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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
Read moreISCA Elite Showcase Thursday & Friday: PVS swimmers win events, All Star Aquatics in the hunt for team titles!!
By Reach for the Wall Staff, photos courtesy Marcus Chen The ISCA Elite Showcase started off Wednesday April 13th, with
Read moreSpeedo Sectionals Day 4
By Contributor Brenten Gilbert This is the 4th post of the 4-part series from Brenten Gilbert, a contributor to Reach
Read moreSpeedo Sectionals Day 3
By Contributor Brenten Gilbert This is the 3rd post of the 4-part series from Brenten Gilbert, a contributor to Reach
Read moreSpeedo Sectionals Day 2
By Contributor Brenten Gilbert This is the 2nd post of the 4-part series from Brenten Gilbert, a contributor to Reach
Read moreSpeedo Sectionals Day 1
By Contributor Brenten Gilbert Note: We received a 4-part series from Brenten Gilbert, a contributor to Reach for the Wall,
Read moreSwimming 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
Read moreSwimming 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)
Read morePVS swimmers excel in and out of the pool!
By Reach for the Wall Staff Congratulations goes out to these PVS athletes who were named by USA Swimming to
Read moreSwimming Around the DMV
By Reach for the Wall Staff There was a lot of activity in and around the DMV from the last
Read moreTrials Retrospective- The Meisel’s take on Omaha!
By Contributor Gabi Meisel After our flight home from a week of fast swimming (which is an understatement), connecting with
Read moreOlympic Trials Day 6 & 7: Phoebe Bacon is an Olympian!
By Reach for the Wall Staff Ok, so we’re a bit late in providing recaps from Friday & Saturday because
Read moreOlympic Trials: Day 5
By Reach for the Wall Staff Thursday’s events that had swimmers from the DMV included the Women’s 100 Freestyle Prelims
Read moreOlympic Trials: Day 4, Ledecky has a Historic Double Win!
By Reach for the Wall Staff The second event of Wednesday night’s finals was Women’s 200 Freestyle, where Katie Ledecky
Read moreOlympic Trials: Day 3
By Reach for the Wall Staff Tuesday night’s session started with the Women’s 200 Freestyle semifinal where the local hopeful
Read moreOlympic Trials Day 2: Torri Huske wins the 100 Butterfly!
By Reach for the Wall Staff Throughout the prelims and semifinals of the Women’s 100 Butterfly, Torri Huske (AAC) took
Read moreOlympic Trials Wave I: PVS Swimmers Excel on Final Day
By Reach for the Wall Staff The last night of Finals featured several current and former PVS swimmers vying for
Read moreOlympic Trials Wave I: Day 3 Results, Day 4 Preview
By Reach for the Wall Staff The 3rd night of finals started off with the Women’s 400 Freestyle. In the
Read moreOlympic Trials Wave I: Day 2 Results, Day 3 Preview
By Reach for the Wall Staff Last night’s final session was a bit unique for a Championship level meet in
Read moreCamille 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,
Read moreOlympic Trials Wave I Info and Friday Swims
By Reach for the Wall Staff Friday, June 4th, swimmers from PVS will hit the water in Omaha to kick
Read moreOlympic 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
Read moreSuper Sectionals- Sunday Finals
By Reach for the Wall Staff Sunday’s finals include the 200 Backstroke, 50 Freestyle, and 200 Breaststroke. We’ll also give
Read moreMany Olympic Trials Cuts Achieved at NCAP Elite Qualifier
By Reach for the Wall Staff While several PVS clubs travelled to Richmond for the Super Sectional meet, NCAP decided
Read moreSuper Sectionals- PVS Finalists Saturday Night
By Reach for the Wall Staff The night of finals started off with the ‘other’ grueling event…the 200 Butterfly. Two
Read moreSuper Sectionals Day 2- PVS swimmers in Finals
By Reach for the Wall Staff Friday was a ‘lighter’ day for finals, however not light on the toughness of
Read morePVS Swimmers Top the Leaderboard in Day 1 of Super Sectionals
By Reach for the Wall Staff With four weeks to go until Olympic Trials, many within the Eastern Zone are
Read moreNCAP holds first meet in Montgomery County MD since March 2020
By contributor David Meisel April 23-25, Nations Capital Swim Club (NCAP) hosted a meet consisting of their swimmers from their
Read moreSplashing Around the DMV in April
By Reach for the Wall Staff The month of April has been busy around the DMV, with 6 PVS sanctioned
Read moreAnd 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
Read morePVS Championship Series: Wave II, PVS records go down!
By Reach for the Wall Staff While some PVS teams ventured to Orlando for the NCSA Spring Invite, others stayed
Read moreOCCS 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
Read moreTickets…Please?
By Contributor David Meisel With this week’s announcement that the 2020(2021) U.S. Olympic Team Trials will be split into two
Read moreUSA 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
Read morePVS Clubs score in 18 & Under Winter Champs
By Reach for the Wall Staff Earlier today (12/14/2020) USA Swimming updated their database with results for all the meets
Read moreOCCS 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
Read moreOCCS 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
Read moreRecap: 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
Read moreRecap: 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
Read more18 & Under Winter Championships
By Reach for the Wall Staff Championship week is here! Across the country, LSC’s are holding the 18 & Under
Read moreToyota US Open starts today, 11/12!
By Reach for the Wall Staff USA Swimming is hosting the first major competition of the Fall with the Toyota
Read moreSwimming into the weekend- what to watch Oct 23-27
By Reach for the Wall Staff The past few weeks we’ve seen a welcomed return to competitive swimming, with PVS
Read moreISL returns to the pool Friday, October 16!
By Reach for the Wall Staff The ISL held their opening day press conference at 9am on 9/9, with a
Read moreUSA Swimming 18-Under Winter Championships
By Reach for the Wall Staff Leading into, and resulting from the USA Swimming annual convention held (virtually) September 24-26,
Read morePVS 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
Read morePVS News and Notes
By Reach for the Wall Staff (links and procedures provided courtesy of Potomac Valley Swimming) In a normal season, the
Read moreMontgomery County Council will approve PVS plan!
By Reach for the Wall Staff 8/24/2020: In the county council meeting which started at 9:30am this morning, a discussion
Read moreAdvocate 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.
Read moreUSA Swimming provides Grants to PVS Clubs
By Reach for the Wall Staff 8/11/2020: USA Swimming and the USA Swimming Foundation provided a press release today to
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