One Arlington workforce strikes up, one other down for 2026 NVSL swim season

Two of 4 Arlington groups competing within the Northern Virginia Swimming League will compete in new divisions this summer time.

The greatest change entails the Donaldson Run Thunderbolts. After competing within the league’s highest Division 1 the previous six years, the workforce drops to Division 3 for the upcoming summer time marketing campaign after ending 0-5 in Division 1 final 12 months.

The Thunderbolts climbed to Division 1 for the 2020 season after successful the Division 3 championship with a 5-0 mark in 2019.

The second Arlington workforce altering divisions for 2026 would be the Dominion Hills Thunder Ducks.

Dominion Hills climbs one spot to Division 7 after successful the 2025 Division 8 crown with a 5-0 mark. The division championship was the fifteenth in program historical past.

The Arlington Forest Tigers and the longtime Division 1 participant Overlee Flying Fish won’t change divisions for the upcoming season.

Overlee will swim in Division 1 once more for the sixty fourth straight season, having received that championship 29 occasions, the final in 2015. The Flying Fish tied for second final summer time in Division 1 with a 3-2 file.

The league yearly realigns its 17 divisions after every season.

Overlee’s 29 division titles are an NVSL file, as is the workforce’s 64 straight years in the identical division. The Flying Fish final had a shedding file in 2003, going winless at 0-5.

Arlington Forest returns to Division 9 this summer time after ending tied for third with a 2-3 file at that degree in 2025. The Tigers final received a division crown in 2009 in Division 11 with a 5-0 mark.

The five-week common season with all meets on Saturdays opens for every NVSL workforce on Saturday, June 20 at 9 a.m., with practices starting in late May.

In the primary week of competitors, Overlee visits the Oakton Otters, Donaldson Run hosts the Mantua Marlins, Dominion Hills hosts the Springboard Barracudas and Arlington Forest hosts the Hollin Meadows Barracudas. Action begins at 9 a.m.

After the regular-season meets, the 17 divisional championship meets are Saturday, July 25, adopted by the season-ending NVSL particular person all-star meet Saturday, Aug. 1 at Vienna Woods pool in Vienna.

Division adjustments introduced in diving competitors: In Northern Virginia Swimming League diving news, that group opens with Tuesday night time meets on Tuesday, June 23.

Overlee is in Division III this summer time, falling from Division I after ending 0-5. Arlington Forest received Division VI final summer time at 5-0 and climbs to Division IV. Dominion Hills is also in Division IV this summer time after going 1-4 in Division III a 12 months in the past.

Donaldson Run stays in Division I after putting third in that division at 3-2 final summer time.

In these June 23 openers, Donaldson Run is at Highlands Swim, Overlee is at Hayfield Farm, Dominion Hills visits Chesterbrook and Arlington Forest is at Great Falls.

Arlington Forest and Dominion Hills meet July 7 in an all-Arlington conflict.

The season-ending NVSL particular person all-star diving meet is Sunday, Aug. 2 at 8 a.m. in Fairfax County.