Laura Ehrenreich was a long-time coach and team administrator for the Swimkins Synchronized Swim Team, She refused to accept payment and volunteered her time coaching swimmers from novice to the elite level. Her passion for the sport of artistic (synchronized) swimming, tireless work ethic, and unwavering belief in her athletes inspired generations of athletes. Coach Laura left an indelible mark on everyone she coached. Many athletes attribute their success in life to her, as she was not only their coach, but a mentor who guided so many with patience, kindness,...

Swimkins is thrilled to announce, we are the recipient of a grant from the Bauer Family Foundation! This educational grants monies will be used to specifically focus on the training of new coaches and to further hone the skills of our current coaches! We recognize that our team growth is limited by the number of available trained coaches and have been actively seeking ways to address this issue. The Bauer Family Grant will allow us to bring in Artistic Swimming specialists to help our coaches and athletes develop and expand...

Our season ended with lots of excitement at the Junior Olympics in beautiful Portland, Oregon. It was a spectacular venue, accompanied by unbelievably nice weather! The 12U and Youth teams competed first. They had some strong performances, highlighted with our Youth teams athlete's impressive 7th place finish in the Solo division. The Junior team had strong swims with great scores, placing top 4 in all but one event! The highlight for team was winning the Bronze medal in the Team Free event. Caite and Jamie ended the year with a...

Swimkins alumni Carly Ermer, swimming with the University of Incarnate Word Cardinals, won the NCAA National Championship in Artistic Swimming. UIW won its first ever national championship, defeating powerhouse programs including Stanford, Ohio State, Florida, UCLA, and Wheaton College. Swimkins actively assists our athletes in preparing and earning placement and scholarships in NCAA Division I, II and III programs in universities across the United States. Swimkins currently have four athletes competing at the collegiate level. Ashley Latchford - Texas Woman's University , Angelie Roger and Taylor Sullivan at The Ohio...

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the USA Artistic Swimming Foundation for their invaluable grant support, enabling us to establish and develop our novice program. The remarkable achievements of our athletes and the expertise and resilience of our coaching staff owe a great deal to this generous support. Providing children with the opportunity to learn swimming skills and embrace healthy lifestyle choices holds profound importance for us, and we are immensely grateful for the chance to make a positive impact in their lives.

The team’s coaches and board of directors wanted to give everyone a recap of the our success for this seasons final competition. The 2023 Junior Olympics were held June 28-July 3 in Hampton Virginia. Our athletes traveled down with their respective age groups and were housed in two different short term vacation rental homes. While at their houses, the girls had chaperone(s) who prepared home cooked meals and kept them organized and on schedule. The girls ate, slept, practiced and lived together as a team. Each group was able to...

Although we started the year surrounded by many unforeseen obstacles and constant change due to the pandemic, Swimkins had a great deal of success in the 2021 season. All of our swimmers took part in several local, regional, and zone competitions (some in-person and some virtual), which gave them an opportunity for growth and experience. The Junior athletes’ four-man routine of Olivia Biesinger, Olivia Canna, Carly Ermer, and Angelie Roger competed virtually at the East Zone competition in March, placing 4th with their technical team and 5th place with the...

Once again, another Swimkins athlete has been named to Team USA. In June, Ashley Latchford was named to the Junior National Team training squad. This past September Ashley committed to the team and moved to California, where she is training full time with the top swimmers in the country. Training with Team USA is rigorous. Athletes train up to 8 hours a day, and then they complete online coursework for their high schools. “It is really hard and exhausting, but I like training with the top synchro swimmers in the...

This summer, ten young athletes traveled to Windsor, Canada to represent the United States in the 2019 UANA Pan American Artistic Swimming Championships. Of the ten athletes named to the team, three of them were Buffalo Swimkins: Mia Canna, Caitlin McNamara and Jamie Starck. They trained in Las Vegas over the summer with head coach Ludi Perrin and former Olympian Leah Pinette. Their energetic routine, swam to a mix of Aretha Franklin’s hits, earned them the bronze medal. Canna, McNamara and Starck trained hard all season and went through four...

The Swimkins’ combo routine, swimming to the music of “West Side Story,” won the gold medal for the fourth year in a row at the 2019 Junior Olympics for Synchronized Swimming, hosted in Tonawanda last week. Over 2000 swimmers from all over the US attended various competitions in their respective age groups throughout the week. The combo routine consisted of Megan Beers (Clarence), Olivia Biesinger (Williamsville), Olivia Canna (Depew), Isabelle Lange (Clarence), Ashley Latchford (Buffalo), Madison Lavocat (Clarence), Angelie Roger (Lancaster), Taylor Sullivan (Lakeview), and Barb Williams (Clarence). No other...