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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5 Questions With a Trials Qualifier: Sadie Buckley
By: Rich House Sadie is from Fairfax, VA, swims for the Fairfax Frogs in NVSL each summer, The Mason Makos
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5 Questions With a Trials Qualifier: Eleanor Sun
By: Rich House Eleanor is from Bethesda, MD, grew up swimming for the Wildwood Wombats in the MCSL, where she
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5 Questions With a Trials Qualifier: Dave Fitch
By: Rich House Dave grew up in Potomac, MD and began his swimming career with the Potomac Swim Team in
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5 Questions With a Trials Qualifier: Evan Mackesy
By: Rich House Evan is from Derwood, MD, has been swimming since age 7 for Mill Creek Towne within the
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5 Questions With a Trials Qualifier: Virginia Hinds
By: Rich House Virginia lives in Chevy Chase, MD and is a rising Junior at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School.
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Reach for the Wall Presents All-DMV and Who Swam it Fastest for 2023-24
By Reach for the Wall Staff It’s been a while since we provided a season-ending synopsis of the high school
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Metros Diving Champions Crowned!
By Reach for the Wall Staff; Photos by Marcus Chen @marcus.chen.photo February 7-8 Boyds, MDThe diving portion of Metro’s started
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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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Championship season is here!
By Reach for the Wall Staff; Lead photo courtesy Gonzaga, Good Counsel, and WT Woodson Instagram The torrent of championship
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Swimming into the Holidays!
By Reach for the Wall Staff; Photos by Marcus Chen Lead photo Adriano Arioti from Metros 2023, courtesy Marcus Chen
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Weekend Roundup (12/7-12/10)
By Reach for the Wall Staff Swimmers in the DMV had opportunities to race all around the area as well
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PVS Swimmers Earn All America Honors
By Reach for the Wall Staff With the 2023-2024 high school season underway, we wanted to give a ‘shout out’
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Gonzaga and Good Counsel (Women) Victorious in Season Opener
By Reach for the Wall Staff Bethesda MD 11/14/2023- Tuesday night in the packed Stone Ridge Aquatic Center the teams
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2023 ISF Swimming Championships Kick Off August 21
For Immediate Release The International School Sport Federation (ISF) U15 Gymnasiade, will see top student athletes travel to Rio de
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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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Yorktown Girls, Langley Boys take VHSL Class 6 State Titles!
By Reach for the Wall Staff Hampton, VA February 18 The Hampton Virginia Aquaplex, which opened in October 2022, hosted
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Churchill and Stone Ridge Repeat as Metro Champs, More Records Fall During Finals
By Reach for the Wall Staff; photos by Marcus Chen February 11, 2023- Boyds MD The fans, adorned in their
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Record Falls during Prelims at Metros
By Reach for the Wall Staff The Germantown Indoor Aquatic Center filled up quickly this morning with many team hopeful
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Area schools gear up for Metro Invitational
By Reach for the Wall Staff The area private schools have completed their league championship meets, which started with National
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Eleanor Sun leads Stone Ridge Girls to National Catholic Title, Gonzaga Boys finish 2nd
By Reach for the Wall Staff Baltimore, MD- January 14-15, Stone Ridge, along with many other Catholic schools from the
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Weekend Wrap-up and More!
By Reach for the Wall Staff The Fall Championship season is officially underway with every PVS Club and age group
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Stone Ridge and Gonzaga Prevail in Season Opener
By Reach for the Wall Staff; Photos by Marcus Chen Bethesda MD- Tuesday November 15 marked the opening night for
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2021-2022 PVS Scholar Athlete Award: DEADLINE is October 31
By Reach for the Wall Staff The 2022-2023 Short course season has officially begun with a slate of meets competed
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USA Swimming Scholastic All America Applications Now Available
By Reach for the Wall Staff USA Swimming has opened the application process for the 2021-2022 Academic All America recognition
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Washington Metro Championships (METROS) 2022
By Reach for the Wall Staff The Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming & Diving Championship (METROS) is back! We’re going to
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Championship Season in Full Swing across the DMV!
By Reach for the Wall Staff All across the DMV the various high school conferences held a championship meet. In
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Weekly Wrap up through 1/16
By Reach for the Wall Staff The high school leagues in Montgomery County and Northern Virginia completed their 4th week
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Results from the Deck through 1/11/2022
By Reach for the Wall Staff The meet schedules picked up where they left off in 2021, with Montgomery County,
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Swimming around the DMV through 12/18
By Reach for the Wall Staff The first weeks of December saw a flurry of activity on the pool decks
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Swimming Around the DMV 12/1-12/5
By Reach for the Wall Staff Lead photo screencap from US Open 400 Free courtesy USA Swimming (Gemmell & Ledecky)
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Stone Ridge and Gonzaga compete against Good Counsel in first dual meet of 2021-22 season!
By Reach for the Wall Staff High School swimming is back! Stone Ridge with their partner school Gonzaga (both 2020
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Recruiting Tips for Club Coaches (and swimmers)
Contributor Rick Paine is an expert on the college recruiting process. He is also the Director of Swimming at American College
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VISAA tops off their season with virtual championship!
By Reach for the Wall Staff The Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association provided a ‘virtual’ opportunity for participating schools to
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VHSL Class 6 Champs recap: Yorktown Girls win team title on a record setting day!
By Reach for the Wall Staff Update 2/27: Thanks for the feedback from our readers, who pointed out the while
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VHSL Class 5 & 6 State Champs
By Reach for the Wall Staff We know we’re a day late on the Class 5 meet which completed competition
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Swimming into the weekend…
By Reach for the Wall Staff This weekend, be on the lookout for the the Virginia High School League (VHSL)
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2020 Fall season: Top 10 swims
By Reach for the Wall Staff It took us a while to locate and compile the results, but this week
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When will High School Swim Season Commence in Maryland?
By Reach for the Wall Staff In a press release issued today by Governor Larry Hogan, he announced that High
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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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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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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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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
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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RFTW ‘Who swam it Fastest’ and All DMV 2019-2020
By Reach for the Wall Staff With everything shut down for a while, we thought it was a good time
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Champions Crowned and Top Times updated!
By: Reach for the Wall Staff This past weekend (2/21-2/22) both the MPSSAA and VHSL held their State Championship meets
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Top 16 Times- The Boys
By: Reach for the Wall Staff We’ve witnessed several weeks of championship swimming and think there’s critical mass to take
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Top 16 Times- The Girls
By: Reach for the Wall Staff We’ve witnessed several weeks of championship swimming and think there’s critical mass to take
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VHSL Northern Region titles up for grabs
By Reach for the Wall staff Last weekend, many of the schools in Northern Virginia swam their regional meets (Region
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