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Jolanthe Erb (Director of Operations)

After a full weekend on deck, we had some brand new Age Group and Senior cuts to add to the lineup for the upcoming Virginia Swimming Championship meets. Congratulations to Olivia Dameron and Vivienne Hess for qualifying for the upcoming Age Group Champs! Also shoutout to Liam McMahon for securing another Sectionals cut. Wishing these swimmers the best as they compete in the upcoming weeks!

Jolanthe Erb (Director of Operations)

We are moving into our final short course meets of the 2025-26 season, and swimmers have another chance to achieve qualifying cuts and attend either the Age Group Championship meet (14/under) or the Senior Championship meet (15/older). The above swimmers have made cuts in one or more events, and we look forward to seeing more time drops and qualifying times from even more swimmers at the 9/Older District Championship meet held February 27 - March 1! Virginia Senior State Championships Qualifying Times 2025-2028 - click here. Virginia Age Group State...

Jolanthe Erb (Director of Operations)

The 2026 Virginia High School League Class 3 State Swimming meet was held on Thursday, February 19, 2026 in Richmond, VA with many of our Gator swimmers represented on deck. High Schools in the Valley included East Rock High School, Rocktown High School, Spotswood High School, Turner Ashby High School, and Wilson Memorial High School. L to R: Joe Yang, James Hewitt, Lexie Pullen, Alison Hooke, Liam McMahon. Throughout the day we received pictures from families along with texts of their time drops and podium finishes. We've highlighted our current...

Jolanthe Erb (Director of Operations)

2026 Southwest District 8 & Under Championship Meet | Short Course On February 7-8, five of our youngest swimmers traveled to Roanoke along with the Roanoke Gators for the 2026 SW District 8/Under Championship meet. There were multiple time drops, and one of our swimmers had a 2nd place finish and a new BB cut! Harrisonburg 8/under Gators: Lily Anne Anderson, Fedor Dobrynin, Samantha Navarro, Ella Riner, and Jordyn Shull. L to R: Lily Anne Anderson, Samantha Navarro, Jordyn Shull, Ella Riner Our five swimmers competed in a total of...

Jolanthe Erb (Director of Operations)

2025 SwimRVA Blastoff Meet Results| Short Course From September 26-28, thrity-six of our swimmers traveled to Richmond, VA for the SwimRVA Blastoff, a short course meet held at Collegiate Aquatic Center. Our team swam a total of 206 events over the course of 3 days and 104 were best times. In addition, a total of 357.48 seconds were dropped! *Full results can be found in the Meet Mobile app. Swimmers attending: Lily Anne Anderson, Aiden Craig, Olivia Dameron, Silas Dameron, Emmeline Davidson, Igor Dmytriyev, Fedor Dobrynin, Yarek Dobrynin, Vasilii Dobrynin,...

Jolanthe Erb (Director of Operations)

2025 Friendly City Kickoff Meet | Short Course The 2025 Friendly City Kickoff at JMU was a great start to our 2025-26 season! Between our team and the several visiting teams (SMAC, Storm, PWSC, and Phoenix), we had a wonderful turnout. Thank you so much to the families from all teams that stepped in to volunteer and helped the meet run smoothly - we honestly cannot do it without you. We had a very short timeframe and turnaround on deck that day and appreciate your patience with everything. For those...

Jolanthe Erb (Director of Operations)

This week we wrap up our 2024-25 Season with our final three long course meets: Senior Champs (July 17 - July 20), Age Group Champs (July 24 - July 27), and Futures (July 23 - July 27). The above swimmers have made cuts in one (or more) events, and we look forward to seeing more time drops at our final meets of the season. Congratulations to everyone on their hard work this past year!

Jolanthe Erb (Director of Operations)

One of our Harrisonburg Gators were named as part of the 2024-25 Virginia Swimming All Star Team list for the short course season: Elias Kite. To qualify for the All Stars team, swimmers must finish the season with one of the top 5 fastest times in the LSC in any event in their age group. (*Harrisonburg Gators) Several additional swimmers ranked in the top 10 for their age group and are called out below. Erin Baxley ranked 2nd in the 13/14 Girls 200 Back (SCY), 5th in the 200 Fly...

Jolanthe Erb (Director of Operations)

2025 HOKI May Day Invitational Meet Results | Long Course Seventeen of our swimmers traveled to Christiansburg from May 2 - May 4, 2025 for the 2024 HOKI May Day Invite held at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center for our first long course meet of the season. Attending swimmers: Jonathan Aulgur, Molly Beckwith, Eli Cole, Igor Dmytriyev, Yarek Dobrynin, Vasilii Dobrynin, Charlie Gochenour, Viv Hess, Eliza Hewitt, James Hewitt, Elias Kite, Isaiah Kite, Liam McMahon, Jonathan Moyers, Lexi Pullen, Brandon Smith, and Kaimbrie Zook Our seventeen swimmers competed in a total...

Jolanthe Erb (Director of Operations)

For the 2025 Great Community Give, our BIG goal was to not only have the most donors during the 9-10am power hour, and also to secure a top three spot for number of donors in the medium non-profit category and reach 200 donors. While we didn't hit all of our goals, we DID win the 9-10am power hour, and received a $700 prize from Cardinal Dental Specialists for our combined efforts! Over the course of the day, we had 137 donors and placed 10th out of 46 medium-sized small-profits (22nd...