State of the Storm
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Upcoming Meets and Events - February
- February 16-18: NJYMCA Silver Championships (all qualifiers)
- February 23-25: NJYMCA State Championships (all qualifiers)
- February 24-25: NJ Swimming Silver/Bronze Championships (all Lightning & Thunder qualifiers not attending NJYMCA State Championships)
- February 25: SAY Mini-Pentathlon (Waves - coach selection)
To all of our swimmers, good luck and swim fast!
More Information: please visit the Events Page for specific event information. The full meet schedule will also be communicated in early October.
Important Upcoming Dates, Deadlines and Practice Updates
PRACTICE UPDATES
- Please click here to view practice changes on our website.
CHAMPIONSHIP APPAREL ORDERS
- 13/O State Championship apparel pre-orders are open now through February 19th
- Zones Championship apparel pre-orders are open now through February 29th
END OF SEASON BANQUETS
- 11/U: Sunday, March 24th from 4-7pm
- 12/O: Sunday, May 5th from 4-8pm
Dates and deadlines may be subject to change. Please refer to communications from your practice group lead coach for the latest information.
Congratulations to Our Athletes Competing at the NJYMCA Silver Championships!
Our Silvers qualifiers are fired up and ready to go for this weekend's Silver Championships! The meet is being held at the Gloucester Institute of Technology, 1360 Tanyard Road, Sewell, NJ 08080.
ARRIVAL TIMES
Please have your swimmers on deck at the following times:
- Sessions 1 & 2, Friday PM 11&Overs 3:45pm
- Sessions 3 & 4, Saturday AM 12&Unders 7:30am
- Sessions 5 & 6, Saturday DISTANCE 13&Over 1000 Free 11am
- Sessions 7 & 8, Saturday PM 13&Over 1:10pm
- Session 9 & 10, Sunday AM 12&Unders 7:30am
- Sessions 11 & 12, Sunday DISTANCE 13&Over 1650 Free 10:15am
- Sessions 13 & 14, Sunday PM 13&Over 12:15pm
Please visit the Events Page of our website for specific event or session information. Congratulations to our swimmers competing at this meet!
Acciani, Giovanni ● Albin, Norah ● Alstrom, Valdemar ● Arora, Aryan ● Arora, Ranveer ● Arunkumar, Keerthioviya ● Astle, Greyson ● Bar, Lillian ● Barnicle, Christopher ● Baum, Caitlyn ● Bhaiya, Mishka ● Bhandari, Jiya ● Bituin, Alyanna ● Blagoev, Benjamin ● Blagoev, Christopher ● Briones, Whitney ● Brower, Zoe ● Brown, Emily ● Caligiuri, Giulia ● Cao, Jayden ● Capizzi, Dean ● Caponigro, Zachary ● Castro-Salazar, Martin ● Cerbone, Kaylee ● Cervino, Ryan ● Cetin, Joshua ● Chau, Amanda ● Chen, Aaliyah ● Cheng, Agnes ● Cho, Christopher ● Cho, Mark ● Clemente, Rebecca ● Colipano, Kyle ● Connell, Leila ● Dascalu, Andreas ● DeRosa, Merah ● Desai, Kimaya ● Doucette, Victoria ● D'Silva, Ian ● Ellis, Amelia ● Enriquez, Alexandra ● Enriquez, Matthew ● Fischl, Abigail ● Gao, Anna ● Gao, Olivia ● Granados, Tiago ● Grouser, Dylan ● Grouser, Gavin ● Higgins, Elizabeth ● Hollowell, Lincoln ● Karthik, Adhvik ● Kerr, Michael ● Kim, Mason ● Korgaonkar, Arnav ● Korgaonkar, Sohum ● Lake, Mia ● Lau, Elizabeth ● Laudati, Emily ● Lee, Kalvin ● Leng, Tammy ● L'Estrange, Nicholas ● L'Estrange, William ● Liming, Ashley ● Luo, Katelyn ● Luo, Nathan ● Mahajan, Om ● Manjrekar, Omkar ● Marikakis, Dean ● Mattos, Isabella ● Mendez-Castilla, Gabriel ● Meyer, Samuel ● Misra, Viraj ● Moore, Emily ● Moore, Lauren ● Naeini, Aava ● Nasto, Eleni ● Nidhruva, Vihaan ● Nirhalkar, Neil ● Oei, Samantha ● Ouyang, Caroline ● Pagel, Addison ● Pagel, Tanner ● Parish, Madeline ● Pasewaldt, Erik ● Patel, Kushal ● Phol, Katrina ● Ramasamy, Apurva ● Reddy, Ranveer ● Rekatas, William ● Rocks, Sophia ● Rocks, Thomas ● Rotthoff, Benjamin ● Ruscetta, Kennedy ● Samant, Sathvik ● Senthilkumar, Janani ● Sinchak, Joshua ● Snyder, Nicholas ● Song, Skyrah ● Stomski, Juliana ● Sudol, Dylan ● Sudol, Luke ● Tran, Nhi ● Vargas, Elisabeth ● Vijayakumar, Rithvin ● Wang, Jaden ● Weinstein, Max ● Westbrook, Yann ● Wilkinson, Eliot ● Wintermute, Tanya ● Wishnow, Megan ● Wong, Christian ● Xie, Ethan ● Xu, Bella ● Xu, Melinda ● Zhu, Jason ● Zou, Justin
Register Now For GSCY Storm Swim Clinics!
With Championship season well underway, many are looking ahead for opportunities to stay in shape between seasons. The Storm coaches are offering clinics in March for those who want continue swimming before the start of Long Course. Register HERE or online at GSCYMCA.org and search "STORM".
Storm Swim Clinics Spring 2024
12 & Under Stroke Clinics (Open to 12 & Under Storm Swimmers)
Somerset Hills YMCA, Monday-Thursday, $80 per week
- March 4-7 Butterfly
- March 11-14th Backstroke
- March 18-21st Breaststroke
- March 25-28th Freestyle
THUNDER Monday-Thursday 6-7pm
LIGHTNING Monday-Thursday 7-8pm
13 & Over Stroke Clinics (Open to 13 & Over Storm Swimmers)
Swimmers who do not attend Y 13 & Over States:
Bridgewater YMCA, Monday-Thursday pool, Tuesday & Thursday dryland, 4 week program $480
- March 4-28th Stroke and Conditioning Clinic
SENIORS Monday-Thursday 5-6pm pool, Tuesday & Thursday 6-7pm dryland
JUNIORS Monday-Thursday 6-7pm pool, Tuesday & Thursday 7-8pm dryland
Swimmers who do attend 13&O Y States (no National Team Swimmers):
Bridgewater YMCA, Monday & Wednesday, 3 week program $120
- March 11-28th Conditioning Only
SENIORS Monday & Wednesday 6-7pm
JUNIORS Monday & Wednesday 7-8pm
Looking for Volunteer Points?
With several championship meets coming up, please keep an eye out for emails for when the job portal will open for your swimmer's championship meet(s). It's a great way to earn additional volunteer points and be as close to the action as possible! Please note that our team is required to fill the volunteer spots assigned to our team, so if we don't get enough volunteers for a particular meet, attending families will be assigned.
Senior Spotlight: Class of 2024
We are excited to feature our graduating seniors through individual profiles on our website, newsletter, and social media channels! If you are a graduating senior and have not yet completed your Senior Spotlight questionnaire, please click here to submit your information.
Congratulations and keep shining bright, Class of 2024!
8/U Champs A Success!
Check out some of the action from the meet! A special thanks to Helen Lee for being our meet photographer.
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