News and Notes
Mark Your Calendars! RMAL's Season begins the week of June 1st - Champs is July 14th at SwimRVA
Volunteer sign-up and more information
🏊 Big News: We Moved to SwimTopia!
We’re excited to announce that RMAL has officially adopted SwimTopia as our all-in-one management platform. SwimTopia combines registration, scheduling, meet management, volunteer coordination, and parent communication into a single, intuitive, modern web-based platform. It includes Meet Maestro for running meets and a companion SwimTopia Mobile App for parents and spectators.
📺 New to SwimTopia? Start here:
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SwimTopia Overview Video — a quick look at what the platform can do
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SwimTopia Help Center — your resource for documentation, tutorials, and FAQs
📱 Parents — Download the SwimTopia Mobile App!
The biggest change you’ll notice as a swim family is the SwimTopia Mobile App, available free on the App Store and Google Play. Log in with the same credentials you use on your team’s SwimTopia website.
Members can see your family’s schedule and best times, details, receive push notifications from their team admins, coaches, and RMAL, sign up for meet entries and volunteer jobs, and view their team and athlete info for free, all season long. The Live Event/Heat Bar broadcasts what’s happening in the pool during meets in real-time, so no one ever needs to miss a swim again.
Want even more on meet day? Upgrade to a Pro subscription to get full heat sheets, live results, upcoming swim reminders, favorite swimmer tracking, and real-time scores — subscribe for $5.99/month or $14.99/year, with a free 7-day trial. Guest mode is also available for spectators.
Resources for Parents:
💻 Computer Operators (Meet Maestro)
RMAL will now run all meets using SwimTopia’s built-in meet management software, Meet Maestro™. It makes seeding, running meets, handling entries/results, integrating the timing system, and publishing heat sheets much easier and more flexible—no single dedicated computer required. Multiple team admins from any participating team can open the meet on multiple computers for concurrent data entry.
It runs directly in your web browser (Chrome is recommended)and integrates with the Dolphin timing system. Meet Maestro is resilient to internet failures — once the meet data is downloaded, you can enter times and DQs while completely offline.
Resources for Computer Operators:
👩💼 Parent Reps (Team Administrators)
As a parent rep, you’ll benefit from SwimTopia’s centralized team management tools. Manage your team’s site, handle rosters, online registration, meet schedules, volunteer signups, and communications — all from one dashboard called Manage Team. The league will push the season’s meet schedule directly to your site so you won’t have to build it from scratch, and shared meet templates ensure that all teams operate under the same rules.
You can import your existing roster and meet history, open registration forms to collect updated family information each season, and use SwimTopia’s built-in tools to communicate with parents via email or push alert.
Resources for Parent Reps:
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📺 Training Videos: Getting Started with SwimTopia — includes the Team Management Overview video and a full admin portal walkthrough
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📖 SwimTopia Quick Start Guide (New Teams) — step-by-step setup guide
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📖 League Features Overview — how your team connects with the league
Questions? Reach out to your team’s parent rep, the RMAL board, or visit the SwimTopia Help Center directly. We can’t wait for a great season! 🌊
2025 Regular Season and Champs
2026 Champs Results and Scores
2025 Season
Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6
Standings and Best Times
Records
Congratulations to Patrick Puzon (Granite) for once again breaking his own RMAL record (set in week 5) in the 15-18 boys 50m fly. Patrick's new record time is a 25.72 in the event. Patrick set his new time in the last week of the season.
2024 Regular Season and Champs
Champs Records
Nine records were made at Champs this year! Congratulations to the following swimmers:
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ACAC's Billy Grau broke the 50 yd Breaststroke record in the 15-18 boys age group with a time of 26.28. The previous record was held by Charlie Swanson (GR) 26.42 set in 2016.
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Brighton Green's Ryan Hufford broke 2 records in the 15-18 boys age group.
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100 free with a time of 45.53. The old record - Crash Ackerly (GR) 45.63 set in 2023.
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50 fly with a time of 21.91, breaking his own record of 21.97 set in 2023.
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Charter Colony's Cadel Schwartz broke the 50 yd Breastroke record in the 9-10 boys age group with a time of 35.93. The previous record was held by Matthew Kittrell (GR) 36.41 set in 1997.
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Shenandoah's Ayden Greer broke the 50 yd Backstroke record in the 13-14 boys age group with a time of 24.98 during the lead-off leg of the 200 yd Mixed Medley Relay. The previous record was held by Mark Macomson (ST) 25.11 set in 2018.
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Shenandoah's Cassie Bauer broke the 50 yd Breastroke record in the 15-18 girls age group with a time of 29.39. The previous record was held by Molly Blanchard (WO) 30.03 set in 2021.
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Shenandoah's Trey Young broke 2 records in the 13-14 boys age group.
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50 breast with a time of 27.68. The old record - Jack Clippinger (MDY) 28.00 set in 2022.
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50 fly with a time of 23.88. The old record - Aidin Muminovic (ACAC) 23.98 set in 2023.
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Shenandoah's 13-14 200 yd Mixed Medley Relay team of Ayden Greer, Chloe Clemmons, Trey Young, and Kylee Crotts set a new time of 1:44.69. The previous record was held by Bon Air (C. Boykin, G. Sheble, M. Burton, C. Sheble) 1:48.04 set in 2017.
2024 RMAL Champs Results and Scores
2024 SEASON
Week 4 Records
Last week, led by Cassie Bauer, Shenandoah set four new RMAL meter records, including breaking a 39-year-old record in the 13-14 200 Meter Mixed Medley Relay.
Cassie broke 3 records in the 15-18 girls age group:
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100 Meter Individual Medley with a time of 1:04.94. The previous record was held by Molly Blanchard (Willow Oaks) with a time of 1:05.78 set in 2021.
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50 Meter backstroke with a time of 30.25. The previous record was held by Molly Blanchard (Willow Oaks) with a time of 30.63 set in 2021.
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50 Meter breaststroke with a time of 33.42. The previous record was held by Becky Acker (SM) with a time of 34.50 set in 1999.
The Shenandoah 13-14 200 Meter Mixed Medley Relay team of Ayden Greer, Chloe Clemmons, Trey Young, and Kylee Crotts set a new time of 2:03.48. The previous record was held by Briarwood (J. Hedley, J. Freitag, S. Hutcherson, B. Hutcherson) with a time of 2:09.74 set in 1985.
Congrats to the new record holders!
~US Olympic Team Trials for Paris 2024~
RMAL wants to send out a huge congrats to current and former RMAL swimmers who competed at the Olympic time trials in Indianapolis.
Crash Ackerley - Granite - 200 back
Emerson Callis - Stonehenge - 200 fly
Ryan Hufford - Brighton Green - 100 back
Caroline Sheble - Bon Air - 200 fly
Charlie Swanson - Granite and Willow Oaks - 200 breast
*Won semifinals in 100 breast and placed 2nd in Finals
The Richmond Metro Aquatic League
A Swimming Tradition for 49 Years
All-time Champions
With a long history of competition, RMAL has had its share of dynasties. Which teams have taken those top spots most often? The Brandermill Makos have seen 16 season wins. Brandermill and ACAC (Briarwood) have enjoyed 12 Champs wins each.
SUCH AWESOME TEAMS!
Check out the list below for a history of all of our winners.
ABOUT US
The Richmond Metro Aquatic League was founded in 1976. Our teams hail from the northern half of Chesterfield County and the southwest side of Richmond, VA. We have a compact footprint that allows for quick trips to nearby meets and a unique camaraderie between teams. Come check out our welcoming swim teams, meet our swimming families, and learn from the most accomplished and dedicated coaches in the region.
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CONTACT US
P. O. Box 36303
N. Chesterfield, VA 23235