The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 3
By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s suggested dryland workout comes from USA Swimming & their #workoutWednesday series. These were
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Live Olympian Webinars sponsored by: CG Sports Management
By Reach for the Wall Staff Starting today March 22, CG Sports Management is offering a series of live webinars
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USA Swimming Advocates to postpone Olympics for 1-year
By Reach for the Wall Staff In an email just received, USA swimming has advocated on behalf of their membership
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USA Swimming Cancels all Swim meets for 30 Days
By Reach for the Wall Staff In a report published by SwimSwam, they have received confirmation from USA Swimming that
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Safe Sport Update
By Reach for the Wall Staff Update on Safe Sport Recognition within PVS: As of February, the list of clubs
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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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Fitter and Faster unveils their schedule for the DMV!
Content provided by Fitter and Faster As we approach the holiday training season, we would like to invite you all
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PVS Team seeking coaches
Content provided by Hydro-Sonic Tiburones Hydro-Sonic Tiburones are seeking qualified, experienced and motivated coaches for all ages and abilities. The
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ISL Week 2: DC Trident captures 3rd!
By Rich House; All photos and videos courtesy of ISL and DC Trident The ISL went to Naples over the
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PVS swimmers and coaches represent on USA Swimming National rosters
By Reach for the Wall staff Early in September, USA Swimming announce the rosters for the 2019-2020 National teams. The
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PVS Coaches in list of nominees for 2019 ASCA Age Group Coach of the Year!
By: Reach for the Wall Staff, photo and some content republished with permission from Fitter and Faster Since 2014, in
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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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All Star Aquatics goes to the OTC!
By: Rich House All Star Aquatics (ASA), led by head coach Bob Walker, is a medium-sized club here in Potomac
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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 Eastern Zone Sectional (South Region)
By Reach for the Wall Staff In a prior post titled, ‘What are Zones and Sectionals’ , we covered the structure
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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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Safe Sport Recognition-MSSC
By: Reach for the Wall Staff Back in January, we published a post, announcing The FISH had met the standards
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Black History Month: A Retrospective on the Black History Swim Meet
DC Dept. of Recreation and Parks will host the 33rd annual Black History Swim Meet (BHSM) at the Takoma Park Pool in N.W. DC. We had a chance to talk with the Lewis brothers and received a wealth of information about the origins of the meet and the foundation set in the DMV for black athletes to succeed in swimming.
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USA Swimming Club Excellence- 2019
By Reach for the Wall staff. Note: USA Swimming made an error when they first published the list, erroneously calculating
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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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USA Swimming Safe Sport developments
By: Reach for the Wall Staff Unfortunately, the topic of athlete abuse has dominated the headlines in our area (as
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Age Group Motivational Times
By: Reach for the Wall Staff We recently posted the time standards for the National level meets– those meets that
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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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PVS Swimmers earn Scholastic All American
By: Reach for the Wall staff Congratulations goes out to these PVS athletes who were named by USA Swimming to
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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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USA Swimming Scholastic All American- Apply Now!
By: Reach for the Wall Staff The application deadline for the 2018 Scholastic All American is Wednesday, August 15. As
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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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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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