FOUR RECORDS SET AT EAGLE INVITATIONAL
The Gators set four records at the Eagle Invitational in Maryland. Keith Myburgh smashed the previous 9-10 400 Freestyle record by swimming a 5.07.59. Jordan Morling bested the 9-10 100 Fly record which was 15 years old with a time of 1.16.24. Jacob Siar set two more team standards. In the 13-14 100 Back (1.04.36) and 200 Back (2.18.85) events new records were established. Great swimming Gators.
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GATORS KICK OFF LONG COURSE SEASON
The Gators started off the 2009 long course season with several strong swims at the New South Swimming LC Invitational in Charlotte, NC. Results can be found below.
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GATOR YEAR END BANQUET
The Virginia Gators held their annual banquet this past Sunday. The orginization honored our all of atheletes and especially our senior swimmers. This year we have seven seniors who will go on to swim in college:
| Seth Wensel | University of Tennessee |
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| Garrett Greenland | BYU |
| Keri Sink | Virginia Tech |
| Lauren Hines | University of Richmond |
| Bunge Okeyo | Columbia University |
| Miriam McGeath | Duquesne University |
| Lizzie Black | Sewanee University |
Good luck, we will miss you!
GATORS FINISH 2nd AT ODD AGE GROUP INVITATIONAL
Our younger swimmers represented the Gator team very well at the HYCAT Odd Age Group Invitational. Even though the Gators brought only a small amount of swimmers, we were able to finish 2nd overall. Great job!
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GATORS FINISH 4th AT AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS
There were several dominating swims by Gator swimmers during the first night of Age Group Championships. At nine years old, Keith Myburgh dropped 20 seconds to win the 10 and under 500 Free. Keith time of 5.41.48 sets a new Gator 9-10 record in this event. In the 13-14 Men's 1000 Freestyle, Jacob Siar bested the meet record by swimming a 9.34.05. This also established a new 13-14 team record. Great start Gators!
During the second day of Virginia Age Group Championships, the Gators had several outstanding swims. Keith Myburgh continued his great swimming by finishing 1st in the 10 and under 200 Freestyle and 2nd in the 100 IM. Khalil Fonder placed 2nd in the 10 and under 50 Back. Jordan Morling pushed hard and finished 3rd in the 10 and under 200 Free. Our 10 and under boy's 200 Freestyle Relay of Matt McHugh, Khalil Fonder, Trey Todd, and Keith Myburgh won the event. Jackie Crawford set a new 13-14 team record while on her way to winning the 100 Breast with a time of 1.06.11. Jacob Siar dominated the field in the 200 Freestyle and set a new Gator 13-14 record in the event with a 1.43.68. Later on in the evening Jacob Siar, Ryan Mitchell, Matt Lockman, and Josh Klimaaitis came in 2nd in the 13-14 medley relay and bested the Gator team record with a time of 1.43.75. After the 2nd day, the Gators are in 4th place overall.
The entire Gator team continued to swim well during the third day of Age Group Championship. Khalil Fonder swam to a strong second place finish in the 10 and under 50 Fly. Keith Myburgh continued his great swimming this weekend by finishing 3rd in the 10 and under 100 Free, winning the 100 Breast, and placing 2nd in the 200 IM. Jordan Morling also place high in her events going 4th in the 200 IM and 5th in the 50 Fly. The 10 and under 400 Free Relay team of Matt McHugh, Khalil Fonder, Trey Todd, and Keith Myburgh pushed hard and won the event. Not to be out done, our older swimmers swam fast as well. Starting out finals, the relay team of Jacob Siar, Matt Lockman, Ryan Mitchell, and Josh Klimaaitis won the 200 Free relay with a time of 1.32.83. This was also a Gator 13-14 team record and on the inital split, Jacob Siar bested the 13-14 team record in the 50 Free with a 22.41. Jacob continued his great swimming in the 100 Back placing 2nd in the 100 Back with 52.98 and 1st in the 500 Free with 4.39.19. Both times were team records. On the women's side, Jackie Crawford finished 2nd in the 13-14 100 Back with 58.30 setting a team standard in the process. Jackie also won the 13-14 200 Breaststroke. Later on in the meet, the 13-14 men's 400 Medley relay team of Jacob Siar, Ryan Mitchell, Ben Kennedy, and Josh Klimaaitis set another Gator record and swam a strong 3rd place with a time of 3:49.09. The meet concludes tommorow.
On the last day of Age Group Championships, the Gators finished strong. Jordan Morling took first in the 9-10 100 Fly. The 10 and under team of Trey Todd, Keith Myburgh, Khalil Fonder, and Matt McHugh placed 2nd in the 400 Medley relay and set a new Gator record in this event. Another Gator relay record fell when Matt Lockman, Ryan Mitchell, Jacob Siar, and Josh Klimaaitis placed 3rd in the 400 Free relay with a 3.27.10. Jacob Siar won the 200 Back and broke the Gator 13-14 record by going a 1.55.43. Jacob swam 48.19 on his way to winning the 100 Free, and set his final team record of the meet. Jackie Crawford dropped 6 seconds from her prelim time to win the 13-14 200 IM. Jackie also placed 2nd in the 200 Back and set a 13-14 team record with 2.06.21. Allie Criss pushed hard and swam to a 3rd place finish in the 11-12 200 Back. The Gator finished the meet 4th. Great swimming Gators!
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VIRGINIA GATORS COMPETE AT NCSA JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
On the last day of Junior Nationals, more Gator records fell. Lauren Gray swam to a strong 12th place finish in the 800 Free. In this event, Lauren broke a 21 year old Gator senior record with a time of 9.00.67. Lauren Hines also best a senior record by swimming a 30.94 in the 50 Back during finals. Great swimming this week Gators! Final scores and results will be posted when received.
The Gators continued to swim strong. This morning in prelims, Seth Wensel broke the Gator senior/ 17-18 record in the 500 Free with a time of 4.26.94. This evening in finals, Seth finished 4th in the 400 Free and set team LCM records by swimming a 4.00.34. Keri Sink swam hard in the 200 Breast and also set both long course and short course team records with times of 2.15.99 and 2.38.20 respectively. Her time in final placed Keri 14th overall and set a new Virginia 17-18 record.. Ali Horn broke the Gator team records in the 500/ 400 Free by going 4.54.81 in prelims and 4.25.56 in finals.
Tonight at finals in back to back events, Gator swimmers Seth Wensel and Ali Horn qualified for the 2009 World Championship Trials.. Seth finished 3rd in the 200 Free by swimming 1.52.77 in the event (Gator Senior/ 17-18 record). Ali swam to a strong 5th place finish in the 400 IM with a time of 4.55.37 (Gator 15-16 record). Ali also bested the senior team record in the 50 Fly with a 28.00. In prelims, Seth also bested his SCY 200 Free record by going a 1.37.89.
The Gators continued their strong swimming on the second day of Junior Nationals. In the morning, Ali Horn bested her senior/ 17-18 team record in the 200 Fly with a time of 1.58.21. Our relay team of Lauren Gray, Lauren Hines, Keri Sink, and Ali Horn set a new team record in the 800 Free Relay twice. In the morning the women went 7.29.50 in SCY course. During finals in LCM, the team went 8.41.24. Also during finals, Lauren Hines pushed hard and establishedt a new Gator senior/ 17-18 record in the 200 Back with a time of 2.22.12.
On the first day of the meet, the Gators started out strong by setting two team records. Lauren Gray dropped over 30 seconds in the 1650 Freestyle to finish 22nd. Her time of 16.52.71 set a new 15-16 team record. The 200 medley relay team of Lauren Hines, Keri Sink, Ali Horn, and Lauren Gray broke the Gator senior record with a time of 1.45.89. The meet continues tommorow.
The Gators traveled to Orlando to compete at NCSA Junior National Championships this week.. Good luck to Miriam McGeath, Devin Henry, Ali Horn, Lauren Gray, Keri Sink, Lauren Hines, Katie Young, Victoria Mesner, Austin Criss, Seth Wensel, Jared Jones, and Garrett Greenland. Swim Fast Gators!
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IMX CHALLENGE
The IMX Challenge is a motivational program whereby swimmers will be scored and ranked nationally on their performance in a combination of five or six events. The Gator coaches highly encourage all of our swimmers to register and take part in this program. More information on how to register and what events are used in the specific age groups are available at the USA Swimming IMX page.
| WHEN: Second Monday of Every Month |
| WHERE: Gator Center Team Room |
| TIME: 6:30 - 7:30 |
