BUFFALO, NY, November 13, 2024 - The Buffalo Area Aquatic Club (BAAC) will be represented by the largest number of Section VI and Catholic High School swimmers in the Western New York area who will compete in the New York State Championship on November 22nd - 23rd in Webster, New York. The ten BAAC swimmers represent seven high schools in the region: Keira Curvin, Sophomore, Starpoint High School Ellie Gaskill, 8th Grade, Lockport High School Leah Gaskill, Sophomore, Lockport High School Lauren Golden, Junior, Williamsville East High School Maya Huntress,...

BUFFALO, NY, October 9, 2024 - The Buffalo Area Aquatic Club (BAAC) is pleased to announce that Ron Zugelder has been elevated to Head Coach effective October 15th after serving as Assistant Coach since 2020. Zugelder will take over for Mike Cutler who is retiring from coaching and returning to his hometown in Michigan to be closer to family. Click here for additional details.

BAAC had another great weekend in the pool, competing in the Star Long Course Kick-Off meet May 31st - June 2nd. We had 76 swimmers participate, resulting in 208 best times swam. In the process, 3 new BAAC club records were broken Congratulations to Aiden Pickard for setting new records for the 13-14 boys 200 Breast (2:39.75) & 50 Free (26.16). Additionally, a new record was set for the 9-10 200 Free Relay (2:59.88) by Declan Drexinger, Piero Manavella, Jack Ryan & Binnat Huseynov. Congrats to all swimmers!

BAAC swimmer Sarah Reid competed earlier this month at the Bill Keating Memorial Para-Swimming Open in Cincinnati, Ohio. Sarah swam personal bests in the 50m back (1:38.85) and 50m breast (1:55.27). Congratulations Sarah on a fantastic competition!

While BAAC was hosting the Niagara Long Course Championship, Sarah Reid competed in the Move United Junior Nationals in Denver, Colorado. She finished the competition with four first place finishes in Short Course for 50 free, 50 back, 50 breast and 100 back! In the long course, she received first place finishes for the 200 IM, 100 free and a second place finish for the 50 fly! During the week, she also participated in a 3 hour clinic with coaches from US Paralympics as well as current and former paralympians....

The high school regular season may be over, but the Women’s BAAC Senior Team continues to advance in Championships in October! From the ECIC Championships on October 16th to the All Catholic Championship Meet on October 27th and Section VI Championships last weekend, our girls continue to make us #BAACProud! Highlights include: ECIC/Class AA Championship, October 16-18 Sofia Hall of Clarence High School finished 8th in 100 Fly, 7th in 100 Back, 5th in the 200 Medley Relay and 4th in the 400 Free Relay Megan Bouton of Orchard Park...

BUFFALO, NY, October 7, 2019 - The Buffalo Area Aquatic Club (BAAC) hosted the first meet of the USA Swimming short course season with a Pentathlon format at the University at Buffalo’s Alumni Arena last weekend. The pentathlon format offered a great kick-off to the season with each swimmer competing in five events including the 50 Freestyle, 50 Backstroke, 50 Breaststroke, 50 Butterfly and the 100 Individual Medley for each age group. Head Coach Mike Cutler introduced the Pentathlon meet format as a way for swimmers to accrue points towards...

BUFFALO, NY, August 5, 2019 - The Buffalo Area Aquatic Club (BAAC) concluded the long course swim season with season best times by all swimmers at the Niagara Long Course Championships held at Erie Community College in Buffalo, New York on July 18th to the 21st. Leading up to the Niagara Championships, BAAC hosted a “Last Chance Meet” for Niagara swimmers on July 7th at Alumni Arena to achieve championship times. Highlights from this meet included personal bests by 18 of the 24 BAAC swimmers with Gabriel Russell-Webster earning two...

BUFFALO, NY, July 1, 2019 -  The Buffalo Area Aquatic Club (BAAC) concluded the first two months of the Niagara Swimming long course season last weekend with unprecedented time improvements in six local and regional swim meets from Rochester, New York to Geneva, Ohio under Coach Cutler. BAAC kicked off the long course season by hosting the BAAC Kick-Off Open in their home pool at the University of Buffalo on May 5th. Highlights from this meet included first time ever long course events from Jonathan Burroughs, Liam Carroll, Brian Craig,...

BAAC is one of 28 Clubs in the U.S. to Achieve Safe Sport Recognition BUFFALO, NY, May 4, 2019 -  The Buffalo Area Aquatic Club (BAAC) has advanced from Level 2 to Level 3 club recognition by USA Swimming. With a total of 4 Levels, the voluntary program recognizes clubs that demonstrate a commitment to long term club growth, development and stability. The criteria for BAAC to achieve this recognition includes additional emphasis on club review and evaluation, active involvement with the Niagara LSC and increased opportunities for education and...