Metropolitan Swimming, Inc.

Welcome To Metropolitan Swimming Inc.

Mission: Metropolitan Swimming shall promote, develop and improve competitive swimming through education, support and opportunities for participation to a diverse swimming community.

Vision: To inspire and provide quality opportunities for our members to achieve excellence in the sport of competitive swimming.

Metropolitan Swimming, Inc. (Metro - MR) is a Local Swim Committee (LSC) member of USA-Swimming. Metro is a non-profit organization whose objectives and primary purpose shall be the education, instruction and training of individuals to develop and improve their capabilities in the sport of swimming. Metro shall promote swimming for the benefit of swimmers of all ages and abilities, in accordance with the standards, rules, regulations, policies and procedures of FINA, USA Swimming, and Metro and its Articles/Certificate of Incorporation. Read more . . .

Reminder
BOD and HOD Meeting - Wednesday May 16 at Lehman College APEX

Board of Directors meeting: 5:30 PM sharp

House of Delegates meeting: 7:00 PM - Elections and Short Course Season Bid Meeting

May 14, 2012

2012 Scholastic All-American Application Period Is From June 1 to August 15

The application process for the 2012 Scholastic All-American Team is now done online. Applicants must log into their USA-Swimming account, go to the appropriate web page and complete the new online application. More information

May 10, 2012

2012 Metro Hall of Fame Dinner Recap

The annual Metropolitan Swimming Hall of Fame dinner was held Thursday, May 3 at Riccardo's by the Bridge Restaurant, The 2012 Inductees were Monique Grayson and Barry Roffer.

Recap / More pictures

2012 HoF Inductees Monique Grayson and Barry Roffer

May 4, 2012

Metropolitan Swimming House of Delegates Meeting May 16, 2012

Elections and Bid Meeting

Technical Planning Proposals

May 9, 2012

Congratulations to Metro Swimmers Selected for Eastern Zone Select Camp

Congratulations to Cara Treble from Long Island Aquatic Club, Kylie Danin from Islanders Aquatics, Carly Cummings from Condors Swim Club, and Daniel DiGiacomo from Empire Swimming for being selected to 2012 Eastern Zone Select Camp at UMBC in Maryland May 31 to June 3.

Information about USA-Swimming swim camps and selection procedures.

May 4, 2012

2012 National Diversity Select Camp in Colorado Springs

Congratulations to Jessica Arana from Long Island Aquatic Club for being selected as one of 36 athletes to the 2012 National Diversity Select Camp in Colorado Springs this weekend. The participating athletes achieved posted qualifying time standards and eligibility requirements. The 3-day camp program includes a combination of pool training, motivational and education sessions, and team building activities.

May 2, 2012

19th World Maccabiah Games in July of 2013 in Israel

The US delegation to the 2013 Maccabiah Games is looking for swimmers for Open and Junior teams. Please visit www.maccabiusa.com for more information and application.

April 30, 2012

Make-a-Splash in Mount Vernon with Olympic Silver Medalist Maritza Correia

All USA Swimming members, teams, coaches, family members and friends are invited to Make-A-Splash on May 26th at the Mount Vernon street festival. Olympic silver medalist Maritza Correia will be on hand to talk to swimmers, sign autographs and take pictures. There will also be a number of national and local organizations at this festival. In addition to free games, prizes and food, families can take advantage of an opportunity to learn how to live healthier lifestyles. Speedo has donated a number of swimsuits to be given away at this event.

Anyone interested in volunteering or helping out at the event, please contact John Yearwood at john.yearwood@metroswimming.org

Event flyer Press release

April 16, 2012

2012 Metropolitan Swimming Diversity Clinic
With Anthony Ervin, 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist

100 aspiring swimmers attended the 3rd annual Metro Diversity Clinic this past Sunday at the Ossining Aquatics Center in Ossining, Westchester County. 2000 Olympic gold medalist in 50 free, Anthony Ervin, was one of the clinicians. He told the swimmers about becoming an Olympic Champion: "It wasn't a quick process. I didn't go from you," he said, pointing to the swimmers, "to an Olympic medalist."

USA-Swimming web site interview with Elliot Ptasnik of the Manhattan Makos
Event article and videos on luhud.com

April 14, 2012

Metro All Star Training Trip April 11 to 15 to Deerfield Beach, Florida

The first-annual Metropolitan Swimming sponsored 12-&-Over Metro All-Star training trip to Deerfield Beach Florida in underway. Team selection was based on the highest power points for the 2011 year.

Athletes:
Julian Mackrel - Northern Dutchess Aquatic Club
Kyle Barry - Team Suffolk
Roger Dent - Long Island Aquatic Club
Maia Hare - Manhattan Makos
Christian Yeager - Long Island Aquatic Club
Justin Plaschka - Team Suffolk
Molly Treble - Long Island Aquatic Club
Robert Hutton - Patriot Swim Club
Jack Carey - New York Sharks Aquatics
Evan Zhang - Gateway Swimming
Matthew Devito - Team Suffolk
Julianne Koch - Team Suffolk
Emily Escobedo - Condors Swim Club
Morgan Fairclough - New York Sharks Aquatics
Nicole Ciavarella - Condors Swim Club
Nicole Papsco - Happauge Swim Club
Brittany Friese - Newburgh Sharks
Ryan Wagner - Condors Swim Club
Lindsay Schlichte - Long Island Aquatic Club
Jessica Arana - Long Island Aquatic Club

Coaches:
Christa Narus - Hauppauge Swim Club
Alana Sprow - Team Suffolk
John Alaimo - New York Sharks Aquatics
Don Wagner - Condors Swim Club

April 12, 2012

USA-Swimming's latest Open Water event sanctioning process

Sanction process Sample application Blank application

April 4, 2012

USA Swimming Announces SwimToday Campaign to Grow Participation

USA-Swimming's press release

March 28, 2012

Submitting Amendents to USA-S Rules and Regulations

All proposed amendments to USA-Swimming rules and regulation should be submitted to Dan McAllen, Rules & Regulations Committee Chair, before May 15, 2012. If you have questions, please contact Dan McAllen at mcalleniii@sbcglobal.net. More information

March 15, 2012

Interpretation of USA Swimming Rules Article 101.2.3 (breaststroke)

On March 7, 2012, FINA issued an interpretation of the breaststroke rule covering the initiation of the arm pull. Obviously, this interpretation also applies to correctly judging the timing of the single butterfly kick which may follow initiation of the arm pull.

Interpretation of breaststroke pull-out

January 19, 2012

Time Line for Metro Club Achievement Program

January 19	Program application available to all Metropolitan Swimming clubs
February 20	Program applications due from clubs to Metropolitan Swimming
March 20	All clubs notified of their status by Metropolitan Swimming Grant applications sent to all qualifying clubs
April 15	All grant applications due to Metropolitan Swimming from qualifying clubs
May 16	Grant awards announced at House of Delegates Meeting

Coach - Non-Ahlete Registration Requirements

Only 2012 registered non-Athletes are allowed on the pool deck after January 1, 2012. If you have not registered for 2012, or one of your coaching certifications has expired, you are uninsured and cannot be on pool deck for USA-S club practices or USA-S meets.

Athlete Protection Training (APT) is a new certification required for getting your 2012 non-Athlete registration card.

USA-Swimming Coach Requirements Document updated and clarified January 10 2012 by Cathy Durance

Links to Background Check APT Training

May 13, 2012

Metropolitan LSC Class of 2012 Athlete Recognition

When an athlete commits to a college, email name, team, and college to web.master@metroswimming.org

Gregg Byrne	NYSA	St Bonaventure University NY	Morgan Karetnick	BGNW	Princeton University NJ
En-Wei Hu-Van Wright	AGUA	Princeton University NJ	Dani Sims	AGUA	Cornell University NY
Angela Sun	AGUA	Williams College MA	Annie Zhu	AGUA	University of Georgia GA
Rachel Kessler	BAD	University of Arkansas AR	Erika Winkler	LIAC	Loyola University MD
Megan Brady	LBA	Loyola University MD	Sara Dieterich	CSC	St Francis University PA
Lauren Daly	PBAC	Siena College NY	Christian Yeager	LIAC	Harvard University MA
Jake Goldstein	LIAC	Yale University CT	Kent Bischoff	LIAC	University of Chicago IL
Alexandra Rota	BGNW	Washington University of St Louis MO	Lena Trager	BGNW	Washington University of St Louis MO
Jared Krosser	BGNW	Bucknell University PA	Charlie Carr	BGNW	University of Pennsylvania PA
Liyan Yao	TS	Wesleyan University CT	Josh Turek Herman	LIE	Swarthmore College PA
Monica Poleway	BAD	Emory University GA	Sam Chen	NYCC	Cornell University NY
Alex McCarter	NYCC	Williams Collge MA	Tommy St. Vincent	EAST	Lafayette College PA
Brian Foley	COND	University of Pennsylvania PA	Eric Farm	COND	Binghamton University NY
Stephanie Malyszka	COND	Binghamton University NY	Michael Lennon	LIAC	University of Connecticut CT
Daniela Rueda	HDRO	Columbia University NY	JT Nangle	EAST	Bucknell University PA
Samual Mo	BAD	US military Academy, West Point NY	Carolyn Koch	TS	Lehigh University PA
Ellen Marcus	BAD	John Hopkins University MD	Josh Tesser	BGNW	Ohio Wesleyan University OH
Danny Graham	FLY	Colgate University NY	Andrew Qiao	FLY	New York University NY
Cady Zawatson	LIAC	Lehigh University PA	Lauren Church	EAST	University of Pennsylvania PA
Patrick Kilgallen	LBA	Binghamton University NY	Stephan Koenigsberger	AGUA	Middlebury College VT
Lucy Scott	AGUA	Middlebury College VT	Charlotte Chudy	AGUA	Amherst College MA
Elisabeth Schauer	BAD	Bryant University RI	Sam Johnson	BGNW	George Washington University DC
Henry Simon	BGNW	Bates College ME	Lance Neuendorf	NYSA	Manhattan College NY
David Torres	AGUA	Kenyon College IN	Marc Danin	IA	SUNY Oswego NY
Matt Dutton	TS	Cornell University NY	Stephen Penteck	IA	SUNY Oneanta NY
Mollie Smith	EAST	Marist College NY	Emily Boyko	RFAC	University of Connecticut CT
Blair Wegescheide	PATS	University of Pittsburgh	Shannon Lulley	TS	Fordham University NY
Chandler Lulley	TS	Fordham University NY	Jacqueline Kuo	AGUA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ellen Swanson	NYCC	University of Rochester NY	Austin Kowalsky	LIAC	University at Buffalo NY
Alex Rawitz	NYCC	Stanford University CA	Shannon McHale	TVSC	Hood College MD
Phillip DeMarco	NYCC	University at Buffalo NY	Valerie Ziffiro	TVSC	Siena / Albany Medical College NY
Niklas Hesse	TVSC	SUNY Oswego NY	Lindsey Dundas	TVSC	Virginia Tech VA
Jonathan Yin	TVSC	Williams College MA	Tim Bosse	NBS	Seton Hall University NJ
Megan Connor	HAA	Scranton University PA	Kristian Tialios	NDAC	SUNY Geneseo NY
Andy Schunk	EAST	SUNY Geneseo NY	Kelly Mulligan	CIY	Fairfield University CT
Anna Kuo	CIY	Vassa College NY	Emily Megherian	CIY	Adelphia University NY
Jessica Fabrizio	NS	US military Academy, West Point NY	Madeleine Minetree	EHY	Rollins College FL
Kayla Kuzniewski	LIE	Fairfield University CT	Andrew Cremer	IA	SUNY Cortland NY
Timothy Wilson	IA	The College of Saint Rose NY	Katja Burke	SSL	University of Delaware DE
Evan Olin	BGNW	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Jackson Bleier	BGNW	Wright State University OH
Kevin Ling	LIAC	Binghamton University NY	Corrine Bacigal	NBS	Carnegie Mellon University PA
Thomas Dougherty	FLY	Manhattan College NY	Carter McFarland	EAST	Loyola University MD
Laura Augustinos	RA	Susquehanna University PA	Alexia Boumis	RA	University of Massachusetts Amherst MA
Anthony Cicalese	SSL	University of Rhode Island RI	Kurt Wasserman	BGNW	Georgetown University DC
Milos Gak	RIST	Colgate University NY	Lauren Sciarotto	TVSC	Manhattan College NY
Dallan Treanor	MWSC	Manhattan College NY	Isabella Sanders	TVSC	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ryan Fitzgerald	TVSC	SUNY Maritime NY	Alex Jason	SSL	Northeaste?rn University IL
Raphael Warnon	AG	Utica College NY	Thomas Caulfield	TS	St Bonaventure University NY
Jimmy Harasym	NS	Manhattan College NY	Michael Lu	EAST	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Shannon Quinn	LIE	College of the Holy Cross MA	Ryan Walsh	COND	University of Connecticut CT
Eleonora Mazzetti	FLY	Fashion Institute of Technology NY	Cynthia Lock	FLY	Boston University MA
Jeni DiGiovanni	FLY	Binghamton University NY	Michael Conaton	BAD	Georgetown University DC
Tommy Cummings	COND	Binghamton University NY	JR Chansakul	AGUA	Bowdoin College ME
Stephanie Wang	GATE	Cooper Union College NY	Reilly Cooper	HVD	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY

Web site updates
- Metro Records (5/16)

- Calendar (5/15)

- News (5/15)

- 2012 Transfer form (5/14)

- Help Wanted (5/11)

- Coaches Roster (5/9)

- Metro Top-10 LC (5/8)

- Clubs / Teams (5/7)

- Top-25 IMX SC (5/5)

- Metro Policy & Procedure Manual (5/5)

- Minutes (5/4)

- 2012 LC & 2013 SC cuts (5/2)

- Officials (4/28)

- Metro Top-10 SC (4/26)

Metro 2012 Olympic Trial Qualifiers

Ayman Andrews
Pavel Buyanov
Conor Carlucci
Courtney Ciardiello
Roger Dent
Michael Domagala
Emily Escobedo
Ryan Feeley
Alex Gianino
Erik Heinemann
Isla Hutchinson-Maddox
En-Wei Hu-Van Wright
Morgan Karetnick
Emily Kelly
Oliver Lee
Michael Lennon
Thomas Luchsinger
Katie Meili
Lauren Morford
Lia Neal
Adam Powell
Brienne Ryan
Griffin Schumacher
Daphne Skelos
Mike Smit
Kim Vandenberg
Jack Wagner
Christian Yeager
Annie Zhu

Metro Alumni

Aleksa Akersfeld
Kim Holden
Drew Modrov
Julia Smit
Kim Tracey

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