3 State Champions and Records fall as LIAC dominates
 
What a weekend in Ithaca for the ladies of LIAC who traveled to the New York State Championships!  Three State Champions, Three new state records, five individual state titles, seven top-five finishes, thirteen A-finalists, and twenty four swims overall at finals!  Talk about dominating! 
 
Amanda Agostino, a senior at Sacred Heart raced to a new PB in the 100 Breaststroke in the C-Final.
 
Junior Maggie Aroesty, of Long Beach, was named Outstanding Swimmer of the meet.  Maggie was the state champion in both the 200 IM and the 100 Breaststroke.  Her time in the 100 Breaststroke of 1:00.00 is a new NYS record!  Her 200 IM time of 1:58.49 is just two tenths off the state record, set in 2006 by USA Olympian Julia Smit!  Maggie was also a part of Long Beach’s 200 Medley Relay which crushed the NYS record by two seconds. That relay included two other LIAC swimmers in Kristen Romano and Morgan Harrington.
 
Beth Caruana, a junior at St. Anthony’s High School qualified for the A- Final in the 100 Backstroke and finished 9th overall in the event.
 
Kimmy Chan, a junior at Sewanhaka, was scheduled to be an alternate in the 500 Freestyle finals, but with a late no-show in the event had the opportunity to compete in finals!
 
Annabelle Corcoran, of Port Washington, qualified for two A-Final swims.  She did it in dramatic fashion as well!  Annabelle tied for tenth in the 200 Freestyle in the prelims…which means it was time for a swim off!  Annabelle won the swim off with a new best time of 1:53.41.  Annabelle also swam a new PB in the 500 Freestyle in prelims of 5:02.89.
 
First time qualifier, Julia Courtney qualified for the C-Final in the 500 Freestyle.
 
Junior, Sam Gallego, competed well and qualified for two finals swims.  She swam a new best time in the 200 Freestyle at finals in 1:54.87 to finish 14th in the state.  She also competed in the C-Final of the 100 Breaststroke.
 
Morgan Harrington, combined with Maggie and Kristen to break the state record in the 200 Medley Relay for Long Beach.  Morgan also competed in the B-Final of the 500 Freestyle to finish 13th in the state.
 
Freshman Lauryn Johnson, of Sacred Heart, certainly was not intimidated at her first state meet.  Lauryn finished 2nd in the state in the 100 Butterfly in a new best time of 55.29!  Lauryn also just missed breaking the 5:00 barrier in the 500 Freestyle in prelims with a new PB of 5:00.65.  At finals (twenty minutes after her great 100 Butterfly) Lauryn raced to a 6th place finish in the 500!
 
Stephanie Kaplan, a junior in Bellmore-Merrick, competed in the 200 Freestyle Relay with her team.  Stephanie certainly did her part by swimming a new personal best on her leg of the relay with a 25.63!
 
Claire McNeary, of Manhasset, swam a great 200 IM at finals to finish 4th in the state!  Her time of 2:05.09 is only a half second off the All-American Consideration time.  A great swim!
 
Joanna McNulty, a sophomore at The Mary Louis Academy, swam two personal best times in prelims.  Her 500 preliminary time of 5:04.89 qualified her for the A-Final in the event.  She also competed in the C-Final of the 100 Butterfly after her 58.75 in prelims.
 
Bridget O’Shaughnessy, a first time state qualifier raced into the C-Final of the 200 Freestyle.  She also competed on two relays for Sacred Heart.
 
Kristen Romano, of Long Beach, was not to be outdone by anyone!  The junior won the state title in both the 100 Butterfly (54.76) and the 100 Backstroke (54.28).  Both swims were within tenths of those state records!  Kristen swam a great lead off leg for Long Beach’s record setting Medley relay.  She also swam a 50.87 leading off the 400 Freestyle Relay for LB.
 
Chloe Stepanek, an eighth grader in Northport, held her own at her first state meet.  As one of the youngest competitors in the field, Chloe won the B-Final of the 200 Freestyle, won the C-Final of the 500 Freestyle and led off her 400 Freestyle Relay with a new PB of 53.91.  Not bad for an eighth grader!
 
Senior Cara Treble won the 200 Freestyle with a new public State Record in 1:48.01.  Cara has battled in this event for the last few years and in her senior year took home the gold!  Cara also finished 3rd overall in the 100 Freestyle.  A nice way to end her high school swimming career!
 
Ashley Ye, of Port Washington competed as a first time state qualifier in the 50 and 100 Freestyles!
 
A dominating performance by LIAC indeed! 
 
New Nassau County Records:

1. 200 Freestyle, Cara Treble
2. 200 IM, Maggie Aroesty
3. 100 Butterfly, Kristen Romano
4. 100 Freestyle, Cara Treble
5. 100 Backstroke, Kristen Romano
6. 100 Breaststroke, Maggie Aroesty.

 
Great job ladies, way to represent LIAC well! 
 
Their outstanding performance was recognized in Newsday as well!  Check out the article and great pictures here:  http://www.newsday.com/sports/high-school/swimming/long-beach-s-maggie-aroesty-named-outstanding-swimmer-at-state-meet-1.11151281

Sixteen individual qualifiers and one relay swimmer are headed to Ithaca, NY for states.
 
Swimmers from the National, Elite, and Senior Elite teams have qualified to compete at the New York State championships November 20th- November 21st in Ithaca, NY.  Qualifiers competed at the Nassau County, Suffolk County, and Catholic High School championship meets earlier in November.
 
Congratulations to all of our qualifiers, many of which did not just qualify but will compete for New York State titles.  Last year, LIAC swimmers compiled three individual state titles and five top-three finishes at the state meet.
 
In alphabetical order:
 
Amanda Agostino (Sacred Heart), Sr.
              200 Medley Relay
100 Breaststroke– First time qualifier
Maggie Aroesty (Long Beach), Jr.
              200 Medley Relay – New Nassau County Record
              200 IM – Nassau County Champion
              100 Breaststroke – Nassau County Champion & NY Public School Record
              400 Freestyle Relay
Beth Caruana (St. Anthony’s), Jr.
              200 Medley Relay
              100 Butterfly
              100 Backstroke- Catholic League Champion
Kimmy Chan (Sewanhaka), Jr.
              500 Freestyle – First time qualifier
Annabelle Corcoran (Port Washington), So.
              200 Freestyle
              500 Freestyle- Nassau County Champion
Julia Courtney (St. Francis), Fr.
              500 Freestyle – First time qualifier
Sam Gallego (South Side), Jr
              200 Freestyle
              100 Breaststroke
Morgan Harrington (Long Beach), Sr.
              100 Butterfly
              500 Freestyle
Lauryn Johnson (Sacred Heart), Fr.
              200 Medley Relay
              100 Butterfly- Catholic League Champion
              500 Freestyle- Catholic League Champion
              400 Freestyle Relay
Stephanie Kaplan (Bellmore Merrick), Jr.
              200 Freestyle Relay– First time qualifier
 Claire McNeary (Manhasset), So.
              200 IM
              100 Butterfly
Joanna McNulty (Mary Lewis Academy), So.
              200 IM
              500 Freestyle
Bridget O’Shaughnessy (Sacred Heart), Jr.
              200 Medley Relay
              200 Freestyle– First time qualifier
              100 Freestyle– First time qualifier
              400 Freestyle Relay
Kristen Romano (Long Beach), Jr.
              200 Medley Relay – New Nassau County Record
              100 Butterfly – Nassau County Champion
              100 Backstroke- Nassau County Champion
              400 Freestyle Relay
Chloe Stepanek (Northport), 8
              200 Freestyle – Suffolk County Champion
              100 Butterfly
              400 Freestyle Relay
Cara Treble (Massapequa), Sr.
              200 Freestyle – Nassau County Champion
              100 Freestyle- Nassau County Champion
Ashley Ye (Port Washington), Sr.
              200 Medley Relay
              100 Freestyle- First time qualifier
              200 Freestyle Relay
 
We are looking forward to seeing you all compete next weekend!
              

We're excited to announce that LIAC begins practices in Manhattan this November!

Our New York City practices will be held at the Vanderbilt YMCA (222 East 47th Street) on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. 

Young swimmers age 10 and under who are able to swim 25 yards each in freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke, as well as demonstrate the butterfly, are invited to train with LIAC NYC.

Click here to learn more about LIAC’s record including Olympic Trial and athletic scholarship swimmers.

Swimmers will work with our experienced coaches to improve form, endurance, and competitive mindset, with the goal of swimming with the LIAC team at local, regional, and national meets.

Parents of NYC swimmers can find out more by calling SwimCity at (212) 951-0640 or emailing swim@swim-city.com.