The Bon Air dive team welcomes kids ages 5-18 of all ability levels to join us. No experience necessary – our coaching staff will teach you everything you need to know. Practice times fit in perfectly with swim and tennis team practice! See Youth Summer Athletics page for more info.
Dive Team Coaching Staff
Head Dive Coach: Andy Goe
We are thrilled to announce that Andrew Goe will be joining our team as Head Dive Coach. Andy recently moved to Richmond from Midland, TX to become the University of Richmond’s Dive Coach. Andy recently established the AAU Richmond dive club Entelechy Dive Academy.
Andy has over 20 years of combined Dive Coaching experience with summer camps and leagues, year-round dive clubs, high school and middle school teams, and D-1 college teams. Andy’s focus on fundamentals will help our new divers learn the sport and his expertise in mechanics and progressions will further elevate our more experienced divers. Andy’s goal is to make summer dive fun and engaging. He is excited to be a part of this team and make it a great summer for everyone!
Assistant Dive Coach: Cady Baron
We are so happy to have Coach Cady return as assistant dive coach this year! Cady was our assistant coach last year, and has been on the Bon Air Dive Team since 2016. She is on the year-round dive team at DiveRVA, and was the first member of the James River High School Dive Team this year, and has seriously impressed the judges…making it to States this year!
Cady is passionate about diving, and is excited about leveraging this coaching role to spark that passion in other divers.
2023 Dive Practice Schedule
In 2023, we will be returning to our “open dive practice” policy from prior years. We understand that our divers often have other activities they are involved in…often being on swim team at Bon Air or another pool. We welcome divers to attend dive practice during whatever portion of the below practice windows that works for them!
- Spring Practice: 5/22-6/9 (no practice on 5/29)
- 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
- Summer Practice: 6/12 – 7/18 (no practice on 7/4)
- 9:00 am – 11:00 am
- Champs Only Practice: 7/19-7/21 (only for divers going to Champs)
- 9:00 am – 11:00 am
2023 Dive Team Fees
| Member Diver | $140 |
| Dive Team only Membership | $195 |
| Dive Team only Membership, also on Swim Team (Membership fee already paid via Swim Team registration) |
$140 |
2023 Dive Team Registration
2023 Registration will run from 3/27 – 6/12. Registrations and payments are all completed online.
In addition, please complete this online waiver (please be careful to select the proper category at the bottom – Dive): 2023 JRAC Online Waiver
Diver Age Groups
| Age on May 31, 2023 | Classification |
| 7 & Under | Mini-Mites |
| 8 & 9 | Mites |
| 10 & 11 | Midis |
| 12 & 13 | Juniors |
| 14 & 15 | Intermediates |
| 16 & Up | Seniors |
Divers compete in novice, regular or X division depending on their experience and skill level.
2023 Dive Meets & Champs
Locations coming soon
Dive Meets
- Meet 1 6/22/2023 Thursday @ 1pm – Bon Air at Hungary Creek
- Meet 2 6/29/2023 Thursday @ 1pm – Bon Air at Three Chopt
- Meet 3 7/6/2023 Thursday @ 1pm – Ridgetop at Bon Air
- Synchro 7/7/2023 Friday, Warm-ups at 9am; Meet at 10am – Location TBD
- Meet 4 7/13/2023 Thursday @ 1pm – Avalon at Bon Air
- Meet 5 7/18/2023 Tuesday @ 1pm – Bon Air at Woodmont
Dive Champs
- Champs Practice 7/23/2023 Scheduled times during 11am-5:15pm window – at Avalon
- Champs-girls 7/24/2023 Warm-ups at 7am; meet at 9am – at Avalon
- Champs-boys 7/25/2023 Warm-ups at 7am; meet at 9am – at Avalon
Google Calendar
This google calendar can be imported by families to ensure that they never miss a dive event!
Swimsuit Recommendation
Please see this page for our 2023 suit recommendations!
We’ll be holding a suit try-on event again this year at the BACA Clubhouse on 4/26 from 5:30-7:30 pm. Disco Sports will be there for kids to try on suits to ensure they get the right size. If you aren’t able to make it to this event, you can go to Disco Sports (near Regency mall) at any time to try on the suit and order it.
Volunteer Leadership
Aquatics VP
Catherine Rafferty
804-852-8507
Dive Representative
Greg Baron
Please contact Greg for more information about the dive team.
