Important Statement from the PVS Board
Update from the PVS General Chair - June 5, 2020
USA Swimming Return to Competition Roadmap & June Sanctions Update - May 15, 2020
PVS Virtual Town Hall, May 27, 7:00 PM
Link to Recording - Password: 2x^*#A$U
Copy of the Presentation
Thanks to all that attended!
Swimming Community Coronavirus Resources (from USA Swimming)
Coronavirus Resources for Coaches (from American Swimming Coaches Associaion)
The 2019-2020 USA Swimming Scholastic All American Information and Application are now available. Only athletes can submit the applications and they must be logged into their USA Swimming athlete account.
Although the end of their senior year has been turned upside down, we still want to acknowledge and honor our 2020 PVS H.S. Seniors. We ask each club to send us the names and selected colleges of their seniors so we can add them to the list. Congratulations to them and their families!
Join the PVS Athlete Representatives on Instagram
PVS provides a repository for local HS Championship Meet Results. If the results of your meet listed aren't there, it is because they haven't been received by PVS yet.
Six Potomac Valley teams made the 2020 USA-S Club Excellence List
Gold - NCAP (#1 overall)
Silver - RMSC, MACH, FISH, AAC
Bronze - SNOW
2018-2019 PVS Scholar Athletes (updated 11/12/2019)
If you have any questions contact the PVS Scholar Athlete Coordinator Dave DiNardo
USA Swimming now requires concussion training as a 2020 registration requirement for coaches and officials. The training is brief and free. Two sources of training are given below. Once you complete your training, please forward the certificate to the PVS Registrar at PVNonAthReg@gmail.com. This is a one time requirement. If you have already completed the training, either for high school or for attending meets in California or Ohio, all you have to do is send the completion certificate.
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
NFHS (National Federation of State High School Associations)
Note that you have to add the NFHS test to your "shopping cart" and checkout—even though the course is free. The CDC course is pretty much straightforward click and go.
USA Swimming has implemented new education requirements beginning September 1, 2019. Please check out the new requirements on the USA Swimming Website and make sure comply with them prior to registering for 2020.
The following PVS clubs made it into the top 10% of USA-S clubs in the 2018-2019 Virtual Club Championship. The national rank is listed in parentheses.
SCY: NCAP (1), RMSC (4), MACH (27), OCCS (41), FISH (90), SNOW (104), ASA (111), AAC (114), MAKO (170), PM (228)
LCM: NCAP (1), RMSC (7), MACH (52), OCCS (61), FISH (96), ASA (115), SNOW (139), AAC (226)
Learn more about the VCC program on the USA Swimming Website
The final SCY & LCM PVS Top Times Lists for the 2018-2019 season have been posted.
If you spot any bad times on the lists, please contact the PVS Times Officer. These times will be used to generate the USA Swimming Top 10 Lists in September.
The U.S. Center for Safe Sport has issued a new mandatory policy called MAAPP (Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policy). You can read the policy and additional information about the policy on the USA Swimming website.
Also, all adult athletes (i.e., athletes that are 18 years old or older) must complete the Athlete Protection Training. Though it sounds daunting/annoying, the training is quite short and simple. Importantly, adult athletes will not be permitted to compete without completing the training. The requirement is now in effect and the grace period for compliance is July 23, 2019 or 30 days after the athlete's 18th birthday, whichever is later.
Congratulations to our 2019 PVS H.S. Seniors
PVS Outstanding Athletes (2018-2019)
Congratulations to the board members elected for the 2019-2021 term:
General Chair - Tim Husson
Senior Vice Chair - Evan Stiles
Diversity & Inclusion Chair - Rob Green
I am always on the lookout for more pictures to use on the PVS home page. If you took pictures at any meets and are willing to share them with PVS, please send them to me. They need to be pictures that can be cropped to the 5:2 format. I am interested in pictures of swimmers, coaches, officials and other volunteers that make up PVS. I retain sole discretion on which pictures to use on the website -- Webmaster
