How to join/About

The Marin Pirates Swim offers training and practice groups for swimmers of all ages and ability levels. It is the goal of the The Marin Pirates Swim to offer age specific training for all of our athletes geared towards challenging each individual and developing each individual to the best of THEIR abilities.

Please Click Here to send us an email request for more information.

To join any Marin Pirate training group show up on any Monday at 3:45 p.m. to talk to a Marin Pirate Coach. Please email or call Warren Lager or Tom Evers (see e-mail addresses below) prior to showing up at the pool on a Monday.

Senior Group - IVC

This group consists of committed swimmers ages 14 to 18+ who are shooting for the highest level of training and competition.Long range goals include competition at the collegiate and national level. Team members are asked to commit to a high level of dedication.

Senior Group - IVC Coach: Warren Lager 415-898-0249

Age Group - IVC

This program is designed for swimmers ages 5-14. The majority of this group swims year-round with the Pirates, but swimmers who wish to compete seasonally and then return to the Marin Swim League for the summer are also welcome. Meets are available approximately once a month. The 2008-2009 season will be the fifth year this team trains year-round.

Age Group - IVC Coach: Tom Evers 415-892-2269

Age Group - Kentfield

Please note that the Kentfield program is temporarily suspended while College of Marin’s Kentfield P.E. complex is under reconstruction.

All Southern Marin swimmers are invited to practice with our age group program at the Indian Valley Campus. We are waiting to hear word about which pool the program will be able to use beginning in November, 2009.

Normally, this program, split into 3 sessions, is designed for Marin Swim League members ages 6 - 14 who wish to train from September through February.

For more information contact Coach: Warren Lager 415-898-0249

Pirates Masters

Please click the Masters Tab at the top of the page for information about the newest addition to the Pirates family, the Marin Pirates Masters.

For more information contact Coach: Cokie Lepinski 415-827-5672

Philosophy

Swimming is never an end unto itself; it is always a means to a greater end.

The Marin Pirates Swim Team emphasizes the personal growth that occurs through practice and competition.

Developing integrity, responsibility and commitment to goals are skills that serve team members for a lifetime.

The Pirate environment teaches success in the pool and success in life.

Pirate History

1946 Pirates founded by Beth Kaufman. Designs blueprint for all age-group swimming in the United States .

1967 Kaufman elected to International Swimming Hall of Fame

1969 Marin Pirates merges with Ann Curtis Swim Club (coached by San Francisco and Marin Olympic Gold Medalist Ann Curtis Cuneo) to form Marin Swim Club

1979 Warren Lager revives the Pirates after a 10 year hiatus with 20 swimmers at Tamalapais High School .

1980 First swimmer qualifies for Junior Nationals.

1982 First swimmer qualifies for Senior Nationals.

1983 Pirates move from Tamalpais High School to College of Marin ’s Kentfield Campus.

1984 First Olympic Trial qualifier.

1991 Pirates begin Age-Group program at Kentfield

1992 Pirates begin Age-Group program at Sir Francis Drake High School.

1994 Pirates win first of ten Pacific Swimming Zone 3 Championships.

1999 Pirates Senior Team moves from Kentfield to Indian Valley Campus. Tom Evers begins Novato Age-Group program.

30 Years of Accomplishments Include:

143 Junior National Qualifiers (2 Junior National Champions)

47 Senior National Qualifiers

75 High School and College All-Americans

7 Olympic Trial Qualifiers

11 Pacific Swimming Zone 3 ( San Francisco to Oregon border) Championships