14-17, 2013 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.   Only 8 teams from outside the Southern Zone  were accepted into the meet.  We can take up to 13 Swimmers to the meet,  We currently have 8 who have made the qualifing standards.   Meet information and List of Qualifiers and Deltas are now posted under Events..

Coach Emma Forbes has returned from her exciting internship in South Africa and has begun working with the Peekskill Dolphin and Junior groups.   Coach Gene Damm is recently retired as the Head Coach of the Mount St. Mary Men's team.  He will be working with swimmers at our Beacon location a couple of days a week to improve stroke technique and mental preparation as well as other aspects of competitive swimming.  Coach Damm is a level 5 coach with long history of success in the sport of swimming.  He is...

Our Patriot Parents stepped up to the plate to provide the work force for a top quality Trials and Finals meet.  It was our first attempt at bringing a much needed December Trials and Finals meet to the Metropolitan conference.  It was a great success bringing in teams from 3 states.  The coaches of our guest teams paid many compliments to our work force over the grueling 7 session meet, with adjectives like “smooth,” “efficient” and “seamless.”    Congratulations to everyone who invested their time, in a very busy holiday season,...

Coach Marc Found a great, must read, article for all swimmers in the December issue of Swimmers World. Click the link below to read 7 Things Successful Swimmers Do Differently    

Congraulations to our swimmers who have made the Metro Top 10 List   Kimberly McCaffrey     Girls 8 & Under 25 Back, 50 Back, 100 IM Steve Holan                  Boys 8 & Under 25 Back, 50 Back Hunter Jackson            Boys 8 & Under 50 Breast Caroline Jaeger           Girls 11-12 1000 Freestyle, 1650 Freestyle Kendra Graham            Girls 11-12 100 Breast RJ Hutton                      Boys 13-14 1650 Freestyle Megan Pagano             Girls 15-18 1650 Freestyle  

With all the challenges and negative effects of Hurricane Sandy as a backdrop, our swimmers invaded the Valley Central Natatorium and demonstrated their own brand of storm surge.  The coaching staff watched, with pride and amazement, as our swimmers shook off the effects of unheated houses and days without practice by achieving a record 323 personal best performances.   Along the way to this truly impressive feat, they also achieved 141 Silver Championship Qualifying swims, 21 Junior Olympic Qualifying swims, 12 Zone Team Trial Qualifying swims, 9 Beacon Records, 1 Peekskill...

  ~:~Patriot Team Holiday Party~:~   Dear Patriot Families - please  join in the festivities for our 2nd Annual Patriot Potluck Dinner!   Pre-registration is a must, as well as "job sign up" to indicate what type of dish you'll bring to the potluck.  And, once again, "tacky holiday attire" is strongly encouraged!!     When ?:    December 3, 2012    6pm to 10pm Where ?:     Quality of Life Center 140 Matteawan Rd, Beacon, NY 12508  (Right next to Beacon HS) Cost ?:    $20 Per Family   Please pre-register online &...

  Practice Guidelines Each practice session requires personal commitment and dedication from participant to develop a positive training environment. These guidelines are basic techniques that will ensure proper development of stroke mechanics, training regiment, and physical conditioning. 1. Freestylers and backstrokers must do flip turns at all times. 2. Freestylers will not breath into or out of turns. 3. Flyers and breaststrokers must turn with two hands at all times. 4. Breaststrokers will always take their long underwater pull-off every wall. 5. Absolutely no walking on the bottom of the...

Oct 13 & 14, Lehman College, Bronx, NY The first “Patriot Hosted” meet of the year put all of our team’s strengths on display.  We have become accustomed to our parents pitching in to fill the many positions needed to successfully run a meet, but it was great to see the many new families doing so as well.   Our growing cadre of USA Officials did an amazing job of running the meet efficiently.  Led by our Head Referee, Ken Graham, we saw new officials being trained and returning officials learning...