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Peter Smit

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Peter Smit

Brendan Miller became Metro Age Group Champion in 400 IM, 100 free, 200 IM, 200 Free, 100 IM and 50 free. Brendan swam new TVSC Team Records in the 50, 100 and 200 free, 100 fly and 200 IM. He broke Shaun Armstrong's 11-12 1999 100 free record (24 years old!) by 1.3 sec - 50.9. He broke Jason Louser's 2014 200 free record by 1.1 sec - 1:53.6. He broke Jason Louser's 200 IM record by 1 sec - 2:06.0. On Sunday he broke Shaun Armstrong's 11-12 1999 50...

Chris Brandenberger

The TVSC Women (3rd – 280.5 Points) and TVSC Men (4th – 188) combined for 468.5 points to finish in 3rd place at the Metropolitan 15-18 Team Challenge. Colin Veit was the men’s highpoint winner finishing with 85 points – including a first place finish in the 400 Individual Medley clocking a 4:17.03. Marissa DeMarco recorded a first place finish in the 200 Individual Medley with a 2:11.12. The 200 Medley Relay of MaryGrace Waring, Marissa DeMarco, Makayla Lee and Amelia Griffin teamed up for a first place time of...

Peter Smit

Submitted by Larry Giunta NYSPHSAA-Federation Championships On March 3rd & 4th 12 of our TVSC boys travelled to Ithaca and swam in the State Championships representing their respective High Schools. Congratulations to Vincent Vinciguerra on winning the sportsmanship award, which of course is no surprise, and well deserved! There was a lot of fast swimming and our boys had multiple podium visits, personal bests, and new cuts. It was an exciting weekend of racing with representatives from Public Schools and Private Schools competing together. Some of the fastest boys in...

Peter Smit

Three years ago was the last Silver Championships and the last meet held at the Ward Melvile HS pool before the pandemic shut down the world. This weekend the 2023 Silver Championships, run by the TVSC Board and TVSC parents, returned to Ward Melville. 77 TVSC athletes raced 353 times and swam 170 best times. Total time improvement 414 seconds, or more than 6 minutes. New time standards: 1 'AAA' times, 8 'AA' times, 35 'A' times, and 10 'BB' times. New qualification times: 1 Senior Mets cut, 3 Eastern...

Chris Brandenberger

This past weekend TVSC competed against 42 other teams from the Metropolitan area at Senior Met Championships. The women finished in 7th place overall, the men finished in 7th place overall, while TVSC finished 9th place in the combined team scores. On Thursday, Timmy Brady started TVSC off with an 11-second improvement in the 1000 Freestyle, clocking a 9:49.20. On Friday, Marissa DeMarco placed 3rd in the 100 Breast with a 1:04.16, while Bella Dimaculangan finished in 10th place with a 1:05.24. Max Buchen finished 2nd in the 100 Breast...

Peter Smit

Submitted by Larry Giunta This past Saturday, February 11th, 19 of our boys competed in the Suffolk County Section XI Swimming Championships at Stony Brook University. There were many great swims and our TVSC boys represented very well! Max Buchen took first in the 100 breast with a blazing 56.54 swim, AAAA NCSA cut! That time puts Max just .13 seconds out of 1st place in the TVSC all time top ten! Vinny Vinciguerra took first place in the 50 Free with a fantastic 21.35 swim, AAA NCSA cut! Just...

Peter Smit

69 athletes raced 319 times and swam 171 best times -- 54%. Total time improvement 623 seconds, or more than 10 minutes. New time standards: 11 'AA' times, 14 'A' times, 27 'BB' times, and 15 'B' times. New qualification times: 3 Eastern Zone Age Group Champs cuts, 7 JO cuts, and 32 Silver cuts. More Highlights All Best Times: Nicolas Fidos, Bradley Russo, Landon Emmerich, Alex Fidos, Christian Paterno, Gordon Khamraev, Pranav Mukhi, Sotiris Theophilou, Esteban Quintero, Vincent Nguyen, Sergei Boudreau, Hanna Matheson, Lauren Woody, and Lewis Wu. New...