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GOOD LUCK AT TRIALS TODD AND PETER!

Todd McGraw and Peter Volosin will be competing at the United States Team Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. Todd will be swimming in the 400 IM and the 200 Fly. Peter will swim in the 400 and 1500 Free. GOOD LUCK!

REAL TIME RESULTS | PSYCH SHEET

JOEY GIRANI WINS B'NAI B'RITH AWARD

Joey Girani was presented the 58th B’nai B’rith Award by the Israel Friedlander Lodge of Roanoke. Joey was the first athlete from Franklin County High School to win this award which is based 50 percent on athletics, 25 percent on academics and 25 percent on citizenship. Congratulations Joey!

NEWS ARTICLE

VIRGINIA GATORS 110th IN COUNTRY

The Gators finished 110th out of 2450 clubs in USA Swimming's Toyota Virtual Club Championship. This places us in the top 5% in the nation.

USA SWIMMING VIRTUAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WEB PAGE

NEW SOUTH LONG COURSE INVITATIONAL

UPDATED TOP TIMES | MEET RESULTS

2008 HYCAT ODD AGE GROUP MEET

The Gators started off the last short meet of the 2008 season with a bang. 8 year old Keith Myburgh broke a 15 year old team record by swimming a 2.30.57 in the 200 Freestyle. Great job Keith! Results posted below.

UPDATED TEAM RECORDS | UPDATED TOP TIMES | MEET RESULTS

GATOR LONG COURSE SCHEDULE

Below is a link to the 2008 Virginia Gator long course schedule.

08 LC SCHEDULE

GATORS FINISH 6th AT SECTIONALS

Competing against some outstanding competition, the Virginia Gators finished a strong 6th place overall at the 2008 Central Zone Sectional Championship. Our women's team placed 6th and our men's team placed 7th. There were several team records broken over the course of the meet. Carlos Maciel has set three 15-16 team records. Carlos swam a 1.57.38 in the 200 Freestyle, 4.46.16 in the 400 IM, and 8.50.19 in the 800 Free. Ali Horn broke the 15-16 team record in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 2.09.73. Austin Criss swam 9.10.02 in the 800 Freestyle to set a new 13-14 team record. In addition, both Seth Wensel and Joey Girani made their Junior National cuts in the 100 Freestyle. Complete scores and results can be found below.

MEET SCORES | MEET RESULTS | UPDATED TEAM RECORDS

YOUNGER GATORS SWIM WELL IN HARRISONBURG

Our younger Gators journeyed to James Madison University to participate in the 2008 VAST Spring Splash. Our swimmers made a great showing with Paige Assaid taking 6 first place finishes and Taylor Summerlin having 3 first place swims. Also, good job to Carlos Amaral, Elizabeth Taylor, Kenyon and Kemper John, and Callie and Caroline Summerlin who swam fast and had a great time!

MEET RESULTS

JOEY GIRANI APPOINTED TO US NAVAL ACADEMY

The Virginia Gators would like to proudly announce that Joey Girani has been appointed to the United States Naval Academy. Joey will be swimming for the Midshipmen next season. Way to go Joey!

GATOR ALUMNI NEWS

The following e-mail I recieved from Gator Alumni, Nelson Silva. Nelson recently won the NCAA Division II National Championship in the 200 Back with a time of 1.47.31. This is a little thing that meant a whole lot to me and the other coaches of the Virginia Gators.

Erik,

I really appreciate everything you have done for me, i dont know if you've heard about that i won the 200 back at NCAA's D2 of course hahaha. So you really have part of this as do Doug, Greg, and the Criss's. I really appreciate every little thing you've done to help me out, you really have a part of this title.

thank you very much,

Nelson Silva

PS: I will be there this summer training even harder !

Also, congratulations to another Gator alumni, Peter Volosin. Peter, captain of the Brown University swim team as a senior, set a school record in the 1,000-yard freestyle and then one week later qualified for the United States Olympic Trials in the 400-meter freestyle.

GATORS FINISH 4th AT AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Gator swam to a strong 4th place finish overall this weekend at Virginia Age Group Championships. The boy’s team finished 5th and the girl’s team finished 4th. 15 team records were broken, 9 individual and 6 relay.

Five team records were broke on Friday. Khalil Fonder swam hard and broke the 8 and under 50 Backstroke record with a time of 36.94. Ali Horn set a new record in the 13-14 100 Fly with a time of 57.56. Austin Criss bettered his 13-14 200 Free record by going 1.47.09. Both our 13-14 200 Medley Relay teams also set team records. The team of Jacob Siar, Jared Jones, Austin Criss and Tim Webb went a time of 1.48.20. Holly Harper, Katie Young, Ali Horn, and Jackie Crawford bested the previous 200 Medley relay record by swimming a time of 1.52.02.

On the third day of the meet Ali Horn set the pace with two 1st place finishes both being team records, 2.05.47 in the 200 Butterfly and 5.00.93 in the 500 Freestyle. Ali's swim in the 500 Free broke a 15 year old meet record. Khalil Fonder broke his second team record by going a 33.13. Our 13-14 swimmers also broke 3 team relay records. The 200 Freestyle Relay were broken by the teams of Hannah Harper, Jackie Crawford, Maddie Kennedy, and Ali Horn and Jared Jones, Jacob Siar, Tim Webb, and Austin Criss. The team of Hannah Harper, Katie Young, Ali Horn, and Maddie Kennedy broke the Gator 13-14 400 Medley Relay.

On Sunday, the Gators continued their strong swimming. Khalil Fonder broke his third team record by swimming 1.18.45 in the 100 Butterfly. Austin Criss broke the team 13-14 200 Backstroke record with a 1.58.79. Ali Horn broke a 22 year old meet record by going a 2.06.64 in the 13-14 200 IM. This swim was also a Gator team record. Our 13-14 girls broke their 4th team relay record this meet. The team of Hannah Harper, Jackie Crawford, Maddie Kennedy, and Ali Horn swam a time of 3.40.42 in the 400 Freestyle Relay. Way to go Gators!

MEET SCORES | MEET RESULTS | UPDATED TEAM RECORDS | TOP TIMES

GATORS FINISH 2nd AT VIRGINIA SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

With many of our swimmers not tapered, the Virginia Gators finished 2rd overall at Virginia Senior Championships. Both the women and men's teams finished 3rd. Todd McGraw started off the meet with a 17-18 Gator team record in the 1650 Freestyle. Todd swam a time of 15:47.43 in this event. During the second day of the competition, Miriam McGeath bettered her record in the 15-16 400 IM with a time of 4.27.64. Also, in this event, Ali Horn set a 13-14 team record with a time of 4.28.05. The relay team of Seth Wensel, Carlos Marciel, Todd McGraw and Gustavo Calado won the 800 Freestyle Relay and set a new Gator senior record with a time of 6.48.24. Records continued to fall on Saturday. 14 year old Holly Harper broke a 10 year old record in the 100 Backstroke with a time of 59.04. Gustavo Calado and Todd McGraw finished first and second respectively in the 200 Fly with Todd bettering his 17-18 team record with a time of 1.48.18. On the final day of the meet, Gustavo Calado bettered his Gator senior record that he set 5 years ago with a time of 1.50.38. Finally, our senior men won the 400 Freestyle relay. The team of Joey Girani, Seth Wensel, Carlos Maciel, and Gustavo Calado also set a new Gator senior record with a time of 3.06.32. Good Swimming Gators! The senior team will next compete at the Central Zone Championship Series in Indianapolis, IN.

MEET SCORES | MEET RESULTS | UPDATED TEAM RECORDS

2008 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

The Gators placed 3rd in this weekend's Blue Ridge Regional Championship at the Lynchburgh YMCA. There were many best times and age group championship cuts achieved. Below are the scores and results from the meet.

SCORES | MEET RESULTS | UPDATED TOP TIMES

2008 DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP

Good job to all Gators who swam in the Southwest District Championship. There were many best times, new standards, and event two team records achieved. Keith Myburgh started off the meet by winning the 10 and under men's 500 Freestyle as a 8 year old. His time of 6.49.97 set a Gator 8 and under team record. Khalil Fonder also earned a place on the record board by besting one of the oldest Gator records. Khalil went a 15.37 in the 25 Butterfly to win the event and beat a 19 year old team record. Other event winners included Natalie Kulp (10 and under 500 Free), Cabell Whitlow (7 and under 25 Free, 50 Back, 100 Free), Keith Myburgh (8 year old 25 Free, 100 IM, 25 Breast, 50 Free, 100 Free), Emma Cartledge (8 year old 50 Fly, 25 Fly, 100 Free), Khalil Fonder (8 year old 50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 25 Back), Taylor Summerlin (7 year old 100 IM, 25 Breast, 50 Breast, 25 Back), Adler Cargill (9-10 50 Breast, 200 IM, 100 Breast), Caitlin Privott (9-10 200 Free), John Sheffield (13-14 200 IM), Noah Bowers (7 and under 25 Fly, 25 Back), Andy Ryoo (11-12 200 Free, 100 Breast), Dana Barringer (11-12 50 Free). Good Swimming!

UPDATED TOP TIMES | UPDATED TEAM RECORDS | MEET RESULTS

TODD MCGRAW MAKES 2ND OLYMPIC TRIAL CUT

Gator swimmer, Todd McGraw, represented the USA National Junior Team in Australia last weekend at the 2008 Victorian Open. Todd swam exceptionally well, placing 2nd in the 200 Fly and 4th in the 400 IM. His time of 4.28.32 in the 400 IM gave Todd his 2nd Olympic Trial Cut. Additionally, Todd's time of 2.01.25 bettered his 17-18 state record in the 200 Fly. Both times were Gator team records.

RESULTS | UPDATED TEAM RECORDS

TODD MCGRAW GETS SCHOLARSHIP TO GEORGIA

Gator swimmer Todd McGraw has signed with the 9th ranked University of Georgia Bulldogs for next year. Over the past year Todd has made senior national cuts, placed 3rd in the Junior National Championship in the 200 Fly, earned a place on the United States Swimming National Junior Team, broke Virginia Swimming's 17-18 LCM record and made his Olympic Trial Cut in the 200 Butterfly. Congratulation Todd! Your hard work and dedication to the sport has really paid off.

 

NEWS (UPDATED 03/26/2008)

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IMX INFORMATION

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.