As our swimmers compete, it is alway encouraging to see time drops in events and a progression toward various time standards. When we share meet wrap-ups, we list the different motivational time standards swimmers have achieved: B, BB, A, AA, AAA, and AAAA. Dropping a 1/100th or 1/10th of a second counts and is progress toward the next cut. Each and every achievement is a milestone! Beyond the B - AAAA motivational time standards, USA Swimming has a few additional time standards: Sectionals, Futures, and Junior Nationals, and Nationals. (There...

It's been a little bit, but we have a new newsletter to share with you all! Even though so much has happened since the start of the season, we tried to sum it all up in our January 2022 edition of the Gator News. Read the full newsletter HERE, or click on the thumbnail below. In addition to a general wrap-up of things we've done as a team this season, Coach Scot shares his thoughts on end-of-the-season championship meets and THREE things outside of the pool that impact your performance....

2022 Gator Winter Splash | Short Course From January 8-9, seventy-three of our swimmers welcomed the Virginia Gators of Charlottesville, Swim RVA Rapids, and the SMAC Marlins to Harrisonburg for the 2022 Gator Winter Splash - an amazing turnout for our team! This was a short course meet held at JMU's Godwin Hall. Our team swam a total of 390 events over the course of two days; forty of these races were first time swims, and 161 were best times. In addition, a whopping total of 505.10 seconds were dropped!...

*Updated - there were several time cuts that didn't register initially because of birthdates/aging up, and we definitely don't want to miss any of these achievements! See the updated cuts from AAAA to BB - FORTY-FOUR in all!! 59th Pittsburgh Christmas Meet | Short Course Yes, we are a little delayed in sending this meet update out to everyone. Between Christmas and our home meet, things were a little crazy. That doesn't at all mean that those swimmers who participated in the 59th Pittsburgh Christmas Meet don't deserve some attention!...

2021 SMAC Fall Classic | Short Course From November 20-21, forty-five of 14/under swimmers made the short trip to Waynesboro, VA for the 2021 SMAC Fall Classic - a good turnout for this age group. This was a short course meet held at the Waynesboro YMCA. Our team swam a total of 238 events over the course of three days; forty of these races were first time swims, and 115 were best times. In addition, a whopping total of 344.71 seconds were dropped! 8/under Swimmers: Lucille Caldwell (8), Silas Dameron...

Five of our Harrisonburg Gator swimmers were named as part of 2021 Virginia Swimming Long Course All Star Team: Lila Gorby, James Hewitt, Molly Beckwith, Kaleb Erb, and Zachary Erb. To qualify for the Virginia Swimming All Star Team, swimmers must finish the season with one of the top 5 fastest times in the LSC in any event in their age group. Two of our swimmers, James Hewitt and Zachary Erb, also qualified for the 2021 Virginia Swimming Short Course All Star Team. Congratulations to these five!

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...