GWU Swim Team helped us in a big way in November by providing timers for our SCM meet at Germantown Indoor Swim Center. Last month a group of GERM and Ancient Mariner swimmers attended a GMU meet in DC. Cathy Gainor, Carole Valis, Dorota Hassett, Denise Dombay, Lisa Yaw, Amy Cooley and Tom Denes are pictured, left to right.

The following GERM swimmers are in the 2024 Top Ten SCM national rankings, including two #1 times. Here's where you can find all Potomac Vally swimmers in the preliminary results: PRELIM TOP TEN 2024 This link takes you to individual results, but relay results are just a few clicks away. INDIVIDUAL EVENTS Kassandra Buff W18-24 400m free 6th Gina Miller W18-24 200m back 10th Alice Ricci W25-29 800m free 10th, 200m back 9th, 200m fly 4th Lisa Chin W40-44 400m free 3rd Jenny Carswell W50-54 200m fly 4th Jeanne Lappin...

Karl Wunderlich and David Robinson set new team records at this January SCY meet in Phoenixville, PA. Karl set a new M55-59 400y IM record. David set a new M80-84 200y breast record. Congratulations to both.

Four GERM swimmers set one team record each at this December meet at the York, PA Y. Alice Ricci - W25-29 800m free Amy Funk - W35-39 800m free Ying WuShanley - M65-69 50m free Steve Wright - M75-79 200m back Congratulations. If any GERM swimmers participated in 2024 meets outside of Potomac Valley let Mark know if you want the results checked for team records.

Lots of record-setting perfomances on November 23rd, including quite a few by our own swimmers. NATIONAL RECORDS were set in 3 events: (1) Alexander Colson, UNAT-PV, M18-24 100m I.M.; (2) Virginia Masters W280-319 200m medley relay (Walker, Carter, Boslego, Schneider); (3) Club Tribe M72-99 800m free relay (Zerunyan, Blindenbach, Blindenback, Kettlewell-Sites). GERM RECORD SETTERS include the following (relays at bottom): Cheryl Kaiser W65-69 100m free (team) Ryan Niemczuk M18-24 100m free (team) Kassandra Buff W18-24 400m free (team and meet), 100m IM (team) Lisa Chin W40-44 400m free (team) Stephen...

In the closest Solstice Meet ever, DCWW won the combined team trophy by 5 points over GERM! Congratulations Water Wizards. The top 3 point totals for women were: 1. GERM 219 2. DCWW 199 3. ALEX 127 The top 3 point totals for men were: 1. ANCM 269 2. 1693 207 3. DCWW 188 Here are the top ten combined scores. (Future emails will provide meet and team records set during the meet.) 1. DC Water Wizards 443 2. Germantown Masters 438 3. Montgomery Ancient Mariners 342 4. Club Tribe...

Individual Events Women 35-39: Amy Funk 100m back 10th Women 40-44: Lisa Chin 800m free 7th Women 50-54: Jenny Carswell 800m free 9th 200m fly 5th Men 75-79: Stephen Wright 50m back 10th 100m back 7th 200m back 6th Men 80-84 David Robinson 50m back 7th 100m back 8th 200m back 6th 50m breast 10th Relays Mixed 160-199: 800m free relay - 5th - Lisa Chin, Amy Funk, Bryan Main, Gang Luo Mixed 200-239: 400m free relay - 8th - David Robinson, Luo, Funk, Chin Mixed 200-239: 800m free relay...

Congratulations to GERM swimmers Alice Ricci, Lisa Chin, Heather Congdon, Anthony Higgins, Ying WuShanley, and David Robinson for making national top ten for the most recent SCY season. Alice Ricci was 6th, 9th, and 10th in the W18-24 1000 free, 1650 free, and 200 yard fly Lisa Chin was 9th and 10th in the W40-44 1000 and 1650 yard free Heather Congdon gets All American status with a first in the W45-49 200 fly, along with 3rd in the 1000 free and 7ths in the 400IM and 500 yard free....

Early and mid-summer Potomac Valley masters swim meet results have now gone final. A bunch of team records were broken at these two meets in June and July. DC Waters Wizards Juneteenth Relay Meet (turn you device upside down, then see photo attached (photo resists all efforts to turn it)) Men's 240-279 200m free relay: David Robinson, Bryan Main, Mike Boyle, Gang Lou Mixed 160-199 400m medley relay: Amy Funk, Luo, Main, Lisa Chin Mixed 200-239 400m free relay: Robinson, Luo, Funk, Chin Summer Shorts+LCM Meet Alice Ricci - W25-29...

Many of our team records, going back as far as 1994, were broken by GERM swimmers at the recent Summer Splash LCM Meet Alice Ricci - W25-29 800m free and 50m back Amy Funk - W35-39 50m free, 100m back, 50m breast, and 200m IM Kelly Funk - W35-39 100m breast Lisa Chin - W40-44 800m free Jenny Carswell - W50-54 800m free and 200m fly Karl Wunderlich - M55-59 100m free, 200m free, 800m free, 400m IM Stephen Wright - M 75-79 50m back, 100m back, 200m back David...