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Archive for February, 2010
Whitman girls, Georgetown Prep win Metros championships
Saturday, February 27th, 2010Whitman’s girls win their first Metros title, while Georgetown Prep cruises to a seventh consecutive championship on Saturday night. Records fell with Whitman’s Danielle Schulkin and Good Counsel’s Sarah Haase and Jack Conger all setting marks. COMPLETE RESULTS INSIDE
Severna Park sweeps Md. 4A/3A state meet
Saturday, February 27th, 2010For the third time in four years, Severna Park took home the Maryland 4A/3A state crown, but this time it was a clean sweep as the Falcon boys joined their teammates atop the podium for their first ever title. COMPLETE 4A/3A and 1A/2A/3A STATE MEET RESULTS INSIDE!
Q&A: Bill Bullough on Metros History
Friday, February 26th, 2010On Saturday, the 46th annual Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships will be held at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center in Boyds. The meet, better know as Metros, is one of the top championships in the region, hosting several of the area’s top high school programs from both the public and private school sectors. Bill Bullough, who started the Richard Montgomery Swim Club in 1968 and helped to organize the first Metros Championship, took some time to reflect on the meet, its history and some of his favorite memories.
Local products shatter records at CAAs
Friday, February 26th, 2010After undergoing shoulder surgery following a junior season in which he was named the CAA’s men’s Swimmer of the Year, George Mason’s Eric Knight came back for his redshirt senior season feeling as though he had much to prove. Knight took a unique journey to reach this point in his collegiate career. He swam summer [...]
Locals take titles on first day of CAAs
Friday, February 26th, 2010Locals Ashley Danner (Lake Braddock) and Meredith Budner (Walter Johnson) open the CAA Championships with titles in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle, respectively. Many other locals competed, including former Edison standout David Kiss and former Yorktown star Katie Radloff. VIDEO INCLUDED
Divers share a pool but little else with swimmers
Thursday, February 25th, 2010The Washington area is becoming a hotbed of high school diving, but there is an obvious disconnect between swimmers and divers, even on their own teams.
Maryland regional meet results
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Long overdue results from last weekend’s Maryland regional meets.
Where are they now? Part II
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010A new feature updating you on All-Met swimmers over the past few years and how they are doing at the college level. Today’s post start focuses on the status of the All-Met Classes of 2008 and 2009. Feel free to chime in with your own swimmers to watch, and what they’ve done lately.
Metros Psych Sheet and Va. State Conversions
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Get the 2010 Metros psych sheet and see a list of the NISCA unofficial time standards for All-American honors. The list provides a ballpark idea of the time standards after Virginia’s state meet was held at a short-course meter pool in Virginia Beach.
Where are they now? – Part I
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010A new feature updating you on All-Met swimmers over the past few years and how they are doing at the college level. Today’s post start with the swimmers from the classes of 2005, ’06 and ’07. Tomorrow, the status of the All-Met Classes of 2008 and 2009.
Championship Roundup
Monday, February 22nd, 2010A roundup of results from the Virginia A-AA state championship, where the Brentsville boys’ won a title and Briar Woods girls’ and Broad Run’s boys’ also shined, the VSIS championships, where Seton won another title, and Good Counsel’s win in the girls’ WMPSSDL championships. ALSO THE METROS PSYCH SHEET ATTACHED
Oakton Boys, Robinson Girls Surge to State Titles
Sunday, February 21st, 2010Oakton’s boys end Robinson’s seven-year reign as state champions, while the Rams’ girls start their own streak with a second consecutive victory in Virginia Beach. FULL RESULTS AND VIDEO ATTACHED
Wootton boys shake up Mo. Co. championships
Saturday, February 20th, 2010The Wootton boys were surprise winners while Whitman continued its strong season, taking the girls’ meet and the combined meet at Saturday’s Montgomery County championships.
Montgomery teams gear up for county meet
Friday, February 19th, 2010With a full week of pool time, Montgomery’s 25 teams convene at the Martin Luther King Swim Center Saturday for a county championship meet that should feature faster times and dramatic finishes. PSYCH SHEET INSIDE
Va. Beach pool is retooled ahead of states
Friday, February 19th, 2010The swimmers who will compete Saturday in the Virginia AAA state championship were not yet in middle school the last time the season-ending meet was held at the Princess Anne Recreation Center in Virginia Beach. But the story of that pool — which sparked controversy when it was found to be less than a half-inch short of 25 meters at the 2003 championships, thus nullifying several national records — is well known by many of the athletes.The pool has since undergone construction to meet competition standards. Yet while the lanes this year are a full 25 meters, there’s another type of measurement that will affect the athletes from Northern Virginia.
Severna Park girls, South River boys take Anne Arundel meet
Friday, February 19th, 2010The defending Maryland 4A/3A state champion Severna Park girls dominated the Anne Arundel county meet while the Falcons boys fell just short of completing the sweep as South River prevailed. COMPLETE RESULTS INSIDE
Little Hoyas Crowned at WMPSSDL’s
Thursday, February 18th, 2010The Washington Metropolitan Prep School Swim and Dive League boys’ swimming championship was held Wednesday evening at Georgetown Prep after the snow delayed the meet several times. In a back-and-forth affair, Georgetown Prep distanced itself late from rival Gonzaga to claim the win with 437 points, ahead of the Eagles 399.5 and DeMatha’s 376. FULL RESULTS ATTACHED!
This Week In U.S. Swimming – February 18, 2010
Thursday, February 18th, 2010This week in U.S. Swimming…Chloe Sutton dominated, U.S. masters records fall, the Auburn Tigers continue their SEC run and college conference championship season begins.
2009-10 Area Top Times
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Here are the top three times in all 24 events leading up to Virginia A-AA and AAA states, WMPSSDLs and Metros in the coming days and weeks. The times were submitted to reachforthewall.com by coaches and administrators after duals, districts, divisionals, regionals and other meets.
Oakton boys’ take Northern Region title
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010For the second consecutive year it was Oakton who took home the Virginia AAA Northern Region title, finishing ahead of Fairfax (215), Langley (198) and Robinson (193) with 244 points. FULL RESULTS INSIDE!
Chloe Sutton dominates at Missouri Grand Prix
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010The Missouri Grand Prix was held this past weekend at the Mizzou Aquatic Center in Columbia, Mo., and there were plenty of notable swims. Here is a rundown of the biggest swims from the event. Chloe Sutton continued her dominance in the Grand Prix series with another first place meet finish. Her best races included [...]
Churchill boys, Whitman girls take Division I titles
Saturday, February 13th, 2010After more than a week out of the pool, the Whitman girls and Churchill boys once again showed why they should not be taken lightly at Metros as the two teams scored convincing victories at Saturday’s Montgomery County Division I meet. COMPLETE RESULTS INSIDE FROM DIVISIONS I, II, III and IV
The 24th annual Black History Invitational Swim Meet
Saturday, February 13th, 2010The 24th annual Black History Invitational Swim Meet was held this weekend at the Tacoma Community Center in Washington D.C., hosting more than 350 athletes from around the country. Founded in 1987 by the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation and The United Black Fund, Inc., in honor of Black History Month, the meet has been called the “premier minority swim competition in the United States and in the world,” by USA Swimming, according to the meet’s website.
Snow could have lasting effect on swimmers
Friday, February 12th, 2010With the major snowstorms in the rear view mirror and all winter sports preparing for a hectic championship season, swimmers — perhaps more than any other sport — face a major challenge to recover from a week-long hiatus from the pool in order to be ready for the year-end meets.
Swim championships schedule update
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010UPDATE FROM FRIDAY EVENING: WMPSSDLs rescheduled for timed finals next week. The Northern Region meet has officially been moved to Monday. The Dulles District Meet has officially been canceled. Read on for the list of the swimmers that will be permitted to move forward to Regionals (currently scheduled for Monday starting at 9am). The list is courtesy of Jon-Michael Lemon and Janice Nette, the swim coaches at George Mason High School.
This Week In U.S. Swimming
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010This week in U.S. Swimming…Cullen Jones visits his home state of New Jersey, an 11-year old makes a splash, diver Ryan Hawkins wins his second consecutive NC4A state championship and Matthew Lamping breaks an S-10 classification Paralympic American record.
Montgomery Co. moves ahead as scheduled
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Montgomery County schools have not yet been forced to join the scramble to reschedule championship meets. UPDATE: MCPS cancels school for the week; no word yet on divisional meets.
Robinson’s Bowersox wins region diving crown
Monday, February 8th, 2010Robinson sophomore Cory Bowersox took the Virginia AAA Northern Region diving crown last Thursday, outscoring LSU-bound Annandale senior Sean McKinney in the event. Also, updates on the Northern and Northwest Region swim championships. WITH VIDEO AND FULL RESULTS!
Northern Region girls get swims in before storm
Friday, February 5th, 2010Northern Region girls’ swimming prelims were run as timed finals, and though there is an outside chance a finals may be held next week it is more likely these are the final region results. Also, an update on boys’ swimming and girls’ diving. RESULTS ATTACHED!
Championship meets prepare for snow
Thursday, February 4th, 2010With forecasts for between 16 and 24 inches of snow — and possibly more — set to hit the metropolitan area on Friday and Saturday, schools and leagues throughout the area are preemptively altering weekend schedules for meets currently set to be held on the weekend. WMPSSDL and DULLES DIST. PSYCH SHEETS ATTACHED
Northern Region prepares a plan for weekend snow
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010UPDATED 2/5! With the forecast again calling for snow on Friday and Saturday, county administrators have set a new schedule to assure the regional championships are held this weekend. The girls’ and boys’ preliminaries will be run as timed finals in case snow cancels the finals, which are set to be held on Saturday. PSYCH SHEET ATTACHED
The Week In U.S. Swimming
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010There were several notable events that took place across the country. Here are the best from the past week. Rebecca Soni sets a meet record in Switzerland. Rebecca Soni, a New Jersey native, set an impressive meet record at the Uster International meet held in Switzerland on the last day of January. Her time of [...]
Falcons win, Seton’s Hill shines at Nat’l Catholics
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Good Counsel’s girls take home a National Catholic title, while Seton School’s Jameson Hill and Holy Cross’s Katie Rogers win Most Valuable Swimmer over the weekend. Hill turned in two automatic All-American times and snapped a record set by Olympian Bobby Hackett that has stood since 1977.
Yorktown sweeps National District
Monday, February 1st, 2010Washington-Lee’s boys’ fell just eight points short against a Patriots team that swept the titles at Washington-Lee pool, with the girls’ team turning in a dominant performance by scoring 606 points, 357 more than second-place Falls Church.
Virginia district championship round-up
Monday, February 1st, 2010Madison’s boys’ and girls’ teams took home titles in the Liberty District, W.T. Woodson’s boys’ and girls’ earned championships in the Patriot and the Oakton boys and Robinson girls won titles in the Concorde in meets around the area. FULL RESULTS INSIDE!!
