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HISTORY OF
ACHIEVEMENT 
The
Cincinnati Marlins were founded in 1961. 89 girls were
selected for the team the first year, with 77 boys joining the
following year. Keating Natatorium was built in
1969. Keating is a 50-meter indoor facility with seating for
approximately 1000. It contains a full-service
concession area, men’s and women’s locker rooms, a
weight room, hospitality room, coach’s offices, and a meet
room. The pool can be converted to two 25-yard competition
pools through the use of a bulkhead. The Marlins and Keating
Natatorium host approximately 20 swimming competitions a
year. Our parents and volunteers have years of experience and
are known for hosting quality competitions.
The
Marlins have placed 18 swimmers on the U.S. Olympic Team since
1968. Team members have broken numerous National
and World Records. In 1980 the team captured the United States
National Championship. That year, six Marlins’ swimmers
were named to the U.S. Olympic team, more than from any other
team. Sadly, those six swimmers were unable to compete in the
Moscow Olympics because of our nation’s boycott of the
games. That Olympic tradition carries on to today where two
Marlins represented the United States in the 2000 Sydney Olympics
and the 2004 Athens Olympics.
The
Marlins have also developed some of America’s greatest
coaches. Six former Marlins coaches have been named to Olympic
Coaching Staffs. Since 1971, the Marlins have won over 30 Summer
& Winter State Championship. The team has been named
Junior National Team Champions in 1983, 84, 97, 98, 99, and
2000. In 2005, the Men’s team placed first, the combined
team second. Swimming World Magazine named the
Cincinnati Marlins 1999’s Best Age-Group Team in America. In
2006 and 2007, the Marlins were designated as a Gold Medal Club by
USA Swimming (our governing body). This distinction is given
to only the top 16 teams in the nation based not only on swimming
performance, but the organization’s structure,
professionalism, and contribution to the sport of
swimming.
Our Swimming Success By The
Numbers
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Olympic participation every games
since 1968
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18 Olympic Swimmers
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1980 National Team
Champions
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23 Olympic Medals
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15 World Records
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19 American Records
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60 National Champions
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6 American Swimmers of the
Year
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