SMAC off to a good start at the Rays Pumpkin Meet
The Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club, which practices at the Waynesboro Y, competed in the Rays Pumpkin Meet in Fredericksburg on Oct. 22-23. This was the first meet of the short-course (25-yard pools) season, and SMAC swimmers showed their improvement since the previous season.
The following SMAC swimmers participated in the meet: Jessie Arnold (age 14), Matt Bihl (16), Alexis Brooks (14), Peyton Brooks (11), Bobby Carey (14), Lindsey Carter (15), Mackenzie Carter (12), Maya Chatterson (8), Braelin Fauber (10), McKinna Fitgerald (12), Miles Fitzgerald (8), Margo Flanders (11), Alexander Flowers (13), Olivia Heeb (14), Colleen Higgens (13), Norah Hunt (13), Steven Jenny (17), Sarah Loomis (11), Hunter McMillion (14), Jordan Miller (13), Ella Pickering (10), Alex Rayle (16), Maggie Riggan (12), Brazil Rule (13), Charlotte Rumsey (11), Savannah Scarbrough (13), Hanna Shifflett (10), Madison Tegen (14), Max Tempkin (14), Logan Terrell (13), Elizabeth Terrell (13), Nick Wade (14), Kristen Wagner (9), Gannon Willcutts (14), Emma Woodworth (9) and Libby Young (11). Read more
Y swimmer has Olympic dreams
She had the time cut in her mind, but she wasn’t sure she’d do it this year. And then she looked up at the time on the scoreboard.
“I couldn’t believe it. I was like, Is that my time?” said Remedy Rule, who qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic swimming trials in two events, the first being the 200 backstroke, and then later adding a qualifying time in the 200 butterfly.
Rule, a freshman at Western Albemarle High School, started swimming competitively in the Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club program at the Waynesboro YMCA as a grade-schooler five years ago. Read more
Y swimmer named state swimmer of year
Remedy Rule, a freshman at Western Albemarle High School, won the 2010/11 swimmer of the year award at the Virginia Swimming awards banquet held on Oct. 2 in Richmond.
Rule was named the female swimmer of the year in the 13/14 year old age group. This is the third consecutive year she has won the award for the top swimmer in her age group in Virginia. Rule swims year-round for the Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club at the Waynesboro YMCA.
She set 21 SMAC Team Records this year, 12 in short course (25 yard pools) and 9 in long course (50 meter pools). She also broke 4 short course state records (500 free, 100 back, 200 back and 200 fly) and 5 long course state records (200 free, 100 back, 200 back, 100 fly and 200 fly). She is the only 14-and-under female in Virginia to have ever swum under two minutes in the 200y back or the 200y fly. Read more
SMAC starts season with Smith Mountain Lake Open Water Swim
The Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club, which practices at the Waynesboro Y, started the 20011/12 season off with an open-water 5k and 1-mile race in the chilly waters at Smith Mountain Lake Sept. 24-25.
The SMAC swimmers participating in the 5k (3.1 mile) race and the 1-mile race were Jessie Arnold, Alexis Brooks, Bobby Carey, Alexander Flowers, Colleen Higgens, Norah Hunt, Jordan Miller, Brazil Rule, Savanna Scarbrough, Elizabeth Terrell and Logan Terrell. The swimmers competing in the mile were Margo Flanders, Sarah Loomis and Maggie Riggan. Read more
SMAC: ‘Rich tradition and history’
Norm Wright had heard of the Waynesboro YMCA long before he ever applied for the job as head aquatics director and head coach of the Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club there.
“The rich tradition of swimming here in Waynesboro and the surrounding area dates back to the mid-’60s, and when you walk in the Y, you see the pictures on the walls and the records and plaques of everything. It’s really a very inviting, rich tradition and history here in Waynesboro – something that can provide some opportunities for futures to come,” said Wright, who is wrapping up his first season at the helm at the Y, and what a successful season it has been.
One of his swimmers, 14-year-old Remedy Rule, has qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic trials. SMAC recently won Small Team state titles in both the men’s and women’s divisions at the Virginia State Age Group Championship. And the future is looking bright. Read more
