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Just a reminder that there are no practices/lessons on Thanksgiving Day (just our Turkey Trials in the am). There are normal practices Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday (make-up). Wishing our entire NJB Family a wonderful Thanksgiving!
It was another great weekend of swimming. This time it was our Senior Groups’ time to shine as 18 of our Barracudas traveled to Newark Academy in Livingston to compete at the TYR Distance Derby. While there was plenty to brag about their performances, the big story was the events they tackled. As the name of the meet implies, events were geared towards longer, more challenging events. Of the 53 splashes swum by our athletes nearly a third of them were first-ever swims that took them out of their comfort...
Are you ready for a challenge? Do you want to swim for a good cause? Come swim at the first annual TURKEY TRIALS and earn your bragging rights! The swim will take place on Thanksgiving morning and last as long as it takes for you to finish your one event. Just one? Oh, that’s easy! This optional challenge is open to all NJB swimmers! When: Thursday 11/28/19 (Thanksgiving Day) Time: 8:00-10:00 am (swimmers leave when finished) Where: TVRC Pool Fee: $5.00 per participant to be invoiced to each participating swimmer....
Swimmers from our Junior and Intermediate groups had an amazing meet at the 2019 Treasure Island meet at Berkeley Aquatics in New Providence over the weekend. Our 27 attending barracudas amassed an array of Personal Best Times, Top Places, Silver and Gold cuts, new team records, and much more. Aside from a long list of impressive accomplishments, many swimmers stepped out of their comfort zone to swim some challenging events. Swims in the 500 Free (Reese Berg, Salome Calderon, Sadie Cornelius, Marcus Innamorato, Nathaniel Kern, Jillian Weinberger, Leah Wilson), 1000...
Team caps ordered through California Beach Hut are in, as are the clothing orders! TeamConnection, the clothing vendor, mistakenly sent ALL items to us instead of shipping them directly to your homes. Anyone who was charged more than $5.00 for shipping should see a refund on your credit card for the difference. If there are any problems with your order, please contact TeamConnection (if you have any problems let us know). We will have all caps and clothing orders at practices on Friday 11/15, Tuesday 11/19, and Friday 11/22.
It was an exciting week at NJB! Along with some challenging training and Halloween, our swimmers took a break for some peer mentoring by our Seniors, and our Juniors and Intermediates hit the (bowling) lanes for a little fun!
We were notified that KRHS will be doing some maintenance in preparation for the upcoming high school season. Please note the following changes to our practice schedule: (This) Saturday 11/2- Practices moved from KRHS to Blair (9:00-11:00 am) Tuesday 11/5 (Last Practice at KRHS until February) Wednesday 11/6- All KRHS practices and lessons moved to Blair Academy until February. All of these changes have been updated on our calendar.
SchoolCraft will be at practices this Tuesday night for Team Pictures. We would like to have all Swim Team members present. Individual shots will be taken of everyone; purchasing pics is optional. You can either pre-pay using the attached order form or you will be given an online code to view/purchase pics from SchoolCraft’s website. 6:45- Swimmers arrive (everyone should be wearing their team suit and the black team “NJB” shirt that was distributed this season). Swimmers will be lined up at this time, so please be prompt. 7:00-7:45 Team/Individual...
Our meet season started off with a bang at the Fall Festival of X-Cellence, hosted by X-Cel Swimming at Princeton University over the weekend. Our 43 attending swimmers joined hundreds of others from 25 teams, kicking off the season with some top places, personal best times, team records, and more. Some events had upwards of 100 swimmers competing in them. Our NJB swimmers made us proud by finishing in the top two heats of their age-group with some great performances by Paityn Bates (14th in 200 IM); Reese Berg (6th...
