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July 2017
Meet Our Guest Athlete
When passion meets purpose there’s nothing you won’t try to achieve. Thant’s particularly so for our guest athlete, Alexis Puhan MD, from Switzerland. Alexis is one of those people who isn’t afraid of a challenge. In his professional life he built an international consulting business. In his personal life, he has taken on the extreme sport of Open Water swimming. How fortunate for Swim Strong that he also believes as we do that drowning is largely preventable. Now we come to his purpose. Alexis…
Find out more »September 2017
TREADING WATER
Swim Strong Foundation will be joining the teams across the country in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for most people treading water at the same time in multiple locations. Proceeds raised will support our scholarship program and International Water Safety Association’s Cambodia Project. On September 27, 2017, we will attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records: “Most People Treading Water at the Same Time in Multiple Locations”. The record currently sits at 805 people. Of the…
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Breaststroke Bootcamp
Tuesday, 10/10/2017 7:30-9:30pm Flushing Meadows Aquatic Center Featuring: Joep (Jay) van Grunsven Fee: $75 per participant; $10 per spectator We are fortunate to have a guest swim coach who is visiting with us from the Netherlands for the next few weeks. Coach Jay has swum with the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation. He is a 37 times State Champion. He holds 18 State records. He is an 8 times Dutch Champion and holds one Dutch record for the 4x100 Medley, Breaststroke…
Find out more »Starts and Turns Bootcamp
Saturday, 10/14/2017 9:00-11:00am Flushing Meadows Aquatic Center Featuring: Joep (Jay) van Grunsven Fee: $75 per participant; $10 per spectator We are fortunate to have a guest swim coach who is visiting with us from the Netherlands for the next few weeks. Coach Jay has swum with the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation. He is a 37 times State Champion. He holds 18 State records. He is an 8 times Dutch Champion and holds one Dutch record for the 4x100 Medley, Breaststroke…
Find out more »Freestyle Bootcamp
Tuesday, 10/17/2017 9:00-11:00am Flushing Meadows Aquatic Center Featuring: Joep (Jay) van Grunsven Fee: $75 per participant; $10 per spectator We are fortunate to have a guest swim coach who is visiting with us from the Netherlands for the next few weeks. Coach Jay has swum with the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation. He is a 37 times State Champion. He holds 18 State records. He is an 8 times Dutch Champion and holds one Dutch record for the 4x100 Medley, Breaststroke…
Find out more »January 2018
Don’t Miss the Olympians Return to Rockaways
Come and Join us, IN or OUT of the pool! Saturday 1/13/2018 12:00 – 2:00pm Far Rockaway High School 8-21 B25th Street, Far Rockaway NY 11361 Event is FREE to the community Presentation by Olympians Remarks by Elected Officials Learn to swim class (75 students only) Registration is required for the swim class and closes 1/11. Register Now
Find out more »April 2018
Spring Splash Swim Meet 4/14/2018
Swim Strong Foundation Spring Splash Swim Meet Date: Saturday 4/14/2018 Time: 9:00-11:00am Location: Flushing Meadow Aquatic Center, 131-04 Meridian Lane, Flushing NY 11368 Spring Splash featuring 10 years old and younger competitive swimmers! Swim Strong is excited to bring this challenge to our younger competitive swimmers….a fun way to spread their wings and challenge themselves to potentially longer and different events than they usually swim. Ribbons awarded for first, 2nd and 3rd place finishes per event. There is limited availability, so register…
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Coaching Workshop
Swim Strong Invites You to A Special Butterfly Coaching Clinic lead by Technical Coach Daniel Dakus Coach Dan’s aquatic experience has great depth. His unique mix of aquatic experience and scientific knowledge of the physics of swimming have built a strong foundation for a coach capable of developing swimmers of all experience levels…including 6 Olympians! He has coached a variety of collegiate swim teams, including University of Tennessee Men’s Team; S.U.N.Y. Cortland’s Men’s and Women’ s Teams; Swarthmore College as well as…
Find out more »IM Bootcamp with Olympians
Individual Medley Bootcamp with Olympians Saturday 5/12/2018 9:00-11:00 AM Flushing Meadow Aquatic Center 131-04 Meridian Lane, Flushing NY 11368 (for swimmers ages 8-16 with 2+ years of competition) Featuring: Marko Blazevski and Vera Blazevska Starts/Turns/Pullouts; Set up for each stroke; and Race strategy. Fee: $79.99 per participant Our Guest Coaches are Marko Blazevski who has represented Macedonia at both the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London and in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. In 2012 London Summer Olympics, he…
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Bootcamp with Olympians -Butterfly
Bootcamp with Olympians Butterfly Saturday, 6/2/2018 9:00-11:00am Flushing Meadows Aquatic Center Featuring: Kim Vandenberg Fee: $79.99 per participant American Olympic bronze medalist Kim Vandenberg specializes in the butterfly and freestyle. She is a gold medalist from the 2011 Pan American games in both the 200 butterfly and the 4x200 freestyle relay, she is also a silver medalist from the 2007 world championships in the 200 fly and a three time national champion in the 200 fly. Vandenberg is an ambassador…
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