2023 Southwest District 8 & Under Championship Meet | Short Course

Jolanthe Erb (Director of Operations)

2023 Southwest District 8 & Under Championship Meet | Short Course

On February 11-12, sixteen of our youngest swimmers traveled to Charlottesville for the 2023 SW District 8/Under Championship meet, ready to show off all their hard work from this season. And these kiddos did AMAZING! (A special thanks to our 12/under swimmers who helped out their siblings and teammates on deck as well!)

Our 8/under Swimmers: Olivia Dameron, Cooper Davis, Colbie Gibson, Elsie Glanzer, Madelyn Gray, Margaret Kistler, Elias Kite, LeAnne Lamanna, Bryson Long, Abigail Luikart, Harper Mancini, Lily Paradise, Ella Riner, Knox Riner, Coleman Skelly, and Lane Skelly. 

These eleven swimmers competed in a total of 81 events over the course of two days as well as participated in four relays; four of these races were first time swims, and 58 were best times. In addition, a total of 175.96 seconds were dropped (SIX swimmers dropped over 10% of their seed time)! 

30 of our swimmers placed in the top ten and Elias Kite and Bryson Long placed first in a combined TEN different events - Elias in 6 and Bryson in 4. 

In addition, there were six new motivational cuts achieved as well. Those swims and swimmers are called out below.  Keep up the great work!