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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
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!
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!
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
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
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
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!
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!
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
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
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
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
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!
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!
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!
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
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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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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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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Summer Swim Parent Friendships: A League of Our Own
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
By: Ally Navarrete and Annabel Redisch After months of waiting, the MCSL opened its 2019 season on Saturday June 15.
Read more2019 MCSL Preview Divisions H through A
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
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
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
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
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
By Contributor: Lauren Essig On Wednesday, July 11 the Manchester Farm Dolphins traveled to the Darnestown Swim and Racquet Club
Read moreAround the DMV as seen on Twitter
This week, the NVSL had their third weekend of competition while MCSL, PWSL, and Prince-Mont held their 4th week. There
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MCSL Long Course Invitational Preview
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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Around the Leagues
By: Reach for the Wall Staff Now that each league is well underway with their dual meet seasons, we’ll take
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Hot, Humid and Down to the Wire
By Contributor: Lauren Essig Photographs by Patrick Ferrara Sunday, July 1 Manchester Farm Swim Team in Germantown, MD hosted the
Read moreAround the DMV as seen on Twitter- Part Deux
This week, the NVSL had their second weekend of competition while MCSL, PWSL, and PrinceMont held their 3rd week. Despite
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The Heat is on!
According to the Capital Weather Gang, the temperatures (and humidity) in the area are jumping right into the oppressive range
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