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Bindi Pedersen won the 8& under girls age group setting the tone for the older Marlin girls who nearly swept all the trophies for overall winners. Jensen Corbett took the 9 year olds trophy, Christina Domanowski won for the 10 year olds. Micki McDonough was the 13 year old champ, and Karoline Schaufler was first for the 15 & over girls. Several other Marlins were in the top 6 overall with impressive swims. Second place finishers included: Abby Magee, Jonathan Pusateri, Jacob Blomberg, Hannah Aikman (in her first ever...
Leave it to the Marlins to take a Holiday like Thanksgiving and turn it into a Rubber Duck Relay day!
Marlin Swimmers continued to drop times in event after event at the Age Group Invite at Kamiak. Abby Magee made her first ever PNS time in the100 butterfly and set the tone as many other Marlins added to their impressive resume of Pacific Northwest Swimming Association Championship events. Serena Corbett, Spencer Girard, Rachel Hartmeyer, Jewel LeValley, Madison Rossnagle, Bindi Pedersen, and Hannah Vincelette all added PNS Qualified swims. It is going to be quite a meet in 2 weeks at PNS Champs!
Karoline, fresh off her trip to Girls High School State, swam2 best times and won 3 events at this years Q-Meet. Her victories were in the 100 and 200 yard breaststroke and in the 200 IM. She also took second in the 100 butterfly. Erin Delaney also had a great meet achieving her first ever Gold time. Other Marlins with best times included: Jacob Blomberg, LJ Bowden, Ava Commissariat, Kelly Johnson, Abby Magee, Micki McDonough, Leah Taylor, and Walker Burch.
Josh Estella, Bindi Pedersen, and Rachel Hartmeyer all won the overall Championship in their age group, at the prestigious Chinook Pentathlon in Mercer Island! Christina Domanowski also earned a trophy for 3rd overall, and Abby Magee was 4th.
Many Marlins imroved their times at the Salmon Bay Senior Meet, but the most impressive swim of the weekend was turned in by Jennifer Domanowski in the 200 yard butterfly. She easily won beating Olympic Trials swimmer Katie Kinnear. More importantly her time of 2:04.18 bettered the Nationals time standard of 2:05.09. Congratulations Jenny you have taken the Marlin's to a new level of swimming!
Our Marlins only had 34 swimmers at the meet but they were a Mighty crew winning 40 events on their way to a strong 2nd place finish. Marlins with victories include: Serena Corbett-100 breast, Christina Domanowski-100 IM, 50 & 100 breast, 50 & 100 fly, 50 & 100 free, Jennifer Domanowski-100 IM, 50 & 100 fly, 50 & 100 back, 100 free, Spencer Girard-50 breast, Aaron Goff-50 fly, Bindi Pedersen-50 breast, 50 fly, Hunter Reinhardt-100 IM, 50 breast, Holly Shoemaker-100 IM, 50 & 100 free, 50 & 100 back, 50...
Many Mighty Marlins boasted multiple best times at the October Challenge breaking several team records and qualifying for PNS Champs. These Marlins lit up the pool with the following number of best times: Jacob Blomberg-4, Brody Coleman-2, Melody Colman-4, Jensen Corbett-1, Erin Delaney-7 (including a nearly 2 minute drop in the 500 free), Maggie Delaney-7, Christina Domanowski-8, Jennifer Domanowski-2, Oliver Durand-8, Spencer Girard-2, Rachel Hartmeyer-9, Abby Magee-6, Micki McDonough-3, Bindi Pedersen-9, Nathan Schaffer-7, Shelby Schumann-8, Holly Shoemaker-10, Hannah Taylor-1, Leah Taylor-5, Hannah Vincelette-5. Way to improve Marlins!
