Athletes from the DMV Compete for Titles at USA Triathlon National Championships
By Reach for the Wall Staff; photos courtesy Marcus Chen Atlantic City, NJ September 13-15 We’re a few days away
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MCSL to Host Annual Long Course Classic
By Reach for the Wall Staff July 9- Rockville, MD Tonight marks the 50th year since the Montgomery County Swim
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5 Questions With a Trials Qualifier: Erin Gemmell
By: Rich House Erin is from Potomac, MD swam summer league with Potomac Woods in the MCSL, went to Stone
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Rip Current Sports- Dual Boards Gaining Momentum
In a recent interview with iHeart Media for the Maryland Business Spotlight, Jose Gallagher, CEO of Rip Current Sports, shared
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Moyaone Community Pool Seeks 2024 Seasonal Pool Manager
Location: 2311 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, MD (Prince George’s County) Pay Rate: Commensurate with pool management experience Accepting applications until position is filled.
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Top High School Times in the DMV as of 2/4
By Reach for the Wall Staff We’re more than halfway through the Championship meet season in the DMV, with Metros
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World Cup- Budapest Day 3 as Seen Through the Lens of Marcus Chen
All photos by Marcus Chen The final day of action at the 2023 World Aquatics World Cup tour in Budapest
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PVS Outstanding Athlete Awards
By Reach for the Wall Staff Potomac Valley Swimming (PVS) released the results of the ‘Outstanding Athlete Award’ for swimmers
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Survey Says?
ATTENTION: Parents of 11-12 and 13-14 Summer League Swimmers, My name is Merete Oakes. I graduated from Daleview (MCSL) two
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Swimming With Ghosts: A Conversation with Michelle Brafman at Politics and Prose
Content provided by Politics and Prose Press Release, and Blankenship Public Relations Event Date: Saturday, June 3, 2023 – 3:00pm,
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Whitman Boys, Walter Johnson Girls take titles at MPSSAA 4A/3A Championships a lookback in pictures!
Feb 24-25 Teams from MCPS 4A/3A schools descended upon University of Maryland to take on teams from around the State to vie for the State Swimming & Diving titles- Whitman Boys and Walter Johnson Girls prevailed as Champions!
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Rip Current Sports is excited to offer 20% off sitewide!
All content provided by Rip Current Sports Dual Boards, by Rip Current Sports, Optimize Body Position and Kick in All Strokes!
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Olympic Greats Join The Coaching Ranks For The Historic Battle At The Burr
Washington DC – The excitement mounts as the Howard Bison and the Georgetown Hoyasannounce their honorary Assistant Coaches for the
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Fitter and Faster Camps available in August!
Content provided by Fitter and Faster With the summer leagues and the USA Swimming Long Course seasons coming to an
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Fitter and Faster: August Camps in Potomac and Stafford!
Content provided by Fitter and Faster Hi Everyone! With LC Championship Season upon us, we wanted to remind everyone that
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Record Setting Night at MCSL Coaches Long Course Meet
By: Reach for the Wall Staff Photo Credits: Ben Linteris July 19, 2022, Rockville, MD–The Montgomery County Swim League (MCSL)
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Allsopp’s Avengers Mini Meet in Germantown July 17
By Reach for the Wall Staff Are you looking for an opportunity for your 9 & under swimmer or ‘pre-teamer’
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Rip Current Sports continues to grow!
Press Release- July 5, 2022 Rip Current Sports, the innovative company that designs and provides the Dual Board technology has
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MoCo Summer Swim Foodies Rejoice!
Reach for the Wall has partnered with MoCo Delivery! MoCo Delivery was founded by the Risso family as a result
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RMSC takes down 10 & Under NAG Relay record at MD States!
By Reach for the Wall Staffphoto courtesy Brian Cheng, RMSC Rockville, MD June 3-5 2022 The Rockville Montgomery Swim Club
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National Learn to Swim Day: May 21, 2022
By Reach for the Wall Staff For those of you who dutifully check the ‘National Day Calendar‘ to see what
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Notes from the Deck: July in the DMV
By Reach for the Wall Staff What a busy month July has been & there’s still 1 week to go!
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Trials Retrospective- The Meisel’s take on Omaha!
By Contributor Gabi Meisel After our flight home from a week of fast swimming (which is an understatement), connecting with
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Headfirst Summer Camps now Hiring for Aquatic Program Leaders!
We do more than just teach kids to play sports. In addition to emphasizing leadership and teamwork rather than being the “best” player on a team, we also encourage campers to focus on their physical literacy, which is the ability to move with competence and confidence in a variety of physical activities and environments.
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International Water Safety Day
By Reach for the Wall Staff May 15 is International Water Safety Day. In approximately two weeks time, all the
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Swim and shop…local!
By Contributor David Meisel Images courtesy Capital Sport and Swim Before Swim Outlet, before Amazon, there were local swim stores
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OCCS Innovates with Live Stream System!
By Contributor Nick Kulick With the current global pandemic closing swim meets to spectators, many parents are missing the opportunity
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The Lure of the Unknown
By Contributor Susan Kasimer I found my love for open water swimming on May 27th, 2001. I was a pool
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USA Swimming 18 & Under Champs: The Awards!
By Reach for the Wall Staff In a press release from Thursday 1/21, USA Swimming announced they will honor the
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The Swimwear Bug
By Contributor Susan Kasimer I have memories of shopping with Sport Fair dating back to 1989. A representative would come
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MCSL Record Progression: Coaches’ Long Course Invitational
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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MCSL History…the Records!
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
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
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
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
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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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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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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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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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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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 10
By Reach for the Wall Staff #TechniqueTuesday Today, Russell Mark, from USA Swimming is providing a 30 minute session to
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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
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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
By Reach for the Wall Staff Another Friday & another day where it looks like exercising indoors is the best
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