The Aqua Centurions is a professional swimming club and one of the original eight clubs of the International Swimming League. The team is based in Rome, IT led by general manager Alessandra Guerra and head coach Matteo Giunta.

Aqua Centurions
First season2019
AssociationInternational Swimming League
Based inRome
Head coachMatteo Giunta
General managerAlessandra Guerra
CaptainFederica Pellegrini

The team participated at three matches in the first ISL season, starting with the first match in Indianapolis, USA, then Naples,[1] Italy, continued and finished at the European Derby in London, UK, without making it to the Final in Las Vegas, USA.[2]

2019 International Swimming League season

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Team roster

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ISL teams had a maximum roster of 32 athletes for 2019 season, with a suggested size of each club's travelling roster of 28 (14 men and 14 women). Each club had a captain and a vice-captain of different gender.

Centurions had a majority of Italians on their team with athletes from seven other countries around the world.[3]

  AQUA CENTURIONS[4]
MEN WOMEN
 Apostolos Christou  Larissa Oliveira
 Santo Condorelli  Sarah Köhler
 Breno Correia  Georgia Bohl
 László Cseh  Silvia Scalia
 Luca Dotto  Franziska Hentke
 Kristian Golomeev  Alba Vázquez
 Philip Heintz  Ilaria Bianchi
 Travis Mahoney  Silvia Di Pietro
 Nicolò Martinenghi  Freya Anderson
 Alessandro Miressi  Federica Pellegrini (C)
 Matteo Rivolta  Margherita Panziera
 Simone Sabbioni  Hannah Miley
 Fabio Scozzoli (VC)  Martina Carraro
 Poul Zellmann  Elena Di Liddo
 Lidón Muñoz

Match results

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In the 2019 inaugural ISL season, the Aqua Centurions fought despite the lack in athletes specialize in the Skin Races.

After the first race in Indianapolis, the Team improved in the "Home Edition" in Naples, Italy, with extraordinary results by Nicolò Martinenghi that almost had the same number of points than the MVP Caeleb Dressel in the first day, with only a four points difference.[5] Due to an unlucky disqualification of Margherita Panziera[6] the Team arrived 4^th for only half a point.

In the last race, the European Derby, the Centurions finished 3^rd behind Energy Standard and London Roar who eventually went on to place 1^st and 2^nd in the Championship Final in Las Vegas.[7]

Dates Location Venue Team Scores Results MVP
Regular season
5–6 October   Indianapolis Indiana University Natatorium Energy Standard 539

Cali Condors 457

DC Trident 330.5

Aqua Centurions 300.5

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  Sarah Sjöström

(Energy Standard) 55.5 pts

12–13 October   Naples Piscina Felice Scandone Energy Standard 493

Cali Condors 490.5

DC Trident 322

Aqua Centurions 321.5

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  Caeleb Dressel

(Cali Condors) 57.5 pts

23–24 November   London London Aquatics Centre Energy Standard 467.5

London Roar 458.5

Aqua Centurions 369.5

Team Iron 335.5

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  Chad Le Clos

(Energy Standard) 44.5 pts

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2020 International Swimming League season

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Team roster

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  AQUA CENTURIONS[16]
MEN WOMEN
 Mykhailo Romanchuk  Federica Pellegrini(C)
 Fabio Scozzoli(VC)  Martina Carraro
 Szebasztián Szabó  Etiene Medeiros
 Alessandro Miressi  Valentine Dumont
 Matteo Rivolta  Lidón Muñoz
 Nicolò Martinenghi  Arianna Castiglioni
 Fabio Santi  Katrina Konopka Reid
 Marcelo Chierighini  Silvia Di Pietro
 Leonardo de Deus  Katalin Burián
 Gabriel Santos  Haley Black
 Pedro Spajari  Kathryn Greenslade
 Breno Correia  Stefania Pirozzi
 Luiz Altamir Melo  Alexandra Touretski
 Philip Heintz  Theodora Drakou
 Apostolos Papastamos  Tain Bruce
 Lara Grangeon

2021 International Swimming League season

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Team roster

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  AQUA CENTURIONS[17]
MEN WOMEN
  Stefano Ballo   Holly Barratt
  Ilya Borodin   Martina Caramignoli
  Thomas Ceccon   Martina Carraro
  Matteo Ciampi   Arianna Castiglioni
  Marcelo Chierighini   Kathleen Dawson
  Leonardo de Deus   Elena Di Liddo
  Vladislav Grinev   Silvia Di Pietro
  Nicolò Martinenghi   Holly Hibbott
  Alessandro Miressi   Maria Kameneva
  Chase Kalisz   Fantine Lesaffre
  Arno Kamminga   Lidón Muñoz
  Radosław Kawęcki   Rozaliya Nasretdinova
  Matteo Rivolta   Rika Omoto
  Simone Sabbioni   Federica Pellegrini (C)
  Fabio Santi   Alessia Polieri
  Fabio Scozzoli (VC)   Laura Taylor
  Szebasztián Szabó

References

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