Wahoos Swim Team 2021 Season

Have you seen the new trophy at the front desk? Our Wahoos swim team earned it by becoming the Division E CHAMPIONS! They enjoyed an undefeated season coached by Gary Buda. He was assisted by Lucy Buda, Tom Diggins, and Kara Schmidt. This weekend, the team sends it’s top swimmers to the Prince-Mont League All-Stars. It has been an amazing season! CONGRATULATIONS WAHOOS!

About the West Laurel Wahoos Swim Team

The West Laurel Swim Team is an age-group competitive summer swim team that participates in the Prince-Mont Swim League (PMSL). The PMSL has eight summer divisions with 5 teams per division. Our swimmers have opportunities to compete in Saturday morning PMSL meets, practice B-meets (Wednesday evenings), Laurel Invitational Swim Meet, New Carrollton Relay Meet, and Knights of Columbus Mini-Meet (swimmers 10 & under). In 2019, the Wahoos competed in the PMSL D division with the West Arundel Ducks, Westlake Village, Cheverly and Accokeek Swim Team. We also have many social events including ice cream after time trials, weekly Friday breakfasts, trips to water parks, and our closing awards picnic/pool-party. All active Club members, ages 5-18 years, are invited to join the team. For safety purposes swimmers must be able to swim a distance of 25 meters and tread water for 30 seconds in the deep end of the pool. Tests will be conducted by our coaches with no limit to the number of attempts.
If you have questions about swim team, please contact the WLST management at westlaurelswimteam@gmail.com.

Local “Winter” Swim Teams

Many of our swimmers are members of local year round swim teams. They can give you great insight on how to continue throughout the year. Some winter options are listed below:

Prince-Mont Swim League (PMSL)
Potomac Valley Swimming
Maryland Swimming
USA Swimming
Montgomery County Swim League (MCSL)

Fairland Aquatic Swim Team (FAST)
Potomac Aquatic Club (PAC)
Machine Dynamics
Maryland Suburban Swim Club (MSSC)
North Baltimore Aquatic Club (NBAC)