NY Breakers is a professional swimming club and one of the original eight clubs of the global International Swimming League (ISL) based in New York City led by general manager, Tim Teeter and head coach, Martin Truijens. The ISL is owned by Konstantin Grigorishin and had its inaugural season in 2019. The original eight clubs were:  DC Trident, the New York Breakers, the LA Current, and the Cali Condors in the United States of America, and the Aqua Centurions, Energy Standard, the London Roar, and IRON in Europe. In 2020 ISL added the Toronto Titans (Canada) and a Tokyo team (Japan) for a total of ten teams.

New York Breakers (NY Breakers)
SportSwimming
First season2019
LeagueInternational Swimming League
Head coachMartin Truijens
General managerTim Teeter[1]
CaptainJeanette Ottesen & Michael Andrew[2]

During the inaugural season in 2019, NY Breakers ended 4th in Lewisville, Budapest and College Park, MD in the preliminary rounds and failed to advance to the finale in Las Vegas.[3]

2019 International Swimming League season edit

Team roster edit

ISL teams had a maximum roster of 32 athletes for 2019 season, with a suggested size of each club's traveling roster of 28 (14 men and 14 women). Each club had a captain and a vice-captain of different gender. The Breakers had one of the most culturally diverse teams of the league after Energy Standard, with athletes from 11 different countries representing the program.[4]

  New York Breakers[5]
Men Women
  Michael Andrew   Haley Black
  Marcelo Chierighini   Pernille Blume
  João de Lucca (C)   Ali DeLoof
  Mack Darragh   Catie DeLoof
  Jonathan Gómez   Gabby DeLoof
  Marius Kusch   Emily Escobedo
  Marco Koch   Reva Foos
  Clyde Lewis   Breeja Larson (C)
  Jack McLoughlin   Tayla Lovemore
  Tomas Peribonio   Lia Neal
  Chris Reid   Emily Overholt
  Brad Tandy   Alys Thomas
  Grigory Tarasevich   Madison Wilson
  Markus Thormeyer   Abbie Wood

Match results edit

In the 2019 (inaugural) ISL season, NY Breakers came 4th during the playoffs and failed to advance to the final.[6]

Dates Location Venue Teams Results MVP
Regular season
19–20 October   Lewisville, Texas The LISD Westside Aquatic Center   London Roar 484.5

  LA Current 457

  Team Iron 402

  New York Breakers 278.5

[7][8]   Vladimir Morozov
(  Team Iron) 43.5 pts
26–27 October   Budapest Danube Arena   London Roar 505.5

  Team Iron 425

  LA Current 408

  New York Breakers 292.5

[9][10]   Katinka Hosszú
(  Team Iron) 47 pts
15–16 November   College Park Geary F. Eppley Recreation Center   LA Current 495

  Cali Condors 489

  DC Trident 322.5

  New York Breakers 315

[11][12]   Caeleb Dressel
(  Cali Condors) 61.5 pts

2020 International Swimming League season edit

Team roster edit

  New York Breakers[13]
Men Women
  Brandon Almeida   Signe Bro
  Michael Andrew (vice-captain)   Svetlana Chimrova
  Felix Auböck   Emily Escobedo
  Lewis Clareburt   Chloe Golding
  Marco Koch   Abbey Harkin
  Joe Litchfield   Boglárka Kapás
  Cameron McEvoy   Ajna Késely
  Michal Poprawa   Jeanette Ottesen (C)
  Chris Reid   Molly Renshaw
  Matthew Richards   Mikkayla Sheridan
  Jakub Skierka   Arina Surkova
  Brendon Smith   Alicja Tchórz
  Jan Świtkowski   Daria S. Ustinova
  Ádám Telegdy   Sarah Vasey
  Pieter Timmers   Tevyn Waddell
  Jacob Whittle   Kasia Wasick
  Damian Wierling   Abbie Wood
  James Wilby

Match results edit

Dates Location Venue Teams Results MVP
Regular season
16–17 October
(Match 1)
  Budapest Danube Arena   Cali Condors 567

  Energy Standard 463

  LA Current 420

  New York Breakers 266

[14]   Lilly King
(  Cali Condors) 87.5 pts
26–27 October
(Match 4)
  Budapest Danube Arena   Cali Condors 610.5

  Team Iron 418.5

  New York Breakers 394

  DC Trident 287

[15]   Caeleb Dressel
(  Cali Condors) 75 pts
1–2 November
(Match 6)
  Budapest Danube Arena   Energy Standard 609

  Toronto Titans 448

  New York Breakers 354.5

  Aqua Centurions 287

[16]   Siobhán Haughey
(  Energy Standard) 61.5 pts
5–6 November
(Match 8)
  Budapest Danube Arena   Cali Condors 507

  London Roar 491.5

  Tokyo Frog Kings 419

  New York Breakers 296.5

[17]   Caeleb Dressel
(  Cali Condors) 69 pts

References edit

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  2. ^ "TIM TEETER NAMED NEW GENERAL MANAGER OF THE NEW YORK BREAKERS". SwimSwam. April 8, 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  3. ^ "GM RETROSPECTIVE: TINA ANDREW BROUGHT IN UNDERDOG MENTALITY WITH NY BREAKERS". International Swimming League. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
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  5. ^ "MEET THE NEW YORK BREAKERS! NEW YORK'S FIRST PROFESSIONAL SWIM TEAM". aroundtherings.com. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
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  13. ^ "NY Breakers". isl.global. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  14. ^ "2020 ISL Preliminaries Budapest (HUN) - Match 1" (PDF). ISL. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  15. ^ "2020 ISL Preliminaries Budapest (HUN) - Match 4" (PDF). ISL. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  16. ^ "2020 ISL Preliminaries Budapest (HUN) - Match 6" (PDF). ISL. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  17. ^ "2020 ISL Preliminaries Budapest (HUN) - Match 8" (PDF). ISL. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.