Updates & Best PostsAll summer, Tilden Woods pushed the boundaries of creativity one our site, putting together an expansive set of team pages detailing the pool's season, history and mission with photos and videos. It's safe to say the Dolphins set the bar for what teams can do on Reach.
Elsewhere in the MCSL, Wildwood Manor kept things fresh with a ton of bright, colorful photos to accompany write-ups from their meets, Lake Marion and Tallyho provided detailed meet summaries and photos and Manchester Farm posted videos and photos to go along with their meet recaps.
In the PMSL, Oxon Hill created multiple pages with recaps and photos and Takoma Park DC shared a video from its All-Star relays while PWSL undefeated blue division champions Sudley gave us detailed accounts of every meet. Kingsbrooke also had some fun with its team page this summer.
In the NVSL, Brandywine and Overlee both gave us comprehensive recaps and photos and Hidden Creek CC of the DCCL supplied some great photo galleries from their banner season.
Click here for the NVSL All-Star meet and here for the CSL All-Star meet
Meets through 7/31 are updated for the NVSL, MCSL, PMSL, PWSL and CSL and DCCL.
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forum or just click on the "Forum" button at the top of any page. Some of the topics already started range from who's the best team in your league to innovative coaching techniques.
Top Times are now sortable by league and divisions within those leagues. After selecting an event in Top Times simply select the desired league in the dropdown menu.
Click here to see the results of a virtual meet against any league opponent. Just select your league and the two teams you want to see matched up. Click the "make virtual meet" button and have fun. Remember, this is meant only for your enjoyment; this tool does not predict, nor pretend to predict, the outcome of real events and meets.
In the list of season top times, by default you get the top times even if one swimmer holds multiple top times for that event. But now, for the season top times, you can also see a new list of top times with one time per swimmer.
To learn how to contribute to your team page click here.
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As everyone heads back to school, we at Reach for the Wall wanted to thank all our readers for our second successful summer season. Spread the word that we'll be covering high school swimming as we did last winter and could use as many results as you can send us. Read on for details... read
Michael Phelps’s performance this week at the Pan Pacific Championships has reflected his sporadic attention recently to his sport. read
Ryan Lochte won a gold medal in the 200-meter individual medley, touching the wall in 1 minute 54.43 seconds, 0.33 seconds short of a world record time. read
Only two U.S. women competed in Friday night’s 400-meter final at the Pan Pacific swimming Championships. But a total of four Americans had a huge stake in the outcome: A spot in next year’s world championship meet in Shanghai. read
Just two weeks after a convincing victory in the 400-meter freestyle at the U.S. championships, Katie Hoff failed to advance to Friday’s final in the event at the Pan Pacific Championships when she was outraced to wall in her heat by Great Fall’s Kate Ziegler. read
Though he’s focused on his current races at the Pan Pacific Championships, U.S. swimmer Jason Lezak is happy to talk about past accomplishments, including his relay-winning moment in Beijing. read
Here are the area's boys' individual top times this summer (girls coming tomorrow): read
Here are the area's girls' individual top times this summer read
American athletes and coaches cite recent strong performances at nationals as evidence that the best swimmers can close the gap more quickly than expected since high-tech bodysuits were banned. read
Ten-year-old Isabella Rongione won six events and helped three relay teams to victories as Potomac Valley won the team title in last week's LC Eastern Zone Age Group Championships in Rockville. The complete list of locals who finished in the top 3 is inside. read
After time off following Olympic failure and burnout, Katie Hoff and Kate Ziegler are back in the pool read
Michael Phelps easily wins his first final of the Pan Pacific Championships, but Ryan Lochte also dominates his first event and threatens to put a dent in Phelps’s reputation as early as Thursday night. read
UPDATED (8/20): Michael Phelps watched U.S. teammates Ryan Lochte and Tyler Clary put up sizzling times in a preliminary heat of the 400-meter individual medley Thursday morning at the Pan Pacific Championships. For Phelps, there was no doubt. He knew he couldn’t beat either of them in his heat minutes later. Also, Rebecca Soni nearly sets a world record and Natalie Coughlin wins twice. read
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