• History

  Establish a comprehensive competitive program.

• Coaching Staff

  Staff consists of many trained professionals.

• Responsible Coaches

  Learn the value of striving to improve oneself.

• Team Levels

  Swimmer development in a systematic fashion

• Terms and Conditions

  Terms and Conditions for Participation.

• Swim Seasons

  Swim year is divided into two seasons.

• Levels of Achievement

  Nationally recognized levels of achievement.

• Competitive Strokes

  Events are held in all of the competitive strokes.

• Swim Meet Types

  Types or Levels of Swim Meets.

• Meet Schedule

  Information is distributed through emails.

• Competition Philosophy

  Competition program with United States Swimming

Coaching Staff

Nothing has a greater influence on the quality of children’s sports than the excellence of the coach. The Marlins Swim Team staff consists of many professionally trained coaches. They, as member coaches in the American Swimming Coaches Association, have access to the most comprehensive training and certification program for youth coaches of any sport in the United States. Certified coaches in U.S. Swimming programs possess training and experience in the physiology and psychology of adolescent development. Our coaching staff provides the assurances that the time your children spend in swimming will be quality time.

Yolanda Bates

Yolanda is the Veteran coach with 40 years of national and international experience. A native of Mexico City, she speaks fluent Spanish. As a swimmer, she represented Mexico’s national team for 10 years. After earning a scholarship, she swam for 4 years at Brigham Young University. Yolanda has coached previously at Logan and at Sky View High School, and is currently the Mountain Crest coach. As a coach she is an ASCA level 4 coach, and has coached age group, high school, and college swimming for 27 years. She has been coaching and teaching lessons in Cache Valley for 25 years and has helped elevate swimming in the Valley to a national level. She has been voted Utah Age Group Swimming “Coach of the Year” 2 times, and “High School Coach of the Year” 4 times and Senior Coach of the Year in 2009. Yolanda’s strengths are: her commitment, her dedication, and her love for her swimmers. Her knowledge of swimming technique and her experience in swimming make her a great asset to our coaching staff. Yolanda is the Head Coach and the Gold and Silver Team Coach.

Marcus Singleton

Marcus Singleton is currently the Bronze Coach at Mountain Crest High School. He was raised in Utah and loves to do sports like cycling, tennis, and swimming. He swam in High School where he went to state and had a great time. He has been coaching and teaching lessons at Mountain Crest for over three years, where he enjoys teaching technique that helps everyone improve their strokes and loves to see the kids having fun while they swim.

Nikki Walsh

Nikki Walsh is the daughter of coach Yolanda Bates. She has been involved with swimming for 18 years. Nikki attended Logan High School where she set numerous records, was a State Champion, and earned a swimming scholarship to BYU. She swam for 4 years and graduated in 2006 with a Bachelors Degree in English. While at BYU, Nikki married Spencer Walsh and together they have a son named Miles. She recently moved back to Logan after living in Layton, UT. In Layton she was the Head Coach of Clearfield City Aquatic Team for 1.5 years. Nikki emphasizes in technique work and teaching the kids to have a “can do” attitude. She loves coaching and watching kids succeed. Nikki is the Silver Team Coach.