DATE: Saturday, December 6, 2025 
LOCATION: Woodberry Forest, VA | Ruffin Memorial Natatorium 
SCORES:  

• Swimming 90, Woodberry Forest 78 

• Swimming 93, Albemarle County 65 

• Swimming 117, Fluvanna County 38 

• Swimming 111, Miller School 37 

• Swimming 120, William Monroe 30 

RECORD: 5-0, 1-0 VPL 
 

SHORT STORY: Fork Union Military Academy's swimming program opened its season with an impressive performance at the Woodberry Forest December Invitational at Ruffin Memorial Natatorium this past Saturday. The Blue Devils went undefeated in the dual-format meet, topping Albemarle County, Fluvanna County, Miller School, William Monroe, and host Woodberry Forest.  
 

QUOTE: "It's rare for a team to open the season with such a strong showing at its very first meet," said head coach Jon Larson. "Normally, it takes a few competitions to iron out the kinks and realize what details we still need to cover, especially for our new swimmers. But this weekend, everything clicked. I didn't have to change the lineup once, we had zero disqualifications, and we came away with five individual state-qualifying times: Scheel in the 200 and 500 freestyle; Keen Wang in the 200 freestyle; and Leen Wang in both the 200 IM and 100 butterfly. We also qualified all three relays for states. 
 

"We had two swimmers come heartbreakingly close to qualifying. Jenson missed by just .04 seconds in the 50 free, and Keen Wang missed by .07 seconds in the 100 free. And we had three swimmers qualify for states in the Bonus 50 Free: Jenson, Kaiden Myer, and Beau Washington. A coach from another school even commented on how excited our guys were. He asked me if our cadets thought they were already at States." 
 

HOW IT HAPPENED: 
 

Fork Union recorded 18 top-five finishes, including 11 podium placements and three event champions. 

• Keen Wang won the 100 freestyle in 53.27. 

• The 200 Free Relay team took first with a state-qualifying time of 1:38.00. 

• The 400 Free Relay also qualified for states, posting a winning time of 3:35.45. 

• The 200 Medley Relay finished second with a state-qualifying time of 1:48.38. 

• Brandon Scheel placed second in the 200 freestyle (1:56.09), followed closely by Wang in third with a qualifying time of 1:57.68. Scheel also earned a qualifying time in the 500 freestyle, finishing second in 5:21.97. 

• Leen Wang earned third-place finishes and state-qualifying times in both the 200 IM (2:14.38) and 100 butterfly (58.71). 

• Liam Jenson (24.00) and Beau Washington (24.59) finished second and third, respectively, in the 50 freestyle. 

UP NEXT: Fork Union returns to action Saturday, December 13 when it hosts a multiple dual meet at 1:30 p.m.