Hello Marlins,

We put another meet in the books last week. We were outnumbered by quite a bit for the second week in a row and the overall result was a loss but we had fun, won some events and set some new benchmarks and goals so we can finish strong on this coming Tuesday. We are 2-2 & St. Marlo are 2-2 so we need to dig deep and get the win. It's important we avoid missed events and disqualifications so be sure to tell your swimmers to ask their coach any questions they have about how to do legal swims and be sure we're on top of the swimmers at the meet so they are lined up on time with their "gameface" on and ready to go.

We did have some more records broken and some more kids hit point markers....   but as always, let's take care of some housekeeping notes first...

I want to thank all the volunteers - we couldn't do it without you all.

• We are short 20 volunteers for this week's meet. One of the most important positions still open is Deck Manager - we need those filled. Remember, the home meets require a lot more help including parents with multiple swimmer(s) need to cover multiple shifts for the math problem to work.  Please go sign up under Meets & Events for open volunteer shifts...
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• After our Tuesday Meet we have our Marlinbration party 10am Thursday at our Longlake Pool. Please RSVP with the posted evite.
• We will have practice Wednesday and Thursday for those going to the Championship Meet at Georgia Tech on Friday - we'll confirm times tomorrow. 
• It will be an early arrival Friday morning to Georgia Tech - I'll be sending out a lot of details over the next couple of days but as far as arrival goes be thinking in the 7am time frame - we are the first team to enter and practice. Good news is we will be ahead of the majority of the morning commute traffic.

And now, the fun meet details...

We again want to give a special team player thanks to the many swimmers who "swum up" into older age groups and filled in for our age groups that have low numbers for this season. Times keep improving for all our swimmers, not just those who get listed below - it shows how great every member of the team is doing and it's exciting to see the progress. Keep it up Marlins!

We have a total of 45 swimmers who have reached 10 or more points this season, 28 have reached 20 points, 10 have surpassed 30 points, and 4 have surpassed 40 points.

Our top 10 in points:

Livvy Tenore, Maddox Taulbee, Riley Stamps, Rachael Brown, Brycn Freeman, Charlee Pfleger, Hayden Schwartz, Tyler Knopp, Luke Kim, Ella Kate Vonhaz.

Now to the RECORDS:

The following swimmers have accomplished times this season that fall into the top 5 all-time in an event they competed in - we added another 2 swimmers to the list this week making it a list of 46 swimmers, WOW!  Those in Bold have managed to make the list two weeks, those in Bold Italics have made the list 3 weeks, and added this week are the names in Underlined Bold Italics who have made the list all 4 weeks...

Aaron Thomas, Lawson Shivers, Maddox Taulbee, Jaden James, Rachel Ryles, Rachael Brown, Ava Grace Sestan, Sophie Burkus, Hannah Cooper, Brycn Freeman, Charlee Pfleger, Will Ryles, Tyler Knopp, John Tichy, Carson Adams, Nicolas Sato, Owen Lefkovitz, Kohen Taulbee, Collin Hardy, Hayden Swartz, Natalia Sato, Mary Ellen Tichy, Locke Shivers, Walker Taulbee, McKinlee Taulbee, Star Je, Livvy Tenore, Alyssa Knopp, Eden Tichy, Ethan Wong, Gavin Robertson, Om Mahajan, Emilia Adeimy, McKenna Fredenberg, Maddie Lucero, Ella-Kate Vonhaz, Rain Je, Haydn Swartz, Eli Adeimy, Riley Stamps, Aiden Thomas, James Fuhr, Jackson Brown, Madi Babbitt, Addie McGrath, Brayden Scheifflee

Many of those have achieved a top 5 all-time record in multiple events so Congrats to all of you - some of them also added a top time accomplishment.....

THOSE WHO SET ALL-TIME RECORDS THIS SEASON >

At the away Grand Cascades Meet:

EVENT 46, Men 15 & Over BACKSTROKE, 28.41 > BRYCN FREEMAN (13-14)

At the away Aberdeen Meet:

EVENT 11, WOMEN 15 & OVER 200 MEDLEY RELAY, 1:58.16 > , RACHEL RYLES, RACHAEL BROWN, AVA GRACE SESTAN, MCKINLEE TAULBEE

At the home Laurel Springs Meet:

EVENT 10, BOYS 13-14 200 MEDLEY RELAY, 1:55.47 > BRYCN FREEMAN, TYLER KNOPP, NICOLAS SATO, OWEN LEFKOVITS

EVENT 11, WOMEN 15 & OVER 200 MEDLEY RELAY, 2:05.75 > , RACHEL RYLES, RACHAEL BROWN, AVA GRACE SESTAN, SOPHIE BURKUS

EVENT 51, GIRLS 11-12 100 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY, 1:10.62 > CHARLEE PFLEGER

EVENT 65, WOMEN 15 & OVER 50 BREASTSTROKE, 33.72 > RACHAEL BROWN

EVENT 71, GIRLS 11-12 50 BUTTERFLY, 31.31 > CHARLEE PFLEGER

EVENT 73 GIRLS 13-14 50 BUTTERFLY, 27.03 > LIVVY TENORE

EVENT 75, WOMEN 15 AND OVER 50 BUTTERFLY, 29.90 > SOPHIE BURKUS

EVENT 84, BOYS 13-14 200 FREESTYLE RELAY, 1:46.06 > OWEN LEFKOVITZ, NICOLAS SATO, TYLER KNOPP, BRYCN FREEMAN

At the away Lake Forest Meet:

EVENT 10, BOYS 13-14 200 MEDLEY RELAY, 1:56.59 > BRYCN FREEMAN, TYLER KNOPP, NICOLAS SATO, OWEN LEFKOVITS

EVENT 51, GIRLS 11-12 100 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY, 1:12.41 > CHARLEE PFLEGER

EVENT 74, BOYS 13-14 50 BUTTERFLY, 26.79 > BRYCN FREEMAN

EVENT 75, WOMEN 15 AND OVER 50 BUTTERFLY, 30.04 > SOPHIE BURKUS

EVENT 84, BOYS 13-14 200 FREESTYLE RELAY, 1:46.37 > OWEN LEFKOVITZ, NICOLAS SATO, TYLER KNOPP, BRYCN FREEMAN

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON YOUR AWESOME ACCOMPLISHMENT!

All-Time Records - LONGLAKE MARLINS (swimtopia.com)

Yearly Records - LONGLAKE MARLINS (swimtopia.com)

Thanks to everyone for everything - see you at practice Monday morning.

GO MARLINS!