Swim the States
Swim the States: Spring 2022
We've taken matters into our own hands to help you "travel" across the United States this semester... and earn gear while doing it!
Following the schedule of Virginia Tech's five single spring break days, each participant must swim to a "checkpoint” by each spring break day as represented by a US city until they reach San Francisco on the final day of classes.
Roughly three weeks stand between each spring break day, so participants must swim the number of miles it takes to get to the checkpoint. A conversion (explained below) is in place so that your minutes swam multiply and convert to accumulated miles.
The goal of the Swim the States is to make it to San Francisco on time for the end of the school year.
How to Participate
Click here to log your activity! No pre-registration is required, just keep your progress up to date as you swim.
Checkpoints, Conversions, and Prizes
January 17 - February 4
- City: Louisville, KY
- Time Between Checkpoints: 19 days
- Mileage: 384
- Conversion: 1 minute = 2 miles
- Total Minutes: 192
- Prizes for Completion: TBD
February 5 - 25
- City: St. Louis, MO
- Time Between Checkpoints: 21 days
- Mileage: 260
- Conversion: 1 minute = 2 miles
- Total Minutes: 130
- Prizes for Completion: TBD
February 26 - March 17
- City: Wichita, KS
- Time Between Checkpoints: 20 days
- Mileage: 442
- Conversion: 1 minute = 2 miles
- Total Minutes: 221
- Prizes for Completion: TBD
March 18 - April 6
- City: Denver, CO
- Time Between Checkpoints: 20 days
- Mileage: 520
- Conversion: 1 minute = 2 miles
- Total Minutes: 260
- Prizes for Completion: TBD
April 7 - 26
- City: Las Vegas, NV
- Time Between Checkpoints: 20 days
- Mileage: 749
- Conversion: 1 minute = 3 miles
- Total Minutes: 250
- Prizes for Completion: TBD
April 27 - May 5
- City: San Francisco, CA
- Time Between Checkpoints: 9 days
- Mileage: 569
- Conversion: 1 minute = 4 miles
- Total Minutes: 142
- Prizes for Completion: TBD
Swim Workouts
Our aquatics staff has put together a variety of swim workouts designed for swimmers of all levels to add variety to their swim routine!