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By Olivier Poirier-Leroy. The sport of swimming will teach you a lot over the course of your life. From how

By USA Swimming. Featuring a number of one-of-a-kind items and unique experiences, the 2016 USA Swimming Foundation Golden Goggles Silent

Meilus, Giniezcki, and Cudahy commit to swim, respectively, for Virginia Tech, Auburn, and the University of Virginia Wednesday, November 9

By Reach for the Wall staff. The 2016 Potomac Valley National Age Group Team Challenge (NAG), hosted by the Rockville-Montgomery

As all avid swim fans and athletes know, the motivation to compete isn’t derived from the millions of dollars you

Want to boost your performance in the pool? Here’s how to do it without swimming a single extra meter or

The PVS High School class of 2016 has descended upon campuses nationwide.  PVS churns out some wicked fast swimmers and

Below are some fun literary works by kids in the DMV about the sport of swimming.  We invite readers to send

Follow our Olympians as they visit  Washington DC, and tweet your pictures @rftwdmv if you spot them touring the town!

The swim parent lifestyle is a soggy, herculean and often thankless one. There are all of the early morning swim

For those of you in MCSL who want to get a jump on updating your personal or swim team’s calendar

Two rule changes have been proposed for the 2017 MCSL season.  The first proposed rule change was submitted by an MCSL

Have you ever wondered how your team stacks up against others in the country?  USA Swimming has a virtual club

Congratulations goes out to the Potomac Valley Swimming (PVS) athletes who were recently named by USA Swimming to the 2015-2016 Scholastic

Here is a good, candid interview of PVS’s own Jack Conger (Flower Valley, Good Counsel High School) by the Austin

PVS Schedule 2016-2017 September 2016 Date Meet Host Location 25 PAC Freestyle Meet PAC Fairland October 2016 Date Meet Host

NBC4 Washington ran a nice story on our own, Clay Britt.   Clay has been a competitive swimmer for 48 years

Bruce Gemmell, one of the Coaches of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team in Rio de Janeiro and head coach at NCAP’s Georgetown

The 2016 Futures meets were held August 4-7 at four sites around the country:  Austin, TX Palo Alto, CA, Atlanta,

  by Rich Sanidad At the end of the fourth and final night of finals, the PVS team was on

Bruce Gemmell, one of the Coaches of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team in Rio de Janeiro and head coach at NCAP’s Georgetown

by Rich Sanidad   After the third night of finals, the PVS team leads the standings with a total of

by Rich Sanidad 2016 Eastern Zone Long Course Championship – Day 2 After Day 2, the PVS Zone team has

[Editor’s Note:  Kevin, a reader of Reach For The Wall, asked Reach for the Wall to publish the following article

by Rich Sanidad The PVS team began Zones with a bang, jumping out to a 525 to 355 lead over

The Staff at Reach for the Wall is just as psyched as you are to watch the American swimmers take on the

Guest Contributor:  Jaycee Yegher This is our second article highlighting a swimmer who inspires.  Check out MaiMai’s story. Michael was

The Southbridge Seals won their third consecutive Prince William Swim League Purple Division title and their fourth in the last five

Dominion Valley Sharks vs. Braemar Blasters Before beginning our weekly recap, the DV Sharks Swim Team would like to express

Sunday wrapped up the final day of the 2016 MCSL season. In the individual all-star events, the star of the show

Check out this nice story in SwimSwam about Maryland swimming.  But in all fairness, Olympic Trials and any Potomac Valley

More league records to announce…     On Wednesday at Chinquapin, Wahoo swimmersEmil LaSida and Ronan Lauinger both went under

All the cards have been played and the Preliminary 2017 MCSL Division Assignments are now in.  Lots of moving and

The National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) has released its high school All-America lists for the 2015-2016 season.  NISCA is

 We love your contributions and that you keep us on our toes.  It was brought to our attention that we

As fall sports registration begins and the kids are returning to the pool, this is a timely reminder… One of