Our 2024 Swim-a-Thon (first-ever!!) has officially wrapped up, laps have been counted, and all the numbers are in! FIFTY-TWO of our swimmers worked hard at securing sponsorships to raise a total of $14,004.05 through our 190 donors! To say we are overwhelmed would be an understatement. The intial $10,000 goal was passed...and not in a small way! Whether it was 16 laps or 400, every single lap helped us toward our goal. Together our 42 swimmers completed a total of 4,762 pool lengths (25 yards) for a total of 67.6...

Between February 14-17th, the Virginia High School League State meets were held, and eight of our Gators represented their high schools at the Class 1 and Class 3 meets, so we would like to highlight some of the swims! An * next to a name notes a personal best times for the competing swimmer. Congratulations to our swimmers on some AMAZING swims and overall a great season as well! East Rock High School Rachael Bing and Ali Hooke represented East Rock High School swimming the 100 Fly (Hooke) and the...

2024 Southwest District 8 & Under Championship Meet | Short Course On February 10-11, nine of our youngest swimmers traveled to Roanoke for the 2024 SW District 8/Under Championship meet, showing off by dropping some great time and getting several opportunities to be on the podium. Everyone did AMAZING! Our 8/under Swimmers: Aiden Craig, Olivia Dameron, Elsie Glanzer, Abigail Luikart, Harper Mancini, Paxton Michael-Lee, Jace Shirkey, Lane Skelly, and Georgiana Wade. Our nine swimmers competed in a total of 48 events over the course of the two days as well...

Congratulations to these four swimmers for their hard work this past week in fundraising for our Swim-a-Thon (through 1/24) - see Noelle Zook on deck to pick a prize from our weekly prize bucket. Our total raised as of 1/24 is $7483.05 - we are SO CLOSE to our $10,000 goal! It's not too late to join in! We have only TWO more days until our swimmers jump in to swim their laps and earn incentives! Even if you haven't started yet, you can still participate. Send out a link...

As we move into our last short course meets of the season, 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 23-25! *cuts as of 1/23/24 - more to come!!

Congratulations to these four swimmers for their hard work this past week in fundraising for our Swim-a-Thon (through 1/17) - see Noelle Zook on deck to pick a prize from our weekly prize bucket. Our Week 3 donations started January 18th and will end on January 24th. Remember - weekly totals and prizes are not cumulative, everyone starts fresh each week. Keep working hard! Families will be receiving an email soon with information on lane sign-ups for the day of the swim-a-thon, but in the meantime, talk with your swimmers...

2024 Cavalier Winter Rumble Meet Results | Short Course From January 13-14, thirty-nine of our swimmers traveled to Charlottesville for the 2024 Cavalier Winter Rumble. Our team swam a total of 179 events over the course of two days; twelve of these races were first time swims, and 108 were best times. In addition, a total of 359.83 seconds were dropped!!!! Special thanks to Haley Mancini and Lilly Nutter for helping out on deck! Attending swimmers: Victor Caskill, Aiden Craig, Olivia Dameron, Silas Dameron, Cooper Davis, Igor Dmytriyev, Fedor Dobrynin,...

Congratulations to these four swimmers for their hard work this past week in fundraising for our Swim-a-Thon (through 1/10) - see Noelle Zook on deck to pick a prize from our weekly prize bucket. Our Week 1 donations started January 11th and will end on January 17th. Remember - weekly totals and prizes are not cumulative, everyone starts fresh each week. Keep working hard! Our team goal is to raise $10,000 and we are over halfway there! YAY!!! Don't forget about all the BIG prizes as well. If you have...

2023 HOKI Swim & Tri Meet Results | Short Course From December 8-10, thirty of our swimmers traveled to Christiansburg along with the Roanoke Gators, for the 2023 HOKI Swim & Tri meet held at the Christianburg Aquatic Center. Our team swam a total of 141 events over the course of three days and 76 were best times with a total of 318.32 seconds dropped. Swimmers on deck: Aiden Craig, Olivia Dameron, Silas Dameron, Boris Dmytriyev, Igor Dmytriyev, Yarek Dobrynin, Vasilii Dobrynin, Anna Hendricksen, Caroline Hendricksen, Linley Hendricksen, Meredith Hendricksen,...

2023 Club Mountaineer Speedo Invitational Meet Results | Short Course From December 7-10, twenty-two of our swimmers made the treck to Morgantown, WV along with the Roanoke Gators, for the 2023 Club Mountaineer Speedo Invitational held at the Mylan Park Aquatic Center. Each swimmer participating achieved specific cuts in order to qualify for this meet. Several of our swimmers rode the bus along with Roanoke (be sure to ask them about the adventure on the return trip!). Our team swam a total of 192 events over the course of three...