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Congratulations to our own Sam Russell and Jake Riva for their great swims at the Eastern Zones Speedo Super-Sectionals at Rutgers University. They joined hundreds of the top swimmers from around the northeast in a four-day long meet. Sam Russell finished her storied career with some impressive swims in the 200 IM and 200 Breast. She really showed what she’s got in her 100 Breast, nearly hitting a career best time and earning a spot in finals. Jake Riva also had a stellar meet earning his way back for finals...

It was a great weekend of swimming at this summer’s NJ Swimming Silver/Bronze Championships at the Berkeley Aquatic Center of Excellence in New Providence. Our 16 swimmers dove in and earned Top Places, Career Best Times, and even a Junior Olympic cut. Our swimmers stood out in a crowded pool of competitors. Jordan Maruska kicked in Firsts in both the 100 Free and 200 Free. She also took seconds in her 100 Back, 100 Breast, 200 IM, and 400 Free! Nathaniel Kern got in on the action swimming to the...

This past weekend, two of our swimmers qualified for and swam at the 29th Annual Jeffrey Mace Memorial at Rutgers University. The meet was attended by elite swimmers from New Jersey, New England, Connecticut, and Maryland. Just qualifying for this meet was impressive. Congratulations to Jake Riva and Nathaniel Kern for making it into this meet, and for their performances against some quality competition. Jake made finals in two events and had an excellent swim in his 100 Free. Nathaniel took on the tough 100 (Long-course!) Fly and powered through...

Competition wrapped up after three consecutive Fridays of swimming at this season’s Friday Night at the Races, hosted by Berkeley Aquatic Club in New Providence. Our 23 attending swimmers joined their peers from 14 other teams for a meet of fast swimming and earned top places, Career Best Times, and more. It was a great meet for our NJB swimmers. Of our 121 splashes, 59 were Career Best (Long Course) Times; another 39 were our swimmers stepping out of their comfort zones and swimming new long course events! Many of...

Stepping up our training by going long! Nice job to our swimmers as they hit the long course pool for some intense training.... A special thanks to our friends at Berkeley Aquatic Center of Excellence in New Providence for sharing their beautiful facility with us!

We've been able to acquire some pool time to make-up for the lost practices this week due to the storms: SWIM TEAM (Juniors, Intermediates, and Seniors)- This Saturday 9:00-11:00 am @Blair LESSONS (Beginners) -We will be adding on an additional night on 7/17 (same times/place) The NJB calendar has been updated...

Just a reminder that Friday night's practice will be on Saturday from 12:00-1:30 at Berkeley Aquatics for long-course training. Per calender, the other dates are: Saturday 6/8 Sunday 6/16 Address: Berkeley Aquatic Club 629 Central Ave, New Providence, NJ 07974, USA There may be additional dates at Lake Mohawk Pool TBA...

With a sign that summer is indeed on its way, our first meet of the Long Course season was a big success! Our 14 attending swimmers joined their peers from 9 other teams at the May Warmup Meet at Rutgers University this past Saturday. Our Barracudas earned Career Best times, top places, Gold times, and more! The 10 & Unders got things started with Personal Best Long-Course times in all of their splashes by Paityn Bates (-6.22 in the 100 Free, -3.07 in the 50 Free); Ryan Juckett (-8.31 in...

With May 1st in the books, many of our seniors have committed to swim for their schools in September. Lafayette College, Rochester Institute of Technology, East Stroudsburg University, Ramapo College, Husson University, Montclair University, and The College of New Jersey are all lucky to have them join their rosters! Good luck to them all!

A fellow NJ coach quipped, “Tell your kids to slow down!” NJB was well- represented at this season’s Eastern Zones Speedo Sectionals at Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY. Our 10 swimmers joined hundreds of the region’s top swimmers from the other attending 131 teams over the four day event. Our new little team earned impressive team scores with our girls finishing 36, our boys finishing 18, and a combined team 25th Place finish. Their 43 splashes yielded 24 Career Best Times, top finishes in Finals, and 12 new Team Records!...