January Swimmers of the Month Senior/National Group Pre-Senior Group Gold Group Rachel Vandermeyden. Rachel's endurance has improved greatly over the past month. She has exceled at practice, especially on our distance free sets. Her work ethic shows that she is serious about fast swimming at state meet and age group sectionals. Congratulations and good luck at the upcoming meets! Kelly Bogensberger. Kelly has been working hard all season. She consistently comes to practice ready to push herself. This month, Kelly achieved her first state time in the 200 Backstroke...congratulations Kelly...

Have you checked out our website lately? It's the best place to get the most up-to-date information about practice changes, upcoming events, and other cool stuff featuring the team. Check out the NEW ADDITIONS - Black Marlins win Battle of the Marlins II, Hannah Gourdie's Awesome Video, and December Swimmers of the month (catch them before they are gone!!!). Look for more exciting news as we get updates from State and other Championship Meets! Go to www.swimsmrt.com for everything SMRT!

Marlins! My apologies...Abigail Boling also achieved new state cuts in the 100 Back and 200 IM at last weekend's intrasquad meet. Regards, Coach Tara

Hello Team- Congratulations to all of the Marlins that competed in our Saturday Night Special last weekend. From our Mini-Marlins competing for the first time to our seniors racing in their last intrasquad meet, we had a great team turn-out and fun was had by all. The Black Marlins, led by captain Chris Graham, won the meet- nice job! Thank you to David Parler, meet director, for putting on a great event. Also, thank you to all of our parent volunteers for making the event possible. Some notables: 172 best...

SMRT had a great meet last weekend at the Mrytle Beach Lower State Qualifier. We had 113 best times, 13 A's, 65 BB's and 39B times and also 12 new state cuts. Congrats to the following swimmers with new state cuts!...Kelly Bogensberger (200 back), Emma Greig (500 free, 200 IM, 50 fly, 100 IM), Chloe Harrell (50 fly), Delaney Stone (1000 free), Melissa Williams (200IM, 400 IM), and Jakob Obenaus (200 free, 500 free and 200 back). Coach Leslie

Marlins- We will have 4 teams for this Saturday Night Special. Swimmers are encouraged to wear a tshirt of their team's color. Thank you! SMRT Coaching Staff Blue Marlins White Marlins Black Marlins Red Marlins Elijah Bohon- captain Jessica Baynes Helen Beischel Ashleigh Bennett Malia Borg Christina Brown Hannah Craig Tabitha Dorsey Stevie Dupree Mason Harmon Josey Jennings Sammy Kraft Aryton Leichner Jayme Lifrieri Gavin Milligan Walton Moseley Elizabeth Moseley Owen Navarro Wesley Ogles Cailin Proctor Cody Rea Joe Riddell Callie Temkin Huiwen Wang Elaine Zhou Katie Houle- captain Skyler...

Hello Marlins- Due to the City holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr Day, we will adjust our practice schedule for Monday, January 17th. All groups will practice at WLS. Practice times are below. Mini-Marlins- 4:45-5:30 Bronze- 2:45-3:30 p.m. Silver- 5:30-7:00 p.m. Gold- 3:00-4:30 p.m. Pre-Senior- 4:30-6:00 p.m. Senior/National- 7:30-9:00 a.m. and 4:30-6:00 p.m.

We had a great Grand Prix meet this weekend at WLS! SMRT swimmers had 79 best times, 41 B times and 21 BB times. We also had 6 new state cuts at the meet: Callie Temkin, Emma Greig and Robby Gourdie in the 100 free, Emma Greig and Callie Temkin in the 200 free, and Elizabeth Moseley in the 100 fly. Way to go swimmers!

December Swimmers of the Month Senior/National Group Pre-Senior Group Gold Group Sara Stansell is swimmer of the month. Sara returned to practice this month from a back injury and has done a great job getting to work. Her attendance at practice has been consistent and every week as her endurance is getting better. Keep up the good work Sara and you're sure to meet your goals this season! Jakob Obenaus is the swimmer of the month. Jakob has really stepped up his intensity at practice. He has wowed me on...

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