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Saturday’s all-stars did not disappoint with the weather staying sunny and two NVSL records falling. You can now watch the races here. In the boys 8 & under 25 fly Anthony Grimm of Fair Oaks broke the NVSL record with a time of 16.80. The previous record was from 2002, held by Austin Patteson of Fairfax [...]

The Sully Station, Sully Station 2 matchup ended with Sully Station 2 taking the division 5 crown. Former Sully Station 2 swimmer and coach Eric Knight sat down with Swim Ninja to talk about his time at both of the Sully Station pools as well as life after the NVSL.

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On Saturday throughout the league swimmers were giving their best to make the all-star cut at divisionals. A total of 5 NVSL records were set. Cassidy Bayer re-broke her 11-12 50 Fly record, Janet Hu broke the 15-18 50 Fly record and Chuck Katis broke the 15-18 100 IM record. In division 1, Overlee received [...]

Watch the races from Champs!   On Tuesday, after a two year hiatus from winning the Champs meet, Kenwood Country Club took back the title from Washington Golf. At the meet 12 records were broken with Grant Goddard and Reanna Dona breaking two records each. Below is a list of the records broken and final team [...]

On Saturday, not only were teams dueling it out to be division champs, but to be the champion of their “territory”. Vienna Aquatic traveled about a mile to Vienna woods, while Sully Station 2 went a little ways down to Sully Station. Battle Of Vienna In division 3, the Battle of Vienna ended with Vienna Woods [...]

This morning, Chesterbrook and Overlee faced off in the final duel meet of the season, each walking on deck with undefeated records, as seems to always be the case. But the path to this year’s Division 1 championship race took a few different turns than usual. A surging Tuckahoe team did everything in their power [...]

With the thunder delayed appetizer of Divisional Relays one week in the past and heat indexes hovering around 100 degrees, yesterday was unmistakably the late-July NVSL classic: All-Star Relays. At precisely 4pm the first heat of girls’ mixed-age relays hit the water, and the meet rolled on with Bob York’s steady…[Read more]

All-Star Relays will be held again at Hayfield Farm. Last year Chesterbrook took home the big trophy, 66 points ahead of second place Overlee. This year, Tuckahoe won the division 1 relay carnival, but has lost to Chesterbrook and Overlee in their dual meets. McLean also has powerful relays that will take some points from [...]

On Saturday in division 4, Lakevale Estates and Hunt Valley were tied going into the mixed age relays. Lakevale Estates was able to hold on to their undefeated record and win the meet 206-196. Alicia Hansen of Lakevale Estates submitted the video below of the mixed age relays. In Division 3, Wakefield Chapel beat Crosspointe [...]

Another classic division 1 matchup took place on Saturday morning with Overlee vs. Tuckahoe. The Flying Fish narrowly swam past the Tigers 205-197. Both teams put up a fight, leaving the outcome of the meet to the last relay. Tuckahoe’s mixed age girls relay has only lost once in the last two years, so the [...]

There are only 4 more days until All-Star Relays, one of the most exciting and favored meets of the summer. Before the top relays in the league face off, there were Saturday meets to be swum (including Senior Champs, a USS meet) and as usual, Swim Ninja was part of the action. We talked to [...]

This morning Swim ninja journeyed to Waynewood, Sleepy Hollow Bath & Racquet and Overlee to talk about their weekend match-ups. In week 4 of competition the division champion or runner-up could be decided. In division 7 Waynewood and Sleepy Hollow Bath & Racquet will face each other. Both teams are undefeated so far. Waynewood also [...]

On Saturday Tuckahoe fell to Chesterbrook 209-193, but last night the Tigers made their presence known by winning the relay carnival by 2 points. Chesterbrook took second with 198 and Overlee finished in third with 193. The meet was close the entire night with the three teams being tied for first after the mixed age, [...]

Last night Highlands Swim and Fairfax Station battled it out to be the champion of division 2 divisional relays. After 15 events the teams were tied at 140 points. The Whomping Turtles showed that not all turtles take races slow and steady, winning with 212 points. Fairfax Station came in second with 196 and Fairfax [...]

On Saturday in division 10, the Rolling Forest Tidal Waves traveled to Fair Oaks Rec. The Sharks were victorious over the Tidal Waves 215-187, it was their first win of the season. Many events during the meet had finishers 1 to 3 finishing within a second of each other. Fair Oaks 8 & under Anthony [...]

Everyone has seen close swims and people narrowly missing records and on July 2, the 13-14 boys of McLean were no exception when they missed the NVSL record by one-hundredth of a second. But one week later, the relay returned to the pool and and clinched the record with a time of 54.85. The team of [...]

Chesterbrook and Tuckahoe squared off last Saturday in one of the best meets in recent NVSL history.  With the division 1 title on the line Chesterbrook took the meet 209 to 193 showing resilience and persistence through the relays.  The meet came down to a handful of relays that could have gone either way. Congratulations [...]

Saturday was full of exciting swims across the league with Swim Ninja using their Ninja-like reflexes to slice across Northern Virginia and catch races on video. In division 2, Highlands Swim put their whomp on against the Hunter Mill Sharks winning 259-153. This meet did not have as many close swims, with the winner in [...]

On Saturday, division 2 will also have 2-0 teams facing off. Fairfax Station will travel to Lee-Graham with both teams trying to remain undefeated. The Dolphins head coach Mike Cook talked about the hard work his swimmers have been putting in this week to prepare for the Flyers. Coach Mike said that he has strong [...]

While NASA was busy preparing for the final Space Shuttle launch , Swim Ninja was busy interviewing the Tuckahoe Tigers and the Chesterbrook Tigersharks as they prepare for their showdown tomorrow. Tomorrow morning’s meet will showcase two of the top teams in the league.  Chesterbrook is the defending Division 1 champions; while over the past 3 years [...]