Connecticut Swimming

2025 LC Zones

2025 Long Course

CSI Zone Team Coordinator: 
  • Seana Bedard
Meet Information:
Coaches:

Zones coaches will be chosen by the Age Group Committee.  All prospective coaches must be a current USA and CT registered coach in good standing and fill out an application.  

Zone Coach Application 

  • Deadline 7/2 at 5:00p
  • Coaching staff will be announced by 7/9
  • All expenses (except souvenirs) paid by CT Swim
  • Mileage to practices and meet if driving your own vehicle.
  • Assistant Coaches will receive a $1000 stipend and Head Coaches will receive $1250 stipend.
  • W9 Form for Zone Coaches
  • Code of Conduct for coaches chosen as a CT Zones Coach

Zone Coaches:

  • Robert Adams-Machaud
  • Colleen Bumbala
  • Emmanuel Lanzo
  • Mia Mendribil
  • Charlie Nadel
  • Kyle Shadeck - Head Coach
Hotel Room Block
  • There are two hotels to choose from. 
  • Please reference CT Swim if necessary.
  • Hotel Cancelation Policy is 4 days prior to your arrival for all hotels!
Available Rooms - Embassy Suites by Hilton Richmond
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Courtyard Richmond Downtown
1320 Cary Street
Richmond, VA 23219
$179.00 per night
Last Day to Book : Tuesday, July 22, 2025
This hotel is about 15-18 min from the pool.
Booking Link

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Athletes:

IMPORTANT 2025 MEET INFORMATION
Swimmers will represent CT Swimming like in past years.  Swimmers will need to travel with their parents/guardians to the meet and meet the coaches on deck each day.  There will be no addition CT Swim imposed criteria to travel other than preregistering and making one (1) cut for the meet.  You have one cut and want to go, you are more than welcome to.  CT Swimming will provide coaches for each session of the meet and a block of hotels rooms is set aside at the hotel listed below.  Athletes can order Zone gear just like in prior years.  

Zone Team Required - 2025 information

  • This application is posted to all Swimmer/Parent FAST My Accounts. (Instructions).
    • Please note there are two deadlines July 13th at 11:59p & July 22nd at 11:59p, first deadline you are guaranteed your gear size, second no guarantees you will get the size you ask for.
  • Hold a current full year premium USA Swimming membership
  • Swim in one CT USA Sanctioned meet since 9/1/24
  • Make one cut since 8/7/24
  • All participants MUST purchase Zone gear
  • First time attendees MUST purchase Team backpack
  • All selected swimmers MUST PAY the NON-REFUNDABLE FEE ($120) IN FULL before 6:00p, Monday, July 28th.  A final application will be emailed to selected athletes.
  • Adapted athletes are encouraged to apply. Contact office@ctswim.org for information.
  • Additional Eastern Zone criteria to enter Zone Meet
    • Eligibility of athletes with qualifying times for higher level meets:  
      • Athletes who have competed in an Individual Event at the USA Swimming National 
        Championships, the USA Swimming Spring Championships, US Open, the USA Swimming 
        Summer Junior Championships or a USA Swimming Trials Class meet are not eligible to 
        enter and compete at an EZ AG Championship meet.
      • Athletes 13 years of age and over who have achieved a qualifying time in an individual 
        event for any of the above meets prior to the entry deadline for the EZ meet, may not enter 
        and compete in an EZ AG Championship meet.
      • Athletes who have achieved a qualifying time in an individual event for Winter Junior 
        Nationals but have not competed in that event at Winter Junior Nationals, may enter and 
        compete in that individual event (s) in prelims only at an EZ AG Championship meet, 
        additionally, they may NOT swim those strokes/distances on relays.

Zone Team Entry

Zone Team Practice

  • Date: Sunday August 3rd
  • Time: 8-10am. 
  • Location: Youth Development Aquatic Center, Regional YMCA of Western CT, Brookfield, CT 
Parents: 2025 forms for attendees

Parents are to submit the following forms through their FAST Swimmer or Parent My Accounts