It was an exciting weekend of swimming at the NJ Swimming Silver/Bronze Championships at Berkeley Aquatics in New Providence. Our 28 attending swimmers rocked the blocks! Our Barracudas had 89 splashes over the weekend, with 52 (58%) of them being Personal Best (LC) times! Of those, 10 exceeded 5 seconds of improvement. Some of these swims were by Zach Bezold in the 200 Breast (-7.37); Ryan Juckett in the 100 Breast (-25.96); Jonathan Kern in the 50 Free (-5.68); Nathaniel Kern in the 100 Fly (-11.97); Jessica Kiederling in the...

Aloha! Our swimmers competed at the Scarlet Luau Meet at Princeton University over the weekend, once again swimming personal best times, top places, and more! Regarding times, in most cases the entry times used were converted Short Course times. Comparing swimmers’ best Long Course times to this weekend’s results (apples to apples), there were 39 Career Best Times (approximately 40% of swims) swum by Jillian Berg (200 Free, 200 IM, 50 Free); Peyton Berg (100 Free, 200 Free, 200 IM, 50 Breast, 50 Fly, 50 Free); Reese Berg (100 Breast,...

Swimmers hit the water some early morning training at the Lake Mohawk Pool. It was a beautiful morning to rack up some distance in the long course pool! Nice work, everyone!

Night two of Friday Night at the Races at Berkeley Aquatic yielded more great swims! Our ‘Cudas grabbed finishes up front with 18 Top-10 places by Jake Riva (2nd in 50 Free and 200 IM); Nathaniel Kern (3rd in 50 Free); Zach Bezold (3rd in 50 Free, 4th in 50 Breast, 5th in 200 IM); Reese Berg (3rd in 100 Breast, 4th in 50 Back); Jake Leddy (5th in 50 Breast, 8th in 50 Free, 7th in 200 IM); Jordan Maruska (4th in 50 Back, 6th in 100 Breast); Haley...

Our first meet of the Long Course season kicked off last night at the first of three Friday Night at the Races at Berkeley Aquatic Center in New Providence. Swimmers of all ages from 9 different teams hit the water for a night of great swimming. Our attending swimmers came home with Career Best Times, Top Places, first-ever swims, and more. Typically long course meets aren’t the place known for personal best times; the course is not only a longer distance, but the lack of walls physically taxes swimmers in...

Our 2018 Barracudas Banquet will be on Friday, April 20, 2018 at the Farmstead Golf & Country Club in Lafayette. Please join us celebrating another successful season. It will be a fun night of food, dancing, awards, and more! For more information, check your email and our Meets/Events page. Hope to see you there!!!

Our 15 and overs not only had a great season with us this year, they also contributed significantly to their high school teams’ successes. With numerous school records broken, ‘Athletes of the Month’ earned, League Conference honors bestowed, top places at championships meets, as well as other accolades, a bunch of our swimmers were recently recognized in the NJ Herald. NJ Herald Girl Swimmer of the Year- Sam Russell NJ Herald Boy Swimmer of the Year- Jake Riva NJ Herald All-Area ( Link to boys, Link to girls) First Team...

Samantha Russell and Jake Riva traveled to Ithaca College for a 4 day weekend of fast swimming at the 2018 Speedo Sectionals. Hundreds of the region’s top swimmers from the over 100 teams in attendance earned their spot in this prestigious meet. Some of the current record-holders for this meet are names like Michael Phelps and Rebecca Soni. Just qualifying for this meet is an accomplishment. And both swimmers traveled home smiling… Sam swam 5 Career Best Times, making it to Finals in her 100 Breast, 200 Breast, and 200...

Some of the top swimmers in the LSC came together last weekend for some fast swimming at the NJ Swimming Senior Open Championships at Berkeley Aquatic Center, in New Providence. Our 7 qualifying swimmers faced off against peers from 32 teams; the boys finished 11th and the girls 15th. The Barracudas 35 splashes yielded 12 Career Best Times, 9 new Team Records, trips to finals, and some top places. Andrea Carlson made it back to finals for her 100 and 200 Back, finishing 16th and 19th respectively, and scoring 7...

We are proud of our 5 swimmers for qualifying for this season’s 11-14 JOs at Rutgers University over the weekend. They joined hundreds of swimmers from about 60 different teams for a weekend of fast swimming. Our Barracudas Jillian Berg, Zach Bezold, Anthony Carlson, Jordan Maruska, and Sydney Mills did not disappoint. Of their 24 swims, 19 were Career Best Times for about 53 seconds of improvement collectively. Despite having a tough itinerary over the weekend that included 750 yards of Fly, Jillain Berg made finals in the 400 IM...