Swimming Honors Seniors in Mid-Week Meet!

The Hargrave Swimming/Diving team held their last home meet of the regular season earlier this week which provided an awesome opportunity to recognize the members of the 2023 class! Check out Head Coach Amanda Weishaar’s recap of the meet:

What a great night to recognize our Seniors! Thank you so much to Mrs Adams from the Parent Council for providing the additional gifts; Dr Tung for his announcement of the seniors; Ms Forrest for having a member of the Yearbook take pictures; Mr Adkins for providing that evening’s meal; my Captain’s for organizing the “tunnel”; and all the parents that were able to attend. We tried to keep the livestream rolling, and after setting up another livestream we had the iPad freeze! The good news is lots of great pictures were taken and I hope they will be on Waldo soon!

Our opponents for the evening were: Southwest Virginia Homeschool (SVHS); New Covenant School (NCS); Faith Christian School (FCS); Christian Heritage Academy (CHA); and Chatham Hall (CH).

200 Medley Relay

  • A Relay – Isaiah Walton, ’26 (Silver Spring, MD);  Carson Pan, ’27 (Bellevue, WA);  John Wall, ’24 (Mount Juliet, TN); and  John Classen, ’25 (McLean, VA) came in 3rd place overall and scored 2 points!
  • B Relay – Isaac Wadsworth, ’26 (San Antonio, FL);  Jerry Li, ’26 (Sammamish, WA);  Alex Vornotsov, ’27 (Indian Land, SC); and Kelsten Hudson, ’25 (Danville, VA) came in 5th place!

200 Freestyle

  • Stephen Yang, ’24 (Oakridge, NC) came in 1st overall! He scored the maximum 6 points and he dropped 7.05 seconds!
  • Aiden Dykstra, ’23 (Ten Sleep, WY) came in 3rd overall! He scored 3 points and he dropped 8.58 seconds!
  • Nathaniel Duff, 23 (Vernon Hill, VA) came in 4th overall! He scored 2 points.
  • Roger Adams, ’23 (Chatham, VA) came in 5th overall! He scored 1 point and he dropped 21.08 seconds!

200 IM:

  • Sebastian Medina, ’23 (Danville, VA) who had previously qualified for State in this event was not feeling it tonight. He came in 2nd overall and scored 4 points.
  • Junior Verwest, ’26 (Fort Myers, FL) came in 5th overall! He scored 1 point and he dropped an amazing 20.33 seconds!
  • Patrick Souza, ’25 (Clarksville, VA) came in 3rd for HMA and he dropped 7.44 seconds!
  • Way to go guys!

50 Freestyle:

  • Bryce Adkins, ’23 (Gretna, VA) came in 3rd overall and scored 3 points!
  • Nicholas Meyers, ’23 (Alexandria, VA) came in 2nd for HMA and dropped 0.58 seconds!
  • Aidan White, ’23 (Danville, VA) came in 3rd for HMA and dropped another 1.60 seconds!
  • Andrew Francis, ’23 (Stephenson, VA) also dropped time with a further 1.46 seconds!
  • Great job guys!

100 Butterfly:

  • Kelsten Hudson, ’25 (Danville, VA) was like everyone else – “don’t ever make me do this again!” But Kelsten did great in this event! He is the 3rd fastest on the team right now! Kelsten finished 3rd overall and he scored 3 points!

100 Freestyle:

  • Roger Adams, ’23 (Chatham, VA) came in 5th overall and scored 1 point!
  • Elisha Dixon, ’27 (Ellicott City, MD) came in 7th overall!
  • Aidan White, ’23 (Danville, VA) came in 2nd in his heat and he dropped a wow 12.83 seconds!
  • Jake Bradley, ’27 (Florham Park, NJ) was unable to drop time but he worked hard
  • Zachary Lu, ’27 (Redmond, WA) dropped 2.23 seconds!

500 Freestyle:

  • John Wall, ’24 (Mount Juliet, TN) could not maintain his initial pace but he came in 2nd overall and scored 4 points!
  • Alex Vornotsov, ’27 (Indian Land, SC) loves this event and he shows great grit and determination as he continues to drop time. Another 15.03 seconds!

200 Freestyle Relay:

  • A Relay – Junior Verwest, ’26 (Fort Myers, FL);  Bryce Adkins, ’23 (Gretna, VA);  Patrick Souza, ’25 (Clarksville, VA); and  John Classen, ’25 (McLean, VA) came in 2nd overall and earned 4 points!
  • B Relay – Isaiah Walton, ’26 (Silver Spring, MD);  Charles Gaddy, ’26 (Manteo, NC);  Dax Alexander, ’25 (Kalispell, MT); and  Archie Hooper, ’25 (Wilmington, NC) did a great job on beating the next team by just 0.34 seconds! Great effort guys!

100 Backstroke:

  • Isaac Wadsworth, ’26 (San Antonio, FL) swam his first 100 Backstroke in competition. He posted a good time as he came in 1st for HMA!
  • Elisha Dixon, ’27 (Ellicott City, MD) had a tough swim but I’m proud of him for not quitting!
  • Andrew Francis, ’23 (Stephenson, VA) unfortunately sustained an injury during the event but he was able to safely get himself back to the start. 

100 Breaststroke

  • Nathaniel Duff, 23 (Vernon Hill, VA) came in 4th overall and scored 2 points!
  • Carson Pan, ’27 (Bellevue, WA) came in 5th overall and scored 1 point! He was just off his personal best!
  • Nicholas Meyers, ’23 (Alexandria, VA) did an awesome job on his first attempt at 100 Breaststroke. He came in 1st for his heat!
  • Jerry Li, ’26 (Sammamish, WA) just needed to focus on his own lane instead of worrying about those swimming next to him! But he did great coming in 2nd for his heat!

400 Freestyle Relay:

  • A Relay: Stephen Yang, ’24 (Oakridge, NC);  Sebastian Medina, ’23 (Danville, VA);  Bryce Adkins, ’23 (Gretna, VA); and  Aiden Dykstra, ’23 (Ten Sleep, WY) came in 2nd overall and scored 4 points!
  • B Relay:  John Classen, ’25 (McLean, VA);  Archie Hooper, ’25 (Wilmington, NC);  Isaiah Walton, ’26 (Silver Spring, MD); and  Roger Adams, ’23 (Chatham, VA) came in 3rd overall and scored 2 points!
  • C Relay:  Jake Bradley, ’27 (Florham Park, NJ);  Charles Gaddy, ’26 (Manteo, NC);  Dax Alexander, ’25 (Kalispell, MT); and  Zachary Lu, ’27 (Redmond, WA) rounded out the top 3 for HMA! Awesome work guys!

The Final Scores were:

SVHS 59

NCS 56

HMA 43

FCS 6

CHA 3

Thank you to everyone for the support! Our last swim meet at home will be the Conference Championships on Friday February 10th starting at 2:30 pm.