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Churchill and Stone Ridge Repeat as Metro Champs, More Records Fall During Finals

Feb 15, 2023Feb 15, 2023 RFTW editor 1 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff; photos by Marcus Chen February 11, 2023- Boyds MD The fans, adorned in their

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Olympic Trials Day 2: Torri Huske wins the 100 Butterfly!

Jun 15, 2021Jun 15, 2021 RFTW editor 0 Comment

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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PVS Championship Series: Wave II, PVS records go down!

Mar 21, 2021Mar 21, 2021 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff While some PVS teams ventured to Orlando for the NCSA Spring Invite, others stayed

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NCSA Spring Invite 2021: Day 5

Mar 20, 2021Mar 21, 2021 RFTW editor 2 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff The final day of competition is underway in Orlando, with the athletes competing in

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NCSA Spring Invite 2021: Day 4

Mar 19, 2021Mar 20, 2021 RFTW editor 0 Comment

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: Day 2

Mar 17, 2021Mar 18, 2021 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s events are the 200 Fly, 50 Backstroke, 200 Breaststroke and 800 Free Relay.

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NCSA Spring Invite 2021

Mar 16, 2021Mar 16, 2021 RFTW editor 1 Comment

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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OCCS Innovates with Live Stream System!

Feb 4, 2021Feb 4, 2021 RFTW editor 3 Comments

By Contributor Nick Kulick With the current global pandemic closing swim meets to spectators, many parents are missing the opportunity

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Swimming into the weekend…

Jan 29, 2021 RFTW editor 3 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff This weekend, be on the lookout for the the Virginia High School League (VHSL)

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 11

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff We had hoped to be writing about how many pools in the area were

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 10

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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

May 19, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #TechniqueTuesday Today, Russell Mark, from USA Swimming is providing a 30 minute session to

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 9

May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s workout is from Katie Hoff & her CG Sports Network IM Fit

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Fitter and Faster: Free Webcast Schedule through May 17!

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 RFTW editor 1 Comment Fitter and Faster, Fitter and Faster Live

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The state of swimming- what’s next?

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 RFTW editor 3 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff What a tumultuous week we’ve had in the swimming world! Over the course of

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 8

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s dryland session come from MySwimPro and as advertised is a low-impact full

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 7

Apr 27, 2020Apr 27, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #MotivationMonday Last week we provided some reminders for you to assess what you’ve done

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 6

Apr 23, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff For those of you who haven’t been exposed to Cody Miller and his VLog,

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 6

Apr 21, 2020Apr 21, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff CNN recently caught up with Caeleb Dressel to check in on what he’s doing

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Fitter and Faster Live Schedule through April 24!

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Content provided by Fitter and Faster ICYMI FFT Live: Mindset Monday – Commitment Breaking Down the 500 Freestyle – Tuesday,

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 6

Apr 20, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff In normal times, the sixth week of a training cycle usually means you get

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 5

Apr 17, 2020Apr 17, 2020 RFTW editor 1 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Hopefully you were able to follow our posted dryland sessions yesterday? We participated along

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 5

Apr 16, 2020Apr 16, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Today we’re providing an ICYMI or ‘Throwback’ post. The two videos below are from

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 5

Apr 15, 2020Apr 15, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s workout comes from Delta Aquatics & is called the ‘Minute Master’. One

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 5

Apr 14, 2020Apr 14, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment CG Sports Network, Fitter and Faster Live

By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s workout is brought to you by CG Sports Network. We’ve done two of

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 5

Apr 13, 2020Apr 13, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff As we begin week 5 of training outside the pool and look ahead to

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Fitter and Faster Schedule through April 18!

Apr 13, 2020Apr 13, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

Content provided by Fitter and Faster Learning from Failure – Mental Skills Training: Monday, April 13: 4pm EST For Swimmers

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 4

Apr 10, 2020Apr 10, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall staff Instead of a dryland routine, today we thought to drop ‘Some Good News’ on

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 4

Apr 9, 2020Apr 9, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Two days in a row in the DMV where we see bright sunshine? Take

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 4

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By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s exercises are provided by Caeleb Dressel. Now that our weather has turned a

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Fitter and Faster live schedule through April 10!

Apr 6, 2020Apr 6, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment Fitter and Faster Live

Content Provided by Fitter & Faster Fitter and Faster published their schedule for the week via their Insta story. They

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while a home-week 3

Apr 3, 2020Apr 3, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Another Friday, and yes, another day we are staying inside and getting our workout

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 3

Apr 2, 2020Apr 2, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Last week we posted a workout provided by Atiba Wade, where he spent an

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home- week 2

Mar 24, 2020Mar 24, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s submission comes from a good friend, Robert Bellamy. Robert has an extensive background

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Live Olympian Webinars sponsored by: CG Sports Management

Mar 22, 2020Mar 22, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment webinar

By Reach for the Wall Staff Starting today March 22, CG Sports Management is offering a series of live webinars

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10 Awesome Medicine Ball Exercises To Improve Your Swimming

Jan 3, 2020Jan 3, 2020 RFTW editor 1 Comment

All content provided by Benjamin Strydom Are you looking to spice up your swimming dry-land workouts with some functional and

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High School 2019-2020, returning swimmers to watch

Dec 10, 2019Dec 10, 2019 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff The 2019-2020 season is underway with teams from the WMPSSDL, WCAC and ISL leagues

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The ISL US Derby Retrospective

Nov 27, 2019Nov 27, 2019 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff The show and spectacle of the ISL made its way to College Park the

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ISL College Park: Exclusive Interviews with Emily Escobedo and Felipe Lima

Nov 20, 2019Nov 20, 2019 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By: Bryan McCann and Booker McCann Emily Escobedo: Emily spent her college years at UMBC, where as a freshman, she

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ISL College Park: The Interviews

Nov 19, 2019Nov 19, 2019 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By: Booker McCann At the conclusion of the ISL meet in College Park Nov 16-17, several athletes granted interviews to

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ISL Week 2: DC Trident captures 3rd!

Oct 16, 2019Oct 16, 2019 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Rich House; All photos and videos courtesy of ISL and DC Trident The ISL went to Naples over the

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Dramatically Improving the Swimming Air Quality with BioOx

Aug 24, 2019Aug 24, 2019 RFTW editor 0 Comment

Content provided by BioOx As the outdoor season comes to an end and we (swimmers and parents) head indoors, the

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Black History Month: A Retrospective on the Black History Swim Meet

Feb 13, 2019Feb 19, 2019 RFTW editor 3 Comments 2019 Black History Swim Meet, Black History Month

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.