Congratulations to the following swimmers who are ranked in the Top 10 of SC Swimming by Age Group and those who are in the Top 20 Times by Event These rankings are posted HERE TOP 10 - Age Group Top 20 - EVENT Abigail Boling Abigail Boling Ashleigh Bennett Andrew Mitchum August Hueske Ashleigh Bennett Ben Detar Bell Kissell Caty Hueske Ben Detar Chelsea Roberts Caty Hueske Christopher Graham Chelsea Roberts Dominic Carelli Christopher Graham Elaine Zhou Elaine Zhou Elijah Bohon Elijah Bohon Emma Gourdie Emma Gourdie Hannah Craig Emorie...

Hello Marlins- The practice schedule has been posted on our website under the "Training Groups" tabs. The only change is that our pre-senior, senior, and national groups do not have morning practices through April 17th. Mini-Marlins, Bronze, Silver, and Gold have no changes to their schedule. Thank you, SMRT Coaching Staff

Bill Sweezer sadly lost his life in an accident while on the way to a swim meet last week. Bill was a big part of South Carolina Swimming and served on the LSC with some of our current and former SMRT Volunteers. Please keep the Sweezer Family and the Rock Hill RAYS Swim Family in your thoughts and prayers as they struggle through this loss. Our hearts go out to his family, the RAYS Swim Club and all who knew him. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/03/14/2139721/team-swims-through-grief-for-committed.html

Congratulations to all SMRT swimmers that competed in the Age Group Sectionals meet last weekend in Nashville, TN. This meet is for swimmers aged 14 and under that meet qualifying times. 14 swimmers from SMRT competed in this meet. Some notables from the weekend: Team Scores SMRT Girls’ took 5thplace out of 42 teams Overall- SMRT finished 10thplace High Point Winners Sara Stansell, 13-14 Girls Top 3 Finishes Sara Stansell- 13-14 Girls, 1stplace- 400 IM 13-14 Girls 800 Free Relay-1stplace. Hannah Craig, Hannah Gourdie, Sara Stansell, Rachel Vandermeyden 13-14 Girls...

SMRT had a great meet in Spartanburg at the 8 & Under Championships with 55 best times and many 1st place finishers. The following swimmers won their events: Sammy Kraft (25 free, 50 free, 100 free, 25 breast, 50 breast, and100 IM), Emorie Thrasher (50 free and 100 free), Katie Sapozhnikov (25 fly, 100 IM, and 200 IM), Gavin Milligan (100 free, 200 free, 100 IM, 25 fly) and Zoe Szymanski (50 back). Congrats to all the swimmers who competed in the meet last weekend. They all did a wonderful...

Hello Marlins- Last weekend, Coach Ben traveled to Cary, NC with 4 of our senior level swimmers to compete at the 2011 Short Course Senior Sectionals meet. Congratulations to Elijah Bohon, Micah Bohon, Ben Detar, and Chelsea Roberts who qualified and attended this meet based on times they had achieved at meets this year. There was stiff competition and lots of it...in some events, nearly 150 swimmers raced! Some notables: Micah Bohon qualified for the finals in the 50 Free and placed 27th overall with a time of 24.60. Elijah...

February Swimmers of the Month Senior/National Group Pre-Senior Group Gold Group Ben Detar is the February swimmer of the month. Ben had a great state meet, qualifying for Senior Sectionals in 3 events. His commitment to swimming has been great; he is thinking long-term about where he'd like to swim in college. I can tell he has made some goals for himself, as he is focused in practice and has a great sense of purpose when gets on deck. Congratulations Ben! Melissa Williams is the February swimmer of the month....

SMRT had a great Grand Prix Champs this Saturday in Myrtle Beach. SMRT swimmers had 57 best times and we had several first place finishers. Grand Prix Champions: Maya Stefanelli: 50 fly and 500 free Jake McClave: 100 back, 50 breast and 500 free Andrew Mitchum: 50 back and 50 breast Katie Sapozhnikov: 100 IM, 50 back, and 50 fly Zach Moody: 50 breast and 100 breast Jarrod Roland: 100 breast Anna Grace Hickman: 50 breast If I have missed anyone, please let me know. The meet results have been...

Hello Swimmers and Parents, Below is a link to an article that I think every swimmer or athlete should read. It talks about resiliency and how to over come a bad race. Snice everyone will have a bad race at some point, everyone should benifit from reading this article. ABCS of Mental Training Thank you Coach Ben

Congratulations Marlins on a great state meet! SMRT Girls took 2nd place out of 19 teams SMRT Boys took 9th place out of 18 teams Overall, SMRT placed 3rd in the state (out of 20 teams) Please see below for some notables: INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPIONS: Mary Alice Dupree, 10 & under girls: 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 IM, 50 Fly, 100 Fly Kelsey Kraft, 10 & under girls: 500 Free Justin Lawrence, 10 & under boys: 50 Fly Emma Gourdie, 11-12 girls: 1650 Free Sara Stansell, 13-14 girls:...