The Monocacy Aquatic Club is a year-round swimming program dedicated to advancing the sport of swimming. MAC is now in its 31st year of providing a program to all levels of swimmers who wish to improve their swimming skills by training year round. The skill level of MAC swimmers ranges from those just learning to swim to those competing at regional and national levels. Find out how to join, or find out about the accomplishments of our swimmers.
Margot Manning Named 2007-2008 Short Course 11-12 Female Outstanding Swimmer
On Saturday evening at the 2009 Maryland LSC Swimming Championships, our own Margot Manning was presented with the 2007-2008 Short Course 11-12 Female Outstanding Swimmer award based on her performance during the short course season last year. Margot finished the 2007-2008 short course season ranked 1st in the state in the 50, 100, and 200 free and tied for 1st in the 100 IM. She was also 2nd in the state in the 50, 100, and 200 breaststroke and the 200 IM. Nationally, Margot was ranked 6th in the 50 free and 9th in the 50 breaststroke.
MAC Receives $2550 Grant
On Saturday evening, our team was presented with a check for $2,550 from Maryland Swimming as part of the 2008 Maryland Swimming grant program. It was the 2nd highest award in the LSC. This year's grant amount was based almost solely on swimmers' performances over the year, with a smaller portion based on the operation of our club. Congratulations to our coaching staff and our swimmers for their part in this award!
MAC has a great showing at the LSC Championships
Congratulations to everyone, coaches included, for the fantastic showing at the LSC Championships this past weekend. MAC had a total of 21 first place finishes and 22 new team records! The first place finishers were Eliza Manning, who won every event she swam (10 & under girls 500 free, 100 free, 200 IM, 100 IM, 100 breast, 200 free, 50 free, and 100 fly), Sean O'Connell, who won all but one of the events he swam (10 & under boys 500 free, 100, free, 200 IM, 100 IM, 200 free, 100 back, and 100 fly), Lauren James (11-12 girls 200 back, 100 breast, 400 IM, and 200 breast),
Margot Manning Selected to Attend the 2009 Eastern Zone Select Camp
Congratulations to Margot Manning who was selected to attend USA Swimming's 2009 Eastern Zone Select Camp which will be held in May in Buffalo. Margot was one of 224 swimmers from across the US selected by USA Swimming based on her performances this past summer. More information regarding the camp will be posted soon on the USA Swimming website - www.usaswimming.org/usasweb/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=236&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en.
Maps and Directions to Most Competiton Pools
Check out the following link, compliments of BAAC Swimming, for Google directions and maps to most of the competition pools in Maryland.
MAC Swimmers Break Into the 2007-2008 Top Ten
Congratulations to three MAC swimmers who achieved Top 10 times in their respective age groups for the 2007-2008 season. Lauren James ended up 8th in the country among 11 year old 200 backstrokers. Margot Manning took 2 top spots, tie for 6th in the 12 year old 50 free and 9th in the 12 year old 50 breaststroke. Finally, Hanne Borgersen had the 7th fastest 500 free time among 13 year olds last year. Way to go ladies!
To see the complete list, click here - www.usaswimming.org/usasweb/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=205&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en. USA Swimming also maintains a current list for the 2008-2009 season which is updated every two weeks. This list may be found here - www.usaswimming.org/usasweb/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=82&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en.
VERY IMPORTANT -- Parking, Drop Off, and Pick Up
It is important that our swimming club operate within the requirements of Hood College, which provides us with swimming facilities. Hood is a great supporter of MAC and we need to be a good tenant. Please note: parking on the Hood campus is for students, teachers, and staff only. MAC families cannot park on campus. You must use street parking, but also be respectful of local residents. Also, we need to minimize traffic impacts on campus. This includes not stopping in fire lanes, moving as quickly as possible on and off campus before and after practice, and walking to your parked cars, as opposed to queuing in front of the pools.
Send Pictures for the Photo Gallery!
Send your photos to macswiminfo@gmail.com and they will be added to the Gallery. Each photo should have a brief title, and can also have a caption. The title should provide some basic information about the photo, but you can use the caption as you wish. The caption is displayed when you click on the thumbnail and enlarge it.
