Navy’s Win Over Army Caps Off Banner Year for LaFond Siblings
2024 will be a year to remember for the LaFond family. On August 3, Thea LaFond, born in Dominica but grew up in Silver Spring, won a gold medal in… Read More
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Montgomery County High School Athletes of the Week: Tynan O’Donoghue and Kaarina Williams
Senior Tynan O’Donoghue and sophomore Kaarina Williams of Walt Whitman High School both struck gold at the 2024 Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) State Diving Championships. Whitman is… Read More
Friends of Ledecky, Bacon Confirm: There’s Nothing the Swimmers Aren’t Good At
At an Olympic watch party in Potomac on Friday, MyMCM spoke to three Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heard alumnae who are friends with U.S. Olympic Swimmers Katie Ledecky… Read More
Olympian Swimmer from Chevy Chase Talks Mental Health and Athletes
Phoebe Bacon, a U.S. Olympic swimmer from Chevy Chase, spoke to MyMCM about the conversations around mental health and athletes. Bacon expressed support for U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, who… Read More
Stone Ridge Alumnae Cheer On as Ledecky Adds to Her Gold Medal Collection
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart graduates from the Classes of 2015 and 2020 gathered in Potomac for a watch party Friday night to cheer on their former classmates… Read More
Keeping Up With Katie: Ledecky Announces Upcoming College Graduation
Olympic gold swimmer and Bethesda native Katie Ledecky announced she plans on graduating from Stanford University this fall. She attended Little Flower School and Stone Ridge School of the Sacred… Read More
MoCo’s Most Famous: Olympian Dominique Dawes Opens New Gymnastics Academy
Silver Spring native Dominique Dawes is known by many as a three-time Olympic gymnast and a gold medal winner. But this week Dawes is doing something she considers much more… Read More
MoCo’s Most Famous: Former Olympian Dominique Dawes On Gymnastics Scandal and New Academy
Dominique Dawes is far removed from winning four medals – including a gold – in three Olympic Games between 1992 and 2000. Now 43 with four small children, the Silver… Read More