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A BRIEF HISTORY

The Central Jersey Aquatic Club, originally named the Shore Aquatic Club, was founded by Bill Palmer in 1961.  It was the first AAU swim club in Monmouth County, and one of the first in New Jersey.

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In the early 1970's the team became incorporated as the Central Jersey Aquatic Club when Palmer joined forces with Frank Elm of the Scarlet Jets.  Palmer remained as Head Coach until 1988, when current head coaches Corrina Weinkofsky and Cathy Corcione took the helm.

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CJAC gained national recognition in 1976 by winning the women's senior national championship meet as well as the men's and women's combined.  

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CJAC HAS PRODUCED 6 OLYMPIANS

Cathy Corcione                     1968 Mexico City

Judy Melick                           1972 Munich

Wendy Boglioli                      1976 Montreal

Kathy Heddy                         1976 Montreal

Connor Jaeger                      2012 London, 2016 Rio

Frank Elm                             1968 & 1976 Olympic Team Coach

CJAC HAS HAD 17 OLYMPIC TRIAL QUALIFIERS

Cathy Corcione           1968, 1972      Princeton University

Susan Halfacre           1968, 1972     University of Florida

Ken Winfield                1968, 1972     Michigan State

Judy Melick                 1972, 1976     Rutgers University

Ellen Wallace              1972                Rutgers University

Wendy Boglioli            1976                Monmouth University

Kathy Heddy                1976                UCLA

Ken Keim                     1976

Corrina Weinkofsky    1980, 1984      Arizona State

Dana Morton                1980               Stanford University

Cay Andres                  1980             

Cathy Clark                  1980               

Paulette Russell          1988               Clemson University

Heather Gibbons         1988               Harvard University

Connor Jaeger             2012, 2016    University of Michigan

Rob Whitacre               2016               Notre Dame

Caroline Gmelich         2016               University of Virginia

WORLD RECORDS

Jonty Skinner               100 LCM free, 1976

Wendy Boglioli              400 LCM free relay, 1976

Kathy Heddy,                 800 LCM free relay, 1976

Wendy Boglioli,

Ellen Wallace,

Kathi Miller

CJAC NATIONAL TEAM MEMBERS

Ken Winfield                  1970 Turin, Italy  World University Games     

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Cathy Corcione              1973 Moscow, USSR  World University Games

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Kathy Heddy                  1973 Belgrade, Yugoslavia World Championships

                                        1975 Cali, Columbia  World Championships

                                        1975 Mexico City, Mexico Pan American Games

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Ellen Wallace                 1975 Cali, Columbia  World Championships

                                        1975 Mexico City, Mexico Pan American Games

   

Corrina Weinkofsky      1979 Mexico City, Mexico World University Games

                                            

Dave Kawut                   1987 Caracas, Venezuela Macabi Pan-American Games

                                             

Connor Jaeger                    2013 Barcelona, Spain  World Championships

                                             

Connor Jaeger                    2015 Kazan, Russia  World Championships

                                             

CJAC HAS HAD OVER 50 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS
AMERICAN RECORDS

Susan Halfacre                    100 SCM free, 1970

                                              400 SCM free relay, 1970

Wendy Boglioli                     100 LCM fly, 1976 & 1977

                                              100 LCM free, 1976

                                              100 SCY free, 1976

Cathy Corcione                    200 SCY free relay, 1973

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Conner Jaeger                     1650 SCY free, 2014

                                              1500 SCM free, 2015

                                              1500 LCM free, 2016

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