WELCOME to the 2025 2026 Swim Season
Please follow your group’s practice schedule!
**Hawaii DISTANCE (Ages 14+ Gold/Sectional Times) – Monday to Thursday 6:40-8:45pm, Friday 6:45-8:45pm and Saturday 6:15-8:45am
Hawaii (14+ GOLD/Flordia TIMES) - Monday – Thursday -6:45-8:45pm and Saturday- 7:00-8:45am
Kentucky (Ages 15+) Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 6:45-8:45pm and Saturday 7:00-8:45am
Michigan (Ages 13-16) | Tuesday and Thursday- 6:00-7:15pm, Friday 7:00-8:30pm and Saturday 8:45-9:45am
**Pennsylvania (Gold/Florida Times -Ages 11-14) Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – 6:00-7:30pm, Friday 6:45-8:45pm and Saturday 7:00-8:45am
California (Ages 11-13) -Tuesday and Thursday - 6:00-7:00pm, Friday 7:00-8:30pm and Saturday 8:45-9:45am
Yale (Ages 9-10) - Monday/Wednesday/Friday - 6:00-7:00pm and Saturday 8:45-9:45am
Harvard (Ages 8 & under) | Monday/Wednesday/Friday - 6:00-7:00pm
About Us
The Monmouth Barracudas provide a safe community for athletes in the pool at practices, home meets and travel meet to work hard and empower swimmers to reach their goals. Out of the pool, the team collectively participates in community services and team functions which includes but not limited to baseball games, NYC Holiday Trips, White Water Rafting trips; Bowling/Arcade nights which builds upon the foundation fellowship and team values.
Monmouth Barracudas Swim Club - Our Mission
Be united team, with one voice, and one vision
The Monmouth Barracudas Swim Club is Coach owned a year-round, competitive swim team offering high-quality professional coaching and technique instruction for all ages and abilities. Our team strives to equip each individual athlete with the skills and work ethic needed to best assist them in turning their skills into results. The Monmouth Barracudas values integrity, commitment, tradition, and community. Paul Buerck is our owner, CEO and Head Coach with over 35 years’ experience and countless successful athletes!
Our Community Philosophy:
The Monmouth Barracudas Swim Team believes in making a difference. Our swimmers have consistently gone above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of those who need help. In the past ten years our swimmers have raised over $100,000 as a team to help others in the community as well as charities such as Make Some Noise and Apple a Day which directly benefits children battling cancer.
OUR VALUES
Integrity- We ensure honesty and fairness in all our actions. We will strive to always do the right thing
Commitment- Swimming requires resilience in order to be dedicated to the development process of swimming. Setting goals and committing to exceeding expectations.
Tradition- Many have come before us, accepted great challenges and accomplished great things. We represent them in and out of the pool.
Community- Be a positive influence in the communities where we live, work, and swim.
Our STAFF
Barracuda coaches are committed to developing prepared and focused athletes that excel in accomplishing their goals. Our coaches encourage every athlete to achieve continuous improvement and success at his or her level of ability, from novice to the highest levels of competition. We have a wonderful experienced staff of twelve coaches.
As members of USA Swimming and New Jersey Swimming, Inc, our coaches are certified through the most comprehensive training and certification program for youth coaches of any sport in the United States. Our coaches continue to expand and improve upon their abilities through in-service coaches training, the utilization of GoSwim USA Swimming Technical Video Supplier, Northeast Regional swim clinics and Omaha Breakout Clinics.
