The majority of fundraisers our team hosts typically benefit our local team. For the next several weeks and through the month of October, our team is hosting a different fundraiser - one that will benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (bcrf.org). This has been an idea in the works the last several months, and one we knew our team (as well as our Roanoke and Charlottesville Gator families) would wholeheartedly support. Many of us have friends or family who have been impacted by breast cancer, including Coach Scot and his...

Eight of our 14/younger swimmers competed at the 2022 Virginia Swimming Long Course Age Group Championship meet held in Christiansburg, VA from July 21 - July 24, 2022. This was a qualifying meet, so each of our swimmers earned cuts from the following time standards. Congratulations to Tommy Bill (14), Igor Dmytriyev (10), Jed Gorby (10), Eliza Hewitt (10), James Hewitt (12), Isaiah Kite (10), Claire Maust (9), and Naomi Shafer (12) for their hard work to attend this meet. Finals each evening followed a different theme - from 80s...

Ten of our 15/older swimmers traveled to Lychburg, VA for the 2022 VSI Long Course Senior Championship held July 14-17, 2022. This was a qualifying meet, so each of these seniors earned cuts from the following time standards. Congratulations to Lydia Couric (16), Zoe Deeble (16), Graham DeVito (17), Sarah Dunham (16), Kaleb Erb (15), Zachary Erb (17), Noah Gabrielle (17), Dylan King (16), Cole Martin (16), and Alexia Wright (17) for their hard work. Our ten swimmers competed in a total of 63 events over the course of four...

2022 SMAC Summer Classic Meet Results | Long Course In June, twenty-five of our swimmers attended the 2022 SMAC Summer Classic. This was a long course meet held at the Waynesboro War Memorial Pool. Our team swam a total of 158 events over the course of three days with 46 best times. In addition, a total of 219.05 seconds were dropped! 8/under Swimmers: Elias Kite (8) and Harper Mancini (7) 9-10 Swimmers: Jed Gorby (10), Eliza Hewitt (10), Isaiah Kite (10), and Claire Maust (9) 11-12 Swimmers: Boris Dmytriyev (12),...

2022 Andrew Hartle Invitational Meet Results | Long Course From June 4 - June 5, twenty-one of our swimmers traveled to Greensboro, NC for the Andrew Hartle Invitational Meet (long course) held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Our 21 swimmers swam a total of 122 events over the course of 2 days. 8/under Swimmers: Elias Kite (8) 9-10 Swimmers: Jed Gorby (10), Eliza Hewitt (10), Isaiah Kite (10), Caelee Long (10), and Claire Maust (9) 11-12 Swimmers: James Hewitt (12), Reese Ostlund (11), Brandon Smith (11), and Malcolm Washington (11)...

Virginia Swimming has shared the compilation of top ten swims for each age group and stroke. Two of our Harrisonburg Gator swimmers were named as part of the 2022 Virginia Swimming Short Course All Star Team: Lila Gorby and James Hewitt. To qualify, swimmers must finish the season with one of the top 5 fastest times in the LSC in any event in their age group. Lila ranked 5th for the season in the 11/12 Girls 1000 Free and the 200 Back; she also ranked in the top 10 in...

2022 CGBD Spring Luau Meet Results | Long Course Seventeen of our swimmers traveled to Richmond from May 20 - May 23, 2022 for the 2022 CGBD Spring Luau long course meet held at Collegiate Aquatic Center in Richmond. Our attending swimmers: 8/Under Swimmers: Elias Kite (8) 9-10 Swimmers: Igor Dmytriyev (10), Jed Gorby (10), Isaiah Kite (10), Caelee Long (10), and Alice Nutter (10) 11-12 Swimmers: Sadie Deeble (12), Boris Dmytriyev (12), Hayley Mancini (12), Lillian Nutter (12), Naomi Shafer (12), and Brandon Smith (12) 13-14 Swimmers: Tommy Bill...

2022 Friendly City Splash Meet | Short Course After a last minute rescheduling thanks to some cool temperatures, our team welcomed the Charlottesville Gators along with a few of our clinic swimmers to the Friendly City Splash held at Westover Pool in Harrisonburg. Ready for their first swim! Here's a look at our participating swimmers: 6/under Swimmers: Margaret Kistler (6), Harper Mancini (6), Lily Paradise (6), and Ella Riner (5) 7-8 Swimmers: Lucy Caldwell (8), Graham Ebersold (8), Camille Jerlinski (8), Elias Kite (7), LeAnne Lamanna (8), Arianna Yanez (8),...

2022 HOKI May Day Invitational Meet Results | Long Course Eighteen of our swimmers traveled to Christiansburg from April 29 - May 1, 2022 for the 2022 HOKI May Day Invitational held at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center - our first long course meet of the season! We had a few first time Gators competing as well - yay!! Our attending swimmers: 8/Under Swimmers: Elias Kite (7) 9-10 Swimmers: Igor Dmytriyev (9), Jed Gorby (10), Eliza Hewitt (10), Isaiah Kite (10), and Alice Nutter (10) 11-12 Swimmers: Boris Dmytriyev (12), James...

Our BIG goal again this year was to have the most donors from 1-2pm and secure a bonus prize of $1,250. As a team, we had over 125 donors, unlocking that money. The entire day we had over 160 donors and placed FOURTH overall in small non-profits for number of donors. That is not a small feat at all. This 2022 team focus for Great Community Give was raising money to place into a scholarship fund for underprivileged swimmers in our community. In the upcoming months we hope to work...