OH Sharks Dive Team
The Orange Hunt Swim Club Dive Team has been a part of NVSL Dive since 1993.
For the 2025 Season, the OHSTC Sharks are competing in Division VII.
For the 2024 season, the OH Sharks competed in Division 8, where we finished the season with a 4-1 record and secured a spot as Division Champions!
Our dive team includes divers of all ability levels - from beginning divers to high school varsity divers. We welcome anyone who loves diving (or wants to learn) to join our team! As a summer recreational program, our focus is having fun, learning new skills and being part of a team.
NVSL Rules allow divers from pools who do not have Dive programs to dive on our team during the summer season. We welcome any aspiring diver who is a member of an NVSL member pool to join our team!
Ready to join the Diving Sharks?
Try Dive!
For a few weeks in June we have an opportunity for aspiring divers to participate in dive practices before committing to the team. You’re invited to join our coaches and fellow divers during any of our Try Dive days.
Try Dive dates will be announced soon! Try Dive sessions are from 6:00 - 6:30.
Please email the dive team rep at diveteam@orangehuntswimclub.org if you have any questions about joining the team or Try Dive.
Practice Schedule
Below is the current schedule for this season. We have evening practices M-Th until the end of the school year, then weekday morning practices through the end of the season.
M-Th May 27 - June 10 4:30 - 7:30 pm *sign up for practice slots on sign-up genius
M-F June 12 - July 16 8:00- 8:45; 8:45 - 9:30; 9:15 - 10:15 & 10:00 - 11:00 *practice times assigned based on age, skill and team balance
M-F July 17 - 31 TBD *practice for divers who qualify for divisionals / all-stars.
About NVSL Dive
NVSL Dive programs focus on skills related to springboard diving on 1-meter boards. Teams compete in divisions with five other teams, and participate in five Tuesday night meets each summer. Teams send their best divers to a Divisional meet at the end of the season. Divers from each division are selected to compete in the NVSL All-Star Meet.
Additional competitions are available for new divers (Cracker-Jack Meet) as well as divers who want to try 1-meter synchronized or 3-meter diving (Wally Martin Meet).
The NVSL competition is divided into four age groups (based on diver’s age as of June 1st):
Freshmen: age 10 and under
Junior: age 11-12
Intermediate: age 13-14
Senior: age 15-18
Required dives:
Freshmen: front dive, back dive, 1 optional (3 dives total)
Junior: front dive, back dive, 2 optional (4 dives total)
Intermediate: front dive, back dive, 3 optional (5 dives total)
Senior: front dive, back dive, inward dive, 3 optional (6 dives total)
2025 Dive Team Dates
May 27 - June 10 After School Practices + Try Dive Days (Signup Genius Required)
June 12 - Morning Practices Begin
June 17 - Home Dive Meet
June 24 - Home Dive Meet
July 1 - Away Dive Meet
July 8 - Home Dive Meet
July 15 - Away Dive Meet
July 20 - Divisional Meet
The OH Shark Team Store has team suits and lots of fun Shark Gear.
Meet Our Coaches
Ainsley Taylor - Head Dive Coach
Hi I’m coach Ainsley! I am a sophomore at JMU. I am majoring in Kinesiology with a concentration in physical education. I am have been diving for 11 years on both summer league, high school, and club. This is my fourth season with the sharks! OH has made my experience as a coach a great one because they are such an amazing team. They work and know how to be supportive teammates. I can’t wait to continue working with this team!
Ainsley was the 2023 NVSL All-Star Senior Girls Champion!
Grant McClure - Assistant Dive Coach
Grant will be a HS Senior in the fall who has been diving as an OH Shark since he was 7. He is a member of the WSHS drumline in the marching band and a percussionist in the Symphonic Band. Grant participated in the German Immersion program at OHES & is a member of the German honor society at West Springfield. He also has played WSLL / SBR baseball for many years. Grant is on the WSHS varsity dive team, and served as Captain for the Spartan Divers this past season. He has been a winter diver at Mason Dive Academy from 2016-23, and currently he dives with the Nova Meteors club team. This will be his third year as an assistant coach, and he is looking forward to another amazing year with the diving sharks!
Have questions?
Please email our dive rep at: diveteam@orangehuntswimclub.org
