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Olympian Lia Neal Comes Home to Brooklyn

Olympian Lia Neal Comes Home to Brooklyn Sat 4/20/2019 1-5 PM Bushwick HS 400 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn NY Freestyle Bootcamp with Lia 1-3pm $79/participant ( only for swimmers with 3+ years competitive experience) Discussion with Lia’s parents Siu & Rome Neal about Raising an Olympian 1:30pm-2:30pm $10/participant Free swim lessons for the community (parents & Children) 3-5pm 25 students limit per 30min session Learn Freestyle techniques and achieve your dreams Lia Neal, who is the daughter of a Chinese-American mother and African-American father, is the first woman [...]

February 18, 2019 Events, News Comments Off

In celebration of Nickelodean’s Worldwide Day of Play Sept 30th, why not attend a play?

Swim Strong is raffling off two seats to the musical production of ANASTASIA, playing at the Broadhurst Theatre 235 W 44th Street, Manhattan, on Thursday 9/28/2017. The seats are in the Mezzanine Left Row A 1 and 3 and valued at $284.00 Raffle cost $10 per ticket. Drawing to be held on Monday Sept 25th. Inspired by the beloved films, ANASTASIA transports us from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave young [...]

August 28, 2017 Blog, Events Comments Off

Starts and Turns BOOTCAMP

Swim Strong Starts and Turns BOOTCAMP Tuesday, 3/21/2017 7:30-9:30pm Flushing Meadows Aquatic Center Featuring: Matthew Stypulkowski and Jordan Melidor-Fuxis Fee: $75 per participant; $10 per spectator So, you think you know everything about great starts and turns? Yes, Starts and Turns are tough techniques to master, but our guest coaches will help you break it down and build it back up! Our Guest Coaches are Matthew Stypulkowski – in his Senior year of swimming for Queens College, 14th year of competitive swimming. Matt is Captain of the Men’s Swim Team. Jordan [...]

March 19, 2017 Blog, Events, News 0 Comments

Get Free Power Point “Know Before You Go”

Our FREE Power Point “Know Before You Go” is available for teachers. Water Safety education is important for everyone! We hope everyone has a SAFE and enjoyable summer. Globally a person dies from drowning every 70 seconds!!! For every person that dies, there are 5 more that suffer life altering and debilitating changes due to spinal chord and brain injury due to submersion injuries. 95% of these deaths were PREVENTABLE! Please feel free to download our 3 versions of “Know Before You Go” Power Point: [...]

June 13, 2016 Blog, Events 1 Comment

JetBlue Tickets Raffle 2016

Join the Swim Strong Challenge Raffle!!! Win two Roundtrip free tickets anywhere JetBlue flies! Each ticket is only $50 and only 200 tickets are available. Proceeds will benefit our scholarship fund, helping risk children who would not be able to afford to take free water safety education and swim lessons. Swim Strong saves and changes lives by providing skills for life. Here’s a great way to support our swimmers. Take a chance on changing your own life by winning two JetBlue tickets! The tickets need to be used by September [...]

April 25, 2016 Events Comments Off

Freestyle Bootcamp 5/7/16

Freestyle BOOTCAMP Saturday 5/07/2016 9:00-11:00am Cameron Hood, Meg Hutchinson and Athena Liao New York Athletic Club Swim Team Fee: $75 per participant; $10 per spectator So, you think you know everything about Freestyle? Freestyle is the fastest of the four competitive strokes. A weak breath, pull, kick, start and turn will prevent you from swimming your best. Our guest coaches will help you break it down and build it back up! Elite swimmers Cameron Hood (Captain of University of Pennsylvania 2012; 8 time [...]

April 17, 2016 Blog, Events 0 Comments

Holiday Raffle Winners

Congratulations to Lidice for winning our holiday raffle! Thanks to ALL who participated! Proceeds to our scholarship fund so more families that need the help can get free swim lessons in 2016!

January 3, 2016 Blog, Events Comments Off

Starts and Turns Bootcamp – Flushing Meadows Aquatic Center

Saturday 1/30 9:00-11:00am; Flushing Meadows Aquatic Center Featuring: Cameron Hood, Meg Hutchinson and Athena Liao, New York Athletic Club Swim Team Fee: $75 per participant; $10 per spectator So, you think you know everything about great starts and turns? Yes, Starts and Turns of four strokes are tough techniques to master, but our guest coaches will help you break it down and build it back up! Elite swimmers Cameron Hood (Captain of University of Pennsylvania 2012; 8 time Ivy League Championship finalist; [...]

January 3, 2016 Events Comments Off

Holiday Raffle 2015

Swim Strong Foundation 6th Anniversary Holiday Raffle is available for purchase We are celebrating 6 years of saving and changing lives through teaching water safety and swimming skills. Swim Strong has taught more than 6300 people to respect the water and develop strong swimming skills for safety, health, competition and enjoyment. 2000 children whose families could not afford to pay for classes received free swim lessons through our scholarship fund. With your help, we can do more!. The proceeds from our raffle go [...]

November 23, 2015 Events Comments Off

Fall Challenge 2015

Fall Challenge Long Course Invitational Swim Meet Nassau Aquatic Center at Eisenhower Park Sunday, November 15th 3pm (Check in at 2:30pm) • 50 Meter Long Course • Participants aged 8-18 • Community based and US club teams from Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk • Awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers! Click here to Register

October 21, 2015 Events Comments Off

July-August Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill HS, 89-30 114 Street, Richmond Hill NY 11418 Program Classes Time Day Dates Price Get Ready Get Wet 8 7:00-9:00pm Monday 7/6-8/24 $120 Learn to Swim and Developmental 8 7:00-9:00pm Monday 7/6-8/24 $240

July 4, 2015 Blog, Events Comments Off

Butterfly Bootcamp

BUTTERFLY BOOTCAMP Saturday June 27th 8:30-10:30am; Flushing Meadows Aquatic Center Featuring: Cameron Hood, Meg Hutchinson and Athena Liao, New York Athletic Club Swim Team Fee: $75 per participant; $10 per spectator So, you think you know everything about a winning butterfly stroke? Yes, fly is a tough stroke to master, but our guest coaches will help you break it down and build it back up! Elite swimmers Cameron Hood (Captain of University of Pennsylvania 2012; 8 time Ivy League Championship finalist; Division [...]

June 7, 2015 Events Comments Off