MARIN PIRATES SWIM TEAM HAS STRONG SHOWING AT SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

  The Marin Pirates Swim Team finished in 17th place overall (out of over 150 teams) with 311 points at the California/Nevada Sectional Championships held July 22-26 in Clovis, California.   Ten of th...

 Eight Pirates Earn All-American Status

 Eight Marin Pirates earned high school All-American Status.  Congratulations! Swimmer year school event rank time Liliana Alvarez Jr Drake 100 Breast 35 1:03.31 Julia Alvarez Jr Drake 100 Breast 69 1...

 NEW! MASTERS SWIM TEAM AT IVC

NEW!!     MASTERS S WIM TEAM AT IVC   The Marin Pirates Masters Swim Team, located at College of Marin?s Indian Valley Campus in Novato, California, is a new branch of Marin?s most established co...

 High School Championships

Congratulations to everyone on a fantastic end to our short course season!  Here are some highlights from the high school championships:   MCALs: We had four swimmers win events at the MCALs.  Kathryn...

 Pirates break Pacific 200 Free Relay record...Again!

  Laura Slater, Kristina Parsons, Sabrina Cochrane and Kathryn Murphy broke the Pacific Swimming 15-18 Girl?s 200 yard Free relay record at the Walk-on meet with a time of 1:33.67.  Earlier in the yea...

 Martin Malasky Excels at Community College Championships

  Congratulations to Martin Malasky for his fine showing at the California Community College State Swimming Championships!  Martin did lifetime bests in:   50 Free, :20.66, 3 rd place 100 Free, :44.6...

 Pirates Chosen for USA Swimming Clinic with Bob Steele

Bob Steele Clinic      The Marin Pirates were chosen by U SA Swimming to receive a clinic that was conducted Monday through Thursday, April 20-23. The clinic is part of USA Swimming?s Master Coach/C...

 Jordan Lager named "Most Improved" at UC Davis

Jordan Lager capped a fine season at UC Davis by being named "Most Improved" team member at the Aggies Awards dinner on April 19th.  Lager took two 4ths and a 5th place at the Big West Conference Cham...

 Jason Lezak Clinic

  Thanks to Jason Lezak for a fantastic clinic!  Everyone appreciated his great stories about how he developed as  a swimmer, his philosophy and his stories from the three Olympic games he participate...

 Age Group Pirates JO Results

  Top 16 finishers for Junior Olympics were: 10-Under Girls Kelly McCabe- 2nd place 100 Breast, 2nd place 50 Breast, 5th place 200 IM, 11th place 100 IM                    Mia Cunnan- 3rd place 50 Bk,...

 KATHRYN MURPHY TAKES GOLD MEDAL AT JUNIOR NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMP

  Kathryn Murphy continued a three decade long history of Marin Pirate excellence at the Junior National Swimming Championships by taking first place in the 50 Free with a time of :22.91 (short course...

 PIRATE AGE GROUP TEAM PLACES 12TH AT LOST DUTCHMAN

  The Marin Pirates Age Group Swim Team Placed 12th out of 46 teams covering six states in the Lost Dutchman Swim Meet in Chandler, AZ.  A total of 13 Age Group swimmers competed in the three day Tria...

 Coach Warren Lager Visits Legendary Coach John Wooden

  I had a wonderful visit with one of my heroes, Coach John Wooden, from UCLA.  I met with Coach at his home in Encino for about an hour and a half.  I am grateful to college Pirate swimmer Bobby Chap...

 MARIN PIRATES SWIM TEAM FINISHES SECOND AT ZONE 3 CHAMPIONSHIPS

                    1. Neptune Swimming (Santa Rosa)               2222 2. Marin Pirates Swim Team                             1996.5 3. North Bay Aquatics (Marin)                            1768  4. ...

 Kathryn Murphy Named as One of Pacific Swimming's Outstanding Athletes

 Kathryn Murphy of the Marin Pirates Swim Team was name by Pacific (USA) Swimming as one of three "Outstanding 15 year-old Female Swimmers" for the 2007-2008 season. This recognition took place at Pac...

 Marin Pirates Adopt-A-Family and Kris Kringle Party

  Congratulations to all team families on raising $2180 in donations.  Our team captains did a fantastic job in organizing this.  We were able to give a $500+ Safeway gift card along with $180 in pres...

 WCAB Meet Results

 Congratulations on a great meet!  Here are the results: RESULTS

 Coach Jeff Kubiak named to Hall of Fame

   Four outstanding former Cal State Northridge student-athletes, two former Matador head coaches, and one NCAA championship team have been voted into the Cal State Northridge Athletic Hall of Fame....

 Santa Rosa Meet Results

 Congratulations on a great meet!! Results

 Senior Pirates National Championship Results

  Congratulations  to the five Pirates  who swam at the National Championships in the Atlanta Olympic pool!  This is our greatest number of individual qualifiers at one Nationals ever.  For your teamm...

 Age Group Junior Olympic Meet Results

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 NAPA RESULTS

   Wonderful job in Napa! Great swims, great weather and tons of best times.  I do not have the meet analysis yet but I will bring it on Wednesday when I present awards before practice.  Please bring ...

 Ala-Gator Meet Results

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 Congratulations on a great meet for the Age Group Pirates at the Pumpkin Plunge

  Click on the link for results or visit www.pacswim.org [ HTML ] Congratulalations to Kenneth Castro-Abrams and Ryan Campbell for setting new team records in the 11-12 Boys Age Group.  Kenneth in th...

 Senior Pirate Samantha Dame excels at JCC Maccabi Games

 Samantha Dame competed at the JCC Maccabi Games held in Detroit August 15-22.  She won Gold in both the 100 Free (:56.42) and 50 Free (:26.04).  Her 50 Back (:30.49) and 50 Fly (:29.23) earned her tw...

 Strong finish at Far Westerns

  Marin Pirates Swim Team led by Kenneth Castro-Abrams. San Jose?s Frank Fiscalini Aquatice Center at Independance High School hosted the Far Western Championships from July 30-August 3rd. 118 teams f...

 Marin Pirates Finish 7th in Division at USA Swimming 2008 Speedo Sectionals

The Marin Pirates Swim Team had an outstanding showing at the USA Swimming 2008 Speedo Championship Series Western Zone Gold Summer Sectional Championship held July 16-20 in Bakersfield, CA. The Marin...

 MARIN PIRATES SWIM TEAM EXCELS AT JUNIOR OLYMPIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Twenty-one Pirate swimmers, age 14 and under, competed at the Long Course (50 meter) Junior Olympics which were held at the Concord Community Swimming Pool on July 10-14.The Pirates were led by Kenn...

 FINE SHOWING AT OLYMPIC TRIALS FOR KATHRYN MURPHY

At  the 2008 United States Olympic Trials,  Kathryn Murphy narrowly missed her best time of :26.15 in the 50 meter free with a time of :26.52.  She time trialed the 100 meter free and went a best time...

 MARIN PIRATE SWIMMERS RECEIVE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

  Three Marin Pirates received the Peter Ruona and Wally Frank Scholarship awards given annually by Zone 3, Pacific Swimming. Zone 3 extends from San Francisco to the Oregon border. The awards are bas...

 PIRATES SHINE AT HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS

  At the North Coast Section Championships, held at Cowell Pool in Concord, May 23 and 24, the Pirates were led by two event winners, nine finalists and 31 qualifiers.  North Coast Section Kathryn Mur...

 MARIN PIRATES CONTINUE TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE AT JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

KATHRYN MURPHY QUALIFIES FOR 2008 US OLYMPIC TRIALS, BREAKS PACIFIC SWIMMING RECORD IN 50M FREE!    GIRLS BREAK 3 PACIFIC SWIMMING RELAY RECORDS!     The Junior National Championship was held on Marc...

 Marin Pirates at Junior Olympics

  The Marin Pirates competed in last weekends Junior Olympics with 23 athletes. Junior Olympics hosts over 1200 swimmers from 50 teams from Pacific Swimming. Qualifying times must be achieved in order...

 MARIN PIRATES SWIM TEAM RECORDS 4th PLACE FINISH AT SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP MEET

 The 2008 Juanita Allington Memorial Senior Championship was held February 29 through March 2 at Clovis North Aquatics Complex 1) Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics 1,377.5 points 2) Clovis Swim Club 1,015 p...

 MARIN PIRATES SHINE AT PACIFIC SWIMMING JUNIOR PLUS TRIALS AND FINALS MEET

 Seven Marin Pirates won events at the meet held February 16-18 at University of California, Santa Cruz. Jenah Dawson: 200 Yard Fly 2:11.26 Alyssa Lo: 200 Yard IM 2:10.86, 400 Yard IM 4:37.6 Kaitlyn L...

 MARIN PIRATES AGE-GROUP TEAM CAPTURES SECOND PLACE AT LOST DUTCHMAN

  The Marin Pirates Age Group Team (14-Under) were one of 57 teams from 7 states and Mexico to compete in the annual Lost Dutchman Invitational in Chandler, AZ. The 27 Marin Pirates took 2nd place in ...

 Zone 3 Press Release & Results

  Marin Pirates take second place at the Pacific Swimming Zone 3 Championship!   The Marin Pirates Swim Team recorded another strong finish at Pacific Swimming?s Zone 3 Age Group Championship.   The Z...

 Best Times for Kathryn Murphy at Nationals!

  Congratulations to Kathryn Murphy for best times at the Short Course National Championships in Atlanta!  50 Y Free  :23.70, 100 Y Free :51.53, 50 M Free  :26.95 IJ links:   Young swimmer Murphy cut...

 KIM BACA WINS TPC MILE

Congratulations to Kim Baca who won the TPC mile in the 12-Under division in a time of 29:15.  Pirate Dylan Woodhead was the youngest paricipant in the race at age 8 Congratulations to all the Pirates...

 Thomas Mercurio leads way for Pirates at Far Westerns

Twelve year olds Thomas Mercurio, Kimmie Kreuzberger, Kimberly Baca, and Melissa Fineman led the pirates to an amazing meet to finish the season at Far Westerns.  Thomas captured first place in the 10...

 Marin Pirate age groupers shine at Junior Olympics

The Frank Fiscalini swim center in San Jose was the host for this years long course Junior Olympics.  The meet hosted 80 teams and 1100 swimmers from Pacific and USA Swimming.  The Marin Pirates enter...

 Six Marin Pirates Score at Swimming Sectionals

  Six of the twenty one Pirates who qualified for individual races at the 2007 USA Swimming Speedo Sectional Long Course Championships held July 18-22 in Clovis California cracked the top 24 to score ...

 Marin Pirate Swimmers Sweep Pacific Swimming Scholarship Awards

  Four Marin Pirates won the Boy's and Girl's Wally Frank and Peter Ruona Scholarships. The awards are given yearly in honor of two long time volunteer officials in Pacific Swimming's Zone 3. Girl's P...

 Nine Pirates Named to US All-American High School Swim Team

Congratulations to our 9 swimmers who were named to the US All-American High School Swim Team:?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />   Cullen Hennessy:  25 th in ...

 Mission Viejo Meet Results

Marin Pirates Record Best Times at International Swimming Championship?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />     Eleven members of the Marin Pirates USA Swim Team ...

 PIRATES SWIM IN LAKE BERRYESSA OPEN WATER EVENT

Marin Pirates Kim Baca, Katie Baca, Thomas Mercurio, Louis Campbell, and Kailee Wright represented the Pirates in the Lake Berryessa open water race on Saturday, May 26th.  Kim Baca won the race in th...

 Marin Pirate Results from Reno

For complete results:  http://www.pacswim.org/0706reno.htm     60 Marin Pirates competed in the Reno High Altitude Championships on Friday, June 15 th -Monday, June 18 th .   Twenty teams from Calif...

 Pirates Compete at Nationals

  For complete results:  http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/ViewMiscArticle.aspx?TabId=160&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&mid=471&ItemId=2560 Six Marin Pirate Senior Team members traveled to New York to compe...