Parent Meeting November 19, 2010 1.       Marlins Gear a.       Will have prices out shortly in the form of an email and will have the information at the table. b.      Plan to have deadline so orders will be ready by Christmas 2.       Karoline Coaching announcement a.       USA swimming no longer allows coaches that are under 18 years old effective 1/1/2011 b.      Karoline turns 18 on October 1, 2011 c.       Kirby will fill in Karoline’s hours for the period of 1/1 to 10/1 of next year d.      Karoline will help...

Many Mighty Marlins busted out best times at the Cascade meet in Seattle.  Sarp Orgul led the way with 8 best times totaling over 48 seconds.  Bindi Pederson totaled 7 best times, Maggie Delaney had 5, Mel Lofton and Christina Domanowski 4, Lawren Rainey, Leah Taylor, Madelynn Butler, Erin Delaney and Kara Libra 3, Corinne Bromagen, Spencer Girard, Emerson Jesus, Jeffrey Lozensky, and Cameron Chaplik 2, and Abby Magee and  Burch Walker with 1.

Jeffrey Lozensky swam best times in all 5 of his events on Sunday to take 4th place overall at the Chinook Pentathlon! Kara Libra also swam 5 best times earning a 5th place trophy.  Kyle Libra dropped over 3 seconds in his last event, the 200 IM, to earn the 6th place trophy. 3 swimmers = 3 trophies.  That is the way it goes down, in Marlin Town!!

Drew Preston, Leah Taylor, and Maggie Delaney added to their PNS Champs event list by blistering the water with best times.  Drew hit PNS Times in the 100 and 200 backstroke.  Maggie added the 200 free to her resume, and Leah added the 100 IM and 500 free.  The trio also had multiple finishes in the top 8 as did Toria with a 1st, Erin with 2-2nds, Jonathan and Micki each with a 2nd, Rebekah with a 3rd and 4th, Kara with 2-4ths, John S. took 6th, and Elle and Mel took...

The Marysville-Pilchuck High School Girls stood on the brink of history after 11 events at the Wesco 4A District Meet at Kamiak High School on Saturday Nov. 6th.  Going into the 12th and final event they were tied with Snohomish at 391 points, with Kamiak lurking only 10 points back at 381.  Fortunately the Tommies had the powerful 400 free relay of Jewel LeValley, Karoline Schaufler, Melody Coleman, and Hannah Taylor up and ready to take on the challenge. The relay, in spectacular fashion, won the final event of the...

Thanks to the LeValleys for delivering nearly 100 Pumpkins to our Annual Pumpkin Relays.  Fun was had by all!  From now on, to honor the LeValleys for all they do for the Marlins, the Pumpkin Relays will be known as the LePumpkin Relays!

  Bindi # 1 in the USA in Early Rankings! Way to go Bindi! 1 4045 Pedersen, Bindi 1 1 1 1 F 9 & Under 9 PN Mighty Marlins Swim Club 2 3919 Isleta, Chloe 1 1 1 1 F 12 12 PC Rovella's Athletic Club 3 3868 Meilus, Emily 1 1 1 1 F 11 11 PV The Fish 4 3852 Light, Aislinn 2 1 1 1 F 11 11 CA Irvine Novaquatics 5 3804 Gwennap, Lea 3 2 2 2 F 11 11 PV The Fish 6...

The Marlins again hosted a fabulous swim meet.  So many Marlins won ribbons that our awards ceremony took 15 minutes. Many of our younger Marlins swam incredible races and improved their times!  Here are the number of best times: Karl-2, Leif-5, Toria-5, Corinne-4, Madelynn-5, Lauren-3, Hannah D.-2, Erin-2, Maggie-8, Connor-4, Christina-7, Jennifer-4, Jack-1, Spencer-4, Jennica-6, Rachel-1, Thea-2, Lyric-2, Emerson-7, Mackenzie-1,, Elle-6, Piper-3, Kara-3, Kyle-4, Luke-7, Mel-7, Hannah L.-4, Nathaniel-4, Abby-5, Grace-1, Sarp-4, Bindi-3, Hannah P.-1, Tony-4, Drew-7, Jonathan-3, Luke P.-2, Rebekah-1, Lawren-2, Paige-4, Emma-3, Bethany-4, John-3, Kaili-3, Leah-6, Jonathan-2, Josh-3,...

The Mighty Marlins had a lot of very good swims for so early in the season.  Marlins with 1 or more best times included:  Madelynn Butler-3, Cameron Chaplik-3, Hannah Davis-7, Erin Delaney-1, Maggie Delaney-3, Christina Domanowski-4, Emerson Jesus-1, Kara Libra-6, Kyle Libra-3, Mel Lofton-5, Nathaniel Ludwig-6, Abby Magee-3, Micki McDonough-1, Justin Murrell-1, Sarp Orgul-5, Bindi Pedersen-5, Jonathan Pusateri-5, Rebekah Pusateri-6, Paige Sappington-1, Emma Savidge-1, Klayton Schaufler-1, John Snider-1, Burch Walker-4, and Andrew Winquist-2! The highlights of the meet included Rebekah just missing a PNS Champs time in the 50 and...

Thanks to the great job at our annual Swim-A-Thon fundraiser the Marlins reached their goal and thus were rewarded with the yearly promised Pizza Party!  Fun was had by all and Skyler Walker walked off with the computerized Swimming watch and Paige Sappington scored a nice nearly new Marlins Parka!