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The Germantown Indoor Swim Center was the site for the 2014 Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships. There were over 50 teams participating, private and public schools, and there was an Olympic Gold medalist who even set a couple of new records in the pool. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. There were seven Metro records set […]

Good Counsel’s Brady Welch won the Feb 8 Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming Championship for the Boys 100-yard Freestyle at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center. Welch set a new record for the competition with a time of 45.00 seconds. Related:

Stone Ridge won the 200-yard freestyle Relay Feb. 8 at the Washington Metropolitan Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming Championships held at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center. Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky anchored the team with Cecila Gasaway, Kelleigh Haley and Laura Garcia. They swam the event in 1:36.14 minutes. Related:

Georgetown Prep won the 400-yard freestyle relay on Feb. 8 at the Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming Championship at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center. Swimmers for Georgetown Prep included Grant Goddard, Brandon Goldstein, Carsten Vissering and Adrian Lin. Related:

Sidwell Friends swimmer Gavin Springer won the 200-yard freestyle on Feb. 8 at the Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming Championship, held at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center.  Springer swam the event in 1:38.29 minutes, setting a new Metros record. Related:

Sherwood High School’s Morgan Hill won the 50-yard freestyle Feb. 8 at the Washington Metropolitan Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming Championships in Germantown. Hill set a Metros record with a time of 22.97 seconds. Related:

Georgetown Prep’s Carsten Vissering won the 100-yard breaststroke Feb. 8 at the Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming Championship. Vissering set a new Metros record with a time of 53.49 seconds. Related:

Wootton’s Kristina Li won the 100-yard backstroke on Feb. 8 at the Washington Metropolitan Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming Championships at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center. Li set a new Metros record with a time of 54.12 seconds. Related:

Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky set a new Metros record Feb. 8 in the 200-yard Freestyle at the Washington Metropolitan Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming Championships in Germantown. Ledecky is a junior at Stone Ridge and swam the event in 1:42.38. Related:

In this MyMCMedia extra, Sonya Burke talks to Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky, a Stone Ridge student, about what it was like to compete in the high school swimming championships at Metros this past weekend; what’s next for her training schedule; and, is she watching the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi? Take a look: Below […]