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Congratulations to CRA swimmers Alex Barone and Sofia Oliveira on being named to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team! USA Swimming announced the complete list of 2023-24 Scholastic All-America recipients. The list consists of 1,790 athletes (41 from New England) in grades 9-12 who maintained a minimum 3.5 grade point average (GPA) and met any of the competition criteria during the qualifying period of September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2024. Applicants must have swum an individual pool time equal to or faster than the 2023 Winter Junior National qualifying...
CRA families, Please join us in congratulating coach Ryan Pitcairn on winning the 2024 Jeff Johnson Award as New England’s premier Development coach! Award winners will be honored at the New England Swimming Banquet on September 22nd. The Jeff Johnson Age Group Coach of the Year award is presented to a coach who primarily works with age 14 and under swimmers and is responsible for their achievements. The recipient is voted on by his/her peers at the end of the Long Course Season. The Coach Representatives run the election and...
We are beyond thrilled to announce several new additions to our staff for this upcoming season! We have created a new coaching role within CRA, a Head Developmental Coach who will work to oversee our Mini Dragon, Explorer, and Voyager programs while also leading our Voyager and Senior Prep Silver program. This position is being filled by Coach Jessica Higgins. Previously, Jess coached with the Boston YMCA Bluefins swim team from 2021-2023 as well as the YMCA of the North Shore from 2016-2021. Jess has worked with every age group,...
Congratulations to the CRA athletes who have been recognized by New England Swimming as top ten and outstanding swimmers of the 2023-2024 Season! We are so excited to see every age group contribute to the success of our program this past year. The Awards Banquet will be held on Sunday, September 22nd. All top ten swimmers and family are invited to the banquet. Please submit this form by September 12th to reserve a spot! CRA Outstanding Swimmers Ella Tchong (SCY & LCM) Sofia Oliveira (SCY) Alex Barone (SCY) CRA Top...
Congratulations to Charles River Aquatics for being named as a 2024 ASCA Top 100 Age Group Team! The results were compiled using the USA Swimming Power Points of the top ranked 11-14 year-old swimmers for the 2023 Long Course season and 2023-24 Short Course season. Each athlete was limited to a maximum of 4 swims contributing to their team’s total. You can find a complete list of top 100 teams here.
CRA Team Update Week of April 8th, 2024 April Break We will not be running practices during the week of April 15th-20th. Enjoy your time off to recharge and get excited for our long course season! CRA Hosted Meets For the long course season, we are continuing to commit all CRA athletes to our home meets. It is important that athletes who are unable to attend log onto the team website and DECLINE any competition they can not participate in by the registration deadline. Date Meet Deadline to Decline May...
RECORD BREAKER! NES Office Jan 23, 2023 Congratulations to the Charles River Aquatic 11/12 team of Raffaella Andretta, Chase Whitman, Leo Torres, Evie Gao who set a record in the 400 Mixed Medley Relay at the 2022 CRA Winter Invitational with a time of 4:06.71! This beats the previous record set by ESC by approximately 40 seconds!
It was announced today by New England Swimming that Jon won the following Coach of the Year Award: Dorsi Raynolds ‘Performance’ Award - Jon Castaldo (CRA) Congratulations Jon!
