Our swimmers brushed off the cobwebs from the holiday season and dove back into competition at the NJRC New Year's Splash this weekend at the Jersey Aquatic Center in New Providence. One of the big stories at this meet was how many swimmers stepped out of their comfort zone and swam events for the first time; about 20% of our swims were maiden voyages! These yielded some great times and new confidence like swims from Nataasha Bhagaloo (500 Free); Josh Bigora (200 Free); Mia Czinkota (500 Free); Brooklynn Davis (200...

Eastern Express’s Holiday Classic XXXVII is known as the premier mid-season meet in New Jersey. Held at Rutgers University, hundreds of qualifying swimmers from 24 different teams went head-to-head over the three day meet last weekend. Just qualifying for this meet (and getting in) is notable! We had one swimmer competing in the Prelims/Finals portion of the meet, and two more in the Timed Finals portion. Our Timed Finals swimmers had a great weekend. Reese Berg competed in 11 events, earning First Places in three (100 Breast, 200 Breast, 400...

Who: Junior 1 & 2, Intermediates and Prep, Seniors and Prep, Swimmer Families When: Monday, December 30th, 6-8 p.m. Where: Kittatinny High School Pool and Cafeteria Swimmers and coaches will be in the pool from 6-7 for some fun relays; feel free to come on deck and watch the fun and games! Then we will all move into the cafeteria to eat! We are asking every swimmer/family to sign up to bring an item below. Hot items can be brought in foil trays (we will have chafing pans/sternos), crockpots or...

Our swimmers traveled outside of our LSC this past weekend to compete at the Kevin Storr’s Winter Festival at Valley Central High School in Montgomery, NY. It was another amazing meet with some incredible swims, Personal Bests, Top Places, and more. Joining athletes from 14 other teams, out 21 attending swimmers swam tough touching in a slew of top finishes, including top 3 swims by Rylee Bambara (2nds in 100 Back, 100 Free); Reese Berg (2nds in 100 Fly, 100 Free, 200 IM); Julia Dutzi (2nd in 100 Back); and...

Congratulations to all of our swimmers who participated in our 6th Annual Turkey Trials! They ventured outside of their comfort zone this Thanksgiving morning swimming in either the 1000 Free, 2000 Free, 4000, Free, and 5000 Free. They not only swam for their bragging rights, but also a great cause- our swimmers raised $325.00 for Manna House, a local soup kitchen in Newton! 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...

We had a fantastic showing at the 3-day JAC Fall Festival this past weekend! Our 20 attending swimmers faced off against athletes from 10 other clubs. Despite some stiff competition, they rose to the occasion earning top places, a bunch of Personal Bests, and more. Our swimmers' rates of improvement was a real highlight; the percentage/amount was staggering! It exceeds the national rate of improvement averages, far exceeding those in our LSC (NJ Swimming). What a great validation of our training program and of our swimmers and coaches hard work!...

Our first meet of the season at Go for the Gold this weekend exceeded expectations, with some amazing swims, top places, and a bunch of Personal Bests! Despite being the smallest club there, our swimmers performed great, even earning 10 Top-3 finishes! Congrats to our medalists Rylee Bambara (2nd in the 50 Free); Reese Berg (2nd in the 200 Back, 3rd in the 500 Free); Abby Czinkota (2nd in the 200 Back); and Caroline Turner (3rd in the 50 Free). A special shout-out to Ty Holler for not only his...

NJB Coaches attended the 47th Annual Eastern States Coaches Clinic in King of Prussia, PA. One of the most respected swim coaches’ clinics in the United States, coaches enhanced their knowledge and skills through a series of insightful lectures, presentations, and in-water demonstrations by actual Olympians and legendary Olympic coaches. This year’s lineup included: Bob Bowman: Director of Swimming & Diving University of Texas Head Olympic Coach 2024 NCAA Team Champions at Arizona State Coach of Olympic Champions Michael Phelps and Leon Marchand Mark Schubert 8x USA Olympic Coach 53...

It was a busy weekend of swimming at NJ Swimming’s Silver Bronze Championships, with our 13 & Overs competing at Rutgers University and our 12 & Unders hitting the pool at Princeton University. We had some amazing performances at both meets! Our 12 & Unders arrived ready to put their training to the test and finished the meet with 10 Personal Bests out of their 12 splashes, like Anna Apostolou’s 100 Free (-3.14) and 50 Breast (-1.09); Julia Dutzi’s 100 Breast (-4.09); Ethan Rodriguez’s 50 Breast (-2.00); Briella Selby’s 100...

There were some incredible performances at the MAY July Heat Wave at Princeton University over the weekend. Our crew earned 17 Top-8 finishes, with First Places swum by Ty Hollar (200 Back, 1500 Free, 800 Free); Jonathan Kern (100 Free); Nathaniel Kern (100 Fly, 200 Fly, 50 Fly, 50 Free); and Hannah Wilson (100 Back, 200 Back, 50 Back)! Personal Best Times were achieved by Anna Apostolou (-4.72 in the 50 Breast); Ty Hollar (-2.38 in the 200 Back); Jonathan Kern (-0.71 in the 100 Free); Nathaniel Kern (-2.53 in...