It's almost championship season time as we enter the last month of the Long Course (50-meter pool) season. The championship season begins with Division II, followed by Sectionals, Oklahoma Age Group Championships, Junior Nationals, and Central Zones Championships. We have swimmers competing in all levels! So how can you best prepare your athlete? With good nutrition and plenty of rest. Start now by reading these tips compiled by USA Swimming. Fueling for Performance COMPILED BY CHARLENE BOUDREAU, FORMERLY OF USA SWIMMING   Fueling for Performance is… Always having a full...

KMSC Boosters have an excellent opportunity to raise funds for our booster club, while also supporting Oklahoma Swimming and the sport our children enjoy so much. From Aug. 1-3, OCCC will be host to the Central Zones 14 & Under Swimming Championships, a meet that showcases the top swimmers in nine LSCs, including nearby neighbors Arkansas and Kansas and faraway states such as North Dakota and Wisconsin. These swimmers ages 14 and under must achieve AAA time standards to qualify. It's no easy feat, and it's a HUGE accomplishment when...

2014 KMSC Team Merchandise Team suits, which include our KMSC logo, are now available on our online team store via D&J Sports. Team suits must be ordered by July 9 to be received by our championship meets (Division II, Age Groups, Sectionals, Junior Nationals). Please remember that custom suits cannot be returned, so please be sure to check your order. If you're unsure of your swimmer's suit size, you may try on one of our sizing kit suits (more details to come) or drop by D&J Sports at the Lighthouse.  To access the D&J Sports...

This month's edition of The Inside Lane is chock full of great reading for families and swimmers. Parents, please be sure to share it with your young athletes, as there are articles that will help them improve in practice and inspire them to dream big. In Coaches' Corner, Coach Josh shares how to get the most from a set in practice. The answer may surprise you. Sectional swimmer Craig Tompkins gives us an inside look into the Central Zone Select Camp he attended earlier this summer. Also, check out a...

Are you receiving regular emails from KMSC coaches and the KMSC Booster Club? You should be! Please check your inbox (for the email you used to create your KMSC account) for recent emails. If you don't see any, check your Spam folder. It is possible that your email account has blocked emails generated by Team Unify, the platform used for our website. Unsure? Please contact KMSC Coach Kathy Mendez or KMSC parent Laura Healy for help. If you're not receiving emails or checking them regularly, you're missing: information on event...

Chocolate milk may give swimmers an advantage when they consume it as a recovery drink. The new findings by Indiana University researchers were released at the American College of Sports Medicine's annual conference. Researchers found that when collegiate swimmers recovered with chocolate milk after an intensive swim, they swam faster in time trials the same day.  “Chocolate milk is an ideal recovery drink. It’s a ‘real food,’ has the right carb to protein ratio athletes need and it’s less expensive than many alternatives,” said Joel Stager, PhD, lead researcher at...

The summer practice schedule for all groups has been announced. Please go to the Team Information tab --> Practice Schedule for details. Also, please note that Mitch Park will be offering morning practices for ALL groups. This gives KMSC families the option to practice earlier in the day to accommodate summer schedules. Questions? Please contact your swimmer's coach.

Find out whether Coach Kathy would jump out of an airplane, the breakdown of championship meets for age-group swimmers, what Coach Josh feels about our KMSC parents, and how Coach John feels about his seniors' pacing of races so far this season in the latest Coaches' Corner. Log onto www.kingmarlin.com  and visit Team Information --> Coaches' Corner to read more.

This month's issue of The Inside Lane, a joint publication of KMSC and the King Marlin Swim Club Boosters, features the Marlin Mini-Meets, a wrap-up of our spring banquet, salutes our graduating seniors and more. To read the latest edition, please log into www.kingmarlin.com, then go the Team Information tab and select Newsletter.  Thank you to our newsletter contributors, including Laura Callahan, Heather Applegate, John Brown, Kathy Mendez, Josh Everett, Missy Moore, Ellen Bebout and Kathy Dwyer. It takes a team effort to produce this newsletter, and we're thankful for all of their...

Congratulations to Craig Tompkins for being selected to attend the Central Zone Select Camp on May 22-25 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Craig, who is the only Oklahoma swimmer on the camp roster, was selected based on his IMX score.  The Zone Select Camps, held in the four zones across the country, are an opportunity to identify emerging young athletes and offer them a unique motivational and educational experience. USA Swimming's IMX series calculates scores for swimmers in each age group based on power points awarded to certain events. Learn more here....