A Conversation with the Overlee 9-10 Girls

The Overlee 9-10 Girls are a lot of things–lively, fun-loving, dominant…one thing they are not, as our interview shows, is short on words! This age group has been picking up points in bunches all season, but they have also been at the core of the team’s spirit as well. Rarely, do you find a group […]

Division 1 Relay Carnival Recap

There are too many feelings and too few words to describe the Division 1 Relay Carnival from last night. Despite forecasts from the past week predicting the annual deluge that occurs on relay carnival Wednesday every summer, this year everything went off without a hitch. With a packed house, an energetic DJ, and six electric […]

A Conversation with the Overlee 2017 Graduating Seniors

A swimming career at Overlee is filled with memories that will last a lifetime. However, being a Flying Fish means much more than hundreds of swim practices, swimming best times, and winning meets–our graduating seniors sat down with us to provide their thoughts and feelings of what it meant to be a part of the […]

Week 3 Recap: Wakefield Chapel @Overlee

For the second straight week, the Overlee Flying Fish have gone above and beyond their expectations. On paper, Overlee was roughly a 70 point favorite against the Wakefield Chapel Wahoos–our own prediction put them at 80 point favorites. However, when it was all said and done, Overlee emerged victorious with a score of 272-148, almost […]

Week 3 Preview: Wakefield Chapel @Overlee

Heading into the third week of the NVSL season, most teams have started to firmly shape their realistic hopes and aspirations for the season ahead. With the final ten days of the season featuring four highly competitive meets, three of which will end with crowning a champion, the third meet serves as a final test […]

A Conversation with Overlee Assistant Coach Kaitlin Pawlowicz

At Overlee, we are incredibly fortunate for the many advantages our young athletes are given–a competitive and supportive community, excellent facilities, and world-class coaching. Among the many fantastic coaching talents walking the pool deck this summer, is one who is in the 99.9th percentile for swimming experience. Kaitlin Pawlowicz moved to Virginia from Michigan at […]

Week 2 Recap: Overlee vs McLean

This past weekend, the Overlee Flying Fish traveled to McLean Swim and Tennis club for the second meet of the summer season. Heading into the meet, we predicted a 70 point victory for Overlee based on depth of swimmers; however, those expectations were vastly outperformed. Overlee picked up points they were not seeded to win […]

A Conversation with the Overlee 11-12’s

Today after the Cake Bake pep rally, we grabbed a group of the 11-12 swimmers to talk to them about everything from the meet tomorrow at McLean, to season predictions, favorite memories, and more. As is evident in the videos, the effects of sugar-overload was beginning to have an effect on one group more than […]

Week 2 Preview: Overlee @McLean

In our annual meet with the McLean Marlins, supporters of both teams are treated to the best of what the NVSL has to offer. This clash features not only some of the best summer league swimmers, but the best all-around swimmers in the DC area (and country/world in recent years). Though Overlee has never lost […]

A Conversation with Overlee Assistant Head Coach Brenna Broadus

Today we sat down with Coach Brenna Broadus to get her insights on this year’s team, and learn more about her background. Being in her second year of coaching the Flying Fish, she was able to provide greater context on the development of the team, as well as the differences in dynamics and attitudes present […]