Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Practice Change

Hello Everyone, The Holidays are upon us.  That means traveling for many of us, good eats, and quality time with family.  I would like to wish all of you safe journeys and peaceful holiday. This Wedne...

 New Suit Changes

Hello,   There has been many changes over the past years on swim suits.  If you look at the last Olympics and see how many World Records were broke and those same records were broke again this past su...

 Swim-A-Thon

Today we had our Swim-A- Thon and it went very well.  We had a good turnout, but I still would like to see a 100% participation from our members.   I would like to say thank you for all you parents w...

 VSTP vs VAST Dual Meet Results

What a great meet this past weekend.  I would like to start off by saying thank you to all you who helped out and volunteered your time with the meet on Sunday.  I have posted the meet results for you...

 VAST FUN CONTEST!!!

VAST Fun Contest!!   To start off the new year, we are going to shake things up a bit. This year we are changing our name/mascot. At the present time we are the Valley Area Swim Team Rapids. We are ha...

 Practice Starts

Hello everyone,   The time has come!!! The first practice will be this Monday, August 31, 2009 at JMU Godwin Hall from 8:00-9:30 PM. For those of you who still need to register, there will be opportun...

 Team Swims well at Age Group Champs

Great end to an excellent season.  We just got back from Newport News, Va where Julia & Olivia Sheffer competed in the Virginia Age Group Championships.    Julia started off the meet swimming the 400 ...

 Two VAST Swimmers Honored for Ethics

Click Here to read an article on two of VAST's swimmers being awarded for their Code of Ethics.   Jake Urbanski & Erin Miller

 Short Course Season Comes to a End

This is a reminder that the Short Course Season will be finishing up this Thursday, April 30, 2009.  There will be a two week break before we start training for the long course season starting up on M...

 Amendment to USA Swimming Rules for Shallow Diving

body {margin:8px} .tr-field {font:normal x-small arial} USA Swimming has made some changes that will take place on May 1, 2009 regarding diving in shallow water.  They consider anything shallower tha...

 VAST Swimmer in Local Paper

Click here to read an article in The Free Press about one of VAST?s own, Jonathan Feaster.

 No Practice Easter Sunday

There is will be no practice Easter Sunday do to the intense dryland workout you will endure searching for all the Easter Eggs Peter Cotton Tail hid the night before.

 Westover Practice Change

Westover will be having maintenance done on it's pool, but they are not sure of the dates at this time.  As soon as I know, I will E-mail you and update the Group Calendar on our website.  Please be ...

 JMU Pool Closed and Practice Change

Hello Parents & Swimmers,   JMU will be closing their pool from March 7-22, 2009, to update their pool to the new Virginia State Laws for pools. There is nothing JMU or I can do about this. It is a st...

 Regional Championship Report

Regional Championships this weekend was great. There was fast swimming, best times being made, and racing all weekend. Let me tell you how our VAST swimmers swam. Let?s start off with Austin Folsom: F...

 Gator Meet Report

What a great weekend.  The weather was nice and the swimmers swam great.  We have just come back from Roanoke, VA from the Gator Valentines meet and it was good.  There was not a lot of deck space aro...

 QDD Meet Report

The QDD meet was another fun and great meet. I have quite a few stories to tell for those of you who could not attend. Paul Armentrout swam very well at another meet. But what sticks out in my head is...

 No More Morning Practice

At this time, morning practice has been cancelled. We are coming into a very critical portion of our swimming season where the meets are becoming harder to qualify for and the competition is stiffer. ...

 VAST Meet Report

Hello everyone, I want to start off by saying ?What a Great Meet!ı All the swimmers swam amazing! It was great to see so many VAST swimmers participating in the meet. We had swimmers this weekend who ...

 Team Function on Friday, January 9, 2009 @ JMU (6:00 PM)

  We will be having a team function Friday, January 9, 2009 in place of swim practice.  The function will be held at JMU in the Gym at 6:00 PM.  This is in coordination with the meet set-up. We would ...

 BASS Meet Report

  I have just arrived home from another great meet were we had 23 swimmers compete. Everyone swam well across the board. I saw big improvements from almost everyone?s technique as well as some drop in...

 Friday, January 2, 2009 Practice Change

Practice for the Developmental, Bronze, Silver, & Gold Groups for Friday, January 2, 2009 will be at Gold's Gym.  Please visit the Group Calendars to see practice times for each group.

 New web site is live!

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 Photos from our trip to the pumpkin patch at Valley Inn Farms

Coach Steven has posted photographs from our trip to the pumpkin patch here !