Some of our swimmers took a break from the holiday weekend to compete at Berkeley Aquatics’ Memorial Day Invitational, joining 12 other teams that were invited to attend. There were some great swims, with our 32 Splashes yielding 8 First Places and 4 Second Places; 11 Personal Bests; and 16 First-ever long course swims. Top Places were swum by Ty Hollar (2nd in the 400 Free, 2nd in the 200 IM, 3rd in the 100 Fly); Nathaniel Kern (1st in the 100 Fly, 200 Free, 400 Free, 50 Fly, 50...

Our first competition of the long course season was held this past weekend at Berkeley Aquatics in New Providence. By the end of the weekend our swimmers achieved personal best times, top places, and some first-ever swims. The meet was a big success! Our Barracudas splashed-in a bunch of top places, including Firsts by Ty Hollar (50 Free); Nathaniel Kern (100 Fly, 200 IM, 50 Fly); and Hannah Wilson (200 IM, 400 Free). They were followed closely by our other Top-3 finishers Reese Berg (3rd in the 100 Breast and...

Dear Barracudas Families, Our annual Banquet is coming! We'd like to celebrate those swimmers who were part of another successful short course (September- March) season. It will be a fun night of food, dancing, awards, and more! Where: Farmstead Golf & Country Club, 88 Lawrence Rd, Lafayette, NJ 07848 When: Thursday, May 26 2022 Time: 6:00pm-10:00pm Cost: $40.00 per (13&Over), $23.00 per person (12&Under), (kids 4 Years old and younger are free). Attire: Evening wear (no jeans/sneakers) RSVP: Please register by Sunday, 5/15. Follow the usual method of declaring for...

Spring/Summer Registration Just a reminder that Registration for our Spring/Summer session (Lessons, PreTeam, Swim Team) is ongoing; the session begins Monday, 4/25. Visit our Spring/Summer page for more info, or our Registration Portal to sign up. Space is limited. Pre-Conditioning for Intermediates & Seniors (Swim Team) Due to the nature of their upcoming training, we are offering some pre-conditioning practices for Intermediate & Senior swimmers who are registered for our long course season on the following dates: Monday 4/11 @Blair (6:00-7:30pm) Wednesday 4/13 @TVRC (6:00-7:30pm) Saturday 4/16 @Blair (9:00-10:30am) Monday...

Congratulations to Reese Berg, Nathaniel Kern, and Hannah Wilson on their amazing performances at the 2022 Eastern Zones Age-Group Championships (“Zones”) in Webster/Rochester, NY over the weekend. Attended by hundreds of some of the top swimmers in the Northeast, our team placed a combined 23rd of the 159 teams in attendance (with only three swimmers!). They represented themselves, our club, and our LSC well, making Finals in every event they swam, earning top places, personal best times, and some new team records in the process. Reese Berg had stellar swims...

The North Jersey Barracudas offer three different opportunities to help swimmers reach their goals in the pool this spring/summer. New folks can learn a little more about our team and this past season’s accomplishments by checking out the News Tab on our website. Practices/Lessons are held at our three locations (Kittatinny Regional High School, Blair Academy, and Tranquility Valley Retreat Center) with a few training dates held at long-course facilities (TBD). We offer Swimming Lessons, a Pre-Team, and a competitive Swim Team (Long Course Season). SPRING/SUMMER PROGRAM INFORMATION (Click to...

Our ‘Cudas brought their magic up to Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY this past weekend for the EZ North Speedo Sectionals. Some of the fastest athletes from about 100 teams within the northeast competed at this year’s meet. We were well-represented with Zach Bezold, Matt Freund, and Hannah Wilson qualifying for this prestigious meet. Zach finished up his season with Personal Bests in all three of his events, dropping -0.11 in his 100 Breast, -0.43 in his 200 Breast, and -0.67 in his 200 Free (Time Trial swim). For his...

It was another successful championship meet for NJB as five of our swimmers hit the pool deck at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center at Rutgers University this past weekend for the NJ Swimming 12 & Under Jos. This meet brought together hundreds of the top 12 & Under swimmers from 45 different teams in our LSC. Our 5 qualifying swimmers earned top places, Personal Best Times, Zones cuts, 13 new Team records, and carried our small team to an impressive 15th Place. It was an amazing weekend! For a little...

It was a fast weekend of swimming at the New Jersey Swimming 13&Over JO’s at Berkeley Aquatic Center in New Providence. Hundreds of swimmers from 16 teams qualified for and competed at this Prelims/Finals event. Our eight qualifiers had a great showing earning top places, best times, new team records, and more. For their efforts, NJB finished with a combined 8th Place. Zach Bezold qualified in 5 events, and came back to swim Finals in the 100 Breast (8th Place and a new team record), 100 Free, (14th Place) and...

It was a fantastic showing at this season’s NJ Swimming Silver Bronze Championships at Berkeley Aquatics over the weekend. Our 25 attending swimmers had stellar swims with a bunch of Personal Bests, top places, and a lot of fun in the process! In a testament to everyone’s training and a successful season, an incredible 73 of our 92 splashes- almost 80%- were Personal Best Times! Some impressive examples were Marcus Innamorato’s 200 Back (-7.28); Erin Magnotta’s 500 Free (-5.93); Erin McLean’s 200 Back (-8.80); Sabrina Motyka’s 100 IM (-16.10); Will...