The Badger Men’s Team took home the team title at the 2024 LC Senior Metropolitan Championships. Off the back of stellar performances in the relays and 23 total top 3 finishes, the Men’s team was able to take down all other teams in Metro. Two Badger relays set meet records – the 4x100Free Relay of Michael Geh, Kevin Jiang, Max Hardart and Christian Lee and the 4x50Medley Relay of Michael Geh, Ryan McDonald, Christian Lee and Kevin Jiang. Max Hardart and Michael Geh also finished second and third in the individual high point race respectively. Way to go Men!

Badger netted a meet-high 40 top 3 finishes at the 2024 LC Senior Metropolitan Championships, nearly doubling the total of the next highest team. The medal breakdown featured 11 Golds, 14 Silver and 15 Bronze. With a far smaller team than the largest competitors at the meet, Badger was able to secure the Men’s team title while finishing second and third in the Combined and Women’s team categories. Great job to all Badgers who competed this week! The senior team continues on the season with groups heading to Irvine, CA for the USA Swimming Summer Championships and Minneapolis, MN for the USA Swimming Futures Championships.

Badger Seniors Kevin Jiang and Jack Cornish each claimed NY State High School titles on March 3rd, 2024. Kevin Jiang clocked a new best time of 45.31 to take the gold in the 100 Freestyle, while also placing second in the 50 free in a new best of 20.89. Jack Cornish led a 1-2-3 Badger finish in the 500 Free with a new best time of 4:30.97.

Other podium finishes included Zack Arnold (2nd – 500 Free), Charlie McMillan (3rd – 500 Free) and Ryan McDonald (3rd – 100 Breast). Congratulations to all Badger Swimmers for a strong showing in Ithaca!

Congratulations to Vanesa Delev on being named 2023 10 & Under Age Group Swimmer of the Year by SwimSwam News! Vanessa finished up her record breaking year with a total of 11 Top 5 National Rankings. Below are the times and top 5 swims:

• 200 SCY free: 2:03.68 (#1)
• 500 SCY free: 5:26.53 (#3)
• 50 SCY back: 29.65 (#5)
• 100 SCY back: 1:03.69 (t-#1)
• 50 SCY fly: 28.61 (#3)
• 100 SCY fly: 1:04.05 (#3)
• 200 SCY IM: 2:18.36 (#2)
• 400 LCM free: 4:59.34 (#5)
• 50 LCM back: 34.82 (#5)
• 100 LCM back: 1:14.55 (#3)
• 200 LCM IM: 2:42.17 (#5)

Way to go Vanessa! What way to cap off an amazing year!

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Badger Swim Club was named a Top 100 club in the United States yet again! The USA Swimming Club Excellence Program is a program that identifies and recognizes USA Swimming member clubs for its commitment to performance excellence. The Silver Medal nomination recognizes the top 100 clubs in the United States based on performances over the 2023 Long Course Season. Congratulations to all of the Badger Swimmers who helped earn this achievement!

Join us in congratulating our graduating Badger swimmers as they announce their college decisions! This years class has 9 seniors who will be attending some of the best academic and athletic universities in the country. We are very proud of all they have accomplished and look forward to seeing their success continue in and out of the pool.

The Class of 2023 will be attending the following schools:

Kate Anderson – Virginia Tech
Julia Bazinet – SMU
Daria Chtokolov – NYU
Christian Lee – Yale
Alex McMillan – Holy Cross
Zach Pestrikov – Cal Tech
Alexa Reyna – Arizona State
Will Rupp – NYU
Keala Schubert – Colorado College

GO BADGER!

We are excited to announce that Badger Swim Club has partnered with Beine Wellness Building to provide the best nutrition and recovery guidance for our athletes and families. Erica Beine, the founder of Beine Wellness, has built an amazing reputation within the swimming world as a key resource for some of the top swimmers across the world. Some of her clients include Caeleb Dressel, Lydia Jacoby, Leon Marchand, Carson Foster, Sandpipers of Nevada, as well as a significant number of Olympians, National Team members, NCAA athletes and club swimmers. 

Erica and her team will be working with the athletes, coaches and parents throughout the partnership to offer Nutrition Workshops, Genetic Testing, Food Sensitivity Testing and Travel Nutrition Guidance.