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MHSAA 2007 DIVISION II STATE CHAMPIONS
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Marlins Win Catholic League Meet
November 16, 2008
The Mercy Marlins were winners at the Catholic League Swim and Dive Meet that was held Friday and Saturday at the Livonia Recreation Center. Meet records were set by Marlin swimmers in winning the 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, and 50 Free (T. Steffl) . Marlin swimmers also won the 200 Free (M. Gegesky), 200 IM (M. Bagardi), diving (C.Sevald), 100 Fly (N. Barczak), 100 Free (K. Jefferson), and 500 Free (G. Staudt). The Marlins showed great depth in having all remaining swimmers place in top 8 and exhibition swimmers improve times on Friday night.
The Marlins will be preparing this week for the State Meet next Friday and Saturday in Holland with the divers having their qualifying meet this Tuesday.
MARLINS BEAT PIONEER AND STEVENSON
October 20, 2008
The Mercy Marlins had a great weekend beating Ann Arbor Pioneer on Friday night and Livonia Stevenson on Saturday afternoon.
The atmosphere at the Pioneer meet was "electrifying" with over 300 excited fans packing the pool to watch the Marlins swim Pioneer who had not lost a dual meet in over 8 years. The Marlins won the meet 111-75 by showing strong depth (most often a 2-3-4 finish) in events Pioneer won, packing the relays by winning 2 events and always grabbing third place, and winning the distance events. It was truly a great team effort that won the meet with all swimmers and divers contributing to the win.
The Marlins will be off this week with the next meet at Grosse Pointe North High School on Tuesday, October 28.
NEW POOL RECORDS
October 15, 2008
During our last home meet of the season, five new pool records where set by our Marlins. Starting with the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:50.38 (Taylor Steffl, Alex Swies, Nikki Barczak and Kaitlyn Jefferson), old time was 1:52.29. Nikki Barczak set new time of 24.59 in the 50 Free, old time was 24.74. 200 Free Relay team of (Kaitlyn Jefferson, Taylor Steffl, Emily Reamer and Nikki Barczak) set new time of 1:38.99 beating the old time of 1:40.43. To finish the night off, the 400 Free Relay team of (Kaitlyn Jefferson, Megan Gegesky, Maria Bargardi and Nikki Barczak) went out and beat the old time of 3:38.58 with a new time of 3:36.90. Leading off the 400 Free Relay, Kaitlyn Jefferson set new pool record for the 100 Free with a time of 53.70
Congratulations Marlins!!
October 13, 2008
The Mercy Marlins swam very well at the MISCA meet this past Saturday at Eastern Michigan with Mercy winning the 200 Medley, 200 Free, and 400 Free Relays. Several swimmers were able to make state cuts and others improved on their times in the fast EMU pool.
The Marlins have a busy upcoming week with versus Livonia Ladywood at 6:00 pm on Tuesday followed by Senior Night events, an exciting dual meet at 7:00 pm on Friday at Ann Arbor Pioneer, and a big meet Saturday at noon at Livonia Stevenson. Please come out and support your Marlins at these exciting meets.
Oakland County Champions
October 6, 2008
The Mercy Marlins won the Oakland County meet on Saturday for the fourth consecutive year finishing with 404 points versus 219.5 for second place Birmingham Marian. The Marlins won the 400 Free Relay (K. Jefferson/M. Gegesky/T. Steffl/N. Barczak), 200 Free (N. Barczak), and Diving(C. Sevald) events and showed great depth with at least two people scoring in the top 16 of each individual event. The team depth was particularly strong in the 500 Free with 6 swimmers placing, 200 IM with 5 swimmers placing, 200 Free with 4 swimmers placing, and diving with all 4 divers placing in the top 16.
The team will be at home this Tuesday at 7:00 pm versus Harper Woods Regina and will swim in the MISCA meet on Saturday at EMU.
Carly does it again
10/01/08
Carly broke the 6 dive record last night with a score of 253.3. The old record was 248.2 set in 1994.
New Mercy Diving Record
Carly Sevald 11 Dives 407.75 9/27/2008
Previously held by Becca Gould 404.60 1997
So, look on our board next time you are there to see Carly's name.
CONGRATULATIONS CARLY !!
2008 Rock Maurer Invitational
September 29, 2008
The Mercy Marlins won the Rock Maurer Invitational this past Saturday over a strong field including Ann Arbor Pioneer, Northville, Livonia Stevenson, Plymouth Salem and host Plymouth Canton. This unique invitational had 4 races in the individual events and 3 races in relay events with each team having an entry in each race. The Marlins started off strongly in the 200 yd events and continued swimming well through out the meet winning at least two of the races in each event.
The Marlins will swim this Tuesday at Notre Dame Prep and then prepare for the Oakland County Meet this Friday (Diving) and Saturday at Lake Orion.
Mercy Marlins Win Mo-Town vs Chi-Town Season Opener from Chicago Loyola
September 22, 2008
The fourth annual Mo-Town vs Chi-Town swim meet between Farmington Hills Mercy High School and Chicago Loyola Academy was held this past Saturday at the Rolfs Aquatic Center on the beautiful campus of Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana. The Mercy Marlins came away victorious winning every heat in the Varsity meet but the 100 Breaststroke. The Marlins showed great depth with many events having multiple Marlin swimmers attaining state cut times. It was a great way for the Marlins to start off the season but there is a lot of hard work ahead as the team prepares for the big meets coming up in the next month.
All Marlin fans are encouraged to come out to the first home meet this Tuesday at 7:00 pm against Bishop Foley or attend the Rock Invitational in Plymouth this Saturday. The Rock Invitational will feature Ann Arbor Pioneer, Farmington Mercy, Plymouth Salem, and three other good schools.
Stevenson Meet Change
Due to a conflict that Stevenson has, our meet has now been rescheduled to Saturday, October 18 at noon; still at Stevenson.
Chairperson Master Schedule
June 9, 2008
The Chairperson Master Schedule is posted in the Parent Tab and has been updated as of 6/9/08. There are open leadership positions available for the 2008 season. The Open positions are highlighted with red shading in the Volunteer box. The yellow shaded boxes are recent changes to the document, so that you can track new information.
CAR WASH - SATURDAY MAY 31
The car wash was a success this past weekend and the Girls got to wash the FHFD Ladder Truck.
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