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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OCCS 13 & Over Meet of Champions: Saturday
By Reach for the Wall Staff In the fourth night of competition, the swimmers competed in the 100 Backstroke, 500
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OCCS 13 & Over Meet of Champions: Friday
By Reach for the Wall Staff In the 3rd night of finals, the session events included the 200 Breaststroke, 200
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OCCS 13 & Over Meet of Champions: Thursday
By Reach for the Wall Staff Thursday’s events consisted of the 100 Breaststroke, 200 Freestyle and 400 IM and the
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OCCS 13& Over Meet of Champions
By Reach for the Wall Staff Occoquan Swimming (OCCS) kicked off their ‘Meet of Champions’ last night, which is the
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Recap and Thank You!: 18 & Under Champs Day 4
By Reach for the Wall Staff This weekend reminded us how much we enjoy watching swimming in the DMV and
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Recap: 18 & Under Champs Day 3
By Reach for the Wall staff Saturday night was a chance for the mid-distance swimmers to flex their muscles, with
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Recap: 18 & Under Champs Day 2
By Reach for the Wall Staff Well if Day 1 didn’t get your excitement going for fast swimming, Day 2
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Recap: 18 & Under Champs Day 1
PVS Swimmers excel on Day 1 of 18 & Under Champs
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18 & Under Winter Championships
By Reach for the Wall Staff Championship week is here! Across the country, LSC’s are holding the 18 & Under
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October meet roundup: Top 10 swims
By Reach for the Wall Staff During the month of October, PVS clubs hosted or attended 15 meets across the
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PVS Swimmers earn Scholastic All American
By Reach for the Wall Staff Lead graphic courtesy of USA Swimming Congratulations goes out to these PVS athletes who
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Advocate for Competitive Swimming: #openswimlanesMOCO #competitiveswimming #4perlane
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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Swimming in Uncertainty: One Parent’s Musings
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!!!
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
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
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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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 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 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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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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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
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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 #WorkoutWednesday Today’s workout comes from a Twitter post we found while searching for a#WorkoutWednesday…Which
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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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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
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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
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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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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 ‘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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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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