Welcome to the Rapids Swim Team

Members of the Northern Virginia Swim League (NVSL)

REGISTRATION FOR 2027 will open in the spring of 2027

Enrollment is ongoing for club members, 18 and under, who can comfortably and safely swim a single lap.  We offer a developmental team for younger, developing swimmers, the Mini Rapids. The coaching staff will help the youngest swimmers with the basics of stroke technique while building confidence for future competition.

NVSL youth swim teams have produced at least 7 Olympic swimmers. The first was Melissa Belote, a three-time gold medalist at the 1972 Olympics at the age of 15. Great Falls Swim Team has our own US Olympic Swimmer in Kate Zeigler, who swam for the Great Falls Rapids kids' swim team, setting many still unbroken NVSL records.

Great Falls Swim & Tennis Club is proud of our long-standing association with the NVSL and for being the only NVSL pool in Great Falls. Our swim team is one of the most spirited, dynamic, and fun teams in the NVSL, and we believe our pool is one of the best in the league.

For more information, including practice times, meet schedule, registration, contact information, and a whole lot more, please see our Swim Team Page.

A Message from 2026 Platinum Sponsor

1To1 Fitness:

October 1, 2026

Great Falls is finally getting its own gym!

1TO1 Fitness, a GFS&T Rapids Platinum Sponsor, is a locally owned personal training company that has served the DMV for 40 years and is now renovating and expanding its Great Falls studio!

The new 1TO1 Fitness Plus will open its doors on January 4th as a fully equipped neighborhood fitness center, offering gym membership access in addition to the excellent personal training and small group training that 1TO1 Fitness has always been known for.

We are happy to be able to give GFS&T an early heads up that 1TO1 Fitness Plus will be taking a limited number of pre-opening Charter Members.