Michiana Marlins Weekly Announcements for Week of 12/15-12/21

John VanDriessche

Dear Marlin Families,

Practice Schedule

Penn High School

Splash 1 & 2: Monday & Wednesday 6:00-7:30

Splash 3: Monday, Wednesday 6:00-7:30, Thursday 5:30-7:30, & Friday 5:00-6:30

Fins Flex: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30, Friday 5:00-6:30 & Saturday 9:30-11:30

Fins Compete: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 5:30-7:30, Friday 5:00-6:30, & Saturday 9:30-11:30

Fins Compete AM: Wednesday and Friday 5:30-7:30

Elite: Next scheduled practice after high school season.

New Prairie High School

Splash: Monday & Wednesday 5:00-6:30 CST

Fins: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 5:00-7:00 CST

Elite: Next scheduled practice after high school season.

Knollwood CC

Splash 1 and 2:

Monday and Wednesday 4:30-5:30 or 5:30-6:30

Tuesday and Thursday 3:30-4:30 or 4:30-5:30

Practice Notes:

New Prairie families continue to use door N18 to enter the building. Penn families use door D. If you arrive at Penn and the gallery door is locked, please feel free to get my attention on deck to let me know.

No practice at Penn on Tuesday due to a high school meet

Here is the link for this week’s Fins practices. Please share these with your athletes.

Marlin NIght at Penn High School 12-17

We are inviting all members of the Fins Group to the Penn vs Elkhart dual meet this Tuesday to be our timers for the night. This will give our athletes the best seat in the house to experience high school swimming up close. All of our Marlin athletes that would like to help time will need to wear a Marlins team shirt. The swimming portion of the meet starts at 6:00 so we would like all those who would like to attend at Penn by 5:30.

IA Tim Welsh Invite/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Jan.3-5

Here is our entry as of 12/10. I will post all pertinent time information in the Sunday email prior to the meet.

USA Memberships

We will need all of our athletes that have not done so already, to renew their USA Swimming memberships. Here is the link. From my experience with my own athletes just purchasing the membership will initiate the transfer process.

If you qualify for the Outreach Program email me and I will send you the link you will need to use for registrations.

If you have any questions about any registration issues you can reach out to me or our team/business manager Kelly Laneman ([email protected])

Fall and Winter Meet Schedule/Dates of Meet/Location/Deadline to commit

This is our tentative meet schedule for the fall and winter. We may add meets if we find ones that fit our club’s needs. There will be two different dates listed with each meet The first date listed is the day(s) of the meet and the second date is the deadline to commit.

Swimmers wanting to compete will need to commit to those meets. The deadlines will be based on deadlines that were set in previous years. They may change once the meet hosts posts the meet information. When committing to multiple day meets, if the option to select the days you want is not available, leave a message in the notes section stating the specific days you would like to attend.

Some meets will be marked with an * and those will require swimmers to meet minimum time standards. You can view all pool locations on our website under the "Pools" tab.

DUNE Sweater Weather Swim Spectacular/Our Results

CON Skypoint Transit Invite/Our Results

GSI Goshen Rays Veterans Day Meet/Our Results

ELK Rudolph Romp/Our Results

IA Tim Welsh Invite/Elkhart Aquatic Center/Jan. 3-5/Our Entry

CON IMXtreme Invite/Concord High School/Jan. 24-26/Dec.22

IA Jr. Superstar Invitational/Rolfs Aquatic Center/Feb. 15&16/Jan.12

CON Leisure Pools Last Chance Showdown/Concord HS/Feb. 28-Mar. 2/Jan.19

*IN Swimming Divisional Championships/TBD/Mar. 7-9/Feb.23

*IN Swimming Senior State/TBD/Mar. 13-16/Feb.23

*IN Swimming Age Group State/TBD/Mar. 21-23/Feb. 23

*USA Swimming Speedo Sectionals/IU Natatorium Indy/Mar. 27-30/Feb.23