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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...
What an incredible showing by our NJB swimmers this past weekend at the Jeffrey S Mace Memorial Summer Sizzle XXXII at Rutgers University. None of our attending 4 swimmers are new to success, but they really knocked it out of the park in this very competitive meet that brought together some of the best swimmers from our LSC, and beyond- the 36 attending teams were from NJ, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Despite only having 4 swimmers in attendance, they certainly made their presence known. Their collective 35...
Congrats to our swimmers Hannah Wilson, Nathaniel Kern, Ty Hollar, and Jonathan Kern who qualified for and competed at the 2024 Eastern Zones Open Water Championships at Beesley’s Point in Marmora, NJ this past weekend. All four swimmers had a blast and some great swims at this open water event! A special congratulations to Hannah for placing 10th in the 5K with a time of 1:17.05, punching her ticket to the 2025 USA Swimming Open Water National Championships at Sarasota, Florida in May 2025! WOW! Congrats, Hannah!
Some amazing swims were swum at the Big CAT LC Challenge at Rutgers University last weekend. Our 12 attending swimmers joined others from 15 other teams, a few from the Mid Atlantic LSC, earning top places, personal bests, and more. A fun time was had by all! Despite our small numbers, our athletes made quite a showing with 40% of our finishes placing in the Top 8 including Ty Hollar (2nd in the 200 Back, 50 Back) and Jonathan Kern (2nd in the 100 Back and 400 IM, 3rd in...
Our swimmers have been putting in the work the last few weeks, which means racing tired. But that didn't stop them from having great races, getting best times, and having fun at this past weekend’s Bring the Heat meet at Rutgers. Our kids joined their peers from 12 other teams for a day of long and fast racing! Many of our swimmers swam events out of their comfort zone, a third of them to be exact, while another third were Personal Bests! There were many big drops, including Jonathan Kern’s...
Our 18 attending swimmers had a great time at the REBEL Metersmania meet at Jersey Aquatic Center in New Providence this past weekend. The meet was very competitive, with athletes from 19 teams in attendance, including swimmers from Aruba and US Army Swimming! Our small band of dedicated swimmers did well, with the girls finishing 10th and the boys finishing 7th! Those impressive places were due to some great scoring swims by Ty Hollar, Jonathan Kern, Nathaniel Kern, Enzo Lombardo, Ethan Rodriguez, Jillian Weinberger, and Hannah Wilson, including 7 First...


