Anonymous wrote:Really weird talking about MCSL Summer swim clubs being in “complete collapse” like they are college football programs or something.

Bring in a high division is a decent accomplishment I guess, but it is not at all an indicator of whether the team is fun, the pool is nice, or the membership is friendly.

Get a grip.

That's all obvious but we're discussing the team's performance, not the overall pool or the vibe/dynamic/etc. I'm sure they're all nice people but a drop from 'A' all the way down to 'D' is drastic. Who knows, maybe they'll mop the floor there next year but for right now, calling for what it is.

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Anonymous wrote:Damn CCRA brutal fall….

Wasn’t it to be expected with just college kids and the A reps in charge? I heard they were use best ever best times that were 2 years old for seed times in meets.

They’re the first to post a head coach add for the 2026 season mcsl

What did the A reps do/not do?

Our reps are amazing but I get the feeling that maybe we’re lucky….

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Anonymous wrote:Damn CCRA brutal fall….

Tough break for a really nice community. Their coach quit unexpectedly in the preseason.

What was unexpected about it? That coach changes MCSL teams every coupla years

I thought Henry had been with CCRA for several years.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious about any other teams? I may remember some of them.

Woodley?

I think E, lost it yesterday

Confirmed with a Woodley Gardens parent at divisionals this morning that they already communicated they will stay in E next year (if they even have a pool).

What about the rest of the current division E? Curious to know where these pools ended up:

Connecticut Belair
Northwest Branch
OGC
Manor Woods

This is so confusing. I thought Woodley’s pool was closed forever. How are they going to keep a swim team together? It seems like it would get awfully old to have to travel to different pools for every practice and never be able to do anything at a home pool. Even a pep rally.

I heard from a WG parent that they need like 3.5million dollars ASAP to get the pool open next year. Don’t think it’s going to happen

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Anonymous wrote:Damn CCRA brutal fall….

Look at Potomac - they're in complete collapse down to D

What changed for Potomac? We were really impressed with Coach Chris when one of our kids did Rising Stars at ASA

Anonymous wrote:Damn CCRA brutal fall….

Wasn’t it to be expected with just college kids and the A reps in charge? I heard they were use best ever best times that were 2 years old for seed times in meets.

They’re the first to post a head coach add for the 2026 season mcsl

Really weird talking about MCSL Summer swim clubs being in “complete collapse” like they are college football programs or something.

Bring in a high division is a decent accomplishment I guess, but it is not at all an indicator of whether the team is fun, the pool is nice, or the membership is friendly.

Get a grip.

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Anonymous wrote:Damn CCRA brutal fall….

Tough break for a really nice community. Their coach quit unexpectedly in the preseason.

What was unexpected about it? That coach changes MCSL teams every coupla years

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Anonymous wrote:Division B
Bethesda
Mohican
River Falls
Darnestown
Glenwood
Flower Valley

Potomac to D

Potomac's downfall should be studied. Schlegel can't keep it up in A for long, I guess.

There's nothing to be studied. Their 13-14 Girls were unbeatable last year, but not so this year as they were swimming against some of the best in the area in Div A. One of their best female swimmers in 15-18 is not doing summer swim this year, another is injured after Week 2 and two of their best male swimmers are not swimming either this summer. More importantly, they have no depth in certain age groups. Nothing to do with coach Schlegel.

They recruited a bunch of kids and had some fleeting success. Those kids are not loyal like homegrown swimmers at neighborhood pools. This is karma for all of the recruiting.

All the swimmers mentioned above are homegrown kids, except for the girl injured who came from other country and started summer swim last year. Nice try though.

Homegrown by the coach and All Star Aquatics. Not homegrown to Avenel, Potomac Village or Oaklyn

Wow, seriously?? Those three who skipped this summer are NCAP swimmers. You are getting paranoid and that's not good for your mental health. Get a life.

I was going to say 2 of Potomac’s best female swimmers are from NCAP and they are actually moving out of state (I think that may be why the 15-18 girl did not swim this summer). People need to stop with the ridiculous conspiracy theories.

Agreed. It's that simple. If you're down 5 of your very top swimmers from one year to the next there is no accounting for that, and it certainly has nothing to do with coaching. If you've swum against Potomac, you can see how spirited and great the coaching is, and you know how good they are at their "full-time" jobs as club coaches as well, so there is no questioning the quality. The bottom line is, apparently three of their top swimmers did not swim this summer at all, and then two of their top females moved out of state right after the start of the season.

They swam relay carnival week 4 and Long Course week 5. They didn’t miss the whole season.

They have huge roster turnover year to year because they are not a neighborhood team. People join for Chris because he’s a good coach and they like him, but they learn overtime it’s not worth commuting across the county to be on a team of ringers who don’t care about the logo on the cap.

We are glad we stayed with our neighborhood pool instead of following to Potomac. We might never swim in Division A, B or C, but we have a true neighborhood team experience. Our roster is very consistent from year to year.

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Anonymous wrote:Division B
Bethesda
Mohican
River Falls
Darnestown
Glenwood
Flower Valley

Potomac to D

Potomac's downfall should be studied. Schlegel can't keep it up in A for long, I guess.

There's nothing to be studied. Their 13-14 Girls were unbeatable last year, but not so this year as they were swimming against some of the best in the area in Div A. One of their best female swimmers in 15-18 is not doing summer swim this year, another is injured after Week 2 and two of their best male swimmers are not swimming either this summer. More importantly, they have no depth in certain age groups. Nothing to do with coach Schlegel.

They recruited a bunch of kids and had some fleeting success. Those kids are not loyal like homegrown swimmers at neighborhood pools. This is karma for all of the recruiting.

All the swimmers mentioned above are homegrown kids, except for the girl injured who came from other country and started summer swim last year. Nice try though.

Homegrown by the coach and All Star Aquatics. Not homegrown to Avenel, Potomac Village or Oaklyn

Wow, seriously?? Those three who skipped this summer are NCAP swimmers. You are getting paranoid and that's not good for your mental health. Get a life.

I was going to say 2 of Potomac’s best female swimmers are from NCAP and they are actually moving out of state (I think that may be why the 15-18 girl did not swim this summer). People need to stop with the ridiculous conspiracy theories.

Agreed. It's that simple. If you're down 5 of your very top swimmers from one year to the next there is no accounting for that, and it certainly has nothing to do with coaching. If you've swum against Potomac, you can see how spirited and great the coaching is, and you know how good they are at their "full-time" jobs as club coaches as well, so there is no questioning the quality. The bottom line is, apparently three of their top swimmers did not swim this summer at all, and then two of their top females moved out of state right after the start of the season.

Who are the biggest movers for next year?

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Anonymous wrote:Curious about any other teams? I may remember some of them.

Woodley?

I think E, lost it yesterday

Confirmed with a Woodley Gardens parent at divisionals this morning that they already communicated they will stay in E next year (if they even have a pool).

What about the rest of the current division E? Curious to know where these pools ended up:

Connecticut Belair
Northwest Branch
OGC
Manor Woods

This is so confusing. I thought Woodley’s pool was closed forever. How are they going to keep a swim team together? It seems like it would get awfully old to have to travel to different pools for every practice and never be able to do anything at a home pool. Even a pep rally.

I'm not sure this is absolute at this point - unless you have info I don't.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious about any other teams? I may remember some of them.

Woodley?

I think E, lost it yesterday

Confirmed with a Woodley Gardens parent at divisionals this morning that they already communicated they will stay in E next year (if they even have a pool).

What about the rest of the current division E? Curious to know where these pools ended up:

Connecticut Belair
Northwest Branch
OGC
Manor Woods

This is so confusing. I thought Woodley’s pool was closed forever. How are they going to keep a swim team together? It seems like it would get awfully old to have to travel to different pools for every practice and never be able to do anything at a home pool. Even a pep rally.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious about any other teams? I may remember some of them.

Woodley?

I think E, lost it yesterday

Confirmed with a Woodley Gardens parent at divisionals this morning that they already communicated they will stay in E next year (if they even have a pool).

What about the rest of the current division E? Curious to know where these pools ended up:

Connecticut Belair
Northwest Branch
OGC
Manor Woods

Belair and NWBranch moved up one to D, OGC and MW stay in E

Anonymous wrote:Damn CCRA brutal fall….

Look at Potomac - they're in complete collapse down to D