Congratulations to Jair Jackson for setting a new team and pool record in the 15-18 boys 50M Breaststroke event. In a very exciting race, Jair clocked a time of 31.83 in Saturday’s home meet against West Arundel, out stretching a very fast Michael Venit. The previous record of 32.97 was held by Dylan Buehler. Awesome swim Jair!
Jair with his Dad Glen Jackson
Marlins veteran Samantha Hong triples in the team opener against West Arundel Swim Club. Swimming in the 15-18 Girls events, Samantha out dueled several challengers and came up big for the Marlins. Samantha swam 34.96 in 50M Fly, 37.41 in the 50M back and 1:20.40 in the 100M IM.
After a very long year away from swimming, the Marlins are back for 2021. Due to continued CV-19 protocols, the PMSL has scheduled a shortened season. The Marlins will swim in the D division and host 2 home meets only. Check the calendar for practice and meet, dates and times. The Marlins first home meet is June 26 vs West Arundel, See you there!
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The 1974 Marlins won the PMSL “A” division, something no “neighborhood” team had ever done before.
The Marlins would like to recognize the dedication of 3 of our outstanding swimmers whose last year of participation in the PMSL would have been 2020. Many thanks and congratulations to Connor Ott, Peter Thompson and Danielle Collman! We will miss you! Given the Marlins 2020 season was cancelled due to CV-19, we want to thank these swimmers (and parents!) for their participation on the Marlins over the years and their continuing roles as ambassadors of Montpelier.
The Marlins finished the season with many individual bests and a good showing at the PMSL Divisional swim meet. The Marlins were in a very competitive PMSL “B” division.
In September of 2019, The Marlin Masters hosted a Swim-A-Thon, lasting 2 hours, many swimmers were able to reach new distance goals including some who were able to swim non-stop for the full 2 hours. The event was organized by MC resident Suzanne Sutton who recently competed in a similar type event in Germany (photo below).
In 2017, to celebrate 50 continuous years of the Montpelier Marlins, a reunion was held at the MCA pool that included a competition in the morning and a party in the evening. The competition drew several older swimmers from around the country and all were welcomed home. Events included T-Shirt relays, underwater sprints and family relays. Past MCA PMSL and PVS Officials were recruited from the neighborhood to assist with the competition. A thunderstorm crashed the evening party to add to the excitement!
Big shout out to Suzannah Mills today for breaking the 42 year old (1975) girls 15-18 pool & team backstroke records. Suzannah swam the 50 in 31.04. Former record from ’75 was A.Bacon ? (32.40). Suzannah helped the Marlins beat Pointer Ridge of Bowie @MC today.
Montpelier Marlins record holder, Meredith Stakem, won the women’s division at the 26th edition of the Traversee Dakar -Goree. The 5.2 km race stretched from Thiaroye to La Voile d’Or in Senegal, which saw swimmers from Senegal, Nigeria, Mali and Gambia participate. Congratulations Meredith!
Meredith, the Regional Technical Advisor of Nutrition and Maternal/Child Health at Catholic Relief Services in Dakar, said, “This is my first participation in this race. I swam as fast as I could. I did three times the other stages organized by the Senegalese Swimming Federation after arriving in Senegal in January, so it’s been nine months that I’m here.”
