MCSL Top Swims: The 13-14’s
By Reach for the Wall staff and anonymous contributor This is the 4th of our series of posts containing the
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Breaking News
MCSL Top Swims: The 11-12’s
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
As Montgomery County moves into Phase 2 of reopening 5PM June 19, 2020 a number of pools have announced their
Read more2020 PVS Graduates, where are they going?
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!
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
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!
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
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
By Reach for the Wall Staff After a frustrating couple of days in Montgomery County MD, we’ve mustered the energy
Read moreThe ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 11
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
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
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
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?
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
By Reach for the Wall Staff A few more days pass and we learn of additional closures of summer leagues
Read moreThe ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 9
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
By Reach for the Wall Staff In a vote held Tuesday, the Prince William Swim League (PWSL) board of directors
Read moreThe ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 9
By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s workout is from Katie Hoff & her CG Sports Network IM Fit
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By Reach for the Wall Staff #TechniqueTuesday Looks like the longer we go with the home workouts, the more hashtags
Read moreThe ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 9
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
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!
Content provided by Fitter and Faster
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 8
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?
By Reach for the Wall Staff What a tumultuous week we’ve had in the swimming world! Over the course of
Read moreNVSL decides to cancel 2020 season
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
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
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
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!
Content provided by Fitter and Faster All of Fitter and Faster’s Upcoming Live Broadcasts: https://fitterandfaster.com/live Replays of past free broadcasts:
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 7
By Reach for the Wall Staff Happy #MayDay Everyone!! Traditionally the 1st of May is ushered in with a dance
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 7
By Reach for the Wall Staff You’ve made to the end of April! In case you haven’t yet done your
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 7
By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday The past few weeks we’ve highlighted workouts/routines performed by USA Swimming National team
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 7
By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s dryland workout comes from the writers at SwimSwam, they have a daily post
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 7
By Reach for the Wall Staff #MotivationMonday Last week we provided some reminders for you to assess what you’ve done
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Fitter and Faster Live lineup for 4/27-5/2!
Content provided by Fitter and Faster his week we are producing 8 FREE live webcasts. This week’s programs are on valuable topics
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#Save our Sports- Sign the Petition!
By Reach for the Wall Staff The past few days we’ve seen an increase ‘call to action’ by several organizations
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 6
By Reach for the Wall Staff For those of you who haven’t been exposed to Cody Miller and his VLog,
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 6
By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s workout comes from Self Magazine by way of the Active Network website
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 6
By Reach for the Wall Staff CNN recently caught up with Caeleb Dressel to check in on what he’s doing
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Fitter and Faster Live Schedule through April 24!
Content provided by Fitter and Faster ICYMI FFT Live: Mindset Monday – Commitment Breaking Down the 500 Freestyle – Tuesday,
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 6
By Reach for the Wall Staff In normal times, the sixth week of a training cycle usually means you get
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 5
By Reach for the Wall Staff Hopefully you were able to follow our posted dryland sessions yesterday? We participated along
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 5
By Reach for the Wall Staff Today we’re providing an ICYMI or ‘Throwback’ post. The two videos below are from
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