Congratulations to our Zones swimmers that Scored in the top 16  Name Event Place Time Aguanno, Ava G   Female (10 & Under) 50 Back 10 32.57Y Aguanno, Ava G   Female (10 & Under) 100 Back 10 1:11.17Y Eldridge, Dylann   Female (11-12) 100 Free 7 55.45Y Eldridge, Dylann   Female (11-12) 200 Free 5 1:59.66Y Eldridge, Dylann   Female (11-12) 500 Free 9 5:26.77Y Eldridge, Dylann   Female (11-12) 200 Breast 10 2:32.50Y Eldridge, Dylann   Female (11-12) 200 IM 3 2:13.78Y            Markatos,...

Congratulations to all our OCY swimmers who qualified for the NJ Junior Olympic 9-14 Age Group championships! A special congratulations goes to Dylann Eldridge, NJ State Champion, 11&12 Girls 200 Freestyle  Check out our Top 16 Individual NJ Championship Finalist who scored points for the team!! Athlete Name  Event    Time    Place          Aguanno, Ava G Female (10 & Under) 29.96Y 12   50 Free Aguanno, Ava G Female (10 & Under) 1:07.04Y 16   100 Free Aguanno, Ava G Female (10 & Under) 32.80Y 4   50 Back Aguanno,...

Congratulations to Sarah Eldridge  ThreeTime 13&14 Age Group NJ YMCA State Champion. Sarah Eldridge posted 3 YMCA State championship titles  1st Place 1000 Free with a Team Record of  10:18.73 1st Place 400 IM  with State meet & Team Record of 4:25.72 1st Place 500 Free with a Team Record of  4:59.95   

OCY Placed 7th out of 33 teams who attended NJ's YMCA States  Congratulations to all our OCY State swimmers! Check out our Top 16 Individual State Championship Finalist who scored points for the team. Athlete Name Event Time  Place  Aguanno, Ava G Female (10 & Under) 50 Fly 32.77Y 8 Aguanno, Ava G Female (10 & Under) 50 Back 32.25Y 3 Aguanno, Ava G Female (10 & Under) 100 Back 1:12.07Y 3 Aguanno, Ava G Female (10 & Under) 50 Free 29.90Y 6 Aguanno, Ava G Female (10 & Under) 100...

4 Books to Improve Mental Toughness Both In and Out of the Water. I know swimmers don’t have much spare time, but finding a couple minutes each day to read a few pages of an inspirational book may help you move in the right direction.   click here now to find out what 4 books you can read to improve mental toughness. If you do what what you have always done.... You will be what you have always been. What you do today really does matter !

What to Expect Regarding Work Hours and Jobs During Championship Meets  All championship meets are AWAY except for YMCA 12/Under STATES,  which we host and it is a requirement for all Tiger Shark families to work (except Lemon Sharks).  As stated in our hand book on page 10: Each family must work at the YMCA 12 & Under State Championships, held at Ocean County YMCA on February 22nd-24th, 2019. Families with a 12&Under swimmer are required to work two shifts; families with a 13&Over swimmer are required to work one shift. You...

New  OCY Technical Racing Suits Policy:  OCY 12 and Under swimmers will be allowed to wear tech suits that are listed on the NJ swimming web site under  "NEW JERSEY SWIMMING AGE GROUP TECH SUIT RESTRICTION POLICY" as of 9/1/18 these are the two best Speedo suits for 12/unders:       SPEEDO: AQUABLADE (male & female), POWER PLUS (female), FASTSKIN 2/FSII (male & female)    SPEEDO: LZR PRO (male & female)   for specified meets only (see below). Winter Classic, Winterfest, NJ YMCA Bronze, Silver and State Championships, USA Silver/Bronze, Junior Olympics, and Eastern Zones.  OCY...

 Congratulations to Tristan Urso  on signing her national letter of intent to swim and attend Iona University. Tristan has been swimming on our OCY Tiger Shark Team for the past 8 years.

Swimmers: Here’s How to Stop Overthinking in the Water By Olivier Poirier-Leroy//Contributor  | Monday, October 22, 2018 https://www.usaswimming.org/news-landing-page/2018/10/22/swimmers-here-s-how-to-stop-overthinking-in-the-water  “Just turn your brain off and go!” my coach used to tell me. “Sounds great!” I would say, usually with a grandiose thumbs up and a shaky smile. As anyone who overthinks on the regular knows, the problem with being told to stop overthinking is just that it made me overthink why I was overthinking, sending me into this endless downward overthinking spiral that left me a shattered mess behind the block. (Our brains...

YMCA Age Group "National Ranking"   Top 10 time recognition 2017-18 Long Course Meters  *1st year YMCA is recording LCM top 10 times Isabella Aquanno – Age 14 7th Place 100 1:19.64 9th Place 200 Breaststroke 2:56.25 Jenna Papalardo – Age 15 8th  Place 50 Freestyle 27.80 10th  Place 100 Backstroke 1:07.29    Tristan Urso - 17 9th Place 400 Individual Medley 5:12.07 Sarah Eldridge – Age 13 9th Place 50 Freestyle 28.68 1st Place 200 Butterfly 2:23.91 1st Place 200 Individual Medley 2:25.48 1st Place 400 Individual Medley 5:05.94 Dylann Eldridge – Age...