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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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home
By Reach for the Wall Staff Happy Friday! Going into the weekend, we’re offering some resources we’ve seen posted on
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home
By Reach for the Wall Staff In our prior posts we have focused on abs, core, and strength exercises. Today’s
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home
By Reach for the Wall Staff Today we look at a workout that was posted on Instagram by Ryan Lochte.
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home
By Reach for the Wall staff Today’s edition comes from All Star Aquatics coaches Drew Fisher and Mallory Remick. This
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By Reach for the Wall Staff As parents of active swimmers, we’ve seen lots of email and information from various
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RFTW ‘Who swam it Fastest’ and All DMV 2019-2020
By Reach for the Wall Staff With everything shut down for a while, we thought it was a good time
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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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PVS 14 & Under Jr. Olympics-Canceled
By Reach for the Wall Staff Tuesday March 10, University of Maryland Senior Associate Vice President for Student Affairs,Warren Kelly,
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Champions Crowned and Top Times updated!
By: Reach for the Wall Staff This past weekend (2/21-2/22) both the MPSSAA and VHSL held their State Championship meets
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Top 16 Times- The Boys
By: Reach for the Wall Staff We’ve witnessed several weeks of championship swimming and think there’s critical mass to take
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Top 16 Times- The Girls
By: Reach for the Wall Staff We’ve witnessed several weeks of championship swimming and think there’s critical mass to take
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VHSL Northern Region titles up for grabs
By Reach for the Wall staff Last weekend, many of the schools in Northern Virginia swam their regional meets (Region
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MCPS Schools vie for Region titles this weekend
By Reach for the Wall staff. Two weeks ago MCPS wrapped up their dual meet season with teams competing for
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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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VHSL Regions and Metros: Where things stand after prelims
By Reach for the Wall Staff We have monitored the results as they’ve come in via meet mobile & online
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2020 Metros Information
By Reach for the Wall staff. Below is key information regarding the 2020 Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships (Metros),
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VHSL, MCPS and WMPSSDL Championship weekend
By Reach for the Wall staff High school swimming enters its second weekend of Championship meets with the Washington Metropolitan
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MCPS completes dual meet season
By Reach for the Wall staff The schools across Montgomery County, MD swam their final dual meets this past weekend
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National Catholic Swim and Dive Champs underway!
By Reach for the Wall Staff The 84th annual National Catholic Swimming & Diving Championship is being competed this weekend
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MCPS Times from 1/11
By Reach for the Wall Staff We’re behind this week in getting these out the door so there’s not much
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Olympic Trail Qualifiers from PVS as of 1/7/2020
By Reach for the Wall Staff SwimSwam recently reported there are 1,131 athletes that have qualified for the 2020 Olympic
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MCPS first duals of 2020
By Reach for the Wall Staff with contributions from Jason Blanken The high school teams were back in action Saturday
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10 Awesome Medicine Ball Exercises To Improve Your Swimming
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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Loudoun County Schools swim into the holidays with an Invitational
By Reach for the Wall Staff Saturday December 21, public schools in Loudoun County participated in an inaugural Invitational swim
Read more6 Awesome dry-land exercises for swimmers to develop powerful starts and turns
All content provided by Benjamin Strydom Do you want to develop powerful starts and turns in the pool? Well, then
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MCPS Top Times: Dec. 14
By Reach for the Wall staff This weekend the PVS club teams in the area held their championship meets, with
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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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Montgomery County High Schools- Dec 7 roundup
By Reach for the Wall Staff with contributions from Jason Blanken The Montgomery County Public High School (MCPS) season is
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High School 2019-2020, returning swimmers to watch
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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Summer Swim Parent Friendships: A League of Our Own
By Michelle Brafman The day before Thanksgiving, I ran into a former summer swim mom at a Giant where neither
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The ISL US Derby Retrospective
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
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
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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Interview with NY Breakers General Manager, Tina Andrew
By Rich House The New York Breakers enter ISL Derby meet this weekend, trailing the three other US-based clubs in
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Interview with DC Trident General Manager, Kaitlin Sandeno
By Rich House With the ISL Derby meet fast approaching this weekend, I had a call with Kaitlin to talk
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How Does Chlorine in Pools Affect My Teeth?
Content provided by Thabet Orthodontics People spend countless hours swimming for various reasons: competition, fun and exercise. However, pools present
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ISL coming to Maryland for U.S. derby
Press Release provided by ISL After four matches featuring the Group ‘A’ and ‘B’ clubs facing one another, the inaugural
Read more2019 PVS Graduates- Where did they go?
By Reach for the Wall staff The PVS High School class of 2019 has descended upon campuses nationwide and are
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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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ISL Week 1: DC Trident swims to 3rd place
By Rich House The International Swim League (ISL) held their first quad meet this past weekend at the Indiana University
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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 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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DMV Swimmers and Divers earn NISCA All-American honors
By Reach for the Wall Staff In early July, The National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA), released its high school
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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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ICYMI: DC Trident Tickets on Sale today!
By Reach for the Wall Staff the International Swimming League (ISL) released a full schedule and links to buy tickets
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Dramatically Improving the Swimming Air Quality with BioOx
Content provided by BioOx As the outdoor season comes to an end and we (swimmers and parents) head indoors, the
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PVS Swimmers to represent at FINA World Jr. Champs
By Reach for the Wall Staff For most of us the 2019 summer season of competition has ended, but for
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