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It was another incredible weekend of swimming at the Bergen Barracudas’ Snowflake Meet at Rutgers University. Our swimmers joined hundreds of others from 16 different teams in what turned out to be a busy but successful weekend in the Sonny Werblin pools for all. Our ‘Cudas earned Personal Bests, Top Places, State cuts, set new records, and more. Despite the stiff competition, our swimmers finshed in top places throughout the meet, including 20 Top-3 finishes. Reese Berg was on a roll with a 2nd Place finish in the 100 Breast...
Congratulations to all of our swimmers who participated in our 3rd Annual Turkey Trials! They ventured outside of their comfort zone this Thanksgiving morning swimming in either the 4000 Free, 4000 IM, 2000 Free, or 1000 Free. They not only swam for their bragging rights, but also a great cause- our swimmers raised $280.00 for a local charity! Thanks to everyone for your generosity, and to our swimmers for their efforts! Thank you to our swimmers for being so inspiring, to our parent timers, and to our coaches for all...
Our NJB swimmers had another big pay day(s), this time at the Treasure Island Meet at Berkeley Aquatics in New Providence. They joined the likes of swimmers from LifeTime, Sea Wolves, and BAC for another weekend of fast swimming and fun. Over a third of our swims this weekend finished in the top three, including 22 Firsts earned by Reese Berg (100 Back, 100 Free, 100 IM, 50 Fly, 50 Free); Matt Freund (100 Fly, 100 Free, 200 Fly, 200 Free); Ty Hollar (50 Breast); Ryan Juckett (1000 Free); Jonathan...
Our NEW NJB Clothing line is now open, just in time for holiday shopping! Check out the line of T-shirts, Sweatshirts, fleeces, drag suits, backpack, or our NEW PARKA! Feel free to share with family and friends. This store is easily found right on our SwimOutlet NJB Store for your convenience, and will remain open (unlike other stores in the past that were only open for a short period of time) so folks can pick up NJB swag anytime they wish. Note: SwimOutlet recommends ordering before 11/27 for delivery by...
Our ‘Cudas hits the blocks again at this season’s Monster Splash meet at the Berkeley Aquatic Center for Excellence in New Providence. Despite some ghoulish competition from the few hundred area swimmers, our 26 attending NJB swimmers swam 63 personal bests, 7 new team records, 8 First Places, and a ton of scary-good times in their 117 splashes! Firsts were earned by Reese Berg (100 Breast); Jonathan Kern (100 Free, 100 IM, 50 Back); Nathaniel Kern (100 Free, 200 Fly, 200 Free); and Hannah Wilson (400 IM). Other top three...
Congrats to our swimmers who competed at the Go for the Gold meet at Raritan Valley Community College this past weekend. Hosted by the Bergen Barracudas, there were a few hundred swimmers from eight teams in attendance over the course of the two-day meet. Whether swimming new events, in new age-groups, or capturing personal best times, our swimmers had a great weekend. Of our 120+ splashes over the weekend, more than half finished faster than their seed times and there were a number of top-finishes as well! A special shout-out...
Our swimmers had a great weekend at our season opener at the New York Sharks October Time Trials at the Goshen Aquatic Center, NY. Out of the box, our 16 attending swimmers’ 82 splashes resulted in five maiden swims, 46 Personal Bests, some Team Records, and 10 First Places; setting the table for is bound to be an exciting season! First places were swum by Reese Berg (50 Breast); Jonathan Kern (100 Free); Nathaniel Kern (100 Fly, 50 Fly, 50 Free); Evan Weinberger (100 IM); and Hannah Wilson (100 Back,...
Information about our Fall/Winter season is now published! Check out our Program Guide on our Fall/Winter tab.
Congratulations to Matt Freund for qualifying for USA Swimmings Futures Championships. The meet is at SwimRVA in Richmond, VA from 7/29-8/1. He will be swimming: Thursday- 200 Fly Friday- 400 IM Saturday- 100 Fly We are so proud of Matts accomplishments- swim fast, Matt!
After almost 16 months of meets sidelined by COVID, the Barracudas hit the water once again at the New York Sharks July Time Trials at the Goshen Aquatic Center in NY. Validating their hard work and perseverance during the pandemic, our 12 swimmers swam their hearts out. Swimming 55 Personal Bests of our 71 splashes, some new team records, and a bunch of top places, they proved they were ready to compete again. Matt Freund (200 IM) and Hannah Wilson (100 IM and 50 Free) made us proud with First...


