Marlins News

We are already getting in the 3rd week of October, days are getting shorter, cooler ... and practice is getting harder! Our swimmers are doing a great job at staying focused on the December meets and trying not to let the challenging practices shake their determination. The group 4 swimmers are very excited to have added a couple of "torture" instruments at practice. It will take some getting use to it but the new snorkel and paddles will help a lot.

View of the girl's side of the pool.

We have just participated in our second away meet of the season at Indian Valley in Novato on October 9th and 10th. Although the meet felt a bit chaotic with girls and boys swimming at the same time (at both end of the pool), it was a good demonstration of where the kids are at in their training. 23 swimmers participated in the event, mostly group 3 and 4 swimmers, but we did have a few younger kids represented by Alyssa Mulligan (7) and Amelia Downs (9) who swim in her first away meet ever (good Job!). 40% best time is below what we usually do at meets, but this early in the season it makes sense. Worth noting that our swimmers only collected 2 disqualifications out of 109 races. What is unusual is the fact that we had 5 new team records during the meet. James Beard improved his one year old record on the 9-10 500 free, and Jared Sears broke 3 eight year old records in the 15-16 200 free, 100 back and 200 IM and one seven year old record in the 200 back. Good job to all of you!

This last weekend, a few of our swimmers decided it would be a good idea to go swim in cold water and participated in the Tiburon Mile. Congratulation to Adam Loo, Isabella Salmi and Jared Sears.  Its been just over 24 hours so everyone should be thawed out by now and the good news is no Marlins were part of the 6 swimmers that had to be rescued due to the cold conditions.  Besides the rain and overcast sky an article in today's IJ mentioned because of the large number of swimmers (850) there was a longer wait on the beach so people were chilled going into the water.  

Take a wild guess! Was this picture taken before or after the race? You go guys!

We are now getting ready for our Saturday home meet (The Spooky Plunge) and hope to get good weather for the event. I you haven't done so yet, please take the time to sign-up. Of course I would be happy to help. NBA will be bringing a small crew to the meet and I hope to see a lot Marlins swimmers attending.

We are still planning on attending an away meet on November 20-21 (most likely in Oakland or the peninsula) more on this as soon as I have some info about our option. Regardless, this will be a meet that will not give us a long time to register for it, as soon as you get my e-mail announcement I suggest you sign-up.

Last but not least, the Fort Bragg meet is back on and just got posted. It is the same weekend as JOs and will be serving swimmers who didn't qualify for Junior Olympics ... or who are too old (15 and over). Now you are thinking Fort Bragg!!! Is he nuts? ... I know that a 3 hour drive is not everyone's favorite, but concider going for both days and spending the nigh there. It is an indoor pool with a really fun and attractive format for the meet (relays and team scoring). I will be sending you a specific e-mail shortly about the event.