Montgomery Community Media

The Winston Churchill High School girls swim team won Metros held in February in Germantown. Coach Chris Tappis talks about why the program has a history of success in this MyMcMedia Extra.

Stone Ridge High School swim coach Bob Walker talks about the influence Katie Ledecky will have on swimming in Montgomery County in this MyMCMedia Extra.

Setting records is something Olympian Katie Ledecky is used to doing. This weekend she set two at the Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Championship held at the Germantown Aquatic Center. Ledecky, a senior at Stone Ridge, set a new American High School record in the women’s 500 freestyle with her 4:26:58 performance Friday and on Saturday she […]

Walter Johnson High School boys took the top spot in the Montgomery County Public School Division 1 Divisionals meet in Germantown Saturday, while it was the Winston Churchill girls who nabbed their third title at the event in the past four years. You can read the Reach for the Wall article recapping the meet here. MCM […]

Good Counsel’s senior Cheyenne Neuenschwander set a school and meet records in winning her second consecutive title at the National Catholic High School Swimming & Diving Championships Saturday night. Neuenschwander totaled 229.15 points in six dives at the meet, according to  this Reach For the Wall article about the meet and Neuenschwander.

It’s official! Bethesda’s Katie Ledecky has signed with Stanford University. The Olympic gold medalist and world record holder was described by Stanford’s head coach, Greg Meehan, as “the best swimmer on the planet.” Ledecky is a senior at the Stone Ridge School. You can read more about her signing here. It’s official. Welcome to #NerdNation, […]

Swimming phenom Katie Ledecky broke her own world record in the 400-meter freestyle event at the Pan Pacific Championship in Australia Aug. 23 and added to her gold medal count. According to WTOP, the Bethesda native swam the race in 3:58.37, nearly half a second faster than her record. This was her fourth gold medal of the meet […]

Olympic Gold Medalist, World Record Holder and Bethesda native Katie Ledecky is finding more success in the Pan Pacific Championships happening now in Australia. Thursday, she accounted for two of the ten gold medals earned by the United States team so far in meet. The 17-year-old won the women’s 200-meter freestyle, with a time of 1:55.74 […]

The Montgomery County Swim League‘s 57th annual All Stars are underway at the Rockville Municipal Swim Center. This marks the end of the summer swimming season for the league. You can read a preview of the races at Reach for the Wall. You can also follow the action here. Eli Fouts follows up his record […]

UPDATED: Drowning is the number one cause of accidental death for children under 5-years-old, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In order to combat this statistic, British Swim School has taken to the waves, teaching children through their Montgomery County locations not just how to swim, just how to survive. MyMCMedia’s Valerie […]