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GSCY's first season post-merger was an overwhelming success! Despite closures and restrictions, GSCY athletes had multiple opportunities to race, and the unprecedented season was marked by numerous fast swims. The season's top swims can be found here. At the conclusion of the Vorhees YMCA Festival, GSCY claimed the top spot for women's, men's and combined team. The final day was highlighted by 2 outstanding swims: Jack Alexy's 100 Free ranking #14 all-time nationally for 15-18 men, and Matt Fallon's 200 Breast bringing him to #2 all-time for 15-18 men, only...
GSCY's 49 swimmers are off to a successful start at NJ YMCA Festival in Voorhees, NJ! Through Day 2, GSCY has swum 73 best times, and had 47 swims at finals. At the meet's halfway point, GSCY leads in Men, Women, and Combined team scores. Swimswam's reporting on the meet with recognition of several GSCY swimmers can be found here and here. Medley relay team Jack Alexy, Matt Fallon, Trent Russano, and Rob Alexy broke the YMCA National Age Group record in the 200 & 400 medley relays, which were...
It is our pleasure to share that Lou Petto will be joining Greater Somerset County YMCA as our new Director of Competitive Aquatics and Head Coach. Most recently, Coach Lou was Head Coach of the Upper Main Line YMCA in Berwyn, PA for the past six years. Under his leadership, UMLY was most recently recognized in 2020 as a USA Swimming Silver Medal team and one of the top 100 teams in the nation. Coach Lou is no stranger to New Jersey competitive swimming, having spent the twelve years prior...
Congratulations to our newest YMCA National & Y Festival team members who qualified at GSCY 13 & Over States! New YMCA National Qualifiers Michael Ferraioli: 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Fly Bryce Lukacsko: 100 Breast Margaux Scott: 200 Breast Ryan Wilbur: 500 Free, 1650 Free New Y Festival Qualifiers Meghan Robinson: 100 Breast, 200 Breast James Bugianesi: 100 Fly, 200 Fly Raaghav Reddy: 100 Back Multiple athletes and fast swims from GSCY 13 & Over States reported in SwimSwam here and here.
Many impressive 1000 free times to start GSCY States, most notably Matt Fallon's 8:56.67- new GSCY record and unofficial NJS 15-18 & Open record. Kenny Barnicle and Catherine Meisner also put up top swims day 1, all reported in SwimSwam.
