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Even though some events included 25 heats (140 swimmers) Mighty Marlin Swimmers were among the tops! Top 16 finishers included: Maggie Delaney-3,3,4,5 / Christina Domanowski-1,1,1,2 / Jennifer Domanowski-1,1,9 / Moegan Ginnis-1,6,8,16 / Rachel Hartmeyer-15 / Mel Lofton-14 / Jeffrey Lozensky-2,3,3,5,7,7,9,10 / Sarp Orgul-1,2,3,3,4,5,5,7 / Bindi Pedersen-4,5,88,10,13,14,15 / Hannah Peseau-2,2,3,9 / Hannah Taylor-1,1,2,2,4,4,5,5 This was a good showing for such an early meet in the Long Course Season!
Each event had many heats and a lot of swimmers. Yet several Mighty Marlins won Rosette ribbons for top 6 finishes. Maggie Delaney led the way with a 1st, 7-2nds, and a 4th. Erin Delaney had a 5th and a 6th, and Burch Walker scored a 2nd, 3rd, and 2-5ths. Jennica Harper, Elle Lee, Piper Lee, and Mel Lofton all had multiple best times in this short course meters format!
At the Pac-Coast Invitational Swimmers competed in events with as many as 168 swimmers in them yet the Marlins still came out on top 16 times. Morgan Ginnis and Hannah Taylor had multiple wins and won the overall point total for their age group. Both Jennifer and Christina had more than 1 win as well and Christina ended up 2nd overal for 11-12 year olds and Jennifer was 3rd in the 15-16 age group. Other Marlins taking top 16 in individual events included: Melody Coleman, Oliver Durand, Spencer Girard, Rachel...
Maggie Delaney, Bindi Pedersen, and Sarp Orgul earned bobbleheads for winning the overall title in the Triple Pentathlon at Oak Harbor. Maggie and Bindi had the best overall time for 10 events, and Sarp had to endure 15 events including the 200 of each stroke and the 400 IM for his victory. Christina Domanowski, Jennifer Domanowski, Jewel LeValley, Jeffrey Lozensky, and Burch Walker each won awards for top 6 finishes overall on individual day pentathlons.
With only 17 swimmers at the meet the Marlins were 2nd, only outscored by perennial power KING. Several Marlins were victorious in more than 1 event. Often times the victories were in new meet records! Bindi Pedersen and Jennifer Domanowski each won 4 events. Bindi earned titles in the 50 & 100 fly, 200 IM, and 100 breaststroke. Jennifer won the 100 & 200 fly and 200 & 400 IM. Hannah Peseau was also a multiple winner in the 100 & 200 back, and 200 free. Christina was also a 3 time...
A lot of Marlin Swimmers won awards at the Painterman Invite at our own home pool! But the real winner was the club itself. This meet provides our swimmers a great chance to race together and have fun, but it is also a great meet for our parents to get together as volunteers, (make some money for the club), and get to know each other and work together towards their childs success. Congratulations, and thank you, to all those that helped make this meet a real inspiration for our swimmers. ...
The Middle Aged Marlins showed their own form of Marlin domination at their PNA Champs in Federal Way April 10th & 11th! Marcy Thill earned a medal for 3rd in the 100 backstroke battling through a blowout of her goggles. She also took 5th in the 100 breast and 10th in the 100 IM! Jan Coleman took silver for 2nd in the 100 breast and also scored a 5th in the 50 breast and 7th in the 100 IM! Kirby Schaufler utilized the strength he gained trying to keep up...
The Marlins Celebrated an amazing Short Course Season Friday Night April 9th at the beautiful Magnolia Hall. Most Outstanding medal award winners included: Leah Taylor, Bindi Pedersen, Christina Domanowski, Jeffrey Lozensky, Hannah Taylor, Morgan Ginnis, Jennifer Domanowski, Hannah Peseau, and Oliver Durand! Most Improved medal winners included: Maggie Delaney, Mel Lofton, John Snider, Rebekah Pusateri, Sarp Orgul, Rachel Hartmeyer, Jonathan Pusateri, and Andrew Winquist! Things went so quickly the swimmers looked a little blurry in all pictures! Over $400 was raised at the dessert auction conjured up by Katy Magee! ...
There were 2 meets in one at the Divisional Champs! The 12 & under swimmers swam a pentathlon and the 13 & over swimmers swam a prelims finals meet. Over 60 swimmers swam in each age group in the pentahlon. Of the 10 seperate divisions the Mighty Marlins took the overall title in 4 of those divisions. For the girls Leah Taylor won for 8 & unders, Bindi Pedersen won for 9 year olds, and Abby Magee took the 10 year old title! For the boys Sarp Orgul was the 12...
