2021 HOKI Thanksgiving Invitational | Short Course

Jolanthe Erb (Director of Operations)

2021 HOKI Thanksgiving Invitational |  Short Course

From November 5-7, fifty of our swimmers traveled to Christiansburg, VA for the HOKI Thanksgiving Invitational - another GREAT team turnout for our kids! This was a short course meet held at Christiansburg Aquatic Center. 

Our team swam a total of 297 events over the course of three days; twenty-four of these races were first time swims, and 146 were best times. In addition, a whopping total of 595.02 seconds were dropped! 

8/under Swimmers: Huck Kann (8), Elias Kite (7), Bryson Long (7) and Harper Mancini (6)

9-10 Swimmers: Igor Dmytriyev (9), Jed Gorby (9), Eliza Hewitt (9), Laci Hill (9), Isaiah Kite (9), Caelee Long (9), Claire Maust (9), Anna Paradise (9), and Lucy Toni-Holsinger

11-12 Swimmers: Sadie Deeble (12), Boris Dmytriyev (12), Lila Gorby (12), James Hewitt (11), Sara Keller (11), Hayley Mancini (11), Sam Maust (11), Reese Ostlund (11), Shelby Riggleman (12), Naomi Shafer (12), Brandon Smith (11), Joe Yang (12), and Nora von Rotz (12)

13-14 Swimmers: Molly Beckwith (14), Tommy Bill (14), Rachel Bing (14), Rebecca Couric (14), Kaleb Erb (14), Tessa Gorby (14), Alison Hook (13), Jozelyn Kann (13), Madison Keller (14), and Albert Krasheninnikov (13) 

15/older Swimmers: Lydia Couric (15), Graham DeVito (16), Zoe Deeble (16), Zachary Erb (17), Mia Flory (15), Noah Gabriele (16), Phineas Kasten (17), Dylan King (16), Abigail Kullander (16), Cole Martin (16), Marshall Smith (16), Will St. John (17), Isaac Wenger (16), and Alexia Wright (17)

121 of our swimmers placed in the top ten - WAY TO GO!! 

There were 69 new motivational cuts achieved from B through AAA.  Those swims and swimmers are called out below.  Great meet, everyone!! We hope you all had fun and were encouraged by your times over the course of the weekend.