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.
The team participated at three matches in the first ISL season, starting with the first match in Indianapolis, USA, then Naples, Italy, continued and finished at the European Derby in London, UK, without making it to the Final in Las Vegas, USA.
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.
+ AQUA CENTURIONSMENWOMENApostolos ChristouLarissa OliveiraSanto CondorelliSarah KöhlerBreno CorreiaGeorgia BohlLászló CsehSilvia ScaliaLuca DottoFranziska HentkeKristian GolomeevAlba VázquezPhilip HeintzIlaria BianchiTravis MahoneySilvia Di PietroNicolò MartinenghiFreya AndersonAlessandro MiressiFederica Pellegrini (C)Matteo RivoltaMargherita PanzieraSimone SabbioniHannah MileyFabio Scozzoli (VC)Martina CarraroPoul ZellmannElena Di LiddoLidón 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. Due to an unlucky disqualification of Margherita Panziera 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. +DatesLocationVenueTeam ScoresResultsMVPRegular season5–6 October IndianapolisIndiana University NatatoriumEnergy Standard 539 Cali Condors 457
DC Trident 330.5
Aqua Centurions 300.5 Sarah Sjöström (Energy Standard) 55.5 pts12–13 October NaplesPiscina Felice ScandoneEnergy Standard 493 Cali Condors 490.5
DC Trident 322
Aqua Centurions 321.5 Caeleb Dressel (Cali Condors) 57.5 pts23–24 November LondonLondon Aquatics CentreEnergy Standard 467.5 London Roar 458.5
Aqua Centurions 369.5
Team Iron 335.5 Chad Le Clos (Energy Standard) 44.5 pts
2020 International Swimming League season
Team roster
+ AQUA CENTURIONSMENWOMENMykhailo RomanchukFederica Pellegrini(C)Fabio Scozzoli(VC)Martina CarraroSzebasztián SzabóEtiene MedeirosAlessandro MiressiValentine DumontMatteo RivoltaLidón MuñozNicolò MartinenghiArianna CastiglioniFabio SantiKatrina Konopka ReidMarcelo ChierighiniSilvia Di PietroLeonardo de DeusKatalin BuriánGabriel SantosHaley Black Pedro SpajariKathryn GreensladeBreno CorreiaStefania PirozziLuiz Altamir Melo Alexandra TouretskiPhilip HeintzTheodora DrakouApostolos PapastamosTain BruceLara Grangeon
2021 International Swimming League season
Team roster
+ AQUA CENTURIONSMENWOMEN 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
https://www.eurosport.it/nuoto/isl-staffetta-4100-napoli-spinge-gli-aqua-centurions-al-primo-posto_vid1250994/video.shtml https://swimswam.com/aspettando-isl-gli-aqua-centurions-scateniamo-linferno/ https://www.swim4lifemagazine.it/tag/aqua-centurions/