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Madison boys, Oakton girls take Northern Region swimming and diving titles
Sunday, February 3rd, 2013The Oakton girls set a new meet scoring record while the Madison boys won with a true team approach at the Northern Region swimming and diving championships.
Yorktown girls extend dynasty in National District; Washington-Lee boys three-peat
Monday, January 28th, 2013Yorktown girls win unprecedented 20th National District title. Washington-Lee boys use total team effort to win third in a row.
PVS Senior Champs: Cassidy Bayer breaks national age group record in 100 butterfly
Saturday, July 14th, 2012Cassidy Bayer earns her second NAG record on Friday night at the 2012 PVS Senior Long-Course Championships.
Back on top: Oakton boys and girls swim & dive wins regions
Saturday, February 4th, 2012On a night where few races were won without achieving an All-American cut time, Oakton’s boys’ and girls’ teams outlasted the competition to once again stand tall as the AAA Northern Region champions. Oakton’s boys beat Woodson, 281.5 to 250, at Oakmarr RECenter, despite not winning a single event until the final relay of the night.
Yorktown girls’ dominate, W-L boys’ repeat as National District champions
Sunday, January 29th, 2012Yorktown nearly doubled their nearest competitors in points on Saturday night at the 2012 National District Championship. Washington-Lee boys repeated in a total team effort.
Preview: National District Championship Meet
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012Yorktown girls’ team (7-0) are again undefeated this season, having not lost a regular season or district championship meet in over a decade. On the boys’ side, an undefeated Washington-Lee boys’ team are the reigning champions and are not ready to relinquish their crown. Events begin each night at 5:30 p.m. at the brand-new Yorktown Pool in Arlington. Swimming preliminaries will be on Friday, Jan. 27, with finals the next night, Jan. 28. Read about All-Met swimmers Laura Schwartz (Falls Church), Stephanie Romano (Yorktown), and Joel DeSatnick (Hayfield) in their pursuit of Va. State berths. Complete psych sheet available.
Weekly Wrap-up: Woodson, Yorktown, Oakton alone at the top in Va. with Districts around the corner
Monday, January 16th, 2012Woodson, Yorktown, and Oakton are undefeated on both girls’ and boys’ sides in the Northern Region with one meet to go. Churchill, Wootton, Walter Johnson, and Whitman are battling it out in the MCPS’ top division, and are looking ahead to their first Maryland states appearances.
York's Clabeaux wins seven of seven in record time at the 2011 Winter Classic
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011A team atmosphere was evident at the 2011 Winter Classic as area teams urged on their friends against great competition at George Mason University’s Jim McKay Natatorium.
Preview: 2011 Winter Classic – Dec. 8-11
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011The 2011 Winter Classic kicks off Thursday at 5 p.m., December 8, at George Mason University’s McKay Natatorium in Fairfax. The annual holiday meet, hosted by the Potomac Marlins, is in its ninth year and has become a competitive alternative to the Tom Dolan Invitational, also taking place this weekend.
High School Swimming & Diving: Nov. 27 – Dec. 3 Weekly Wrap-Up
Monday, December 5th, 2011This week’s featured meet is Yorktown versus Falls Church in a National District showdown.
Dona, Grimm drop NVSL records at All-Stars
Monday, August 8th, 2011Despite a slow Waynewood pool and some of the NVSL’s top talent off competing at national meets, All-Stars saw two league records fall on top of a number of exciting swims.
AAA State Championships preview
Friday, February 18th, 2011The VHSL AAA swim and dive season comes to a dramatic close this weekend at the state championships in Virginia Beach. The Langley girls and the Westfield boys have to be considered the favorites, but will be tested.
Westfield boys, Langley girls take Northern Region titles
Sunday, February 6th, 2011As Westfield senior CJ Fiala turned off on the last wall in the 400-yard freestyle relay, the final boys’ event of the Virginia AAA Northern Region swim and dive championships, he found himself neck and neck with Robinson’s anchor. There could not have been a more fitting way for Westfield’s meet to end. Links to complete results inside.
Virginia district championships conclude
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011A look at the results from the Concorde, Liberty, Patriot, National, Cardinal and Cedar Run District meets.
Virginia AAA district championship previews
Friday, January 28th, 2011Despite some postponements due to the weather, Virginia’s district championship meets are on for this weekend and we’ve got your updated dates, times and sites along with preview capsules for each of this weekend’s big meets in the Commonwealth.
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.
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!
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.
Locals Score Medals At Eastern Zone Meet
Sunday, August 16th, 2009All-Star Aquatics Caroline McTaggart, 12, led Potomac Valley swimmers by earning six medals — four gold and two silver — at the 2009 Eastern Zone Long Course Age Group Championships in State College, Pa., that concluded Saturday. Other local standouts included Curl-Burke’s Jessica Chen, 12; Rockville-Montgomery’s Devin Truong, 10; and Fairland Aquatics Michael Stevens, 12, all of whom won multiple medals.
