The Junior Team consists of Swimmers who have the skills necessary to complete a workout with their peers. The emphasis in this group is on technique, building endurance, and racing. Practice is offered 3 times a week.  Practice is not mandatory,  but is simply encouraged.  Swimmers on the Junior team will compete in swim meets in events deemed appropriate by the coaching staff.  We offer the Junior team in both of our locations, Garden City and Syosset.

Epiantanida@longislandswimming.com - Emmy Piantanida is the Head Coach is Garden City
Dbrendel@longislandswimming.com  - Danielle Brendel is the Head Coach in Syosset                     


Junior Team kicked off our Australian challenge recently with their 500 yard swim! Congrats to all who swam! We are humbled and thankful for the outpouring of support for this cause. Let’s keep going LIAC! There are still many more groups left to swim- let’s see what we can do!

The Drive to Reach Success

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PAIN. FEAR. PASSION. DESIRE. HARD WORK.
There are many words to describe what the Junior team swimmers have experienced during their successful short course season. Since September they have dedicated many hours mastering their turns and finished at the walls,  stroke technique, and underwater kicking. On March 22nd at their Championship meet their efforts were put to the test. Junior team swimmers love to race and are super competitive with each other. This helped fuel the athletes with enthusiasm at the meet to receive multiple best times!

On April 4th we surprised the group with a delicious, sweet, and savoury breakfast after practice. Cookies and cupcakes were mixed with lots of medals and big smiles on all of the swimmers' faces.

Long course season is in full bloom and we can’t wait to see how fast and competitive all of Junior will be when we hit the blocks on June 2nd at our first Long Course Meet!

No Snow Can Hold Junior Back!

NOT EVEN SNOW was able to stop Junior team at the Hydro Invitational at Lehman College. The early rise did not slow down our 12 & under girls and boys who swam and received personal best times. Those who swam in individual medleys were fantastic! The swimmers really worked hard to complete the correct turns at each wall.
All of the hard work in practice with distance freestyle sets seems to be starting to pay off. Junior received wonderful results in the 200 freestyle swims! Our 13 -14 girls and boys swam with passion and drive, racing well  in the 200 individual medley and freestyle events!
However, we are back in the water and are ready to challenge ourselves with new sets, practices and drills. We will continue to remember little things in practice each day- underwaters, no breathing within the flag zone, and sharp turns.
​Job well done and keep up with all the hard work!

Congrats On Our First Meet Junior Team!

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Shout out to the Junior Team! Our first meet on Saturday October 7th was a fantastic and exciting one.  All the swimmers put their hearts into their races.  All of our hard work in practice could be seen in the results.  If streamlines are any indication of where we are headed this season, then we are headed for success!  We are back in the water focusing on technique, endurance, push-offs, and kicking.  We are excited for our next meet which will be November 4-5 at Iona College.   Keep swimming with happiness in your hearts... your coaches are so proud of you!