Pacific Coast Marlins Swim Club

It is so hard not to love and enjoy our home meets. I am always so impressed with all the effort and great swimming throughout the meet. Our first home meet of the season did not disappoint. We ended up with 22 swimmers that did 79 events not to include the relays. Most swimmers did a relay too. Out of the 79 swims, we had 61 best times giving the team a 77% improvement…Much better than I thought being the beginning of the season. Great starting point to go from! There were 6 new marlin swimmers (though I know 4 of them have done meets before), welcome to Marlins swim meets, Vera, Jack, Gigi, JJ, Axel, and Audrey. All of our returning Marlins didn’t have it easy as there were 13 new swims. Everyone stepped up out of their comfort zone and showed off some great swimming.
My favorite stat of the meet, we have a new Team Record. Congratulations Axel who now holds the 8 & under boys 50 breast stroke record of 49.54.
Looking forward to a great 25-26 swim season!
Go Marlins!

We had 10 Marlins brave the cold rain to swim in 35 different events. NBA had about the same, so the meet went quickly and we skipped the relays. I was quite impressed with the 21 best times. It can be hard to be at your best when you are trying to stay warm. But yes, the team had 60% improvement in the elements. Caroline & Sophie swam their first meet as a 9-year-olds so tried many new events having to swim a 50 instead of a 25. (Karolina’s first meet as a 9 year old too, but she went to 50’s as an 8 year old). All in all, a great start to 2025 swim meets.

What a day for a home meet. Anyone who was here last year remembers how cold and rainy it was. Which is why I didn’t decide to do this meet until Monday. For a last minute meet, it was a great turn-out. Marlins ended up with 15 swimmers, 2 which were junior marlins that have been out of the water for the last month.
We started out with a full team relay and this was probably my favorite part of the meet (of course besides all the great swimming). All groups working together for a Medley Relay. And it was a close race throughout. After the relay, the swimmers had 59 events among them. Out of the 59 individual events there were 37 best times giving the team an improvement of 62%. 6 swimmers tried new events and for the first time, I don’t think anyone backed out of an event that they were added into. Everyone swam all events and put everything into it. Can’t ask for much more than that which is why we ended the day (or at least the meet) with well deserved donut. Great job Marlins.

What a beautiful day for the Annual Spooky Plunge Swim Meet. NBA joined us again for a day of pumpkins and decorations. Transformed into a butterfly, I got front row seat into the action. Marlins ended up with 31 swimmers that swam 94 events. That was just individual events. Most swimmers swam in 1-2 relays in addition to their events.
9 new Marlins tried out the swim meet, welcome to meets, Emma, Soren, Charlotte, Olivia, Ava, Ayda, Maggie, Quinn, and Leo. 4 Additional Marlins tried new events today, great job Hollis, Zade, Caroline, and Zoey.
Out of the 94 individual events, we had 64 best times. Which means Marlins improved 68%. Not bad for a day of pumpkin swimming. (I am sure the candy high may have helped!).
Want more racing, you can still sign up for Rohnert Park Nov. 9-10 or Santa Rosa Dec. 14-15. We may still put on one more home meet as well. Stay tuned!

The best part of my day, seeing all the results and giving a little summary. Marlins lucked out with no rain though it was a bit chilly. But with only 10 swimmers (NBA had less than 15 as well) we were able to stay in the pool for warmth. Our 10 swimmers swam 33 events not including the relays. Everyone also did at least one of the relays, most did both. We even had two new swimmers, welcome to swim meets Juliette & Rose. Avery also conquered a new swim the 50 free. Always great to try new things. There were 23 best times giving the team a 69% improvement.
The numbers are great to see, but seeing the swimming (what swimming I could see) and the amount of improvement in the strokes is what really is fun about these home meets. Great Job Marlins.

School is close to being out, so Marlins put together a small meet to show off our skills. And what a great way to start the summer, or almost summer. We ended up with 23 swimmers swimming in 81 events. And that doesn’t include relays. We had some fun with the relays and mixed the whole team up for the medley relays. It was fun seeing the different groups swim together as a team.
Out of the 81 events, the team had 58 best times giving the team a 71% improvement. And you could see it in the swimming. 4 swimmers had never tried a meet before, welcome Jane, Sadie, Lauren & Blake. 9 of the events were swum for the first time.
The swimmers definitely were showing off all of their hard work. They all looked great out there. Looking forward to a summer full of more swimming and improvement.

It was a mix of a light rain to just being a bit cold, but that did not deter 12 Marlins from swimming their hearts out and being rewarded with hot chocolate & donuts. It was really a meet to try things that they might be wary of at a USA swimming meet. 7 out of the 12 swimmers tried a new event. The 12 swimmers swam 41 events total. I decided not to do the relays as the meet was going to go very quickly and they already had tons of swimming to do. The team had 28 best times, giving us a 68% team improvement. A great way to end the first session of a long season. I can’t wait for our next meets in the Winter session.

Weekend swim meet in Novato. Great facility

Well, that was one of the biggest meets we have had in several years. And we pulled it off. Thank you for all of the volunteers. It really makes a difference. Marlins ended up with 33 swimmers that swam 97 individual events (that doesn’t include the extra relays).Of those 33 swimmers, we had 5 new swimmers. Welcome to swim meets Quentin, Andrew, Erik, Bea, and Alina. The remaining swimmers also tried new swims. There were 18 new events being a new stroke or a longer swim. Great job Henry, Mia, Sophie, Luca, Sean, Sonda, Zoe, and Sarah. The team had 77 best times giving us a 79% improvement. I didn’t need that statistic to tell me, the swimmers look great out there.

What a way to end Winter session and a great way to start Junior Marlins Spring 1. We invited Montclair and North Bay Aquatics to join us in a small home meet to practice our racing. Marlins had 26 swimmers swimming 81 events (not including relays). Almost half….12 swimmers had never been to a meet before. I am not sure, but I think that is the most first timers I have had at a swim meet. Welcome to racing Kainoa, Karolina, Oliver, Vivian, Sean, Sonda, Claire, Elanor, Maris, Zoe, Charlotte, and Maya. I hope you guys had as much fun as I did seeing you swim. Out of the other 14 swimmers, there were 9 new events swum. You could say the meet was all about trying new swims. The team had 67 best times which puts is at 83%.

Another Spooky Plunge….Another fun time.
The rain managed to stay away long enough to get through the meet, but unfortunately could not do anything with the cold. The swimmers managed as best they could and kept smiles on their faces. We hosted NBA and it was great to have another team there with us. We ended up with 43 swimmers showing off the spooky plunge caps. Those 43 swimmers swam a total of 133 swims (not counting the pumpkin or blind swims!). There were 103 best times for a team rate of 77%. Great Job Marlins!
There were 4 new swimmers at the meet. Welcome Lexi, Lily, Lucy, and Zoey. Once you start meets, you want to keep coming back. There were several swimmers to try new events, especially longer events that they are not used to. Great job Marlowe, Phoebe, Tate, Ellie (in relay), Ava, Sophia, Emma, Russell, Mia, Lola, Luke, Ada, Evie, Vivi, Miren, Violet, Amalia, and Evelynne.
Our next meet is an away, sanctioned meet in Novato. November 13-14. It closes Wednesday November 3rd. You can sign up on Fast swims.
Go Marlins!