Hard to believe but this meet was as close as our 2024 Solstice -- which we lost by 5 points. This time it looks like we won by 6! Results are not official yet so we are holding our breath and hoping they don't find out about the propeller Scott attached to his swim suit. The scores are at the bottom. First, we want to recognize everyone who swam. We don't win without every one of these swimmers: Erica Bailey, Jenny Carswell, Linda Carter, Kempsey Clark, Kylee Diulus, Denise Dombay,...

1. FOOD DRIVE SUCCESS! MESSAGE FROM AMY FUNK (Amy is not responsible for the sideways photos. My tech support person is not around). Dear Team, Thank you for your outstanding participation in our recent food drive! All donations, including $70 in monetary contributions, were successfully dropped off at Manna Food Center this week. Manna Food Center is a Montgomery County-based organization whose mission is to eliminate hunger through food distribution, education, and advocacy. Please take a moment to view the attached photos that showcase the incredible volume of donations we...

Hopefully we will have them in time for the meet. (Update: we still do not have them so they did not arrive in time for our meet). Silicon $10 Latex $6

Hello GERMs, With the holidays fast approaching, our team will be starting a food drive to support residents in Montgomery County. Starting on Sunday, November 9th, please bring in non-perishable and unexpired food and non-food items to swim practices at both the Germantown and Lakewood locations. Below is a list of items that are requested to help with ideas. Please look for one of the following volunteers that will have donation boxes: Amy Funk, Kelly Funk, Mark Walters, and Todd Garner. The collection will run for one week from 11/09...

The short course (yards) top ten national rankings for the 2024-25 season are final. We have 5 swimmers who recorded top 10 times. David Robinson was 7th in the M80-84 500y freestyle. Lisa Chin, Alice Ricci, Amy Funk and Jenny Carswell comined for a 4th place ranking in the W25-29 800y free relay. Congratulations swimmers! You can find the complete top ten listings here: USMS National Top Ten Rankings

We are looking for timers (and a head timer) for the upcoming Solstice meet on Saturday afternoon and early evening, November 22nd. If you, your friends, or your kids belong to a group that would be willing to time for our meet please respond to this. Your response will be forwarded to our meet directors. Swimmers and potential timers looking for meet information or to enter the meet can find everything you need here: 2025 SOLSTICE Student service hours available for timers. We will dontate to groups who contribute a...

Laurence, Johanna, Emily, Dorota and Shari enjoying a week of open water swimming in Greece and sent us these photos.

Congratulations to Jeanne Lappin and David Robinson for two races in 2024 that ended up being the 4th fastest in the world. Jeanne was 4th in the W65-69 100m fly Dave was 4th in the M80-84 400m medley None of our relays made it this year. News on the long course world rankings for 2024 will be out soon.

Karl Wunderlich and Lisa Chin broke four team records at the 2025 York Splash last weekend. Karl now holds the records for M60-64 50, 100, and 500 yard free. Lisa lowered the record for W40-44 200 yard fly.

This meet at UMBC in early August gave us 11 new team records set by five of our swimmers. Amy Funk set records in the W35-39 1500m free, 50m fly, and 400m IM Kelly Funk set one in the W35-39 100m breast Lisa Chin set records in the W40-44 100, 200, and 1500m free Jenny Carswell set one in the W50-54 1500m free Karl Wunderlich set records in the M60-64 50, 100 and 200m free. Congratulations to all.