Welcome to the Potomac Valley Swimming (PVS) Web page! You have entered the world of youth competitive swimming in the Metropolitan Washington area. From this Web page you can learn just about anything you would want to know about swimming in this area and through our "swimming links" you can reach out and find most of the key swimming Web pages on the Internet. "pvswim.org" is designated to be your ready reference tool for just about any facet of competitive swimming.
USA Swimming is the National Governing Body (NGB) for competitive swimming in this country. It is sub-divided into 59 local swimming committees (LSCs) which maintain jurisdiction over local swimming competition. PVS, the smallest in area of the 59 LSCs, includes the District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland, and the counties of Fairfax and Arlington and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in Virginia. While small in area, PVS, with over 8000 swimmers, is one of the largest in total number of swimmers in all of USA Swimming.
The approximately 40 member swim clubs in PVS offer competitive swim programs for the youth of this area from the novice to the Olympic competition level. Several World Record holders, past and present, have come out of PVS. Most of the PVS member clubs offer a variety of training levels, frequently at several locations and times and varying costs. You can find a listing of member clubs, contact points, and telephone numbers on this Web page; we encourage you to contact the clubs in your vicinity for answers to your specific questions.
This Web page is designed to be the voice of Potomac Valley Swimming; it should serve the purpose of being your principal reference tool about competitive swimming in the Metropolitan Washington area. It is compiled under the auspices of the PVS Board of Directors. We encourage you to make recommendations for improving your voice or to ask questions by contacting any of the volunteers listed or by communicating with our permanent PVS Administrative Office via email (pvadmn@pvswim.org), phone (202-316-9900), fax (202-318-2505) or mail (PVS, P.O. Box 3729, McLean, VA 22103-3729). Office hours are from 9 am to 5 pm but voice mail and email are always available.
Updated: 1 September 2008