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Sixteen Mighty Marlins combined for 42 top 8 finishes at the Spring Finale in Anacortes this weekend. Jacob Christy and Anna Paul led the way with top 8 finishes in all 6 of Their events. Jacob was victorious in 3 of those events and Anna was in 2. The only other victory for the Marlins was Ava Thompson winning the hotly contested 200-backstroke! Gavin Plano and Riley Tallquist hit top 8 in 5 events, Ben Clark, Hallie Higgins, Layne Kopischka and Ava Thompson had 3. Marlins with 2 top 8...
Twenty-two Mighty Marlins earned medals for top 6 overall in the Marlins Madness Meet in Snohomish. In this unique format, the times from all 6 swims are added together, and the swimmer with the best composite time in their age group wins. Aside from the 22 Marlins finishing 2nd through 6th, one swimmer was first overall. Skye Swanson won the girls 10-year old age group, earning a trophy. Medal winners included: In 2nd: Ben Clark, Alora de Vera, Anna Paul, Ava Thompson, Jules Wilson, and Ava Wright. 3rd: Gavin Plano,...
Mighty Marlins hard work is paying off, as they hit 61 best times at the SRST Champs Qualifier in Snohomish this weekend. Ava Wright and Layne Kopischka led the way. Ava had 9 best times, dropping a total of over 141 seconds (Almost 21/2 minutes). Layne had similar drops with 8 best times totaling over 48 seconds. Other Marlins sporting best times included: Zach Mullen and Kadie Whall 6 each, Luke Mullen, Rylee Whall, and Whitney Bianchi 4 each, Zoey Getty and Ben Clark notched 3 best times, those with...
Two Relays stuffed with Marlins competed at the Washington State 3A Championship Meet in Federal Way last weekend. Marysville Getchell swam both the 200 Medley and 200 Free relays. The team of Ryker Lichtenberg, Allen Pringle, Jacob Christy, and Cameron Leary took 18th in the 200 Medley relay and 22nd in the 200 Free relay. Allen also competed in the individual 100 Breaststroke, where he took 11th while setting a new school record of 59.61. Stanwood also swam the 200 Medley relay narrowly missing finals taking 17th place. The team...
At Finals, in the 3A High School District Swim Championships, Marlin swimmers repeatedly dropped tons of time and improved their placing drastically. Allen Pringle led the way for the Marysville Getchell Boys. He took 5th in the 200 IM and 3rd in the 100 Breaststroke, and locked up a birth at state in the breaststroke, since the top 4 swimmers in each event qualify for the State Championship, next weekend in Federal Way! Jacob Christy also swam great in finals claiming 9th in both the 200 IM and 100 Butterfly....
Multiple Marlins scored top 8 finishes at the TAC Pentathlon and Distance Meet in Anacortes. Leading the way were Anna Paul and Riley Tallquist with 6 top 8 finishes each. Lennon Bain and Layne Kopischka scored 5 top 8 finishes each. Swimmers with 4 top 8 finishers were: Ben Clark and Ava Thompson. Katherine Carlson, Alora de Vera, and Rylee Whall had 3 each, Ryan Christy, and Kadie Whall 2 each, and Whitney Bianchi, Kirby Schaufler, Sophia Whall, Hannie Wilson, and Jules Wilson each tallied 1 top 8 finish. Swimmers...
Allen Pringle put together a great 200 breaststroke at the Washington Open in Federal Way. Allen’s time was a new Mighty Marlins Swim Club record. He made finals in that event which featured top flight teams from Washington, 6 other states, and teams from Canada as well! Way to go Allen! Way to go Mighty Marlins!
