• 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

Types or Levels of Swim Meets

Dual Meets

Occasionally, the Marlins Swim Team will compete with one other team in a dual meet (Logan Gators). These meets help promote team unity, but usually limit the number of events a swimmer may enter.

Developmental Meets

These meets generally do not have any qualification time standards. Most of the time these meets offer each one of the competitive strokes in the two distances offered for each group. Each swimmer is usually allowed to enter from 3-5 events per day.

Invitational Meets

These meets have some type of qualification time standard(s) that a swimmer must meet in order to enter the meet.

State Championships

At the end of each short course (winter) and long course (summer) season, a State Championship meet. Generally, the standards fall between the national "A" and "AA" time standards. There are two championships held each season: the Age Group Championship for swimmers 14-Under and the Senior Championship open to any swimmer in the state who has met the qualifying standards regardless of age.

Zone Championships

After the state championships are held in the summer, a swimmer may qualify to participate in the Western Zone Championships by swimming a national "AAA" time. This is an all-star meet where swimmers compete as a member of the Indiana Zone team competing against other states from the midwest.

Speedo/USS Junior National Championships

One of the highest levels of achievement Marlins» swimmers strive for is the participation in the Junior National Championships. United States Swimming sponsors an eastern United States Junior National meet and a western United States Junior National meet each season. Marlins» swimmers meeting qualifying time standards for this meet travel to different locations throughout the western half of the United States to compete against the best 18-Under swimmers in the nation.

Phillips 66/USS National Championships (Senior Nationals)

Other than the Olympic Trials and the World Championship Trials, each of which is held every four years, the highest level of competition for our senior swimmers is the USS National Championships. As with the Junior Nationals, Marlins’ swimmers meeting the national qualifying time standards travel to various cities throughout the U.S. to compete against America’s best swimmers. Swimmers can qualify for national teams that represent the U.S. in international competition by their performances at Senior Nationals.