Trials 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
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USA Swimming
Olympic 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
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Olympic 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
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Olympic 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
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Olympic 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
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Olympic 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
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Olympic 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
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Olympic 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
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Olympic 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
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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 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
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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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Super 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
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Many 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
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Super 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
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Super 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
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PVS 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
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NCAP 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
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Splashing 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
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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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PVS 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
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OCCS 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
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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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PVS 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
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OCCS 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
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OCCS 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
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Recap: 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
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Recap: 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
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18 & Under Winter Championships
By Reach for the Wall Staff Championship week is here! Across the country, LSC’s are holding the 18 & Under
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Toyota 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
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Swimming 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
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ISL 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
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USA 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,
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PVS 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
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PVS News and Notes
By Reach for the Wall Staff (links and procedures provided courtesy of Potomac Valley Swimming) In a normal season, the
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Montgomery 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
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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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USA 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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Swimming in Uncertainty: One Parent’s Musings
By Michelle Brafman When my husband heard that the Montgomery County Public Schools planned to cancel the upcoming swim season,
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Swimming in the DMV: Update 7/27, write your Representatives!!!
By Reach for the Wall Staff With the recent announcements by Montgomery County Public Schools, Prince George’s , Washington DC
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How To Create A Healthy Meal Plan To Complement Swim Training
By R. Miller; Exclusively written for reachforthewall.org A swimmer’s diet can be very tricky. After all, they require massive amounts
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RMSC returns to practice after 14 weeks
By Reach for the Wall Staff Monday, June 22 marks the first day swimmers from the Rockville Montgomery Swim Club
Read more2020 PVS Graduates, where are they going?
By Reach for the Wall Staff PVS churns out some wicked fast swimmers and really bright kids. We’ve put together
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Fitter and Faster Announce High Performance camps across the DMV!
Content provided by Fitter and Faster Fitter and Faster is coming to DC all summer at two locations for High
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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
Read moreThe ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 11
By Reach for the Wall Staff We had hoped to be writing about how many pools in the area were
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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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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 10
By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s workout comes from USA Swimming National Team member and Breaststroker, Nic Fink. Nic
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 10
By Reach for the Wall Staff #TechniqueTuesday Today, Russell Mark, from USA Swimming is providing a 30 minute session to
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