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Archived AnnouncementsSaturday, Oct. 4th, Practice Change 10-03-2008Practice times for Saturday, October 4th are listed below:
Saturday, Sep. 20th, Practices CANCELLED 09-17-2008Practice for all groups have been cancelled on September 20th due to the team picnic. Information on the team picnic can be found using the links to the right. Lynchburg Meet Invitational 09-07-2008Please information regarding the Lynchburg Season Kickoff Meet below. LY does not assign specific lanes for each team. We always do a great job of sharing the duties of this essential task at swim meets. I know we will once again rise to the occasion and chip in. See you up there!
Upcoming Information 09-07-2008Great job everyone with our first week on our “normal” practice schedule. Within the next few days we will be releasing some important information regarding some upcoming events, so keep checking the website on a regular basis. Some of this information includes:
Saturday, 9-6-08, Practice Times 09-05-2008Senior Group: 7:00-9:00 am @ RSC
Practice Begins Today! 09-02-2008Practice for the 2008-2009 H2okie Aquatics Season will begin Tuesday, Sept. 2nd at both locations, Ridgewood Swim Club and Blacksburg Aquatic Center(BAC). A link for Directions to each location can be found below in a different entry. Practice Schedule is posted as well. If you were unable to make an evaluation practice last week, please contact Scott Baldwin to set up a time to have your child assessed. Please use the "contact us" link to the left. See you at the pool! Read More | Practice Schedule | Ridgewood Directions | BAC-directions Congratulations to All of our New Swimmers! 08-29-2008We had a record turnout of 56 swimmers come out and brave the rainy weather conditions on wed. and thurs. of this past week. Not only was this the largest group we have had but one of the best skilled group of swimmers we have seen. Your previous lesson instructors or swim coaches should be very proud of the work they have done preparing you for H2okie Aquatics. The coaching staff is extremely excited to work with each and everyone of you. Below you will find a practice schedule and more importantly the group assigments for the beginning our our season. How to join? Now that you know your placement, please proceed to our "Join Now" Link and follow the instructions. Remember if you have multiple children, you will have to go all the way through the registration process with the first child then it will ask you about adding children. You will need to do this if you are wishing to receive the multiple swimmer discount.
Inclement Weather and New Swimmer Evaluations 08-26-2008On Wednesday, August 27th and Thursday Aug.28th we will be holding our evaluation practices from 7:00-8:00 PM for new swimmers at the Shawnee Swim Club in Blacksburg. We still plan to hold them despite mother nature. If you were planning on attending but for whatever reason could not make it to the evaluation, please send Scott Baldwin an email- thru the contact us link. We will have to find a time next week to get your child assessed and into the correct practice group. We are extremely excited with the response we have received and are lookiing forward to a historical year of swimming!
*** ONLINE REGISTRATION GLITCH!!! *** 08-20-2008Despite testing our Online Registration system hundreds of times, we have found new glitches that could lead to billing problems, so we have taken down our Online Registration system to avoid any serious billing problems. We hope to have it back up before August 25th, but please continue to bear with us as we fix this.
08-09 Season (Updated Aug. 21, 6:00 PM) 08-20-2008Click READ MORE for UP-TO-DATE information regarding Online Registration, Practice Schedules, New Swimmer Evaluations, and more. Read More | Directions to Shawnee Swim Club (SSC) | Directions to Blacksburg Aquatic Center (BAC) | Directions to Ridgewood Swim Club (RSC) Online Registration Available NOW!!! 08-20-2008We think we have all the kinks worked out of the online registration system so please register your swimmers when you have the opportunity. Let us know if you run into any more glitches in the system. Click READ MORE for instructions on completing the Online Registration. Eastern Zone Swim Meet Report 08-17-2008H2okie Women represent the Commonwealth of Virginia at the Eastern Zone Age Group Championship Meet held August 6th through 9th. H20kies Swim Record Times at LC Age Group Champs 07-30-2008The H2okies had another exciting championship weekend at the Virginia Age Group Championship meet. Elllen Veith, Ellery Lester, Haley Terpenny, and Danielle Ho combined to place 4th in the 11-12, 400 Medley relay while breaking the team record by 24 seconds! They later set another team record in the 400 free relay. Terrence Lo, Takoda Grove, Ian Ho, and John Clark also set a team record in the 11-12, 400 freestyle relay and placed 9th overall. Natalee Roseberry placed fifth in the 13-14, 50 freestyle with a time of 28.44, Danielle Ho placed 4th in the 50 and 100 Breaststroke, posting best times in each, and Haley Terpenny went on to place 5th in the 50 Butterfly with a time of 32.03, which broke the existing team record. Haley Terpenny, Natalee Roseberry, Danielle Ho, and Kenneth Lo made zone qualifying times. Ellen Veith, Ellery Lester, Lauren Frizzell, Ian Ho, John Clark, and Takoda Grove posted best times for the H2okies in nearly all of their swims. Congratulations to each of these swimmers for an outstanding meet! H2okie Aquatics Swimmers Perform at Summer Awards Meet 07-15-2008H2okie Aquatic Team returned from Manassas, Virginia yesterday where we swam our very first summer championship meet and the results were exciting! The H2okies brought 14 athletes to the meet and out of 81 swims, our swimmers posted 71 best times for a combined 733 points. Takoda Grove and Ellery Lester qualified for the Age Group Championship meet in the 100 Backstroke and 50 Backstroke respectively while Lauren Frizzell achieved her 400 Freestyle Age Group Champs cut by .02! Also posting best times and achieving new time standards were Julia Goforth, Ellen Veith, Terrence Lo, Stuart Clark, John Clark, Christopher and Benjamin Poff, Sarah Kizer, Kaitlin Wilson, and Taylor and Lauren Zuchowski. Congratulations to these swimmers for their hard work and dedication this summer and for representing the H2okie Aquatic club spectacularly at the club’s very first championship meet! Senior Champs Meet-July 17-20, Cary NC 07-15-2008Good luck to the qualifying swimmers going to senior champs meet in Cary, NC this weekend; Nico Baudoin, Evan Gregg, Hunter Terpenny, Sara Goforth, Natalee Roseberry and Jessi Thangjitham. Swim Fast H2okies! Ultimate Challenge Meet Info 06-24-2008Please find information regarding the Ultimate Challenge below. We will be officially representing H2okie Aquatics at this meet. Caps and t-shirts will unfortunately not be available but will however be ready for our championship meets. We have swum well at this meet in the many years previous so the coaches look forward to yet another successful Ulitmate Challenge. Read More | Warm-up Schedule | Meet Announcement | Psych Sheet Blue Ridge Regional Championships ( A/BB Champs) Info 02-20-2008B/C Champs Review 02-20-200854 SWAT swimmers took to the pool last weekend at the Carter Center, Roanoke,Va. We swam away with 136 new best times! What a great job by all. Please be sure to check your mailfolders for any awards that were earned. Congratulations to all our Swimmers and Coaches for such a fantastic finish to our B/C swim year. A big thank you to all of the parents for their contribution in timing, cheering, officiating, and their positive support. Check the meets page for results. NO PRACTICE THURSDAY, JAN 17th DUE TO SNOW/ICE !!! 01-17-2008
SWAT January Invitational 01-03-2008Please find information regarding the SWAT January Invitatiional Jan 25-27th Food Donations | Sam's Club Food Item List | Meet Event File-TM Mgr-corrected-1.08.08 | Volunteer Matrix 1.16.08 | Unofficial-Psych Sheet | Warm-up Times | Amended Meet Invite | Results Friday PM | Saturday-Results | | Sunday-AM-Results | Sunday-PM-Results | Distance-Session-Results Stroke School and Intra-squad Meet 12-13-2007Here information related to the meet tonight, Thursday Dec 13th. Warm-ups begin at 4:30 with meet start of 5:15pm. The 500 free has been moved to the last event of the evening. Timeline has us finishing around 6:45pm. Read over the entry list. If you aren't on there, please see a coach immediately upon arriving for warm-ups and they will see about adding you to the meet. Heat sheets will be available to tell you where your child will be swimming. This is a USA Sanctioned event. Good Luck Swimmers! Meet Results for SWAT Invite 11-02-2007Meet Results for SWAT Invite Friday Distance Results | Saturday AM Results | Saturday PM Results | Sunday AM Results | Sunday PM Results | Team Manager Results File | Meet Manager Backup File(zip) SWIMMERS...START YOUR ENGINES... 10-15-2007
SWAT November Invitational Swim Meet 10-08-2007NEW SUNDAY AFTERNOON SESSION WARMUP TIMES!!! Afternoon warm-ups will now begin at 12:00PM with a Meet Start at 1:30 PM Please make a note of these changes. Meet Announcement (draft-not yet approved) | For our Volunteers-must read | Team Manager Event File(.zip) | SWAT Pasta Salad Recipe | Food And Drink Donations | SWAT Entries-final | WARM UP TIMES | SWAT Nov. Invite Psych Sheet-updated | Volunteer Matrix -11.01.07 2007-2008 SEASON IS HERE! 08-16-2007The 2007-2008 Swimming Season iS here! Registration packets have been mailed to all returning swimmers. For anyone new to our program, you may download the forms here. All completed forms should be mailed to PO Box 1076 Christiansburg,VA 24068. Stroke School Slots are limited so reserve your spot now! Any questions email Scott Baldwin: edbaldwi@vt.edu. Read More | Registration Form | Volunteer Form | Fundraising Form | Drug-Alcohol-Agreement | Fee Schedule | Medical Form-corrected | Dedmon Practice Schedule | BAC Practice Schedule 10 Team Records Shattered at Age Group Champs... 07-23-2007
Awards Night Postponed 04-19-2007Hello Swimmers, Parents, and Friends of the SWAT Family.
Summer Swimming Opportunities 03-22-2007We will have the option of adding two additional Summer swimming opportunities to our Summer SWAT programming. Information will be placed here with regards to RVAA and SVSL summer leagues. Be sure to check back frequently for any updates. RVAA Info | SVSL Registration Form | | SVSL Meet 1 Results for Team Mgr | SVSL Meet Results HTML version | SVSL SCHEDULE Inclement Weather Policy 01-21-2007
Upcoming Meets... 01-18-2007
Meets Page | Results for BC-Champs | Results for ABB-Champs | Senior Champs Results | Senior Champs TT results | AG-Champs Midtown (13Over) Warmups | AG-Champs FT Eustis(12Under) Warm-ups | EZ Sectional (MD) Psych SWAT FROSTY INVITATIONAL Jan. 6-7th 2007 12-08-2006Many thanks to all of the swimmers, parents, volunteers for making the SWAT Frosty Invitational such a success. There were many personal best times made at the meet and we wish everyone further success this season. For results See the files/links below:
Parent Volunteer Sheet | Meet Invitation | Saturay AM Results | Saturday PM results | Sunday AM Results | Sunday PM Results | Meet Mgr Backup file | Team Mgr Results File(zip) C'ville Gatr Meet 12-01-2006Warm up and timer assignments...
A letter from our Club President... 11-28-2006Please take a moment and read a letter from our club president highlighting the achievements from our Thanksgiving Invitational... SWAT THANKSGIVING INVITATIONAL 11-21-2006
Meet-Results(HTML) | SWAT-Team Results(HTML) | Team Mgr result file(zip) | Meet Mgr Back-up(zip) 2006 SWAT Thanksgiving Invitational 10-18-2006
Amende Meet Invitation-10-24 | Parent Volunteer sign-up Sheet | SWAT Pasta-salad recipe | SWAT Entries | Psych Sheet(unofficial) | Timeline-Unofficial | WARM-UP TIMES(check tabs for different sessions) | SWAT ONLY 12&Under warm-up schedule No Trick or Treats...Just BEST TIMES!!! 10-16-2006
LASO Dual Meet- Results 09-19-2006
Intra-Squad Meet this Sunday 09-05-2006
Read More | | details and timeline of events | Price Sheet for Pictures | Suit Order Form(pdf) SWAT Swimmers Try the TRI... 08-30-2006
Practice Has Begun!!! 08-23-2006Our new swim season has begun! We have quite a few new folks coming into the program this year, please extend a warm welcome when you see them. Also, I will have our Team suit on Display this week with ordering forms available. 2006-2007 Registration Information: 08-10-2006The start of the new season will be upon us shortly. If you have not received your registration packet or you are new to our program, please click on the "Read More" below. SWAT ROCKS at Summer Championships... 08-10-2006As predicted earlier in the Summer, SWAT swimmers swam practically out of their suits during two meets, Age-Group Champs in Manassas and Senior Champs in Fairfax,VA. These two meets led to a total of 7 new team records. Leah Potts(12) accounted for three, 50,100,200 back(11-12 age-group), her 50m back was good for 2nd in the state. Evan Gregg(15) had four- 50,100,200 Free, 200 IM(15-16 age-group). Evan Gregg's 24.24 in the 50m Free was good enough for 2nd in the State and earned him his first Jr. National Qualifying time. He will head to Irvine,CA Aug 6th to go head to head in the fastest 18 and Under Swim meet in the country. Other members of the Age-group Champs team: Sarah Goforth, Katherine Everett, Lilly Potts, Adam Vaught. Members of the Senior Champs Team: Jessi Thangjitham, Collin Fox, Philip Baudoin, Nico Baudoin Awards Ceremony 08-10-2006Thanks to all of those who attended the awards ceremony on Saturday. Congratulations to all of our swimmers on a great season and we look forward to the summer! For those who missed it or those who want to see it again, the SLIDE SHOW can be downloaded below. To save the file, right click and "save target as". It is a large file so it may take a few minutes to download. Blue Ridge Regional Championships ( A/BB's) 08-10-2006The trend created by our B/C swimmers continued into the A-BB-Blue Ridge Regional Championships this past weekend. Two new team records were set along with 91 new best times. SWAT's 7th place finish left 12 other teams looking up at the action as Ian Ho swam to two new 8&under Team records in the 50/100 back. Allyson Buennemeyer(9), Julia Goforth(10), and Emily Glasson(14) swam to their first A times in the 50 back,100 breast, and 500 free respectfully. The momentum is building as we enter the next levels of swimming with Sr. champs, march 9-12, and Age-group champs, March 16-19. Southwest District B/C Champs 08-10-2006Congratulations to our SWAT team members who swam to a fourth place finish at the Southwest District Championships. We had 63 swimmers compete and achieve a collective 159 new best times. The 8 & Unders saw their hard work payoff with 28 new best times. A great job by all! SWAT Frosty Invitational 08-10-2006Ian Ho paced the team to a season best second place finish this past weekend with two new team records, 8&under 25 free and 25 back(a 14 yr old record!). In a total TEAM effort, the SWAT sharks were circling the competition all weekend long as 69 individuals scored points. The 12& unders had 68% of their swims recorded as best times. The senior and junior level swimmers proved their hard training and grueling HS meet schedule to be no obstacle as they too swam to some great in-season bests. This momentum will give the swimmers and our coaching staff great motivation in practice over the next couple of weeks as we enter the championship meet season.
SWAT Invades Pittsburgh!! 08-10-2006Southwest Aquatic Team sent 13 swimmers, 7w and 6m, to the highly prestigious 2005 Christmas Invitational swim meet in Pittsburgh. Despite being one of the smaller teams, SWAT finished 15th out of 61 teams in scoring; the men’s team was 9th of 42 and women 22nd of 51. Two long-standing Pittsburgh meet records were broken, five top-ten national times established, and multiple SWAT team records were set (SWAT all-time records to follow soon at the SWAT web-site). All swimmers set personal bests in both preliminaries and finals. Moreover, great times and a great time were had by all Team Records Fall at SWAT Thanksgiving Invitational 08-10-2006SWAT swimmers saw 4 team records and 7 meet records fall during the annual SWAT Thanksgiving Invitational (Nov 11-13) at Radford University's Dedmon Center. SWAT finished fourth out of 15 teams from VA and MD and narrowly missed finishing 3rd. SWAT was led by their strong 11/12 yr old girls where the 200 free relay of Natalee Roseberry, Mimi Brinberg, Sara Goforth and Leah Potts broke both a 7 ½ yr old team record as well as a meet record. The 200 Medley relay of Natalee Roseberry, Sara Goforth, Katherine Everett, and Leah Potts finished second and missed another Team record by only .02 seconds. Great Job Girls! Evan Gregg continued his pursuit of swimming at the highest level with 4 Team and 6 Meet records.
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We will be postponing our scheduled practices for Thursday, January 17th because of the snow and the forecast of ice later this evening. Stay warm but be sure to get out and test your sledding skills! We will try and resume regular practice times tomorrow, Friday Jan.18th. Check back to the website for any updates/changes. See you soon!
SWAT's very first Stroke School Mini-Meet took place this past Saturday, Oct 13th at the Blacksburg Aquatic Center from 8-9am. There were many great performances and nothing but smiling faces throughout the mornings introductory mini-swim meet. This months meet focused primarily on the skills that have been practiced to date: free, back and freestyle kick. Check out the results link for a full account of the outstanding start to the Stroke School swim season!
What an exciting time of year for our swimmers. The success stories and new best-times keep rolling in at each and every meet we attend. We are now on the home stretch run with Agegroup Championships in Newport News,VA March 15-18, Sectionals in Maryland March 17-18th, Zones in Buffalo,NY March 28-31, and USA Spring Nationals in NYC,NY March 28-31. This season has marked one our better performances in placing people in higher level meets. The coaches are excited about what is to come over the next couple of weeks. Be sure to check back frequently as updates will be placed here. Any and all information regarding upcoming meets are below( warm-ups,psych sheets,etc). Again some of this information is in the Meets section. GO SWAT!!!
A thank you to all teams, parents and coaches for coming to this years meet. We had an extraordinary number of swimmers this year and everyone was helpful and patient throughout the weekend. Awards will be mailed out here shortly for those that were left behind. Please find below files from the meet.
SWAT swimmers took their competition faces to the Halloween Invitational this past weekend and rewrote the traditional phrase of "Trick or Treat" to Trick or BEST TIMES! 70 of our 140 member team put their hard work on the line and together recorded an outstanding 256 new best times. That's not a typo, 256 NEW best times!!!
Congratulations to our SWAT swimmers who competed in the dual meet against LASO on Saturday, Sept. 23rd. We saw many first and second year swimmers get the needed experience in racing. The coaching staff will be hard at work on Monday as we continue our pursuit of excellence and prepare not only for the Oct 14-15 meet in Roanoke but our year-ending Championship Meets! 
Our annual Swat Intra-squad meet will be held this Sunday at the Dedmon Center in Radford. Here we will have our team picture taken (individual photos are available for purchase), an introduction to a swim meet, and a team picnic. Team Suits can be ordered at this time. There will be a sizing kit available. See form below for pricing
Cam and Kate Buss along with Kaitlyn and Kyndall Oakley traveled to Charlottesville,VA last weekend to participate in a mini-triathalon. Congratulations to our SWAT team members as their performances were terrific. Cam placed first in his age-group as well as Kate in her's. Great job gang! Keep up the great work!!!