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Michael Flach, Rachael Burnett earn athlete of the week honors
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012Michael Flach and Rachael Burnett shined to start their 2012-2013 collegiate seasons, earning athlete of the week honors from their universities.
Flach finishes eighth in fly final
Thursday, June 28th, 2012Former O’Connell competes in 200-meter butterfly final at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
McLean earns spot with 200 free performance
Thursday, June 28th, 2012McLean bounces back from day 1 disappointment to earn Olympic bid.
Matt McLean, Ellyn Baumgardner and Jack Conger among Washington-area swimmers in position to make team
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012Seventeen Washington-area swimmers competed on Day 2 of the U.S. Olympic Trials. Matt McLean, Ellyn Baumgardner and Jack Conger headlined the group in the night’s finals.
2012 Olympic Trials Preview: Day Five Men’s 200 breast, 100 free; Women’s 200 fly
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012A group of 2008 Olympians attempt to fend off the next cycle of American swim stars on the fifth night of competition at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha.
2012 Olympic Trials Preview: Day Four Women’s 200 free, 200 IM; Men’s 200 fly
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012Phelps attempts to make the 200-meter butterfly in his fourth straight Olympics on Day Four at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.
2012 Olympic Trials Preview: Day Three Men’s 200 free, 100 back; Women’s 100 back, 100 breast
Friday, June 8th, 2012Lochte and Phelps will meet again on day three at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.
2012 Olympic Trials Preview: Day OneMen’s 400 IM and 400 free; Women’s 400 IM
Friday, June 1st, 2012Preview of the first day of competition at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, June 25 through July 2, including which locals to watch in each race and our picks for who will be racing in London.
Behind the Blocks: A trial for Trials
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012Michael Flach blogs about his experience at the 2012 British Olympic Trials.
Behind the Blocks: Intensity
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012South Carolina swimmer Michael Flach heads south to train with the elite Gator Swim Club, famed for their brutal practices in and out of the water.
Behind the Blocks: March Madness
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012It is championship season for swimming, and collegiate athletes were on edge during the last two week waiting to see where the NCAA would make their cuts.
Behind the Blocks: Mental toughness
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012Few know the pressure that comes with swimming at that elite level like our athlete contributors, who compete in the ACC and SEC, two of the toughest conferences in the country. Bradley Phillips is two weeks away from entering ACCs, but Amanda Kendall is in her final week of preparation for the Southeastern Conference championship. Michael Flach, training this season under an Olympic redshirt, is taking this time, when most of the country’s elite swimmers are resting for championships, to push his practicing to the next level, heading south to train with friends under the Florida sun.
Behind the Blocks: Making strides beyond the pool
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012This week our swimmer bloggers discuss what they are doing outside of the water to ensure success at NCAA conference championships and beyond.
Behind the Blocks: Perspective
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012In their first blog posts, our athlete contributors remind us in their own way that sometimes taking a step back is important in order to look ahead. Read about their experience training over the holidays and preparing for NCAA competitions.
Behind the Blocks: Introducing Michael Flach
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012We’re unveiling our first athlete contributors this week. Read about South Carolina’s Michael Flach.
2011 Winter Nationals: Day Three Wrap-up
Sunday, December 4th, 20112011 Winter Nationals: Day Three – Finals results Rachael Burnett (West Virginia University/Potomac Marlins) finished sixth in a timed finals of the women's 800 freestyle in a time of 8 minutes 47.44 seconds. Moving up one position, Jack Conger (RMSC) finished ninth in the “A” Final of the men's 200 backstroke (2:02.27). In the women's [...]
2011 Winter Nationals: Day Two Wrap-up
Friday, December 2nd, 2011Day Two prelims conclude at the 2011 Winter Nationals in Atlanta.
2011 Winter Nationals: Area swimmers reach Day One finals – Results
Thursday, December 1st, 2011Results from Day One at the 2011 Winter Nationals in Atlanta. Four area swimmers competed Thursday night in the first day’s finals after advancing out of morning prelims.
Potomac Valley swimmers in action this weekend at Winter Nationals
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011Swimmers from area swim clubs will be competing this weekend at the 2011 Winter National Championships. Former SNOW swimmer and University of Virginia graduate, Matt McLean is looking to defend his first place finish in the 400 free and improve upon his second place finish in the 200 free at the 2011 National Championships last August.
McLean, Conger impress at Nationals
Monday, August 8th, 2011Two days after the FINA World Championships in Shanghai, USA Swimming’s elite convened in Palo Alto, CA, for the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships. Former All-Mets and local swimmers churned out a number of notable performances at Stanford University’s Avery Aquatics Center.
Former All-Mets win NCAA title with Texas
Monday, March 29th, 2010Former All-Met swimmer of the Year Eric Friedland and former All-Met diver Matt Cooper were both part of Texas’s men’s national championship this past weekend, as the Longhorns took the team title with 500 points, ahead of Cal’s 469.5. More results inside.
Area roundup
Friday, March 12th, 2010Former All-Met and Olympian Kate Ziegler is seeded first in several events for this weekend’s PVS Senior Short Course Championships held at George Mason, and in some races might go up against some of the area’s top young swimmers. Five local swimmers qualified for the men’s NCAA swim championships, check out their seeds for the meet. Former All-Met Swimmer of the Year Eric Friedland is seeded third in the 200 breaststroke. Also, prepping for NCSA junior champs.
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.
Ziegler Tries To Get Back On Track At U.S. Open
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009After a disappointing summer in which a bout with swine flu kept her from defending her back-to-back world titles in the 800-meter freestyle, Kate Ziegler is getting back to the basics. The 20-year-old Great Falls native is getting back to the basics this week, competing in the U.S. Open in Federal Way, Wash. The U.S. Open is a meet typically for swimmers aiming to make their first ascent to international relevance, not for those searching for their second.
Fish Swimmers Go The Distance At PV Meet
Sunday, July 19th, 2009Despite The Fish swim team’s reputation for excelling in distance events, Coach Ray Benecki rejects the notion that his is a “distance program.” Regardless of what you call The Fish, they were all over the endurance events at this weekend’s PVS Championships, including earning wins in both the boys 800- and 1500-meter freestyles.
Quick Studies: Young Swimmers Snatch Titles
Saturday, July 18th, 2009Curl-Burke’s K.J. Park, 17, knocked off college swimmers to win the 200-meter breaststroke at the Potomac Valley Long Course Senior Championships. But he wasn’t the only young swimmer to defy age and experience Saturday: RMSC’s Elizabeth Pepper, 15, held on to win the women’s 400-freestyle in 4:22.57, besting Liz Kemp and Leslie Swinley, both 21 and Curl-Burke swimmers.
Kids, And Kids At Heart, Dive Into PV Champs
Friday, July 17th, 2009Wally Dicks, 46, represented the oldest of a decidedly un-boyish group of competitors testing themselves — and earning a few stares along the way — Friday night at the Potomac Valley Senior Long-Course Championships, a meet populated mostly with high schoolers and college kids home on school break.
Morning Results From the PVS LC Champs
Friday, July 17th, 2009In Friday’s morning heats at the Potomac Valley LC Championships, 277 male and female swimmers competed for 16 spots in the 200-meter freestyle finals, with Curl-Burke’s Kristen Moores, 20, and George Mason’s Tom Koucheravy, 24, landing the top seeds for the night’s finals. Heats in the 100 breastroke, 100 butterfly and 400 individual medley also took place.
PV Senior Champs Open; Boys 800, Girls 1,500
Thursday, July 16th, 2009University of Virginia swimmer Leslie Swinley, 21, won Thursday’s girls 1500-meter freestyle final in 17:19.48 to kick off the 2009 Potomac Valley Senior Long-Course Championships at the University of Maryland, a star-studded meet for the area’s best swimmers. Bishop O’Connell’s Michael Flach, 18, finished first in the boys 800 free in 8:22.04, as Thursday’s entrants showed up with a variety of objectives.
How'd They Do? Local Swimmers At Nationals
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009There are dozens of local swimmers participating in the 2009 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships this year. Keep abreast of their results with this chart.
Ziegler Falls Short In First Races Since Olympics
Sunday, June 21st, 2009Great Falls’ Kate Ziegler, 20, lost four times to a former training partner in four races at the Mission Viejo Tyr Swim Meet of Champions this weekend. In her first competition since Beijing, Ziegler swam significantly slower than her personal bests in the 200, 400, 800 and 1,500 freestyle, finishing second in every one to Chloe Sutton, 17.
