Views From the Crowd- Olympic Trials!
By: Reach for the Wall Staff; Photos by Sam Meisel Reach for the Wall contributor, Sam Meisel, is in Indianapolis
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National News
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: 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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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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USA Swimming Announces National and National Junior Teams
By Reach for the Wall; Photos by Marcus Chen September 12, 2023: USA Swimming released the roster (94 swimmers) for
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USA Swimming National Championships aka World Championship Trials
By Reach for the Wall Staff Indianapolis, Indiana June 27-July 1 The first session of the 2023 Phillips 66 National
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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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FINA World Cup Day 2 Photos
Photos courtesy of Marcus Chen Prelims: Finals: Women’s 400 IM Men’s 1500 Freestyle Men’s 50 Backstroke Women’s 200 Freestyle Men’s
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DMV Swimmers Find the Podium Across the Country!
By Reach for the Wall Staff This week many swimmers and teams hit the road to compete against the top
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NCAP’s Erin Gemmell finishes 2nd in 200 Free at Mare Nostrum
By Reach for the Wall Staff May 26, 2022 Barcelona, Spain- Erin Gemmell of Nation’s Capital competed in the 200
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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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ISCA Elite Showcase-East kicks off today!
By Reach for the Wall Staff April 13 2022, St. Petersburg Florida- The 2022 ISCA Elite Showcase Classic – East
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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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Lane, Tomley Named to GW Swimming & Diving Staff
Lane, Tomley Named to GW Swimming & Diving Staff
Thomas sets staff for 2021-22
Camille Spink punches her ticket to Wave II
By Reach for the Wall Staff Camille Spink (NCAP) wasted no time in setting the pace in the 100 Freestyle,
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Olympic Trials: PVS Swimmers qualify with 2 weeks to go for Wave 1
By Reach for the Wall Staff As announced in January, the Olympic Trials meet is separated into two Waves- Wave
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And the Band plays on…
By Contributor David Meisel It’s April 7th, two months from when the first round of Olympic Trial Swimming Athletes will
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NCSA Spring Invite 2021: Day 4
By Reach for the Wall Staff Heading into the final two days of swimming, PVS swimmers and teams have made
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NCSA Spring Invite 2021
By Reach for the Wall Staff After a one-year hiatus brought on by the pandemic, the National Club Swimming Association
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THE ROSE BOWL AQUATICS CENTER WELCOMES NEW PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JIMMY FRANCIS
Pasadena, CA – Monday, March 8, 2021, Following a comprehensive national search of 100 qualified candidates, the Rose Bowl Aquatics
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Tickets…Please?
By Contributor David Meisel With this week’s announcement that the 2020(2021) U.S. Olympic Team Trials will be split into two
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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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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 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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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 #WorkoutWednesday The past few weeks we’ve highlighted workouts/routines performed by USA Swimming National team
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USA Swimming Club Excellence 2020
By Reach for the Wall staff USA Swimming, the National Governing Body for the sport of swimming, announced that Nation’s
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DMV Swimmers and Divers earn NISCA All-American honors
By Reach for the Wall Staff In early July, The National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA), released its high school
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PVS Swimmers to represent at FINA World Jr. Champs
By Reach for the Wall Staff For most of us the 2019 summer season of competition has ended, but for
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PVS swimmers hit the road for National Meets
By Reach for the Wall Staff This week, PVS swimmers head out across the country to compete in meets against
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NCAA D1 recruiting rule change in effect May 1
By Reach for the Wall Staff At the annual NCAA Division 1 Council meeting committee meeting held in Indianapolis April
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2019 NCSA Age Group Champs
By Reach for the Wall Staff The YMCA pool in Orlando, Florida has been busy over the last two weeks. First,
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American and Polish swimming models compared
Editor’s Note (Rich House): The ensuing article was published by Dawid Tatarczyk on his website November 29, and was recently
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PVS Swimmers excel at USA Winter Nationals
By: Reach for the Wall Staff The weekend of November 30 through December 1, swimmers from 7 clubs and two
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2018-19 National Meet Standards
By: Reach fo the Wall Staff At Reach For The Wall, we are looking for ways to make swimming more
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Busy weekend at United States Aquatic Sports Convention!
By: Reach for the Wall staff This past weekend, USA Swimming held its annual convention in Jacksonville, Florida where elections
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Barriers Facing Women Coaches
By: Dr. Nicole LaVoi To keep the discussion going, continue to raise awareness and educate those who care about swimming
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8 Reasons Why Women Coaches Matter
By: Dr. Nicole LaVoi Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on September 1, by SwimSwam as a feature of
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PVS Swimmers earning accolades
By: Reach for the Wall Staff SwimSwam publishes a weekly series called MP Weekly Wonders. As described on their website:
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PVS swimmers at National Meets
This week, and next, PVS swimmers from ages 9-20 are competing in meets across the country. Here’s the links to
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DMV Swimmers Earn NISCA All America Awards
By: Reach for the Wall Staff The National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) has released its high school All America
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USA Swimming Make A Splash turns 10
The 10th Annual Make a Splash Tour presented by Phillips 66 kicks-off a 4-stop event in the DMV
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MCSL Coaches Invitational Long Course Meet
By Reach for the Wall Staff. Tuesday night, the Montgomery County Swim League (MCSL) held their 39th annual Coaches Invitational
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PVS Swimmers at US Nationals!
By Reach for the Wall Staff. The 2017 Phillips 66 National Championships (Nationals) are underway at the historic Indiana University-Purdue
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IM Xtreme Games
By Reach for the Wall staff. Several years ago, USA Swimming developed a series of swim meets across the U.S.
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Other Swimming News…
By Reach for the Wall staff. The New York Times recently ran a nice article about Bruce Gemmell, one of the
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USA Swimming’s Club Excellence Program
By Reach for the Wall staff. USA Swimming, the National Governing Body for the sport of swimming, announced that Nation’s
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