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PVS Swimmers earn Scholastic All American

Sep 21, 2020Sep 21, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Lead graphic courtesy of USA Swimming Congratulations goes out to these PVS athletes who

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PVS News and Notes

Sep 1, 2020Sep 1, 2020 ReachForTheWall 3 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff (links and procedures provided courtesy of Potomac Valley Swimming) In a normal season, the

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Montgomery County Council will approve PVS plan!

Aug 24, 2020Aug 24, 2020 RFTW editor 1 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff 8/24/2020: In the county council meeting which started at 9:30am this morning, a discussion

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Advocate for Competitive Swimming: #openswimlanesMOCO #competitiveswimming #4perlane

Aug 14, 2020Aug 14, 2020 RFTW editor 18 Comments

We have been in contact with many coaches, parents, and swimmers from teams that are based in Montgomery County and as a collective, need to continue to lobby our case to the council (and Dr. Gayles) to sway their opinion on safely opening the lap lanes to 4 swimmers while under the supervision of professional swim coaches.

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USA Swimming provides Grants to PVS Clubs

Aug 11, 2020Aug 11, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff 8/11/2020: USA Swimming and the USA Swimming Foundation provided a press release today to

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Swimming in Uncertainty: One Parent’s Musings

Aug 10, 2020Aug 10, 2020 RFTW editor 1 Comment

By Michelle Brafman When my husband heard that the Montgomery County Public Schools planned to cancel the upcoming swim season,

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Swimming in the DMV: Update 7/27, write your Representatives!!!

Jul 27, 2020Jul 27, 2020 RFTW editor 6 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff With the recent announcements by Montgomery County Public Schools, Prince George’s , Washington DC

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MCSL Record Progression: Coaches’ Long Course Invitational

Jul 24, 2020Jul 24, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Contributor Jason Blanken and Reach for the Wall Staff This weekend would have been the annual All-Star meet (Relay

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Girls Speak Up: Swimmers Advocate Against Athlete Abuse

Jul 22, 2020Jul 22, 2020 RFTW editor 6 Comments

Athlete abuse. Whether the problem is verbal harassment, bullying, or sexual abuse, many athletes, male and female, have suffered from some form of that trauma. It looms over us and has become a prominent issue in many sports. Swimming is no stranger to such incidents…

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MCSL History…the Records!

Jul 17, 2020 RFTW editor 4 Comments

By Contributor Jason Blanken and Reach for the Wall Staff After reading our 5-part series detailing the top times achieved

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How To Create A Healthy Meal Plan To Complement Swim Training

Jul 14, 2020Jul 14, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By R. Miller; Exclusively written for reachforthewall.org A swimmer’s diet can be very tricky. After all, they require massive amounts

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MCSL Top Swims: The 15-18’s

Jul 10, 2020Jul 10, 2020 RFTW editor 6 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff and anonymous contributor Well here we are, the 5th installation of the series…the grand

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MCSL Top Swims: The 13-14’s

Jul 9, 2020Jul 9, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall staff and anonymous contributor This is the 4th of our series of posts containing the

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MCSL Top Swims: The 11-12’s

Jul 8, 2020Jul 10, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff and anonymous contributor Every season the MCSL holds a showcase where the top 8

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MCSL Top Swims: The 9-10’s

Jul 7, 2020Jul 7, 2020 RFTW editor 3 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff and anonymous contributors As mentioned in the Top Swims by 8 & Unders, we

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MCSL Top Swims: The 8 & Unders

Jul 6, 2020Jul 6, 2020 RFTW editor 4 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff and anonymous contributors This past week we received an email from a contributor that

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To Our Graduates

Jul 6, 2020Jul 6, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Contributor Emily Lilyestrom Stay with me on this one… The weather could not have been more cooperative. Sunny, hot,

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NISCA All American 2020- DMV Swimmers in the Rankings

Jul 4, 2020 RFTW editor 2 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff This week, The National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA), released its high school All

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Creativity – At Its Best

Jun 26, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Contributor Emily Lilyestrom A virtual swim season. What does “virtual” mean? It’s something in practice; generated by computer; or

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Clarksburg Village Virtual Swim Team

Jun 23, 2020Jun 23, 2020 ReachForTheWall 0 Comment

Montgomery County Swim League (MCSL) may be be cancelled for Summer 2020, but it hasn’t stopped the Clarksburg Village Vikings

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RMSC returns to practice after 14 weeks

Jun 22, 2020Jun 22, 2020 RFTW editor 1 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Monday, June 22 marks the first day swimmers from the Rockville Montgomery Swim Club

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Ready, Set, SWIM!

Jun 19, 2020Jul 2, 2020 ReachForTheWall 20 Comments

As Montgomery County moves into Phase 2 of reopening 5PM June 19, 2020 a number of pools have announced their

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2020 PVS Graduates, where are they going?

Jun 17, 2020Jun 17, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff PVS churns out some wicked fast swimmers and really bright kids. We’ve put together

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Fitter and Faster Announce High Performance camps across the DMV!

Jun 16, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment Fitter and Faster

Content provided by Fitter and Faster Fitter and Faster is coming to DC all summer at two locations for High

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Stonegate swim team shows their spirit while promoting COVID safety

Jun 8, 2020Jun 8, 2020 RFTW editor 2 Comments

By Contributor Mandy Sanidad During this difficult period of time with the coronavirus, many people have had difficulties getting a

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Ideas? Share your ideas!

Jun 4, 2020Jun 4, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff As several areas of the DMV are able to (or will be able to

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OCCOQUAN SWIMMING TAKES THE LEAD RETURNING SWIMMERS TO THE WATER AS NORTHERN VIRGINIA BEGINS TO RE-OPEN

May 31, 2020May 31, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment Northern Va Phase 1 pools, OCCS, Phase 1 Swimming

Occoquan Swimming (Manassas, VA) has partnered with Pleasant Valley Recreation Association (Chantilly) to provide lap swimming to the local swim community in Phase 1 of the Forward Virginia re-opening campaign. The attached press release provides a look at the program and how it works to safely get swimmers from various clubs in the area – including swimmers from US Masters and College programs – back in the water.

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Swimming in the DMV update 5/29

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff After a frustrating couple of days in Montgomery County MD, we’ve mustered the energy

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 11

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff We had hoped to be writing about how many pools in the area were

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Swimming in the DMV update 5/22

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By Reach for the Wall Staff As the announcements pile up we are stunned and disappointed at the realization that

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 10

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s workout comes from USA Swimming National Team member and Breaststroker, Nic Fink. Nic

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 10

May 20, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s workout comes from a Twitter post we found while searching for a#WorkoutWednesday…Which

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Survey Says?

May 19, 2020May 19, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Through a variety of contacts, Reach for the Wall has become aware of a

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Swimming in the DMV- update 5/18

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff A few more days pass and we learn of additional closures of summer leagues

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 9

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff As soon as we get information out on area swim leagues (NVSL, PWSL/ODSL) and

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Prince William Swim League cancels 2020 Season

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff In a vote held Tuesday, the Prince William Swim League (PWSL) board of directors

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 9

May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s workout is from Katie Hoff & her CG Sports Network IM Fit

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 9

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #TechniqueTuesday Looks like the longer we go with the home workouts, the more hashtags

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 9

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By Reach for the Wall Staff As we enter week 9 of working out at home, we are within a

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Montgomery County MD Recreation Department update 5/11/2020

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 RFTW editor 1 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff We, as many of you are waiting eagerly for guidance from our local and

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Fitter and Faster: Free Webcast Schedule through May 17!

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 8

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Another Friday & another day where it looks like exercising indoors is the best

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The state of swimming- what’s next?

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 RFTW editor 3 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff What a tumultuous week we’ve had in the swimming world! Over the course of

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NVSL decides to cancel 2020 season

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff In a letter provided to all NVSL teams, and posted on the NVSL website,

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 8

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s dryland session come from MySwimPro and as advertised is a low-impact full

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#GivingTuesday: The Lilabean Foundation

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment #givingtuesday, 11for11, Lilabean Foundation

By Rich House This month (only 5 days in) I’m seeing a lot of Social Media sites trending with #GivingTuesday

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 8

May 4, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #Motivation Monday Many in the DMV were able to get outside Saturday and enjoy

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Fitter and Faster Schedule through May 8!

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