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Island Aquatic Club invites all Long Island Swimmers with National and
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Island Session II ends on Saturday 12/20 not Friday 12/19 |
Please call the office for a 2008-09 try out - 378-8467 |
Please call the office for a 2008-09 try out - 378-8467 |
| An Overview/ Directions | Red Team | |
| Program Information | White Team | |
| Meet the Staff | ||
| Junior A | ||
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October & November 2008
Practices (updated
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| LIAC SWIMMERS PARTICIPATE IN SWIM ACROSS AMERICA | ||
LONG ISLAND AQUATIC CLUB 2008 LONG COURSE JUNIOR OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS Congratulations to the 10&U and 11&12 Girls who both took first place - The 10&U girls and boys took second and the 11&12's combined took first. Cathy Tan led the 10&U girls placing second in the high point competition. Cathy took home 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals. Olivia Cohen swam 6 personal bests placing her 6th in the overall high point for the age group. MaryAnn Lennon also swam 6 personal bests placing her 11th in the high point. Georgia Piantanida took home the bronze medal in the 400 free. Cara Treble and Fineloa Heaney swam 6 out of 7 personal bests while Natalie Ng had a perfect meet of 6 out of 6 personal bests. Congratulations to the other 10&U girls who each achieved at least one personal best, Cassidy Zawatson, Julia Pusteri, Amanda Agostino, Pamela Leon, Catherine Killgalen, Stephanie Kaplan and Allegra Sodi. The 10&U boys were led by Dylan VanManen who took home the bronze medal in the 400 free and was 9th in the overall high point competition. Jeffrey McNeary was 11th in the high point. Congratulations to Ryan Brown, Alec Huang, Zachary Leng and Emanual Cohen who each achieved personal bests and contributed to the success of the relays. The 11&12 girls were led by Stephanie Lehner who took 3rd in the overall highpoint competition. Stephanie took home 2 silver medals and 4 bronze medals, she swam 8 out of 9 personal bests. Zoe Gregorace was the top 11 year old in the meet taking home the gold in the 200 breaststroke, the silver in the 100 breaststroke and 6th in the overall highpoint. Trudi Patrick took home a silver medal in the 50 breast and 50 free and was 7th in the overall. Molly Treble's outstanding 4:52.62 400 free took her to second place, Molly finished the meet as the 3rd overall 11 year old and 14 overall in the 11-12 age group. Katrina Bamba took home the bronze in the 200 back, her times in the 50 and 100 back gave her two more events for zones. Katrina finished 15 in the overall. Congratulations to Jaime Boyko and Alexandra Dolido for their perfect meet with personal bests. The 11-12 400 medley relay won the gold with a team record of 4:56.93. They shattered the previous record of 5:25.31. The 11&12 boys were led by Eric Wang who took 8th in the overall, a new zone time in the 200 fly, a silver in the 200 fly and a bronze in the 100 fly. Anthony Istomin was 9th in the overall. His bronze in the 50 and 200 breaststroke helped him get there. Nick Mu finished 14th overall and was the 3rd 11 year old male. Nick took home the bronze in the 400 IM. Kyle Zarriello had an outstanding meet with 7 out of 8 personal bests. Congratulations to all the Senior Group Swimmers who swam at JO's this past weekend. Most of the swimmers swam best times, or were just off their bests. The 13 and over relays did well, placing in the top 8 in every relay they raced. A special congratulations to Tom Cooke for making a zone cut in the 50 free. Congratulations to Alexa, Tom, Juleen, Natalie, Jack, Brian, Ryan A., Dennis, Sarah, Ken, Kyle, Ryan V., Jordan, Elizabeth, Andrew, Geeyane, Jake, Phillip, Niki, Oliver, and Vance on a fantastic season of setting goals, working hard and acheiving amazing results! You have all worked very hard and the results show it. Congratulations to each and every one of you!! Good luck to all the Zone swimmers next week!!! GO FOR IT!!! |
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CONGRATULATIONS DAPHNE SKELOS, ELIZABETH GOLDSON and EMILY KELLY FOR YOUR SUCCESSFUL SWIMS AT THE OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS. DAPHNE SKELOS swam 4 event and had 4 best times- ending her meet with a 200 backstroke semi-final swim. The time of 2:12.70 swam in the prelims is a team record. We are so proud of you Daphne!!! LIZ GOLDSON swam a best time in the 400 freestyle and placed 13th!! GREAT JOB GIRLS! LIAC WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WISH A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO JULIA SMIT FROM TVSC for making the OLYMPIC TEAM IN THE 800 Free relay!!! |
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2 MORE LIAC RECORDS FALL AT JUNIOR MET 2 CONGRATULATIONS CATHY TAN for breaking the 10&U girls 200 IM with a time of 2:50.90 ZOE GREGORAGE for breaking the 11-12 girls 200 breast with 2:56.18
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LET'S HEAR IT FOR ANOTHER GREAT WEEKEND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW 11-12 200M FLY RECORD HOLDER - Stefanie Lehner 13 New 12&U Zone cuts were made this past weekend. Bringing the total for the 14 athtletes to 48 events. Special Congratulations to Katrina Bamba for securing her seat to Maryland this August with her first cut in the 11-12 200 M Backstroke. The 12&U's brought home 23 gold medals, 16 silver medals and 22 bronze medals. Congratulations Gold Medal winners; Zachary Leng (8&U 50 & 100 free, 50 back and 50 fly), Cathy Tan (10&U 200 Free, 200 IM, 100 BR and 100 Back), Dylan VanManen (10 &U 200 IM and 100 free), Jeffrey McNeary (10&U 50 free and 50 Back), Trudi Patrick (11-12 50 Back and 50 Breast), Zoe Gregorace (11-12 100 Breast), Nick Mu (11-12 50 and 100 back, 200 IM and 100 fly), Hajin Choi (11-12 200 back) and Anthony Istomin (11-12 50 and 100 Breast) Congratulations Silver Medal winners; Renee Nakkab (8&U 50 Breast), Michael Gregorace (8&U 50 fly, 50 back and 100 free), Cathy Tan (10&U 50 breast), Katrina Bamba (11-12 100 back), Diane Li (11-12 50 breast), Jessica Arana (10&U 50 fly, 50 & 100 back, 100 breast and 200 IM), Dylan VanManen (10&U 50 fly and back), Anthony Istomin (11-12 100 back), Hajin Choi ( 50 free) and Elizabeth Eastman (13-14 200 fly) Congratulations Bronze Medal winners; Renee Nakkab (8&U 50 back and 50 fly), Michael Gregorace ( 8&U 50 back), Jessica Arana (9-10 50 Breast), MaryAnn Lennon ( 9-10 50 back and 50 fly), Emanuel Cohen ( 9-10 50 back), Jeffrey McNeary (9-10 50 fly and 100 back), Katrina Bamba (11-12 50 and 200 back), Zoe Gregorace (11-12 50 breast), Trudi Patrick ( 11-12 100 Breast, free and back), Stefanie Lehner (11-12 200 fly and 200IM), Gabby Olazabal (11-12 100 fly), Nick Mu (11-12 200 fly), Eric Wang (11-12 200 IM), Anthony Istomin (11-12 200 back), Hajin Choi (11-12 100 free) and Gabbie Toback (13-14 100 back) Congratulations to all the athletes on many PB's. A total of 41 JO times were swum this past weekend. Back to work for a few weeks so we can get the cuts at the end of the month. KEEP IT UP - YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!!!! |
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| Check out the Senior Swimmers of the Summertime Classic - Congratulations Alex Leonardo and Michael Giovaniello!! Keep up the great work | ||
Congratulations to the new 11-12 female 200m Breaststroke recordholder Zoe Gregorace. The Spring Kickoff - WHAT AN EVENT Congratulations to everyone who did an event for the first time and to those who achieved a PB. There were so many - GREAT JOB - SWIM FAST - SWIM LIAC |
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| LIAC Swimmers taking home some medals as they Represent Metro at the Zone Meet | ||
The first day of the Zone Meet was successful for Sean Sullivan, Gabby Borutence, Maggie Johns, Patrick Yang and Nick Spinella. Sean raced to a personal best in his 400 IM with a 4:15.26 giving him the silver medal! Gabby's 1:09.43 was right at her best time placing her 4th in the 100 breast. Maggie's time in the 1000 free was good enough for a 7th place finish. Her time of 11:01.36 was also right at her best time. Patrick's personal best of 55.70 in the prelims of the 100 fly was good enough to get him into finals. The 55.97 he swam at night placed him 8th and was a second best time. Congratulations to the individual medals. Nick Spinella had a solid anchor leg off the winning 400 Free Relay. Nick's 48.30 is well under a second of his individual personal best. Second day, Second Silver for Sean Sullivan. Sean's 1:59.79 in the 200 IM was a personal best. In the 15-18 200 breaststroke Gabby finished in 4th with a 2:29.60. Nick Spinella takes an individual bronze medal with a 54.49 in his 100 back. Nick Spinella takes home two individual silver medals on the last day of competition. Nick's 1:56.38 in the 200 back and 48.29 in his 100 free were both great swims, the 100 free was a PB. Great meet Nick. Sean finished his meet with a personal best and the gold in the 200 fly with a 1:58.14. Congratulations Sean, great meet and a team record in the 200 fly. Maggie John's had an awesome 1650. Taking off nearly 30 seconds to go 17:51.44 got her the silver medal. Way to Go Maggie!!!!! Michael Lennon showed up for the mile and took home a seventh place medal with a 17:03.91. Patrick Yang and Cady Zawatson both took home an 8th place individual medal on the last day. Cady's 18:14.98 in the mile and Patrick's 50.67 in the 100 free were great swims. Congratulations to everyone. Great way to end the season. |
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| NCSA Junior National Swimming Championships | ||
LIAC had a great first day of swimming. Emily Kelly won the 1650 in a meet record setting time of 16:07.43. This time is also an all time fastest swim for LIAC. Julia Festa was 7th in the event with a 16:46.56. Sean Lane took 8th in the 1000 with a 9:15.11. The second day was just as successfull. Both the Men and Women's 800M Free Relays took home the bronze medal. Julia Festa, Jenna Daly, Erica Derlath and Emily Kelly raced to a 8:30.14 to touch out the 4th place team of 8:30.39. Nick Cerra led off the Men's relay with a personal best time followed by Chris Finnegan, Sean Lane and Jack Wagner. Their time of 7:50.01 touched out Curl Burke's 7:50.28. Emily Kelly continued to swim to personal success on the third day. The 200 M Free was a great race, winning the last 50 is always the best way to win this event. Emily's 2:02.44 outtouched the second place time of 2:02.53. Jack's personal best of 1:55.20 placed him in 5th. Day four showed LIAC's distance lane. Six second swims in the 500 free!! Five out of six best times at night. Emily Kelly takes home another gold with a 4:17.48 in the 400 M free. The meet is over and LIAC finishes in 7th place overall. Great place considering the only relays we competed in were the 800M Free Relays. Jack represented the sprint lane finishing off his meet with a personal best in the 50M free with a 24.13 placing 12th overall. Great meet Jack!!! Megan, Ashley, Julia, Emily and Jonathon each swam a personal best in their distance event today. Emily's PB got her another Gold medal and the Olympic Trial cut in the 800M Free!! Julia's PB got her an 8th place medal - Way to go Julia!!! Sean finished his mile in 16:01.12, a 4th place medal, YEAH Sean! Congratulations Emily Kelly for winning the overall High Point Award. This award is given to the athlete who has accumulated the most points throughout the course of the meet. Emily won this award swimming one less event than her competitors. Great Job Emily!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU!! WE ARE SO PROUD OF ALL YOU HAVE DONE THIS SEASON!!! |
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| Nine LIAC Swimmers will Represent Metro at the Zone Meet | ||
| CONGRATULATIONS - Jessica Arana, Gabby Borutecene, Rachel Cho, Maggie Johns, Michael Lennon, Nick Spinella, Sean Sullivan, Patrick Yang and Cady Zawatson. Good Luck - we wish you the best!!!! | ||
| NE Speedo Champion Series | ||
CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION The meet was a great success because of the wonderful people who volunteered. Thank you for your time and energy. |
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| LIAC 8&Unders Shine at their Championships | ||
| Congratulations Zachary Leng- under 7, Cassidy Zawatson - under 8 and Danielle Cohen - under 6 for taking home the 3rd place trophy in their age group. | ||
| WHAT'S NEW FOR 2008 | ||
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| LIAC News updated 1/24/08 | ||
Natalie Leitman and Kenneth LI, Congratulations!! You were both the Silver Championship Swimmer of the Meet!!! 19 additional swimmers head to JO's 3/12/08 14 swimmers from the IMX meet bring home top honors 3/12/08 Congratulations Stephanie DiPreta, Mallorie Larson, Dennis Crilly and Hember Salcedo - Senior Swimmers of the Badger IMX Meet 2/20/08 Senior Swimmers of the MLK meet 1/24/08 LIAC National team competes well at the Burgdorff Invite 1/18/08 Kelly wins TWO SILVER MEDALS for the USA in Victoria, Australia 1/18/08 LIAC Seniors Shine in CT1/11/08 |
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| 2007 A GREAT YEAR FOR LIAC 8/29/07 | ||
| LIAC Succeeds at Eastern Zone Championships 8/26/07 | ||
| LIAC WINS 2007 EASTERN SUPER SECTIONALS 7/26/07 | ||
| KELLY qualifies for USA National Junior Team 4/10/07 | ||
| LIAC's athletes: Swimming Strong at Eastern Zones 3/31/07 | ||
| LIAC swimmers to compete at 2007 Senior Nationals 3/20/07 | ||
| LIAC: 2007 Metro Junior Olympic CHAMPIONS 3/20/07 | ||
| Pool News | ||
| SECTIONAL SPONSORSHIP 2/6/08 | ||
| Meet Sponsor Forms 11/5/06 | ||
| MINUTES FROM POOL PLANNING MEETING 8/22/06 | ||
| MINUTES FROM POOL PLANNING MEETING 4/25/06 | ||
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