Page Updated: Apr 28, 2005

Swim Team

2012 Monticello Marlins (Summer Swim Team)

Swim team consists of youth who are grouped by age from 8 and under to 18.  Swim team practices weekday mornings during June and July at the Aquatic Center.  Swim meets take place on Saturday mornings.  This is a traveling team so half of the meets are in other area towns. 

• $50 participation fee.
• Registration Begins:  May 14 

Saturday     6/23   Home vs. Watseka

Wednesday 6/27   at Gibson City

Saturday     6/30   at Rantoul

Saturday     7/7     Home vs. Milford
Saturday     7/14   Home vs. Hoopeston

Saturday     7/21   Conference Championship Meet at TBD 

All Saturday morning meets begin at 9:00 A.M. and they usually last two and a half hours (except the conference swim meet all day event).  Weekday meets start at 6:30 P.M.  Directions to away meets will be handed out to parents. 

Both home and away meets require help from parent volunteers (Timers, Lane Judges, Starter, Announcer, Ribbon Table, Official Scorer, Bull Pen, and Runner).  A volunteer sign up sheet will be passed around at practices.

2012 SWIM TEAM COACHES

Head Coach: 

Asst. Coach: 

The Monticello Marlins Swim Team is for youth ages 8 and under through 18.  This is a summer RECREATIONAL swim team with the main emphasis on having FUN.  No prior training or experience is needed.  However, participants should be able to swim at least one length of the pool, 25 meters, with any stroke. 

New swimmers will be taught the strokes they don't know.  Lanes will be divided by ability for practices.  This is done so that an individual can improve at his or her own pace.  Coaches will place swimmers in the lane that best matches their ability.  Swimmers are required to make 3 practices each week in order to swim in a Saturday meet.  It doesn't matter how the 3 practices are made.  It can be three in one day or over the course of the week.  The only exception is if a swimmer is at a camp or on vacation.  Attendance will be taken every morning and a sign in sheet will be at the pool office for evening practices.  Swimmers must swim in three meets to be eligible for the conference meet at the end of the season.      

Practices start on time.  Please don't come in late.  That puts you behind in practice.  Please let the coaches know when you're going to miss a meet so they don't schedule you to swim.  Arrive to all meets on time or else you will be pulled from the line up.

Photos by Lee Schofield