The Marlins faced a determined Russet team on Saturday and ended down by 5 points in a tough loss to its cross town neighbor. (Russet 278, Marlins 273). The coaches swam up Kazuki Reeves from age 11-12 to 13-14 to fill in for missing swimmers, with Kazuki winning all his events! Nathan Demik was able to keep the 11-12 boys solid with a triple win in all of his events as well. Sarah Mima won the 15-18 girls, 50M Fly and 50M Backstroke, not to be outdone, Sarah’s sister Audrey, won the 15-18 girls 50M Breaststroke. The Darif family added big points with wins by Addyson, (girls 13-14 50M free in 32.77, 50M Breastroke in 45.56), Braxton (boys 9-10 25M Backstroke in 23.58) and Lilly placing in several 15-18 girls events. Jair Jackson was his usual best easily winning all 3 of his events.
For Russet, an amazing Sydney Campbell broke Julie Scovell’s 45 year old MC pool record swimming a 30.84 in the 11-12 girls 50 fly. Sydney also set a PMSL league and pool record in the 11-12 50M Freestyle with a time of 28.38, a record held by Carole Sharpless since 1984.
[Kazuki Reeves touches for win in 50M free]