NVSL Seeding is out!

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Anonymous wrote:I have been surprised at how crappy some of the non-hoa pools are, that people join waitlists and pay membership fees to join.

There are zero pools in South Arlington. So you have no options.

Arlington Forest pool is just over Rt 50. Not far at all.

They have a seven year waitlist and priority to the zip codes that touch it, the majority of South Arlington does not qualify.

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Anonymous wrote:I have been surprised at how crappy some of the non-hoa pools are, that people join waitlists and pay membership fees to join.

There are zero pools in South Arlington. So you have no options.

Arlington Forest pool is just over Rt 50. Not far at all.

Dominion Hills and Fort Myer too.

Arlington Forest is an amazing pool but it is a 10K sign up for membership fee and a 7-10 year waitlist.

Fort Myer is lovely, more like a club than a pool with real food you can order and lots of expensive fun activities paid for by DoD, but you have to be military or GS to join. Which is not too tough in this area. It is also Colonial League which arguably might be a plus in its favor.

I know nothing about Dominion Hills.

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Anonymous wrote:I have been surprised at how crappy some of the non-hoa pools are, that people join waitlists and pay membership fees to join.

Sometimes you have no choice. If you want a pool it is the only pool in town. There are zero pools in Old Town and surrounding areas to join. So if you live there you have to go to ones that exist, which can not be so nice.

What wrong with Little Hunting Park or Mount Vernon Park? Both have large contingents of Old Town residents

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Anonymous wrote:I have been surprised at how crappy some of the non-hoa pools are, that people join waitlists and pay membership fees to join.

There are zero pools in South Arlington. So you have no options.

Arlington Forest pool is just over Rt 50. Not far at all.

Dominion Hills and Fort Myer too.

Arlington Forest is an amazing pool but it is a 10K sign up for membership fee and a 7-10 year waitlist.

Fort Myer is lovely, more like a club than a pool with real food you can order and lots of expensive fun activities paid for by DoD, but you have to be military or GS to join. Which is not too tough in this area. It is also Colonial League which arguably might be a plus in its favor.

I know nothing about Dominion Hills.

Did not know that about Arlington Forest. 10k. Damn.

Dominion Hills is on Wilson Blvd right near Ashlawn. Small and fairly shabby facilities. Wait list is shorter but still 4-5 years. No big ticket price to get in though.

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Anonymous wrote:As a team rep I am not ready for summer

We ended up exactly where we expected.

My condolences to McLean who are this year's Div 1 tributes.

I wish they would make a premier division for Tuckahoe, Chesterbrook, Overlee, and any other team that wants to recruit and build super teams. The other teams in Division 1 really are just tributes, as you note.

May be naïve question but aren't pools/memberships determined by neighborhood location etc.? are do some pools allow people to become members/jump waiting list regardless of where they live (if they have kid who's great swimmer)?

Very few are dictated by geographical boundaries. Donaldson Run is the only one I know that has an actual boundary. Everyone else has a very long list, but I’ve heard that Overlee will allow jumping off the list with a very good swimmer. No idea if that is just unfounded rumor. The wait list for that pool is like a decade long.

Chesterbrook absolutely recruits.

Overlee recruits as well.

Overlee has an 8+ year wait list. Do you personally know someone (nor what you’ve heard) who has cut to the front of the line as a recruit? Because I sure don’t.

NP. I know someone that was on the team and became members after moving to the area. The kid was a club swimmer and JO level. So I don't think that they were on their waitlist. The swam some A meets for them but after a year left and moved to a lower division pool so the kid could swim more.

This just doesn't make sense. I find it bizarre that there was a swimmer that magically started at Overlee without being on the waitlist that swam year round - made JO cuts - yet couldn't swim 2 individual events/possibly a relay or 2 at A meets so had to move to a lower division to swim more? Come on. This is just silly. I'm a former team rep at Overlee. We absolutely do not recruit. Each year people bring up ways to make our waitlist move quicker, etc. and things don't change which is why the majority of the A meet swimmers are from the same families and the same kids every year. You do not see a lot of new names at these meets and believe me - if they are making JO cuts and swimming year rounds - they can swim at A summer swim meets.

I don't know what Overlee does or doesn't recruit or bump people to the front of the line, but statistically it seems odd that all the faster swimmers are in that geographical area and able to be members of a pool with a ten year waitlist. With such a long waitlist they should go through droughts of talent if not actively recruiting. The other pools do recruit - Overlee says it does not.


You do realize that Overlee is third in its division? It doesn’t have the depth or movement of new swimmers into its program that other teams do. It has a lot of families and a lot of club swimmers to pull from. I’m not sure why that’s so hard to believe and accept that there isn’t anything more to it than that. Look at the results from the past few summers - you will see it’s the same older kids finishing well each season and some new 8&u. It’s summer swim - it’s supposed to be fun.

For years, Overlee has relied on club to train their swimmers. They didn't put a lot of time developing swimmers and it eventually caught up to them. They also had a great swimmer who, instead of coaching OVL, is coaching another team that is beating OVL (and he also coaches the best HS swim team and coached an Olympian). Oops!

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Anonymous wrote:I have been surprised at how crappy some of the non-hoa pools are, that people join waitlists and pay membership fees to join.

There are zero pools in South Arlington. So you have no options.

Arlington Forest pool is just over Rt 50. Not far at all.

Dominion Hills and Fort Myer too.

Arlington Forest is an amazing pool but it is a 10K sign up for membership fee and a 7-10 year waitlist.

Fort Myer is lovely, more like a club than a pool with real food you can order and lots of expensive fun activities paid for by DoD, but you have to be military or GS to join. Which is not too tough in this area. It is also Colonial League which arguably might be a plus in its favor.

I know nothing about Dominion Hills.

Arlington forest does not have a 10k membership fee- what a bizarre statement. Its currently 3600, of which you get 3375 back when you want to resign your membership and sell your share back to the club.
https://arlingtonforestclub.org/membership/

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Anonymous wrote:As a team rep I am not ready for summer

We ended up exactly where we expected.

My condolences to McLean who are this year's Div 1 tributes.

I wish they would make a premier division for Tuckahoe, Chesterbrook, Overlee, and any other team that wants to recruit and build super teams. The other teams in Division 1 really are just tributes, as you note.

May be naïve question but aren't pools/memberships determined by neighborhood location etc.? are do some pools allow people to become members/jump waiting list regardless of where they live (if they have kid who's great swimmer)?

Very few are dictated by geographical boundaries. Donaldson Run is the only one I know that has an actual boundary. Everyone else has a very long list, but I’ve heard that Overlee will allow jumping off the list with a very good swimmer. No idea if that is just unfounded rumor. The wait list for that pool is like a decade long.

Chesterbrook absolutely recruits.

Overlee recruits as well.

Overlee has an 8+ year wait list. Do you personally know someone (nor what you’ve heard) who has cut to the front of the line as a recruit? Because I sure don’t.

NP. I know someone that was on the team and became members after moving to the area. The kid was a club swimmer and JO level. So I don't think that they were on their waitlist. The swam some A meets for them but after a year left and moved to a lower division pool so the kid could swim more.

This just doesn't make sense. I find it bizarre that there was a swimmer that magically started at Overlee without being on the waitlist that swam year round - made JO cuts - yet couldn't swim 2 individual events/possibly a relay or 2 at A meets so had to move to a lower division to swim more? Come on. This is just silly. I'm a former team rep at Overlee. We absolutely do not recruit. Each year people bring up ways to make our waitlist move quicker, etc. and things don't change which is why the majority of the A meet swimmers are from the same families and the same kids every year. You do not see a lot of new names at these meets and believe me - if they are making JO cuts and swimming year rounds - they can swim at A summer swim meets.

I don't know what Overlee does or doesn't recruit or bump people to the front of the line, but statistically it seems odd that all the faster swimmers are in that geographical area and able to be members of a pool with a ten year waitlist. With such a long waitlist they should go through droughts of talent if not actively recruiting. The other pools do recruit - Overlee says it does not.


You do realize that Overlee is third in its division? It doesn’t have the depth or movement of new swimmers into its program that other teams do. It has a lot of families and a lot of club swimmers to pull from. I’m not sure why that’s so hard to believe and accept that there isn’t anything more to it than that. Look at the results from the past few summers - you will see it’s the same older kids finishing well each season and some new 8&u. It’s summer swim - it’s supposed to be fun.

For years, Overlee has relied on club to train their swimmers. They didn't put a lot of time developing swimmers and it eventually caught up to them. They also had a great swimmer who, instead of coaching OVL, is coaching another team that is beating OVL (and he also coaches the best HS swim team and coached an Olympian). Oops!

Who. Cares.

Acting like this is a flex is sad.

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Anonymous wrote:As a team rep I am not ready for summer

We ended up exactly where we expected.

My condolences to McLean who are this year's Div 1 tributes.

I wish they would make a premier division for Tuckahoe, Chesterbrook, Overlee, and any other team that wants to recruit and build super teams. The other teams in Division 1 really are just tributes, as you note.

May be naïve question but aren't pools/memberships determined by neighborhood location etc.? are do some pools allow people to become members/jump waiting list regardless of where they live (if they have kid who's great swimmer)?

Very few are dictated by geographical boundaries. Donaldson Run is the only one I know that has an actual boundary. Everyone else has a very long list, but I’ve heard that Overlee will allow jumping off the list with a very good swimmer. No idea if that is just unfounded rumor. The wait list for that pool is like a decade long.

Chesterbrook absolutely recruits.

Overlee recruits as well.

Overlee has an 8+ year wait list. Do you personally know someone (nor what you’ve heard) who has cut to the front of the line as a recruit? Because I sure don’t.

NP. I know someone that was on the team and became members after moving to the area. The kid was a club swimmer and JO level. So I don't think that they were on their waitlist. The swam some A meets for them but after a year left and moved to a lower division pool so the kid could swim more.

This just doesn't make sense. I find it bizarre that there was a swimmer that magically started at Overlee without being on the waitlist that swam year round - made JO cuts - yet couldn't swim 2 individual events/possibly a relay or 2 at A meets so had to move to a lower division to swim more? Come on. This is just silly. I'm a former team rep at Overlee. We absolutely do not recruit. Each year people bring up ways to make our waitlist move quicker, etc. and things don't change which is why the majority of the A meet swimmers are from the same families and the same kids every year. You do not see a lot of new names at these meets and believe me - if they are making JO cuts and swimming year rounds - they can swim at A summer swim meets.

I don't know what Overlee does or doesn't recruit or bump people to the front of the line, but statistically it seems odd that all the faster swimmers are in that geographical area and able to be members of a pool with a ten year waitlist. With such a long waitlist they should go through droughts of talent if not actively recruiting. The other pools do recruit - Overlee says it does not.


You do realize that Overlee is third in its division? It doesn’t have the depth or movement of new swimmers into its program that other teams do. It has a lot of families and a lot of club swimmers to pull from. I’m not sure why that’s so hard to believe and accept that there isn’t anything more to it than that. Look at the results from the past few summers - you will see it’s the same older kids finishing well each season and some new 8&u. It’s summer swim - it’s supposed to be fun.

For years, Overlee has relied on club to train their swimmers. They didn't put a lot of time developing swimmers and it eventually caught up to them. They also had a great swimmer who, instead of coaching OVL, is coaching another team that is beating OVL (and he also coaches the best HS swim team and coached an Olympian). Oops!

Who. Cares.

Acting like this is a flex is sad.

+1. All you D1 people sound like complete loons. You know that, right?

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No summer swim place really develops swimmers. That's ridiculous. They have four weeks. Its for FUN.

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Anonymous wrote:As a team rep I am not ready for summer

We ended up exactly where we expected.

My condolences to McLean who are this year's Div 1 tributes.

I wish they would make a premier division for Tuckahoe, Chesterbrook, Overlee, and any other team that wants to recruit and build super teams. The other teams in Division 1 really are just tributes, as you note.

May be naïve question but aren't pools/memberships determined by neighborhood location etc.? are do some pools allow people to become members/jump waiting list regardless of where they live (if they have kid who's great swimmer)?

Very few are dictated by geographical boundaries. Donaldson Run is the only one I know that has an actual boundary. Everyone else has a very long list, but I’ve heard that Overlee will allow jumping off the list with a very good swimmer. No idea if that is just unfounded rumor. The wait list for that pool is like a decade long.

Chesterbrook absolutely recruits.

Overlee recruits as well.

Overlee has an 8+ year wait list. Do you personally know someone (nor what you’ve heard) who has cut to the front of the line as a recruit? Because I sure don’t.

NP. I know someone that was on the team and became members after moving to the area. The kid was a club swimmer and JO level. So I don't think that they were on their waitlist. The swam some A meets for them but after a year left and moved to a lower division pool so the kid could swim more.

This just doesn't make sense. I find it bizarre that there was a swimmer that magically started at Overlee without being on the waitlist that swam year round - made JO cuts - yet couldn't swim 2 individual events/possibly a relay or 2 at A meets so had to move to a lower division to swim more? Come on. This is just silly. I'm a former team rep at Overlee. We absolutely do not recruit. Each year people bring up ways to make our waitlist move quicker, etc. and things don't change which is why the majority of the A meet swimmers are from the same families and the same kids every year. You do not see a lot of new names at these meets and believe me - if they are making JO cuts and swimming year rounds - they can swim at A summer swim meets.

I don't know what Overlee does or doesn't recruit or bump people to the front of the line, but statistically it seems odd that all the faster swimmers are in that geographical area and able to be members of a pool with a ten year waitlist. With such a long waitlist they should go through droughts of talent if not actively recruiting. The other pools do recruit - Overlee says it does not.


You do realize that Overlee is third in its division? It doesn’t have the depth or movement of new swimmers into its program that other teams do. It has a lot of families and a lot of club swimmers to pull from. I’m not sure why that’s so hard to believe and accept that there isn’t anything more to it than that. Look at the results from the past few summers - you will see it’s the same older kids finishing well each season and some new 8&u. It’s summer swim - it’s supposed to be fun.

For years, Overlee has relied on club to train their swimmers. They didn't put a lot of time developing swimmers and it eventually caught up to them. They also had a great swimmer who, instead of coaching OVL, is coaching another team that is beating OVL (and he also coaches the best HS swim team and coached an Olympian). Oops!

Who. Cares.

Acting like this is a flex is sad.

+1. All you D1 people sound like complete loons. You know that, right?

I'm at a D1 pool and wrote the comment. Most people at the D1 pools are totally normal. I know that's no fun. There are a core of loons. Not going to deny it. But there are also a solid group (I would say majority) of people just having a fun summer like normal people who really could give two craps about what division the pool swims in. In fact we all joke about the loons with each other.

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Anonymous wrote:I have been surprised at how crappy some of the non-hoa pools are, that people join waitlists and pay membership fees to join.

The Somerset Olde Creek has to be the worst in NVSL.

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We went to this pool near Fair Oaks mall once and the "guest team" area was just a sea of mud. I felt like I was at a swim meet at Woodstock. The pool got muddy from all the muddy kids jumping in.

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Anonymous wrote:I have been surprised at how crappy some of the non-hoa pools are, that people join waitlists and pay membership fees to join.

Sometimes you have no choice. If you want a pool it is the only pool in town. There are zero pools in Old Town and surrounding areas to join. So if you live there you have to go to ones that exist, which can not be so nice.

What wrong with Little Hunting Park or Mount Vernon Park? Both have large contingents of Old Town residents

They are pretty far down there and not super close. Mount Vernon is a BIG team. The B meet with Hollin Hills last year went on forever and ever.

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Anonymous wrote:I have been surprised at how crappy some of the non-hoa pools are, that people join waitlists and pay membership fees to join.

There are zero pools in South Arlington. So you have no options.

Arlington Forest pool is just over Rt 50. Not far at all.

Dominion Hills and Fort Myer too.

Arlington Forest is an amazing pool but it is a 10K sign up for membership fee and a 7-10 year waitlist.

Fort Myer is lovely, more like a club than a pool with real food you can order and lots of expensive fun activities paid for by DoD, but you have to be military or GS to join. Which is not too tough in this area. It is also Colonial League which arguably might be a plus in its favor.

I know nothing about Dominion Hills.

Arlington forest does not have a 10k membership fee- what a bizarre statement. Its currently 3600, of which you get 3375 back when you want to resign your membership and sell your share back to the club.
https://arlingtonforestclub.org/membership/

Meh. $4200 is a lot for a sign up fee for one summer. It is like they are pricing out people of color or poorer families. Nevermind, I looked at the team photo. They have one black kid and a couple of brown ones in that VERY large team. So their pricing is not discouraging diversity.

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Anonymous wrote:We went to this pool near Fair Oaks mall once and the "guest team" area was just a sea of mud. I felt like I was at a swim meet at Woodstock. The pool got muddy from all the muddy kids jumping in.

We went to one like that but not near Fair Oaks. We went to a terrible pool at in Herndon too. It was small in the woods, the kids had to walk from their team area out into the parking lot and back in to the start. And the S&T and ref were married and she made some really bad calls and he just agreed with them. It was literally like a yes, dear agreement. It was a bizarre meet.