Aqua Centurions

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Aqua Centurions
First season2019
Association International Swimming League
Based in Rome
Head coach Matteo Giunta
General manager Alessandra Guerra
Captain Federica Pellegrini

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.

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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

Team roster

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]

Flag of Italy.svg AQUA CENTURIONS [4]
MENWOMEN
Flag of Greece.svg Apostolos Christou Flag of Brazil.svg Larissa Oliveira
Flag of Italy.svg Santo Condorelli Flag of Germany.svg Sarah Köhler
Flag of Brazil.svg Breno Correia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Georgia Bohl
Flag of Hungary.svg László Cseh Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Scalia
Flag of Italy.svg Luca Dotto Flag of Germany.svg Franziska Hentke
Flag of Greece.svg Kristian Golomeev Flag of Spain.svg Alba Vázquez
Flag of Germany.svg Philip Heintz Flag of Italy.svg Ilaria Bianchi
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Travis Mahoney Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Di Pietro
Flag of Italy.svg Nicolò Martinenghi Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freya Anderson
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Miressi Flag of Italy.svg Federica Pellegrini (C)
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Rivolta Flag of Italy.svg Margherita Panziera
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Sabbioni Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hannah Miley
Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Scozzoli (VC) Flag of Italy.svg Martina Carraro
Flag of Germany.svg Poul Zellmann Flag of Italy.svg Elena Di Liddo
Flag of Spain.svg Lidón Muñoz

Match results

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]

DatesLocationVenueTeam ScoresResultsMVP
Regular season
5–6 October Flag of the United States.svg Indianapolis Indiana University Natatorium Energy Standard 539

Cali Condors 457

DC Trident 330.5

Aqua Centurions 300.5

 [8]

[9]

Flag of Sweden.svg Sarah Sjöström

(Energy Standard) 55.5 pts

12–13 October Flag of Italy.svg Naples Piscina Felice Scandone Energy Standard 493

Cali Condors 490.5

DC Trident 322

Aqua Centurions 321.5

 [10]

[11]

[12]

Flag of the United States.svg Caeleb Dressel

(Cali Condors) 57.5 pts

23–24 November Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London London Aquatics Centre Energy Standard 467.5

London Roar 458.5

Aqua Centurions 369.5

Team Iron 335.5

 [13]

[14]

Flag of South Africa.svg Chad Le Clos

(Energy Standard) 44.5 pts

[15]

2020 International Swimming League season

Team roster

Flag of Italy.svg AQUA CENTURIONS [16]
MENWOMEN
Flag of Ukraine.svg Mykhailo Romanchuk Flag of Italy.svg Federica Pellegrini(C)
Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Scozzoli(VC) Flag of Italy.svg Martina Carraro
Flag of Hungary.svg Szebasztián Szabó Flag of Brazil.svg Etiene Medeiros
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Miressi Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Valentine Dumont
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Rivolta Flag of Spain.svg Lidón Muñoz
Flag of Italy.svg Nicolò Martinenghi Flag of Italy.svg Arianna Castiglioni
Flag of Brazil.svg Fabio Santi Flag of the United States.svg Katrina Konopka Reid
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Chierighini Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Di Pietro
Flag of Brazil.svg Leonardo de Deus Flag of Hungary.svg Katalin Burián
Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Santos Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Haley Black
Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Spajari Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kathryn Greenslade
Flag of Brazil.svg Breno Correia Flag of Italy.svg Stefania Pirozzi
Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Altamir Melo Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexandra Touretski
Flag of Germany.svg Philip Heintz Flag of Greece.svg Theodora Drakou
Flag of Greece.svg Apostolos Papastamos Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tain Bruce
Flag of France.svg Lara Grangeon

2021 International Swimming League season

Team roster

Flag of Italy.svg AQUA CENTURIONS [17]
MENWOMEN
Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Ballo Flag of Australia (converted).svg Holly Barratt
Flag of Russia.svg Ilya Borodin Flag of Italy.svg Martina Caramignoli
Flag of Italy.svg Thomas Ceccon Flag of Italy.svg Martina Carraro
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Ciampi Flag of Italy.svg Arianna Castiglioni
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Chierighini Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kathleen Dawson
Flag of Brazil.svg Leonardo de Deus Flag of Italy.svg Elena Di Liddo
Flag of Russia.svg Vladislav Grinev Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Di Pietro
Flag of Italy.svg Nicolò Martinenghi Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Holly Hibbott
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Miressi Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kameneva
Flag of the United States.svg Chase Kalisz Flag of France.svg Fantine Lesaffre
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arno Kamminga Flag of Spain.svg Lidón Muñoz
Flag of Poland.svg Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Russia.svg Rozaliya Nasretdinova
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Rivolta Flag of Japan.svg Rika Omoto
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Sabbioni Flag of Italy.svg Federica Pellegrini (C)
Flag of Brazil.svg Fabio Santi Flag of Italy.svg Alessia Polieri
Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Scozzoli (VC) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Laura Taylor
Flag of Hungary.svg Szebasztián Szabó

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