Happy Saturday, Marlin Families!

What a day for the Marlins!

While today's meet against Hummelstown ended in a heartbreaking 2-point loss, we could not be more proud of how our swimmers responded. Despite battling illnesses, injuries, and vacation absences this week, our team showed tremendous resilience, determination, and heart. We saw countless strong swims, swimmers stepping up into new events, and a team effort that came down to the very last race.

A 2-point meet reminds us just how important every swim, every relay, and every point truly is. Our Marlins never stopped fighting!

🏊 Records Continue to Fall!

One of the highlights of the day was an incredible number of Mt. View records being broken. Since we don't race in yards very often, these opportunities are rare and exciting. Years ago, our yard record books were unfortunately lost when the team briefly folded, and we've spent years piecing together historical records from whatever information we could find. Because of that, every new yard record is especially meaningful!

Be sure to check out our team yard records here (new records are marked with a ⭐):
https://swimmtv.swimtopia.com/team-yard-records

⭐ 10 New Team Records Set Today

⭐ 8 & Under Boys 100 Medley Relay
Milo Rutherford, Shep Rutherford, Hudson Stahl, and Ethan Ebersole swam 1:54.48, breaking the previous record of 1:59.33 set in 2023 by Jake Krause, Jackson Lee, Francis Lipscomb, and Henry Ebersole.

⭐ 13-14 Girls 200 Medley Relay
Mia Sterbinsky, Drea Molinero, Arielle Wagner, and Harper Lawson swam 2:08.74, breaking the previous record of 2:20.89 set in 2012 by Megan Daubenspeck, Jayden Sanchez-Coll, Autumn Fortney, and Brooke Hopkins.

⭐ 15-18 Boys 200 Medley Relay
Ben Rein, Gavin Morrison, Michael Doman, and Blake Childress swam 2:28.90. This establishes a new team record as we do not have any known previously recorded result for this relay event.

⭐ Lily Sterbinsky
9-10 Girls 100 IM – 1:19.03
Breaks the previous record of 1:25.68 held by S. Gulbrandsen from approximately 1999.

⭐ Arielle Wagner
13-14 Girls 100 IM – 1:04.46
Breaks the previous record of 1:06.22 held by Autumn Fortney from the 2013 Mid-Cap Championships.

⭐ Arielle Wagner
13-14 Girls 50 Freestyle – 27.15
Breaks the previous record of 27.92 held by Mia Sterbinsky from the 2025 Mid-Cap Championships.

⭐ Lily Sterbinsky
9-10 Girls 50 Backstroke – 36.48 [From relay lead off leg]
Breaks the previous record of 37.11 held by Autumn Fortney from 2009.

🎉 Special Shout Out to Jojo Bobitz!
Jojo also eclipsed the previous record with a fantastic 36.76 in the individual 50 back today, becoming the second-fastest swimmer!

⭐ Arielle Wagner
13-14 Girls 50 Backstroke – 30.79
Breaks the previous record of 31.09 held by Autumn Fortney from the 2013 Mid-Cap Championships.

⭐ Jonathan Rein
11-12 Boys 100 Freestyle – 1:12.49
Breaks the previous record of 1:13.71 held by Zach Lee, set at the 2023 Mid-Cap Championships.

⭐ Will Miller
13-14 Boys 50 Butterfly – 31.16
Breaks the previous record of 31.39 held by Montana Naccarto from 2009.

In addition to these record-breaking performances, we had numerous swimmers earn spots on our all-time Top 10 lists and many swimmers post lifetime best times. Congratulations to everyone who contributed to an outstanding day in the pool!

Meet Results & Times

Results have been loaded into SwimTopia, so be sure to log in and check out your swimmer's times and improvements from today's meet.

We also won a large number of individual events and relays throughout the meet, showing just how much talent and depth this team possesses.

Spirit Wear Has Arrived!

If you were away today, don't worry—your spirit wear is in!

⚠️ We do appear to be missing two team T-shirts that were paid for during registration. We think that someone may have got them that did not add them with registraiton or they took the wrong size from what they ordered. Please remember that team T-shirts are separate from spirit wear orders and are an optional registration add-on (they are NOT automatically included). If you accidentally picked up a Youth Medium or Youth Large shirt that was not part of your order, please let us know so we can get it to the correct swimmer. [Please check your registration to see if you placed an order or not]. We did not order extras so it's important that we find these. 

Looking Ahead: Dauphin at Home!

Next Saturday we welcome Dauphin to Mt. View for what should be another exciting and competitive meet.

✅ RSVPs are OPEN now, so please log into SwimTopia and mark your swimmer's attendance as soon as possible. The coaches are going to be working hard on this weeks meet so the earlier that you can submit your RSVP the better!

Invitational Entries Open

Many of our invitational meets are now open for entries as well.

Please remember:
• Invitationals are optional.
• They operate on a pay-to-participate basis.
• They provide excellent opportunities for additional racing, championship qualifying times, and team fun.

You sign-up through us online and we submit your events to the hosts. You pay us the fee and we write one check to that team for our whole team's fee. 

Many invites have deadlines this week, so please take a look!

Ribbons & Swimmer Boxes

We're working on organizing swimmer boxes and expect ribbons to begin appearing on Monday. We are also putting together a team newsletter and hope to have that out soon!

Practice Schedule Changes This Week

Please note we are following our remaining season practice schedule for the mornings beginning on Monday (https://swimmtv.swimtopia.com/practices) now that swim lessons are over. This is no change from what was posted but as a reminder:

🔹 Blue Group: 9:00–10:00 AM

🔹 8 & Under Group: 10:00–10:30 AM

🔹 Mini Team: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 10:30–11:00 AM

Thank you all for your continued support, flexibility, and enthusiasm. Today's meet showed exactly what being a Marlin is all about—fighting through adversity, supporting teammates, and rising to the challenge.

Let's have a great week of practice and get ready to defend our home pool next Saturday!

GO MARLINS! 🐟💙🖤

Coach Jess