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By USA Swimming. Backed by four medals on the final night of competition, Team USA won the medal table with

By Reach for the Wall staff. SwimSwam recently posted lists of the Top 16 NCAA male swimmers and Top 16

By USA Swimming / GoSwim You’re working everyday on your underwater dolphin kicks, so make sure you start them at

By USA Swimming. Featuring a number of one-of-a-kind items and unique experiences, the 2016 USA Swimming Foundation Golden Goggles Silent

Meilus, Giniezcki, and Cudahy commit to swim, respectively, for Virginia Tech, Auburn, and the University of Virginia Wednesday, November 9

By Reach for the Wall staff. The 2016 Potomac Valley National Age Group Team Challenge (NAG), hosted by the Rockville-Montgomery

Below are some fun literary works by kids in the DMV about the sport of swimming.  We invite readers to send

Here is a good, candid interview of PVS’s own Jack Conger (Flower Valley, Good Counsel High School) by the Austin

NBC4 Washington ran a nice story on our own, Clay Britt.   Clay has been a competitive swimmer for 48 years

Bruce Gemmell, one of the Coaches of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team in Rio de Janeiro and head coach at NCAP’s Georgetown

Check out this nice story in SwimSwam about Maryland swimming.  But in all fairness, Olympic Trials and any Potomac Valley

By Hannah Gould* / Contributor. From Olympic Trials to your neighborhood pool, you will notice many young female swimmers are

By Rich House. As a swimmer growing up in DC on one of the largest teams in USA swimming, the

Key Info: 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (June 26 – July 3) at Century Link Center in Omaha Nebraska Event

Key Info: 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (June 26 – July 3) at Century Link Center in Omaha Nebraska Event

This is the second in a series of articles that highlight swimmers that you might want to keep an eye on

Key Info: 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (June 26 – July 3) at Century Link Center in Omaha Nebraska Event

Key Info: 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (June 26 – July 3) at Century Link Center in Omaha Nebraska Event

Some of the most popular features on Reach For The Wall are the analytic tools that allow readers to view

By Hannah Gould / Contributor Summer swimming is always a time for fun, no matter what age or skill level

This is the first in a series of articles that highlight swimmers that you might want to keep an eye

The suspense is killing us!!  Bright and early tomorrow (Saturday, June 18) begins the first official meets in the Montgomery

By Reach for the Wall Staff Writers. This is another in a series of articles that highlight the summer swim leagues in

By Reach for the Wall Staff Writers. As noted in our story on the Northern Virginia Swimming League (NVSL), the

In case you missed them, below are links to some nice articles about swimming / swimmers in the DMV: Strokes

By Lelia True / Contributor While we eagerly await the start of summer swimming, don’t forget about our frequent partners

By Reach for the Wall Staff Writers. In a previous article, we highlighted each of the 12 summer swim leagues in

Becky Carlson, the Women’s Rugby Coach at Quinnipiac University, wrote the following open letter to the type of athlete who, although

By Elli Overton / republished by permission from Swimtopia. When it comes to Summer League swimming, the Northern Virginia Swimming

By Reach for the Wall Staff Writers. As a result of a huge number of outdoor pools, well-organized and competitive summer

By USA Swimming News. TIME Magazine named Olympic gold medalist and USA Swimming National Team member Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Md./Nation’s

By Reach for the Wall Staff Writers. Katie Ledecky led the group of PVS swimmers who swam at the fourth stop

By Reach for the Wall Staff Writers. At the end of each Fall, Winter and Spring season, The Washington Post compiles a

By Rich Sanidad / Contributor. ROCHESTER – The 2016 Eastern Zone Short Course Age Group Championships (Zones) completed competition on Saturday