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.
Warm up Schedule for Abby Seeger Meet
MAC's warm up times for the meet this weekend are as follows:
Please note, Coach Andy would like the morning swimmers to arrive at the pool in time for the open warm-up at 6:30 am.
Friday evening session: 3:25 p.m.
Saturday morning session: 7:25 a.m.
Saturday afternoon session: 12:55 p.m.
Sunday morning session: 7:25 a.m.
Sunday afternoon session: 12:55 p.m.
MAC Wins 2nd Place in Maryland State Championships
Congratulations to all coaches and swimmers for their efforts in leading MAC to a second place finish (out of 24 teams) at the Maryland State Championships. NBAC was the first place finisher and Loyola Blakefield finished 3rd. In the girls division, MAC finished in 2nd place, with our boys taking 6th. Here is a link to the complete meet results: http://www.mdswim.org/Full_2008_MD_State_Meet_Results.htm. Check back for more stories on the meet and a photo gallery.
MAC Has Five State Champions and One Relay Champ
Five of our swimmers won events at the Maryland State Championships. Margot Manning won seven (11/12 girls 50, 100 and 200 free; 50 and 100 breaststroke; and the 100 and 200 IM). Muhammad Hudhud won the 11-12 boys 50 free. Christina Hyrkas is the 11/12 girls state champion in the 200 breaststroke and Angie Marruca the state champion in 9-10 girls 500 free.
MAC Swimmers Achieve Sectional Qualifying Times
We would also like to extend congratulations to the following swimmers who whose efforts lead to achieving new Sectional qualifying times at the championship meet - Kiersten Bell, Christina Hyrkas, Nikki Hyrkas, Ally Long, Margot Manning, and Julie Thackston. In addition, the relay team of Frank Reidler, Chris Howard, Will Goundry, and Josh Kim also achieved a qualifying time.
21 MAC Records Broken at State Championship Meet
MAC swimmers setting new club standards were: Margot Manning (11-12 girls 50 free, 50 breast, and 100 IM records); Hanne Borgersen (13-14 girls 200 free, 13-14 girls and Open 500 free, and the 13-14 girls 1000 free); Christina Hyrkas (11-12 girls 200 breast); Nikki Hyrkas (13-14 girls 1650); Kiersten Bell (17-18 and Open girls 1000 and 1650 free marks); Muhammad Hudhud (11-12 boys 50, 100 free and 100 and 200 breaststroke); and, Artem Shandrenko (13-14 boys 200 free). Three new relay records were also set - the team of Andrew Howard, Ahmed Hegazi, Thomas Colket, and Muhammad Hudhud broke a 14 year old record, winning the 11-12 boys 200 free relay. The 13-14 girls team of Shannon McClellan, Chelsea Rossick, Nikki Hyrkas, and Hanne Borgersen lowered the 400 free relay mark, and the 15-18 girls team of Joanna Yeh, Katelyn Rossick, Kiersten Bell, and Laurel Brabson set a new standard in their 400 free relay.
Hanne Borgersen named to Zone Select Camp team
Congratulations to Hanne Borgersen who was recently named to the USA Swimming's Eastern Zone Select Camp team for 2008. Hanne was the fastest 13 year old 100 LCM freestyler in our zone! This honor allows her to attend a select camp this summer hosted by USA Swimming. More information about the program and the other honorees may be found at www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&ItemId=1877&mid=2943.
Congratulations to MAC for achieving USA Swimming's Level 1 Certification in the Club Recognition Program
Monocacy Aquatic Club has achieved Level 1 Certification through USA Swimming's Club Recognition Program. Our website now displays the logo signifying this accomplishment. This is an important milestone for our club, and we thank Fred Manning, Andy Lehner, and Ellen Colket for working to make this happen. For more information about the Club Recognition Program, go to the USA Swimming website: http://www.usaswimming.org/usasweb/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=897&Alias=R...
Send Pictures for the Photo Gallery!
The link to the new Photo Gallery is now available. There are a few sample photos to start off, but the Gallery will be built by everyone contributing. 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.
