NOVA News

Welcome!

Welcome back to those of you who are returning and welcome home to those of you who are joining us for the first time for the 2024-2025 season!

I don’t know about you, but I am still riding high from the excitement of this summer. From the Olympic trials to July champs and post-season meets, to the awesomeness of the Paris Olympics there was action everywhere! And the cherry on top was the announcement of Phase 2 and the build out of the second floor at NOVA Regency! As a staff, we see the opportunities this next phase and the new season for NOVA will bring, and we can’t wait to move onward and upward!

As we kick off this season and look to what the future will bring, you will see our staff holding strong to our core values, especially those of growth and unity, as now is the time to get focused and dig deep together.

To grow, we ask our swimmers to embrace the process – be committed to each lap in the pool, week in the water, splash in the competition pool, and time in a practice group. Swimmers create a foundation of experiences that will help them realize success in and out of the pool. By embracing the process, they will learn to be comfortable being uncomfortable and their struggles and personal effort will make them stronger and more prepared to realize their goals.

The phase two capital campaign Elevate, which supports the growth of our facility, will be transformative for our swimmers and what they will be able to experience. NOVA has a great tradition of paying it forward - allowing those of us today to benefit from the generosity of those who came before. Our unity in action, our attitude of “we before me” has taken NOVA to heights not realized by any other program in the country.

The time is now to move onward and upward and pay it forward!

~Coach David

Every NOVA family is responsible for fundraising based on the number of swimmers and their levels in the program. First-year families have a fundraising obligation of $100 per swimmer. After that, each Novice level swimmer will be responsible for $125 of fundraising. Each swimmer above Novice level will be responsible for $225 of fundraising. No family will be required to fundraise more than $450. Additional fundraising and donations are welcome. Only donations above the annual family obligation are tax-deductible.

Many fundraising opportunities are available throughout the year, including the Swim-A-Thon in the Spring, Va Diner peanut sales in October, a percentage back from purchases of grocery and other gift cards through our scrip program, and more. Using a combination of these programs makes fundraising manageable for our families.

For more details about each of these options please contact the business office at 804-754-3401x2 or email novabusinessoffice@novaswim.org.

Novice Bronze - Zoe Moore, Lauren Medlin, Gracie Mueller

Novice Silver- Laurel Reid, Sophia Graziano

Novice Gold- Anita Dillman, Amanda Blaha

Age Group Dev. Bronze- Kai Kratzer, Kendall Morris

Age Group Dev. Silver- Carter Cline, Luke Nelson

Age Group Dev. Gold- David Schreck, Kevin Synder

Age Group Bronze- Anita Dillman, Amanda Blaha

Age Group Silver- Kevin Snyder, Kai Kratzer

Age Group Gold- Luke Nelson, Carter Cline

Senior Dev. Bronze- Sean Moore, Allen Collins

Senior Dev. Silver- Stephanie Wolfle. Zoe Moore, Michael Cousins

Senior Dev. Gold- Mike Julian, JH Vivadelli

Senior Bronze- James Crabb, MJ Teixeira

Senior Silver- Wyatt Haas, Sean Moore

Senior Gold- Matt Bailey, JH Vivadelli

National- Mike Wenert, Alex Muni

Masters-Mark Kutz, Laurel Reid

In order to help with planning for the coming 2024- 2025 season here are the practice and meet schedules, these are tentative and subject to change.

2024-2025 Short Course Practice Schedule- Sept 3rd- March 29th

2025 Spring Hybrid SC/LC Practice Schedule- April 7th-May 30th

2024-2025 Short Course Meet Schedule- This includes specific group schedules and a master schedule for the whole team

NOVA is governed by a volunteer board of directors. We are looking for volunteers to join our Board of Directors effective February 1, 2025. As we embark on the next phase of facility construction and continue our growth as an organization, an engaged active board is key to maintaining our progress.

If you are interested in contributing your time, skills and passion, please consider submitting an application by September 15 by clicking here. Volunteering on the NOVA Board is a three-year term and will allow you to play a key role in shaping NOVA's future. We rely on the support of our families to make this possible.

Thank you for considering volunteering on the NOVA Board of Directors.

Nominating Committee

Please click the links below.