A crazy fast-paced meet this weekend with no time to take good pictures. Kudos to the STAQ swimmers for challenging themselves with new events at the 2024 NI Last Splash. Nice times achieved by every competing athlete with many new personal records! Congratulations to Coach Katherine for joining our swimmers in this week's competition and making gold qualifying time in every event she swam! Mark Hong's time in 100IM was another NI gold qualifier!!! A round of applause for Nayul Lee for making a successful debut at her very first...

Excitement. Energy. Strength. Fatigue. Disappointment. Resilience. Vigor. Success. So many emotions packed in one weekend! To recap the 2024 Niagara Silver Championship - during three days of rigorous competition, 53 Personal Records were set by our 18 competing athletes! Gold qualifying times were achieved by Sharon DePedro, Shawn DePedro, Jayden Dong, Derek Guo, John McKane and Adam Zhou. STAQ had three individual Gold Medalists in Sharon De Pedro, Shawn De Pedro, and Adam Zhou! 517 total points ranked our team #10 among 33 participating teams. Too many highlights during the...

STAQ Swimmers shined at the NYPHSAA Section IV Class A Championship, held in on February 14, 2024 in Ernie Davis Natatorium (prelims) and February 17, 2024 at Watkins Glen High School (finals). The boys’ varsity teams from Binghamton, Corning-Painted Post, Elmira, Horseheads, Ithaca, Vestal and Union Endicott competed for the Sectional Championship Title, with Horseheads advancing to the first place and Corning-Painted Post coming in as a runner-up. A Horseheads high school senior and STAQ swimmer Shoonfon Li won each of his individual events with the state qualifying times of...

This happy bunch always delivers! Several first-timers to a swim meet overcame their nervousness and surprised themselves with some amazing results! Many returning STAQ competitors achieved their Personal Best and punched tickets to the Niagara Silver or Gold Championships!

By Brian Fees Southern Tier Sports Report Over the past year a new club, the Southern Tier Aquatics (STAQ) started up.
 The club was formed on June 1 and they recently were USA Swimming approved. The Club just started their fall season on Sept. 11 of last year. “The club was started because we were getting continued interest from varsity kids to get some training in during the varsity offseason and we have been working very hard to get it up and going,” coach Anthony Furstoss said.
 “That’s definitely my...

STAQ swimmers showed up to the Webster Jr/Sr Power Point Championships ready to go! So many new best times and excellent races, several reached new Silver and Gold cuts, many smiles were had, and congratulations to our own Angie McKane for reaching 2nd place in overall score while attending this meet just to have fun!

All smiles and fun at the 2024 Victor New Year's Invitational! It was unbelievable! Our athletes swam so well at the meet. Many went in with no expectations, and for some it was their first meet ever. They went out there with smiles on their faces just to have fun and ... they all were amazing! Multiple Silver and Gold cuts, event winners, and best times all around.

May the magic of this holiday season fill your home with love, your heart with warmth and your life with joy! Happy holidays to our STAQ families, from your Coaches and Board. Please enjoy some well deserved time with your loved ones, and remember these festive moments which make us feel alive!

Pushing to the utmost limit of their abilities!!! STAQ swimmers had some fantastically fast swims this past weekend at the 2023 CNY Invite! Many athletes swam their way to silvers and golds cut times and we had a lot of lifetime bests this weekend!! We are so proud and excited to see what’s to come!

Shoonfon Li had had very strong performance this weekend at the 2023 STAR Invitational in Buffalo, NY. He opened the meet with a 2nd place finish in the 400 IM with a 4:06.82, following that up the next night with a new PR in the 100 back of 53.05 to place 3rd. And on the final night he brought home two more 2nd place finishes in the 200 back with a 1:54.45, and a new PR in the 200 breast with a 2:05.87. Shoonfon faced tough competition from across New...