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)...

2021 SwimRVA Blastoff | Short Course From October 1-3, forty-seven of our swimmers traveled to Richmond, VA for the SwimRVA Blastoff Invitational - a great team turnout for our kids! This was a short course meet held at Collegiate Aquatic Center. Our team swam a total of 233 events over the course of 3 days, and 28 of these races were first time swims and 95 were best times. In addition, a total of 419.89 seconds were dropped! 8/under Swimmers: Huck Kann (8), Elias Kite (7), Bryson Long (7) and...

2021 Friendly City Intrasquad September 25-26, 2021, our team hosted our first-ever Friendly City Intrasquad at Westover Pool and welcomed some of the Charlottesville Gators to our deck. We had 79 swimmers from the Harrisonburg team participate, with quite a few who were first time Gator swimmers! Our 79 swimmers swam a total of 338 races over the course of 2 days, with 87 of them first-time swims. The weather was amazing and it was wonderful to all be on deck together in the sun. Thank you so much to...

2021 VSI Long Course Age Group Championships Meet From July 22 - June 25, 2021, eight of our 14/under swimmers traveled to Richmond, VA for the 2021 VSI Long Course Age Group Championships. This event was a qualifying meet and our 8 participating swimmers swam a total of 34 events over the course of 3 days, with some great time drops. Congratulations to those who made the cuts to attend the meet - a great wrap-up to our long course season! Attending: Molly Beckwith (14), Rachael Bing (14), Julia Dunham...

2021 VSI Long Course Senior Championships Meet From July 15 - June 18, seven of our senior swimmers traveled to Richmond, VA for the 2021 VSI Long Course Senior Championships. This event was a qualifying meet and our 7 participating swimmers swam a total of 35 events over the course of 4 days, with 60% of those races achi.eving best times. Congratulations to those who made the cuts to attend the meet - a great wrap-up to our long course season! 13-14 Swimmers: Julia Dunham (14) 15/older Swimmers: Zoe Deeble...

2021 VSI Regional Summer Awards Meet - Long Course From July 9 - June 11, twenty-five of our swimmers traveled to Christiansburg, VA for the VSI Regional Summer Awards Meet (long course) - our last open meet of the long course season before championship meets begin. Our 25 swimmers swam a total of 135 events over the course of 3 days, with a whopping 87 best times! Fifteen of these races were first time swims. Congratulations to those who made new cuts for championship meets - a great wrap-up to...

2021 Virginia Commonwealth Games | LY June Jam - Long Course From June 25 - June 27, thirty of our swimmers traveled to Lynchburg, VA for the Virginia Commonwealth Games (long course) - another great team turnout for our kids! This was a prelims/finals long course meet held at Liberty University. Our team swam a total of 248 events over the course of 3 days, and 18 of these races were first time swims and 96 were best times! Most exciting - relays are back!! So many of our kids...

Our June 2021 edition of the Gator News is ready to go with highlights from the past month and some upcoming dates to mark on your calendar. You can read the full newsletter HERE, or try to read the images below. :) Coach Scot is sharing some thoughts on tech suits (when to wear and why), and we have links to all our past meet results as well. Feel free to share with your family and friends!

2021 GATR Summer Classic Meet - Long Course From June 18 - June 20, thirty-five of our swimmers attended a local meet in Waynesboro, VA for the GATR Summer Classic Meet (long course), hosted by one of our fellow Gator teams. Our 35 swimmers swam a total of 212 events over the course of 3 days. 52 of these races were first time swims. Parents were able to watch on deck again (yay!) and the weather was beautifull all weekend. 8/under Swimmers: Elias Kite (7), Harper Mancini (6), and Claire...

We'd like to introduce a new(er) face on deck for our Age Group and Junior Development swimmers. Louis Johnson initially joined the Virginia Gators of Harrisonburg coaching staff a few weeks prior to COVID shutting everything down in March 2020 and re-joined us on deck in April 2021. How long were you a swimmer? I swam competitively for 9 years, from age eleven to age twenty. I’ve been swimming mostly recreationally since then, doing a few club swim meets here and there. Where did you grow up and where did...