Three Maggie Walker swimmers were honored by the RTD as All-Metro

2023 State Championship!

Congratulations to the following three Maggie Walker swimmers who were honored as All-Metro by the Richmond Times-Dispatch on May 6th:

Benjamin ‘Crash’ Ackerly (’24-Richmond) – 1st team 200 back, 2nd team 100 free, 

Christine Datovech (’24-Hanover) – 1st team 50 free, 2nd team 100 free, 100 back, 100 fly, and

Devin Naoroz (’23- Richmond) 2nd team 200 fly.

Our coaches had a great year too.  As always, we couldn’t do this without them so thank you Coach Deanna and Coach Kemmerly. 

 

 

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