New York Breakers

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 led by general manager Tina Andrew and head coach Peter Andrew. 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 L.A. 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)

Nickname	Breakers
Short name	NY Breakers
Sport	Swimming
First season	2019
League	International Swimming League
General manager	Tina Andrew

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.[1]

Team roster

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 Swim Club with athletes from 11 different countries representing the program.[2]

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

[3]

Match results

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

Dates	Location	Venue	Teams	Results	MVP
Regular season
19–20 October	Lewisville	The LISD Westside Aquatic Center	London Roar LA Current Iron New York Breakers		Vladimir Morozov ( Iron)
26–27 October	Budapest	Danube Arena	London Roar Iron LA Current New York Breakers		Katinka Hosszu ( Iron)
15–16 November	College Park	Geary F. Eppley Recreation Center	LA Current Cali Condors DC Trident New York Breakers		Caeleb Dressel ( Cali Condors)

The 2019 season debuted with eight clubs in total, four from the United States, and four from Europe. In 2020 clubs from Canada and Japan were added to the ISL, increasing the total number of clubs to 10.

2019 Teams

Team	City	Joined	General Manager	Head Coach
Americas Conference
D.C. Trident	Washington, D.C.	2019	Kaitlin Sandeno	Cyndi Gallagher
L.A. Current	Los Angeles	2019	Lenny Krayzelburg	David Marsh
New York Breakers	New York City	2019	Tina Andrew	Peter Andrew
Cali Condors	San Francisco	2019	Jason Lezak	Gregg Troy
Toronto Titans	Toronto	2020	Robert Kent
European-Asian Conference
Energy Standard	Paris	2019	Jean-Francois Salessy	James Gibson
London Roar	London	2019	Rob Woodhouse	Mel Marshall
Team Iron	Budapest	2019	Dorina Szekeres
Aqua Centurions	Rome	2019	Alessandra Guerra	Matteo Giunta
ISL Tokyo	Tokyo	2020	Kosuke Kitajima

2020 International Swimming League Season[edit]

NY Breakers' 2020 roster to be announced in June for the new season starting in October.

References

1. "GM RETROSPECTIVE: TINA ANDREW BROUGHT IN UNDERDOG MENTALITY WITH NY BREAKERS". International Swimming League. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
2. "International Swimming League Roster Refresh". SwimSwam. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
3. "MEET THE NEW YORK BREAKERS! NEW YORK'S FIRST PROFESSIONAL SWIM TEAM". aroundtherings.com. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
4. "2019 ISL Season College Park (USA)" (PDF). ISL Global.

1. ^ "2019 ISL Season Lewisville, TX (USA)" (pdf). ISL. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
2. ^ "2019 ISL Season Lewisville, TX (USA)" (pdf). ISL. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
3. ^ "2019 ISL Season Budapest (HUN)" (pdf). ISL. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
4. ^ "2019 ISL Season Budapest (HUN)" (pdf). ISL. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
5. ^ "2019 ISL Season College Park (USA)" (pdf). ISL. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
6. ^ "2019 ISL Season College Park (USA)" (pdf). ISL. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
7. ^ About the International Swimming League, retrieved 2020-05-26
8. ^ "ISL grows to 10 clubs for 2020–2021 with addition of Toronto and Tokyo teams". www.insidethegames.biz. 1577104440. Retrieved 2020-05-26. Check date values in: |date= (help)
9. ^ Higgins, Laine (2019-12-20). "New Swim League Aims to Create a Pro World Outside of the Olympics". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099–9660. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
10. ^ League, International Swimming. "ISL Announces The NY Breakers Team Roster For The 2019 Season". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
11. ^ "MEET THE NEW YORK BREAKERS! NEW YORK'S FIRST PROFESSIONAL SWIM TEAM". aroundtherings.com. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
12. ^ "Roster for ISL's New York Breakers Led by Michael Andrew, Marco Koch, Lia Neal (FULL ROSTER) – SporterX". Retrieved 2020-05-26.
13. ^ "New York Breakers Add 3 Swimmers, 2 Coaches to Roster for US Derby Meet | News Break". News Break New York, NY. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
14. ^ "NY Breakers Training Tip | ISL". International Swimming League. 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
15. ^ "NY Breakers Swim Star Michael Andrew Makes ISL Debut in Lewisville, Texas". www.businesswire.com. 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
16. ^ "When and Where to Watch International Swimming League Lewisville Match". www.businesswire.com. 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
17. ^ "Laser (Tina Andrew) | Gladiators | GladiatorsTV.com". Gladiators. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
18. ^ "Konstantin Grigorishin". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-05-26.