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MCSL Coaches Invitational in Pictures: Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly

Jul 17, 2024Jul 17, 2024 RFTW editor 0 Comment Marcus Chen Photography, MCSL Coaches Invitational

By Reach for the Wall Staff; Photos by Marcus Chen While the IM and Freestyle races had a number of

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MCSL Coaches Invitational in Pictures: IM and Freestyle

Jul 15, 2024Jul 15, 2024 RFTW editor 0 Comment Coaches Longcourse, MCSL, Summer

By Reach for the Wall Staff; Photos by Marcus Chen The Coaches Invitational Meet has been held on the 2nd

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MCSL to Host Annual Long Course Classic

Jul 9, 2024Jul 9, 2024 RFTW editor 11 Comments MCSL Coaches Invitational

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: Eleanor Sun

Jun 13, 2024Jun 13, 2024 RFTW editor 2 Comments

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: Evan Mackesy

Jun 11, 2024Jun 11, 2024 RFTW editor 0 Comment EvanMackesy, MCSL, Olympic Trials, RMSC

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

Jun 10, 2024Jun 10, 2024 RFTW editor 0 Comment AllStarAquatics, Olympic Trials, VirginiaHinds

By: Rich House Virginia lives in Chevy Chase, MD and is a rising Junior at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School.

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Survey Says?

Jul 21, 2023Jul 21, 2023 RFTW editor 1 Comment Daleview, NVSL, PWSL, Summer, Survey

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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MCSL Long Course Invitational in Pictures

Jul 14, 2023Jul 14, 2023 RFTW editor 9 Comments Coaches Longcourse Invitational, MCSL, USA Swimming top times

By Reach for the Wall Staff, photos by Marcus Chen July 11, 2023- Rockville, MD Reflecting on what we saw

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MCSL Mid Summer Long Course Invitational- Tonight!

Jul 11, 2023Jul 11, 2023 RFTW editor 2 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff July 11, 2023- Rockville, MD In just a few short hours, the Montgomery County

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Reviews are flowing in- Swimming With Ghosts is a Great Summer Read!

Jun 20, 2023Jun 20, 2023 RFTW editor 0 Comment MCSL, Michelle Brafman, Summer, Summer Reading, Swimming with Ghosts

Post authored by Jean Diehl via Goodreads: “Swimming with Ghosts”  SWIMMING WITH GHOSTS by Michelle Brafman is a smart, sassy

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MCSL ends the season with the annual All Star meet

Aug 1, 2022Aug 1, 2022 RFTW editor 1 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff; Photos by Marcus Chen On a beautiful sunny Sunday morning, the MCSL wrapped up

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Weekend Outlook in the DMV

Jul 23, 2022 RFTW editor 18 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff This Saturday, June 23, The MCSL, Prince-Mont and NVSL summer leagues will compete in

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Record Setting Night at MCSL Coaches Long Course Meet

Jul 20, 2022Jul 11, 2023 RFTW editor 0 Comment

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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Summer Leagues heat up in the DMV!

Jun 30, 2022Jul 11, 2023 RFTW editor 2 Comments MCSL, NVSL, PWSL, Summer

By Reach for the Wall Staff June 11 marked the start of the summer league season for the PWSL with

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MoCo Summer Swim Foodies Rejoice!

Jun 24, 2022Jun 24, 2022 ReachForTheWall 0 Comment food delivery, MoCo Delivery

Reach for the Wall has partnered with MoCo Delivery! MoCo Delivery was founded by the Risso family as a result

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MCSL – The Nuts and Bolts

Jun 17, 2022Jun 24, 2022 Reach For The Wall 5 Comments

Summer swim season is in full swing.  Practices started two weeks ago, and some teams have already had their first

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MCSL wraps up the 2021 season with the All Star Invitational

Aug 1, 2021Aug 1, 2021 RFTW editor 1 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff The MCSL season started with a roar back in June after some uncertainty of

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Notes from the Deck: July in the DMV

Jul 23, 2021Jul 23, 2021 RFTW editor 1 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff What a busy month July has been & there’s still 1 week to go!

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MCSL hosts their mid-summer Long Course Classic

Jul 16, 2021Aug 4, 2021 RFTW editor 4 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff After a 1-year interruption, the Montgomery County Swim League (MCSL) hosted their showcase event-

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Things are heating up with summer league swimming!

Jul 7, 2021Jul 7, 2021 RFTW editor 4 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff The 3rd week of competition has passed for the Northern Virginia (NVSL) and Montgomery

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Summer Leagues in full swing!

Jun 29, 2021Jun 29, 2021 RFTW editor 7 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff This past weekend the Northern Virginia Swim League (NVSL), Montgomery County Swim League (MCSL)

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Summer League- coming soon to a neighborhood near you!

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 RFTW editor 6 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff While it’s not an ideal weather weekend, we’re so happy to write about pools

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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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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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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 4 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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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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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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Swimming in the DMV update 5/22

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

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

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Summer Swim Parent Friendships: A League of Our Own

Dec 6, 2019Dec 6, 2019 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Michelle Brafman The day before Thanksgiving, I ran into a former summer swim mom at a Giant where neither

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MCSL End of Season Recap

Jul 25, 2019 RFTW editor 2 Comments

By Annabel Redisch and Ally Navarrete The regular season for the MCSL has concluded after each division championship took place

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MCSL Divisionals Preview: Division H

Jul 18, 2019Jul 17, 2019 RFTW editor 2 Comments

By Contributor Luke Simmons As the 2019 MCSL season comes to a close, it is only appropriate to look forward

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MCSL Week 5 Recap

Jul 16, 2019Jul 16, 2019 RFTW editor 6 Comments

By Ally Navarrete and Annabel Redisch The MCSL dual meet season is now complete following Week 5. On Saturday, there

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Meet Highlights: 2019 MCSL Coaches Invitational Long Course Meet

Jul 11, 2019Jul 8, 2020 RFTW editor 2 Comments

By: Reach for the Wall Staff The Montgomery County Swim League (MCSL) held its 45th annual Coaches Invitational Long Course

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MCSL Week 4 Recap

Jul 9, 2019Jul 9, 2019 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Ally Navarrete and Annabel Redisch The 2019 MCSL season has one dual meet left as Week 4 is now

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MCSL 2019 Coaches Longcourse Invitational Preview

Jul 5, 2019Jul 5, 2019 RFTW editor 5 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff Not familiar with the Coaches Long Course meet?  Here’s the history behind it.  In

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MCSL Week 3 Recap

Jul 2, 2019Jul 2, 2019 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Annabel Redisch and Ally Navarrete The 2019 MCSL season is flying by as Week 3 is now complete. Saturday

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MCSL Week 2 Recap

Jun 24, 2019Jun 24, 2019 RFTW editor 1 Comment

By Annabel Redisch and Ally Navarrete Week 2 of the MCSL season is complete. This week, we saw many close

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MCSL Week 1

Jun 17, 2019Jun 16, 2019 RFTW editor 12 Comments

By: Ally Navarrete and Annabel Redisch After months of waiting, the MCSL opened its 2019 season on Saturday June 15.

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2019 MCSL Preview Divisions H through A

May 31, 2019May 31, 2019 RFTW editor 7 Comments

By: Ally Navarrete and Annabel Redisch Earlier in the week we posted the preview for Divisions O-I, and today we

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MCSL 2018 All Star Wrap up

Aug 2, 2018 RFTW editor 1 Comment

By: Reach for the Wall Staff Sunday July 29, wrapped up the final day of the 2018 MCSL season. In the

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Summer 2018 – B Meet Season Success

Jul 20, 2018Jul 20, 2018 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Contributor: Emily Lilyestrom Photo Credits: John R. Lilyestrom The B meet season came to a close on Wednesday night with our

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MCSL and Prince-Mont complete their dual meet seasons

Jul 19, 2018 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By: Reach for the Wall Staff July 14th marked the 5th week of dual meet competition in MCSL and Prince-Mont.

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Breakfast of Champions

Jul 17, 2018Jul 17, 2018 RFTW editor 1 Comment

The donut has long been a staple of summer swimmers across the DMV, here we take a look at some history of the donut and a few options in the area for consumption!

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Sun, Friends, and Dropped Time: The Tale of a B Meet

Jul 13, 2018Jul 13, 2018 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Contributor: Lauren Essig On Wednesday, July 11 the Manchester Farm Dolphins traveled to the Darnestown Swim and Racquet Club

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