Amherst TigerSharks

Swimmer of the Month- June
Harrison from the teal group has grown so much this past year and his confidence in the water has been noted by all the coaches! He’s passion for the sport is seen in his high attendance rate and attended his first official meet as a Tigersharks last month. Congrats!!

🤩🤩🤩🤩 TigerSharks take on Prom! 🐯🦈🕺💃

✨️Swimmer of the Month✨️ Congrats to Scarlet Durlak of the Orange group. 🏊‍♀️ Female swimmer of the month for May 🐯🦈

Congratulations! 👨🏽‍🎓🏊‍♂️🐯🦈

✨️Swimmer of the Month✨️ Congrats to Carter Walser. Our male 🏊‍♂️swimmer🏊‍♂️of the month for May! 🐯🦈

✨️Swimmer of the Month✨️
Congrats ro Joey Servoss of the Orange group who is our male swimmer of the month for April 🐯🦈

✨️Swimmer of the Month✨️
Congrats to Tori Davis of the Teal group who is our female swimmer of the month for April! 🐯🦈

Congrats Julian! 🐯🦈👨🏽‍🎓

Congrats Jonas! 🐯 🦈 👨🏽‍🎓

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Today's Mental Health Reminder is to Check in with yourself and your friends. Below are a few questions to ask to see how you are doing. Find something that you need help with? Come up with a plan on how to make that a priority.
Check out Niagara's Athlete Wellness website at niagarawellness.org for resources and information on various topics to help support physical and mental health.

Congrats High School Seniors, class of 2024! We are proud of your accomplishments in the pool and the classroom! Tell us what is next!
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That's a wrap on Short Course season! Congrats to all our swimmers on a fantastic season and a 👏👏 for our award winners 🏆🐯🦈🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️

✨️Swimmer of the Month for February✨️ Delaney Briggs of the Orange group. Delaney had a strong month of practice highlighted by her attendance rate of 73%. Her work ethic is an excellent example of her Commitment and Passion.  Delaney had a number of strong swims as she hit multiple Personal Records at the SnowBall meet. Delaney shows her Conscientiousness as she is often very engaged at meets and eager to ask questions so she can continue to learn and improve. 🦈🏊‍♀️

✨️February Swimmer of the Month✨️ Jack Sinatra of the Orange group. Jack consistently has a high rate of attendance and that continued this month as he was present at 82% of the practices. Jack furthered his demonstration of Commitment by participating in both the SnowBall meet and the Dog Days meet. Jack hit Personal Records 6 times in the month of February. His success can be attributed to his Perseverance & Resilience. Lastly, Jack demonstrated Courage when he swam and completed the 100 Butterfly for this first time in his career. 🦈🏊‍♂️

✨️January Swimmer of the Month✨️ Brynn Wyles 🦈🏊‍♀️

✨️January Swimmer of the Month✨️ Congrats to Jesse Cammarata! 🦈🏊‍♂️

Goodluck to all our TigerSharks this weekend!

Swim fast, have FUN!

Good luck to all Niagara athletes competing at the Niagara 14 & Under Championships this weekend at Webster Aquatic Center!
Keep up to date on all meet-related items at https://tinyurl.com/bdcre9vj
Good luck, and swim fast; all of Niagara Swimming is cheering for you!

🦈 TigerSharks getting ready for the Gold meet with some:
-Pasta 🍝
-A 16th Birthday 🎂
-A PR board ready to get filled up! 📈

🏆High Point Winners🏆Shout out to our High Point winners at the Silver meet! Both hit PRs in all 6 of their swims and are headed to the Gold meet.

🏊‍♂️Henry Bibler 11-12 Boys
🏊‍♀️Brynn Wyles 15-18 Girls

Great work Henry & Brynn! 👏 👏

⭐️Big Congrats to the Silver Championship High Point Winner & STAR Athlete, Kennedy Mulawka, for 10 & Under Girls from the 2024 Niagara Silver Championships this past weekend! 💪🏻🏆

⭐️Congratulations to all of our STAR Athletes who qualified for Niagara Championships as well!

🧡December Swimmer of the Month💙
Even though Jack is in the middle of his Highschool season, he has seemed to make his presence known on the pool deck regardless! Jack volunteers his time with the orange and white group and shoes passion for this team and sport so much so that the kids in these group ask for him to coach more!! Congrats Jack!

💙December Swimmer of the Month🧡
Lucy is a new member of the teal group but it didn’t take her long to make a big impact! He courage to step up as a leader has made many swimmers comfortable with her and the team. Hee passion for the sport is still very noticeable as she focuses on her swimming more than ever and has great goals to achieve!!! Congrats Lucy

🧡November Swimmer of the Month💙
Owen Shepard, also a member of the orange group showed us courage this month as he tried 2 new events at the Star Meet. Coach Bill must be doing something right with all these swimmers impressing us so much 🤔

🧡November Swimmer of the Month💙
Penelope Olsen, member of the orange group, showed her passion this month with an attendance record that shot to multiple PRs… Including the 100 Breast team record for 8 and under! Congrats P!

❄️Winter Sprinter💨 🤴 👸
Congrats to Lily & Jesse for winning high points at our latest meet! 👏

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October Swimmer of the Month

As an orange group swimmer, Gabby has shown resilience and perseverance at practice and meets that have powered her to multiple personal records and new qualifying times. And with a 94% attendance rate we can tell you hee passion for swimming radiates on the pool deck.

We are so proud of you Gabby!! 🥳

October Swimmer of the Month

Henry passion for the sport and strong work ethic proved to pay off with very strong swims early this season. The coaches have noticed his courage to push himself beyond limits and try new skills to develop him as an athlete!

Congrats again! 🐯🦈

Taking a minute to recognize the swimmers we honored over the summer, sorry we never took your picture but we know you deserve to be recognized just one more time 😊

In conjunction with the 10 & Under LSC Select Camp at Rochester Institute of Technology this past weekend, Niagara hosted our first "Women In Coaching" event! Thanks to our sponsors USA Swimming, Speedo, The Deep End, and the Rochester Sports Commission, all participants received a complimentary Speedo tech jacket and event-specific bag tag for attending this inaugural event! Raffle items were also donated.

Dana Skelton, Team Services Advisor & Mariejo (MJ) Truex, Senior Director, Team, Coach & Athlete Development, joined us from USA Swimming to talk about confidence, being a leader in the sport, upcoming coach education opportunities, and how to get involved in the governance of our LSC.

Thank you to all who attended and volunteered to help make this inaugural event a success.