A Changing of the Guard at Seton Swim & Dive

Ariana Aldeguer (JR) Celebrates Another Relay Record with Teammate Melissa Paradise (JR)

 

I’ve been slow to fully realize it, but I think it is crystal clear now.

Between 2006 and 2011, Seton Swimming won 8 VISAA Division II State Championships, including four (4) in a row for our Girls.  Those championships were won by names you’ve read in these blog posts many times.

I was about the same age as many of our current Assistant Coaches – still young by my current standard – so like many young memories, I suppose they can become exaggerated in my reminiscences.  But the joy I experience re-living them every time I walk into the gym to look up at the record board still feels quite real.

Except those names are rapidly disappearing, so it is time for me to move on.

We are experiencing a “changing of the guard” at Seton Swim & Dive, and, from my new perch as a coach with no kids on the team, I’m finding a new kind of joy in what I am experiencing.

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when it started, but by last year, it was certainly in full swing.  These days, we are watching Ariana Aldeguer (JR) supplant Seton-greats like Katie Shipko and Anna Kenna.  Melissa Paradise (JR) is replacing past stars like Alex Doonis and Lauren Donohoe.  Meghan Condon (SO) is bringing Diving to forefront of our championship runs.

And our up-and-coming supporting cast of Maggie Schroer (SO), Therese Paradise (8), Anastasia Garvey (SR), Philomena Kay (SO), Betsy Arnold (FR), Kyleigh Fifield (JR), Sophia Halisky (FR), Avila Mantooth (SO) and a slew of other underclassmen are replacing Cat Rogers, Bridget Wunderly, Laura Talbott, and Carolyn Claybrooks.

It’s happening with the boys too.  Lionel Martinez is becoming the new Kevin Koehr and Nevin Cook. Last year’s class of senior boys became a supporting cast that we hadn’t seen since Fr. Sean Koehr and Bryan Morch in the mid-2000s, or David Basinger, Vincent Dunn, Connor Cook, and Daniel Koehr in the late 2000s.

This year’s crop of promising Sophomore and Junior boys are making what I thought would be the devastating graduation of 30 total seniors last year look just another step in the process toward another State Championship run.

It was the dynamics of that class, where they pushed each other to new heights seemingly every week, that made them so great, and I see the same dynamic developing with these boys too.

Led by sprinter Daniel Sokban (JR) and all-around performer Thiago Martinez (SO), it is so much fun for me to watch swimmers like Dominic Judge (JR), Michael Zahorchak (JR), Patrick Kay (SO), Jack Herwick (SO), Greg Bauer (SR), and so many other underclassmen push each other in their competition for limited relay spots.

And in case there was any doubt about the source of my feelings, more than ample evidence was supplied at the Freedom Center last Saturday with a flurry of record-breaking performances by our Girls.

How about three (3) new VISAA Division II Championship Meet records, four (4) new VCAC Conference Records, and four (4) new Seton team records?

The last time we won the Girl’s State Championship was 2023.  That team had two (2) stars last names that are very familiar to watchers of our current team – Stella Paradise and Clara Condon.  How cool is that?

Since then, the girls were the State Runner-up in 2024, and both the boys and girls were the State Runner-up in 2025.

It is getting very realistic to start dreaming of another State Championship for the girls in 2026 and two (2) more for the boys and the girls in 2027.

Old memories don’t have to fade.  They just need to make room for more great ones.  Yes, the guard has changed, and I am really beginning to enjoy watching it happen.

Now Let’s Talk About Another Great Swim Championship

Last Saturday, we hosted the 20^th annual VISAA Division II Invitational.  No competitor in the Meet was even born the year we started the Meet.  Trinity Christian’s Coach Alyssa Knauf told me she 5-years old.

We created this Meet 19 years ago in 2007 so that all the Division II schools could have a chance to come together before States for a fun competition where we could all take the chance to get to know each other better.  Then we could all go down to States to have a great competition for our kids also, not just the kids at the big schools.

One data point to show how well it has worked is that this year, before snow cancellations from some Tidewater schools, the Meet had 29 schools and 418 Athletes – that is nearly 2/3^rds the size of the VISAA State Championship meet.

The Meet has seen some dramatic growth, especially recently.  Two (2) year’s ago, we hosted 23 schools who brought 305 swimmers, and the first competition in 2007 featured only six (6), mostly local, teams, with the exception being Stone Bridge whose Coach, Mark Keating, brought them up from Chesapeake.  Coach Keating has come up from Chesapeake every Meet since, including during the COVID years, mainly with his current team, Veritas Collegiate Academy.

Several years ago, we stole page from our NoVa Catholic playbook by creating a traveling trophy with a plaque for all the past winners on it.  The idea is that the winner each year will take the trophy back to their school for the year and then return with it the next year to defend their title.

For the fourth year in a row, it was a dominating performance by our Girls who took home the Traveling Trophy by almost 70-points over our long-time rival Trinity Christian. (373.5 to 305).

One disappointment was that several teams from the Tidewater region canceled out due to fears of snow.  That meant that we couldn’t see Cape Henry Collegiate from Virginia Beach who I expect to be one of our key competitors for the Girls Division II State Championship in two (2) weeks.  We were also missing St. Anne’s-Belfield who just dropped down to Division II last year and took the title from us after we thought we had one it last year.

For the boys, our streak of three (3) straight victories came to an end at the hands of a very powerful team from The Covenant School.  With almost 600 scored between us, Seton lost by only 4 points! (276 to 272).

Here were the top scoring teams:

Girls

1. Seton School                        373.50
2. Trinity Christian                  305
3. The Covenant School         148
4. Trinity Meadow View         109
5. Immanuel Christian           100.50

Boys

1. The Covenant School         276
2. Seton School                       272
3. Immanuel Christian           199
4. Trinity Christian School     126
5. Christchurch                        107
6. Veritas School                      107
7. Trinity Meadow View         105

Seton Swimming appears on both the Girls and Boys trophies 14 times and 11 times, respectively.  Other than a few wins by Fredericksburg Christian’s boys and Trinity Christian’s girls, and The Covenant School’s boys, it has been mostly Seton.

Congratulations to The Covenant School Boys and the Seton School Girls, the VISAA Division II Invitational Swimming and Diving Champions for 2026!

It was a very fast Meet, as you can see from the number of records that were set.  We saw an unprecedented total of seventeen (17) new records set at this Meet.  Not only were there nine (9) new VISAA D-II Meet Records (out of 24 events!), we had four (4) new VCAC Conference Championship Meet Records, and unbelievably, four (4) new Seton Team Records.

Eleven (11) of those new records were set by Seton swimmers and divers, so let’s highlight some of them now.

Two Down, One to Go

I’m referring to the Seton Girl’s relay records, all records that were set in 2010 and 2011 by the group of girls I was referring to at the top of blog.

You may recall from my blog on NoVa Catholics on January 10^th how amazed I was when the first of the three records went down, the 2011 Girls Medley Relay Record.  And they just lowered the record again on Saturday by another .13 seconds to 1:49.71.

Well, these same four (4) girls, Melissa Paradise (JR), Maggie Schroer (SO) Therese Paradise (8), Ariana Aldeguer (JR) did it again – this time with the 2010 Girls 400 Free Relay Record.

This latest broken record was set in 2010 State Championship by the now familiar names of Alex Doonis, Cat Rogers, Carolyn Claybrooks, and Lauren Donohoe at 3:40.51.  At the time, their relay won the bronze medal at States in a State Championship meet where Seton finished in 3^rd place overall – not 3^rd place in Division II – but 3^rd place versus everyone, behind only St. Catherine’s School and Collegiate School.  We were way better than average shall we say.

If you were watching the livestream, you could listen to me register my disbelief.  While I wasn’t expecting this to happen quite yet, I knew it would eventually happen.  What was so unbelievable to me was the way they beat it – they absolutely crushed it – by 2.61 seconds!

All four (4) girls swam season-best splits of 52.83, 56.00, 55.71, and 53.36, respectively.  Those are smoking fast!  And none of the girls on this relay are seniors!

Both their 200 Medley Relay and their 400 Free Relay on Saturday hit the trifecta of possible records.  Both were:

• VISAA Division II Championship Meet records
• VCAC Conference Championship Meet records
• Seton Team records

The final Girls relay record for the 200 Free Relay will be the most difficult yet.  Our current record was set in a 2010 State Championship Gold medal swim by, you guessed it, Alex Doonis, Cat Rogers, Laura Talbott, and Lauren Donohoe.  There splits were 24.98, 24.50, 25.78, and 24.79, respectively.

It was an incredibly exciting race where Lauren outtouched the great Rachel Naurath of Collegiate School by only .03 seconds.  I know you’ve heard me talk about this race countless times, but if you’ve never seen, you simply have to watch it here.  (I just watched it again and still got goosebumps!).

Will it happen this weekend at VCAC Conference Champs?  The sum of their best relay splits adds up to 1:40.32 which is only .27 seconds off the records – so I think it is just a matter of time.

Swimmers of the Meet for Seton

There were some truly outstanding performances from Seton, but three (3) of them stood out from Melissa Paradise (SR), Ariana Aldeguer (JR), and Lionel Martinez (JR). 

For the two (2) girls, we already talked about their two (2) gold medals in their record setting relays, but their individual swims were also amazing:

• Melissa Paradise (JR)
  • In 100 Free, she took the Gold medal over the eventual Swimmer of the Meet in what may have been the most exciting race of the meet (well, beside the girls 400 Free Relay, I suppose).
    • Melissa won by only .04 seconds after an incredible 1.11 second Personal Record!
    • Her time of 52.43 is now only .37 seconds off of Anna Kenna’s 2018 Team Record.
    • Four (4) Gold medals in 100 Free, 100 Back plus the 200 Medley Relay and the 400 Free Relay
  • Then in 100 Backstroke, she won another Gold medal in a Meet Record and VCAC Conference Record time of 56.13.
    • Her closest competitor was almost seven (7) full seconds behind her.
  • So, all-in-all, Melissa had a pretty good afternoon. Including relays, she:
    • Won four (4) Gold medals,
    • Set three (3) new Meet Records,
    • Set three (3) new Conference Records, and
    • Set two (2) new Seton Team Records
  • Ariana Aldeguer (JR)
    • In 100 Butterfly, she took the Gold medal in a blazing fast 57.45, beating her nearest competitor by more than two (2) full seconds.
    • In 200 Free, Ariana broke her own Team Record with a .05 second PR to earn the Silver medal at 1:54.53.
    • The most amazing things about those two (2) swims was that she participated in a full practice earlier that morning, probably swimming something like 6,000 to 8,000 yards! I’m sure it is tough for Ariana to come to a Meet like this not rested to perform her best, but I know she is playing the long game here.  At her level, you must pick the Meets at which you want to perform your best, and Ariana has bigger Meets than this one ahead of her.
      • So, all-in-all, Ariana also had a pretty good afternoon. Including relays, she:
        • Won three (3) Gold medals and one (1) Silver medal,
        • Set two (2) new Meet Records,
        • Set two (2) new Conference Records, and
        • Set three (3) new Seton Team Records

The star on the boy’s side of the Meet was – no surprise here – Lionel Martinez (JR), who won a total of four (4) Silver medals.  Lionel was probably the 3^rd fastest swimmer in the entire Meet of about 150 boys, but unfortunately for him, his coach had him matched up against the only two (2) swimmers who were faster for all four (4) of his events:

• His two (2) individual Silver medals were in 100 Free and 200 Free.
• He also earned two (2) relay Silver medals in the 200 Medley Relay and the 400 Free Relay where he swam the Breaststroke leg and the anchor leg, respectively.
• Like Ariana, Lionel was playing the long game, having done a very significant practice the morning of the Meet. That’s exactly what he should be doing at this point in his training, and that made his performances on Saturday that much more impressive.

Divers Led by Meghan Condon’s (SO) Gold Medal and Record-Setting Performance

Meghan Condon (SO) had quite a morning on Saturday:

• A Gold medal for 11-Dives
• A new VCAC Conference Championship Meet Record for 11-Dives with a score of 340.00
• A new Seton Team Record for 6-Dives of 195.30

I have the pleasure of announcing the Diving meets, so it’s been a lot of fun watching Meghan improve – and boy has she improved!

Her results from Saturday are particularly encouraging as we approach the VISAA State Championship in two (2) weekends because she has posted the highest 11-Dive score in the VISAA so far this season!

I’ve saved the rest of the details on this weekend’s performance for Coach Ashley Keapproth.  Here’s an excerpt of the message she sent out to the Diving team via e-mail:

All:

What an exciting meeting we had yesterday!  I was really pleased with the team overall and thrilled with the consistency shown by so many of the divers. 

Consistency is KEY for these championship meets!  Special congratulations to Meghan Condon (10) who took 1st and set a new VCAC 11-dive record! 

I found the judging to be very harsh (definitely harder than the normal, and much harder than the JV invite).  This is why it is always so important for the divers to just focus on doing their dives well and not focus on the judges scores.

On the girls side:

• Meghan Condon (10) tooks 1st with 340.00 points, setting a new PR by over 15 points and a new VCAC record in a very competitive meet. Her front double and double twisting somersault were her highest scoring dives, but importantly, she had a very consistent meet and only small misses here and there.
• Maria Miller (12) took 4th with 298.30 points, setting a new PR by over 10 points.  I was so pleased with how Maria dove and the consistency of her diving!  Her highest scoring dives were her front double and her beautiful inward dive.
• Clare Kay (8) took 5th with 277.15, not far off her PR from last week.  She nailed her front double somersault, which was one of the highest scoring dives of the meet and has had a consistently solid meets for the last two weeks!
• Jane Judge (10) finished 6th with 258.05 points, setting a new 11-dive PR by over 20 points!!  Her inward somersault, (which used to be her least favorite dive!) was her highest scoring dive, followed by her reverse dive.
• Bella Gorman (8) finished 7th with 234.90 points.  Her reverse dive and inward flip were her two highest scoring dives.  She was also able to do several doubles in our bonus practice after the meet!
• Lucy Herwick (9) finished 9th with 219.00 points.  I was really impressed with how Lucy overcame a mental block on two dives to be able to do them in the meet!  She also had a fantastic back dive and full twisting somersault.

On the boys side, I have been so impressed with how our two 8th grade boys, Max Ashton and John Witter, have really stepped up this year!  Last year, we graduated nearly our entire boys state team.  I knew this year would be a bit of a rebuilding year for the boys, but have been so impressed with the progress of these younger divers, and the leadership of our boys dive captain, Daniel Sokban.

• Max Ashton (8) took 4th with 263.45 points, only 8 points off the medal podium and not far off of his PR!  Max had an incredibly consistent meet with no big misses!  His full twisting somersault and his reverse dive were his two highest scoring dives.
• John Witter (8) took 5th with 249.75 points, setting new PR by over 30 points! His back dive, front 1.5, and front double pike were his highest scoring dives, and I am really proud of him for performing a new dive in the meet this week — an inward 1.5 somersault!
• Daniel Sokban (11) dove as exhibition this week, since he is a key contributor in the swim events.  His reverse dive was his highest scoring dive.  He has been working hard to increase his difficulty, and debuted a new dive – an inward 1.5 somersault – at the meet!

Thanks,

Coach Ashley Keapproth

Individual Medal Winners for Swimming

In a Meet this large, finishing in the top 3 to earn a Gold, Silver, or Bronze medal is quite a feat.  As you will see, it is also pretty rare for a team like ours where we rely on our “Depth over Dominance” to win.

• Anastasia Garvey (SR) was one of the biggest surprises of the meet with her “outside smoke” in 100 Backstroke. She jumped up to the Silver medal from the 6^th seed while swimming in one of the outside lanes.  She did with a massive 2.91 second PR to go a lifetime best 1:03.04!
  • Another great swim for her came in the 200 Free Relay that won the Silver medal with the help of her huge 13 second improvement in her best 50 Free split. That split jumped her up from the 7^th fastest on our team to the 5^th fastest, and that is why she is seeing some time on an “A” Relay this coming weekend.
  • She scored in 4^th place in 200 IM after a 1.62 second PR.
• Thiago Martinez (SO) took a total of two (2) Silver medals, one (1) Bronze medal, and one 4^th
  • His two (2) Silver medals were in the 200 Medley Relay and the 400 Free Relay where he swam his usual Breaststroke and lead-off legs, respectively.
  • In the 500 Free, he took the Bronze medal in an event that included the eventual Swimmer of the Meet.
  • In the 200 IM, he showed his versatility as a swimmer with a .04 second PR 2:05.92 to finish in 4^th behind three (3) truly excellent competitors.
• Therese Paradise (8) did more than contribute to those two (2) record-setting girls relays. She swam a .79 second PR in the 200 IM to take the Silver medal, and she score in 5^th place in 500 Free.
• Maggie Schroer (SO) also added to her relay tallies with some outstanding individual performances. In 50 Free, she dropped .05 seconds to move from the 4^th seed to a tie for the Bronze medal.  Yes, two (2) girls swam exactly 26.24 if you can believe that.  In 100 Free, she scored in 7^th

Other Scoring Swimmers

This meet was scored as a championship meet, where the top 12 places earned scores from 16 to 1.  That gave a team as deep as ours a lot of opportunities to score points.

Prior to the Meet, I “scored the Psych Sheet” and projected that our girls would win a close one but out boys would lose by 30 points.  Remember that “scoring” the Psych Sheet is the process of scoring the meet as if everyone swam exactly the times at which they were entered.

Where were we going to find extra points to provide a buffer for the girls and make up the required ground for the boys?

Here are the swimmers who scored in the top 12, including the majority of them who “outswam their seed” and scored more points that was projected on the Psych Sheet:

• Daniel Sokban (JR) moved up in 50 Free from the 5^th seed to 4^th, and he moved up in 100 Free from the 9^th seed to 7^th with a .05 second PR. Those performances added an additional 4 points to our score.  He also swam two (2) lifetime-best relay splits of 22.34 in 50 Free and 52.55 in 100 Free, drops of .22 seconds and 1.20 seconds, respectively.
• Patrick Kay (SO) had another amazing meet. The kid has been on fire!  In 200 IM he dropped 7.03 seconds to go from the 7^th seed (7 points) to 6^th place (9 points).  He did that one better in 500 Free where he cut 20.06 seconds to jump from the 7^th seed to a 5^th place finish.  That scored an additional 3 points.  His swim had the additional benefit of dropping a Covenant School back on position for another 1 point in our favor.  His individual performances were not the only stellar swims.  In 50 Back leading off the Medley Relay he dropped  .40 seconds, and even more significant, his 100 Free leading off the 400 Free Relay resulted in a 1.65 second PR. 53.66 is very fast!
• Dominic Judge (JR) came into 200 Free seeded 6^th but after an amazing 13.79 second Personal Record, he scored one extra point by finishing in 5^th place instead. He also held his 8^th place seed in 100 Breaststroke, but it took a 2.50 second PR to do it.  Finally, he cut another .37 seconds from his 50 Back PR leading off our medley relay.
• Betsy Arnold (SO) had a great swim in 100 Fly, lowering her PR by .50 seconds to score in 5^th She also beat her 14^th place seed in 100 Back by scoring in 11^th place.
• Philomena Kay (SO) had her best 50 Free swim of the season, dropping .67 seconds and jumping from the 10^th seed to 6^th. That was 6 additional points!  She also took 7^th in 500 Free.
• Jack Herwick (SO) looked great in 100 Fly while lowering his PR by 1.80 second to score in 6^th place from the 9^th He also scored in 9^th place in 100 Back.
• Avila Mantooth (SO) had a great swim the 200 IM, cutting 4.01 seconds from her PR to move up from 7^th seed to 6^th place, adding 2 additional points to Seton’s total.  She also held her 10^th place seed in 100 Breaststroke
• Sophia Halisky (SO) dropped .75 seconds in 100 Breaststroke to score in 6^th place with a lifetime best 1:16.55.
• Charlotte Meadows (FR) had two (2) big PRs swims. In 100 Fly, she scored in 7^th from the 9^th seed after a 3.01 second PR, and in 500 Free, she finished in 13^th place after a 3.54 second PR.
• Greg Bauer (SR) swam really well in 50 Free, adding 5 additional points to Seton’s total by jumping up from the 13^th seed to 8^th. He also scored in 9^th for 100 Breaststroke where he dropped .38 seconds.
• Michael Zahorchak (JR) cut another .13 seconds in 50 Free, and the result was an 11^th place finish from the 15^th He also held his seed in 100 Free for 8^th place.
• Kyleigh Fifield (JR) had strong swims in 200 Free and 500 Free, scoring in 11^th and 10^th place respectively. In 200 Free, she was seeded out of the money in 14^th!
• Gabby Russo (JR) swam a 4.50 second PR in 200 Free to jump her up from the 15^th seed to a 12^th place scoring finish. She also dropped .86 seconds to take 13^th in 100 Back.
• Aoife Haggerty (JR) had a great meet with two (2) PRs and a 12^th place scoring finish in 100 Breaststroke. In Breaststroke, she was seeded 19^th and jumped all the way up to score with a big 1.57 second PR.  She also cut .32 seconds in 50 Free.
• Paul Partridge (8) is finishing his season in strong fashion with a huge 9.10 second PR in 100 Back which resulted in a 12^th place finish from the 16^th
• Jonas Wilson (SO) had a strong swim 500 Free to score in 10^th
• Ben Ellis (JR) scored in 11^th place in 100 Breaststroke. He also dropped 2.19 seconds in 100 Free.
• Luke Partridge (JR) finished in scoring position with a 12^th place finish in 200 Free. He also cut .03 seconds from his 100 Back PR.

Personal Records

The 44 swimmers and divers that we had in this meet swam or dove 50 new Personal Records.  Adding that to our previous season total of 982, our Seton Swim Team has swum 1,032 new Personal Records so far this season!  Ane we still have two (2) meets remaining!

How is this for a statistic:  100% of the swimmers involved in the meet on Saturday swam at least one Personal Record.

And here are the Personal Records from our team that I have not already mentioned:

• Joe Witter (SO) had an insane drop in 50 Free of 1.02 seconds. That jumped him ahead of five (5) other swimmers on the relay rankings and may have secured him a spot on a “B” Relay for States.
• Katie Bauer (SO) cut .39 seconds from her 100 Free PR.
• Joel Bookwalter (FR) had drops in 200 IM, by .60 seconds, and in 50 Free leading off a relay, by .14 seconds.
• JJ Garvey (FR) had a crazy drop in 200 IM, swimming it 13.39 seconds faster than ever before. He also had a huge 2.07 second drop in 100 Fly.
• Elizabeth Hurley (SO) beat her previous best in 100 Breaststroke by .21 seconds.
• Jane Judge (SO) lowered her 100 Back PR by 1.32 seconds.
• Joey Lynch (SO) swam a lifetime best in 200 Free by 8.07 seconds.
• Lily Waldron (SO) cut .90 seconds in 100 Free

Next Weekend’s VCAC Championship Meet

Next weekend is our annual Conference Championship meet.  Since we lost the regular season Conference Championship, this is a huge meet for us.  Our Girls will face-off against a very strong Trinity Christian team that showed us in early January what they can do.  Does everyone still remember what happened two (2) years ago?  310 to 309, on the last relay.  I certainly do! 

And our Boys will need to repeat their performance from January 3^rd if we are to come out on top against the very powerful swimmers from Immanuel Christian.

In addition, anyone who finishes in the top 3 will be designated All-Conference.  My goal for our entries will be three-fold: 1) win, 2) get the maximum number of Seton Swimmers designated All-Conference, and 3) win all six (6) relays.

The Conference Championship will be hosted by Seton at the Freedom Center. Our warm-up time is at 1:00 p.m., so you should be stretching on deck by 12:39 p.m.  I’d plan on the meet running until at least 5:30 p.m. with all of the awards ceremonies.

The Diving portion of the competition will be very big for us.  It starts at 9:55 a.m., so please come out and cheer for the VISAA’s best diving team – and I mean that!

The State Championship Meet is Friday and Saturday, February 12-14^th at the Collegiate Aquatic Center in Richmond, VA

I will post the final State Team on Saturday night after the Conference Championship Meet.  If you have qualified individually, you are definitely going.

The competition on both the Boy’s and Girl’s side for Relay spots has been keen, so I’ve been tracking it very closely.  There was some movement on Saturday, so remember, that I am doing it all by time.  Specifically, I will use the fastest relay splits or flat start times swam this season.

And remember that I am lining up the State relays to put the fastest possible relays in the water, even if the same swimmers swim in three (3) relays because that is our best chance to get points.  The only exceptions as of now will be Ariana Aldeguer (JR), Melissa Paradise (JR) and Lionel Martinez (JR) who can score so many points individually.

I will publish a plan for logistics shortly.  There will be some differences from past practice:

• Count on a dinner Tuesday night at Hector’s in Nokesville rather than an IHOP breakfast Thursday morning.
• We will probably leave around lunchtime on Thursday, go straight to the pool, take our team photo, and do a short warm-up.
  • Coach Schroer will drive the girls and Coach Kay will drive the boys
• Then we will head back to the houses, with the Boys, the Girls, and the Girl divers all going to a separate house.
• On Saturday night after Finals (and hopefully a State Championship victory for the girls) will all gather for a celebration on PBR, a restaurant walking distance from the swimming houses (2553 W Cary St, Richmond, VA 23220).

More information is coming out soon.

I have new Seton Swimming and Diving rugby shirts for everyone who doesn’t already have one.  That is our team uniform for the entire meet.  If you want to be in the team picture (tentatively Thursday, 3:30 at the pool) or in the team area, then be in uniform.  I get a little grumpy when I see people in our team area without a uniform, so please don’t make me go there.

One (1) more good practices left before VCAC Champs – its time to get fast, especially on the walls!

Coach Jim Koehr