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.
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.
AN EXCITING NEW SEASON FOR THE MONOCACY AQUATIC CLUB!
Please be patient during the first few weeks as we welcome many new swimmers to our club.
MAC has had an unprecedented number of try-outs for our team and we are very excited to have more than 60 new swimmers joining our club. It is especially exciting to expand our novice group and introduce new families to our sport!
Coaching Staff Update
Here is MAC's starting line-up of coaches:
Novice 1: Ashley Garyn and Scott Nipps
Novice 2: Scott Nipps, Jamie Hyrkas, and Ashley Garyn
Novice 3: Sheri Shayuth, Jamie Hyrkas, and Ashley Garyn
Subs for Novice: Bridget Vache, Drew Althouse, Chris Moreland, and Walt Leskuski
Age Group I: Jen Thackston assisted by Ashley Garyn and Jamie Hyrkas
John Miller will join the Age Group 1 staff in the near future
Age Group II: Andy Lehner assisted by John Miller
Senior White: Lauren Brenneman assisted by John Miller
Senior Red and Black: Andy Lehner assisted by Chris Kaplan
Senior Prep: Scott Nipps assisted by John Miller
Health and safety is a priority for MAC. Every coach will meet the following qualifications:
- Completion of safety training for swim coaches
- Completion of first aid course
- USS background check
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.
