A small but tough crew swam at the Storm Distance Meet in Lake Stevens! Christina Domanowski was the fastest 1000 swimmer at the meet posting a 10:52.84, Abby Magee was 6th with a 12:07.52, and Maggie Delaney, as a 10 year old competing against all ages, swam 14:17.20 for 19th.  In the 1650 Jeffrey Lozensky swam an impressive 18:31.94 for 2nd, just missing the Senior PNS Qualifying time!

Mighty Marlin Swimmers returned from the Q-Meet in Federal Way with a boat load of Ribbons. Marlins with at least 1 victory included: Bindi Pedersen-200 fly, 200 breast / Karlie Rimat-200 free / Erin Delaney-200 fly, 400 IM / Elle Lee-200 free, 100 fly, 500 free / Sarp Orgil 400 IM. Marlins with at least 1 top 16 finish included: John Snider-3,4,8,9 / Ben Veazey-11,16,16 / Burh Walker-2,5,10,11 / Emerson Jesus-3,6,6,14 / Piper Lee-12 / Mel Lofton- 5,6,11,12 / Nathaniel Ludwig-14 / Josh Murrell-10,12,12,12.  Lawren Rainey and Emma Savidge also...

Mighty Marlin Swimmers showed they could swim all the strokes and swim them well at the Chinook Pentathlon. Jeffrey Lozensky had the best overall showing taking 2nd in his age group.  Elle Lee and Kara Libra were 4th, and Madelynn Butler was 5th!  Mary Grossenbacher, Garrett Huck, Lyric Ingram, Piper Lee, and Skyler Walker also swam well registering many best times! Way to go Multi-Talented Marlins!

Many Marlins combined for 36 best times at the Cascade Fall Back Meet in Seattle.  Maggie Delaney, Emerson Jesus, Mel Lofton, and Bindi Pedersen led the way with 4 best times each.  Christina Domanowski, Lynnae Elders, Rebekah Pusateri, and Grace Williams had 3 each.  Swimmers with 2 best times included: Abby Magee, Reagan McCormick, and Jonathan Pusateri, and Erin Delaney and Leah Taylor had 1 best time each! Keep Improving Mighty Marlins!

Normal Pumpkin Relays was complete chaos!

Nathaniel, Jeffrey, Abby and Jonathan led the way at the October Challenge with each achieving 7 best times.  Sarp, Rebekah, and Anna had 5 best times each, Thea, Kara, Leah, Josh M. and Benjamin added 4, Maggie H., Lawren, Hannah V. and Skyler all had 3 best times, Bindi, Kaili, Raymon, Burch and Colin chipped in 2 each and Holden, Madelynn, Maggie D., Christina, Mary, Lyric, Elle, Piper, Mel, Isaac and Emma each had 1 best time!  Total the Mighty Marlins had 96 best times!  Way to improve Marlins!

The Mighty Marlins started the season with a lot of best times at the Fall Thunderbird in Anacortes.  Several swimmers added PNS qualifying times a well.  Placing 3rd was a total team effort as all swimmers contributed by scoring points in at least 2 individual events. Bindi led the way with 10 1st place finishes and Christina was close behind with 8.  Madelynn and Elle each also scored first place finishes .  Marlins with 1 or more top 6 finishes included: Toria with 4, Holden-1, Erin-1, Maggie-10, Garrett-3, Kara-1, Mel-8, Jeffrey-5, Abby-10, Josh...

Here are a few pictures of our baby girl Madeleine! Thank you to all the Mighty Marlins for your generous gifts and thank you to the whole team for being so wonderful.  I will see you all again on the pool deck come November. ~Coach Meredith    

  Welcome baby Madeleine Rose Johanna Jenks, born August 30, 2011 at 8:02 am.  She weighs 8 lbs,  6 ounces and 20 inches in length.  She's a healthy baby girl, and she and mom are doing well.  Congratulations to the Jenks family!

From reporter Gary Pedersen! (Referring to the Western Zone Meet in California.) “Kirby, Bindi said the trip, the area, the swimming were all awesome.  She met the top 10 year olds in the country.  She gave the top breaststroker and the top butterflyer a great race but finished second in both setting a new PNS record in the 100 breaststroke, 1:22:41 and a best time in the 100 fly of 1:11:71.  She got 2nd in the 200 IM with a new PNS record of 2:42:21, got third in the 200 free...