Sports
In recent years, the school's track and field program and cross country have been very successful. The Men's Crew Team has been moderately successful. In the 2004-05 season, the boys track team won the regional title. In the 2008-09 season, the boys track team remained the AAA Patriot District champions for the 8th year in a row, while the girls track team moved up to the second place standing, behind Lake Braddock Secondary School.
West Potomac won Virginia AAA football championships in 1989 and 1990. The Wolverines also won state championships in girls cross country in 1989 and 1990. The West Potomac It's Academic team won first place in the Patriot District and fourth in the region in January 2008.
In 2011, the girls' varsity field hockey team advanced to regionals for the first time in years after a victory over W.T. Woodson High School in the first round of playoffs. The varsity football team was the Patriot District champion and advanced several rounds into regionals before a marginal loss to Westfield High School.
In 2012, the school's Dance Team qualified for the National Dance Association competition in Orlando, Florida. The girls varsity lacrosse team advanced several rounds into regionals before losing to Centreville High School in the Northern Region Quarterfinal.
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