RMSC - GISC 2023-2024 Season Information Flyer (Returning Swimmers)

RMSC is a year-round, United States of America Swimming (USAS) affiliated, age group and senior swim team. The team competes through Potomac Valley Swimming (PVS), which is our local swim committee (LSC) for USAS. RMSC offers a rewarding training and competitive experience to swimmers of all ability and interest levels through a schedule of flexible practice times.

Swimmers new to the program must attend a tryout (skill assessment) for group placement at the pool of their choice. Please view the tryout information listed under the “Joining RMSC” tab for all details and minimum qualifications. Coaches will assign practice groups depending on skill level, due to program constraints, not all swimmers who meet the minimum requirements will be offered a placement. Newcomers, who are offered a group placement, may not begin to practice with their designated group until all registration requirements have been completed including registration payment.

Entry into advanced level groups is available by coaches' invitation only. Those who participated in the program last year may register only for the group with which they practiced last year. No swimmer may change group assignment unless instructed by coach.

Meet Entry Procedures -

Meet announcements are posted on the RMSC bulletin board with entry due dates.

Coaches will notify the athletes of which meets your group will be attending. They will then let you know if the coach will sign the swimmers up or if the swimmers should sign themselves up. If the swimmers are asked to sign up on their own, they should go to the bulletin board to review the entry procedures and deadline. To enter a meet, fill out a meet sign up sheet, which is located in the lobby (between the rest rooms) below the bulletin board. Entry slip must include: swimmer’s name, event numbers, and name. Place slip in the black meet entry cabinet below the bulletin board by the posted due date.

Meet the RMSC-GISC Lead Coaches

National Training Group - Bill Shechtman

Bill has been coaching for 34 years in which 26 years have been for RMSC. He has coached in Northern California for 6 years and was the head coach of the Upper Montgomery YMCA in Gaithersburg. He coached Country Glen for 10 summers, Indian Spring Country Club for 8 summers, BCC, Churchill, Sherwood, and now Northwest High School. He started the Rockville Masters progam and proudly started the Partnership swimming program for the Special Olympics which went on for 7 years. Throughout his career in coaching, he has coached one swimmer to the World Championships in Rome as well as many Sr/Jr National swimmers. He has coached many promising athletes and looks forward to coaching more.

Advanced Senior Group - Ryan Yuen

It all began in the year of 1987. Not only did the Washington Redskins end up winning the Super Bowl, but Ryan Yuen was born.

Ryan began working with RMSC in the fall of 2010 as an assistant coach. While primarily with the Advanced Senior group, he also assisted with the Mini, Junior, Advanced Junior and Senior groups. In the spring of 2011, he became the lead coach of the Advanced Senior group.

In addition to RMSC, Ryan has been a long time member of the MCSL. After swimming with the Middlebridge Marlins, for 13 years, he immediately took over the head coach position after graduating. He coached at Middlebridge for 6 years until he took his talents over to King Farm in 2013. Ryan was a 4 year varsity swimmer for John F. Kennedy High School as well as a member of the Towson University Men's Swim Team.

Senior Group - Heather Congdon

Heather Congdon started coaching at RMSC in 2015 at the Rockville location, where she coached several of the practice groups and was the Co-Lead coach for the Instructional Stroke School (ISS) Minis from 2018-2019.

Heather moved to the RMSC Germantown location in 2019 where has coached several practice groups, including Advanced Juniors and Mini’s. During her college years, Heather swam for the University of Pittsburgh, where she was a sprint freestyle and butterfly specialist. After college, she took a long hiatus from swimming until 2015, when she “dove back in” as a masters swimmer. Since she resumed swimming, Heather has been a United States Masters Swimming National Champion several times over and has been a Masters Swimming All-American as well. Outside of the pool, Heather is a pharmacist and works for the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.

National Development Group - Pat Tozzi

Advanced Junior Group - Todd Garner

Junior Group - Allison Boyle

Coach Allison has always been an avid swimmer growing up swimming for the North Creek Neptunes, RMSC, and UMCY. She started coaching MCSL in 1996 for Potomac, Stedwick, and then becoming Head Coach for North Creek Neptunes. Coach Allison graduated from the University of Dayton with Bachelors in Special Education in 2001. After graduating she continued coaching Park View HS in Virginia from 2001-2007. She has her Masters in Education Leadership from George Mason University and is currently a Special Education Teacher at Great Seneca Creek ES. She joined RMSC coaching staff in 2014, coaching Juniors and Minis groups. Coach Allison enjoys working on developing swimmers strokes and showing them how to love the sport of swimming.

Mini Group - Joanna Garner

Joanna has over twenty-five years of experience as a dedicated, energetic, and fun loving swim coach and 20 years as an elementary school teacher. She currently coaches for SwiMontgomery, Montgomery Stroke & Turn Clinic, Manor Country Club and Swim Labs. I enjoy focusing on proper stroke techniques that will help the swimmers improve their swimming as they become efficient and faster. I am looking forward to an amazing year!