Monmouth County Swimming Conference

Noah graduated from Howell High School, and has been swimming for Candlewood since he was five years old and has always loved volunteering with the team's younger swimmers. He will be attending Virginia Tech as a finance major. Good luck Noah, we will miss you!

I started swimming when I was 7 years old with the Freehold Sharks Swim Team. Later, I joined the Robert Wood Johnson Swim Team at 9, and at 12, I became a part of the Greater Monmouth Swim Team (formerly FOBY), where I have been ever since. Over the years, I've had some incredible swimming moments, such as qualifying for the YMCA Silver Championships and the USA Junior Olympics Championships in breaststroke and freestyle, alongside creating new personal records and making friendships that feel like family along the way. In the fall, I plan on attending Rutgers University and will be majoring in biomedical engineering

My name's Alicia Ying. I have been swimming since I was 7 years old, first on the Freehold Old Bridge team (FOBY) and later on Greater Monmouth (GMNY). I swam on Sharks when I was just seven years old. My favorite swimming memory would be the 13 and over state championship meet for my club team in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. My favorite stroke would probably be breaststroke or freestyle. This fall, I will be attending New York University and studying at the Stern School of Business, where I plan to major in finance. I am also planning to join the swimming and running club at NYU. YAY Go Bobcats!

Grace Koenig has been a member of the Holmdel Hurricanes swim team since she was six years old. She organized the annual Swim Marathon raising money for the Alzheimer’s Association the last two summers. She will be attending James Madison University in Virginia in the fall. Go Dukes!

Kearon Gregory has been a member of the Holmdel Hurricanes swim team since he was eight years old. Kearon has been an assistant coach for the past two years. Kearon was a varsity swimmer all four years at Sayreville High School where in his senior year he won the coach's award. He will be attending Montclair State in the Fall.

Angelina has been swimming for the Holmdel swim team since she was 7 years old and has been an assistant coach for the past three years. Angelina swam all four years of high school, earned her varsity letter, and was captain her senior year. She will be attending Northwestern University in the fall majoring in chemistry and earth and planetary sciences. She hopes to continue swimming in college with the club swim team and will always remember the fun times during summer swim. 

My swimming career has been long, tiring, yet fulfilling. I started swimming when I was 5 years old on the Blue Dolphins Swim Team. After a couple of years on Blue Dolphins, in third grade, I moved to Marlboro and joined the Freehold-Old Bridge YMCA (FOBY) Swim Team as well as the Marlboro Marlins Swim Team, something I did that changed my life. I had a new family with the Marlins, one that shaped who I am today. During my first years on the team, I was taught many important skills and lessons. I learned about the determination needed for success. I learned about the importance of staying optimistic. And I learned how to be a part of a successful team and family. I wanted to pass on what I learned to everyone else. With that goal in mind, I gratefully accepted the opportunity to lead the same team as a coach. It wasn’t easy. I was completely new to leading a team of swimmers, but by learning from every mistake and success and with the support of the other coaches, I became a better leader. And I loved every second of it. I loved motivating and cheering on the swimmers. I loved offering guidance to the new swimmers. And I loved strengthening this family. I wanted to make a lasting impact, and I hope I did.