Fall 2025 Week 5: Technical and Conditioning Focus: September 29 – October 5 Macrocycle: Fall 2025: September 1 – December 14 Mesocycle: September 1 – October 12: Stroke & Aerobic Orientation Microcycle: September 29 – October 5 Breaststroke – Body Position; Kick; Recovery; Catch, & Pull; Breath Timing Hello Swim Families! Week five of our 2025-2026 indoor season is already here and now we will shift our focus to breaststroke! We have held off on breaststroke until now as it is the most complex of the four strokes from a...

Fall 2025 Week 4: Technical and Conditioning Focus: September 22 – September 29 Macrocycle: Fall 2025: September 1 – December 14 Mesocycle: September 1 – October 12: Stroke & Aerobic Orientation Microcycle: September 22 – September 29 Butterfly – Dolphin Kick; Body Position; Recovery; Catch, & Pull; Breath Timing Hello Swim Families! As we shift into week four of our fall season, we will place a great deal of emphasis on butterfly! Each day, we will focus on a different aspect of the stroke while keeping a constant throughline, that...

Fall 2025 Week 3: Technical and Conditioning Focus: September 15 – September 21 Macrocycle: Fall 2025: September 1 – December 14 Mesocycle: September 1 – October 12: Stroke & Aerobic Orientation Microcycle: September 15 – September 21 Backstroke—Aquatic Posture, Rotation, Catch, Pull, & Turns Hello Swim Families! As we approach the third week of our 2025 fall season, we shift our technical focus to backstroke! Backstroke, like freestyle, is a long-axis stroke, so the work we do this week will greatly compliment the skills we have worked on in weeks...

Fall 2025 Week 2: Technical and Conditioning Focus: September 8 – September 14 Macrocycle: Fall 2025: September 1 – December 14 Mesocycle: September 1 – October 12: Stroke & Aerobic Orientation Microcycle: September 8 – September 14 Aquatic Posture; Freestyle Body Position & Rotation; Streamlines Hello Swim Families! Freestyle, freestyle, freestyle! We continue our focus on freestyle this week with a lot of the same concepts covered last week, and we will add an emphasis on breath timing. A perfect breath in freestyle would involve a swimmer rolling into their...

Fall 2025 Week 1: Technical and Conditioning Focus: September 1 – September 7 Macrocycle: Fall 2025: September 1 – December 14 Mesocycle: September 1 – October 12: Stroke & Aerobic Orientation Microcycle: September 1 – September 14 Aquatic Posture; Freestyle Body Position & Rotation; Streamlines Hello Swim Families! Welcome to the 2025-2026 Marlins swim season! We are so excited and grateful that you are a part of our team and community! The Manhattan Marlins is the only USA Swimming member club in Manhattan, Kansas, and, in fact, within 95 miles...

Hello Swim Families! Below is the warmup information for this weekend’s 14 & Under Age Group Championships. Thursday PM Warmups: 4:00 – 4:45 pm Lane: OPEN (any lane we choose) Meet Starts: 5:00 pm Friday AM Warmups: 8:00 – 8:30 am Second Warmup Session Lane: 7 Meet Starts: 8:45 am Friday PM 10 & Under Warmups: 3:00 – 3:20 pm 11 & Over Warmups: 3:20 – 4:00 pm Lane: OPEN (any lane we choose) Meet Starts: 4:15 pm Saturday AM Warmups: 8:00 – 8:30 am Second Warmup Session Lane: 7...

Hello Swim Families! Please see the following information for this weekend’s Districts Championships. Warmup Times Friday PM – Girls & Boys – Session 1 Warmup Time: 12:00 – 12:30 pm Lane 8 Meet Starts: 1:30 pm Timers Required: 1 Saturday AM – Girls – Session 2 Warmup Time: 8:00 – 8:30 am Lane 2 Meet Starts: 9:00 am Timers Required: 0 Saturday PM – Boys – Session 3 Warmup Time: 1:00 – 1:30 pm Lane 6 Meet Starts: 2:10 pm Timers Required: 1 Sunday AM – Girls – Session 4...

Hello Swim Families! This is a reminder that tomorrow morning we will host our annual Swim-a-Thon fundraiser at Manhattan City Park Pool! All groups will swim from 7:00 am to 8:45 am. Parents, we request that you help your swimmer(s) keep track of their laps during practice. Depending on a swimmer's age and experience, they will be aiming for either 100 or 200 laps. That might sound like a lot, though it's actually within the normal range a swimmer does in practice, depending on their group. That said, swimming 100...

Hello Swim Families! Due to storms in the area, White, Minnows, and Summer League practice has bancelled for today, Monday, July 21st. Tomorrow, practice will be held exclusively from 7:00 am to 8:45 am for our annual Swim-a-thon fundraiser, so show up ready to swim 100 or 200 laps, depending on your group level, goals, and experience! More info to come! Thank you, -Coach Reid

Hello Swim Families! Here is a run-down of everything you need to know about the Sunflower State Games which will take place on Sunday, July 20. First and foremost, during warmups, swimmers must enter the pool using a 3-point entry. What that means is, a swimmer must sit down on the gutter, easing themselves down with one hand as an anchor (point 1), then sit their hips down on the pool deck/gutter (point 2), and then use their other hand to ease them into the water (point 3). This is...