Manjimup Marlins make a splash at regional meet

The Manjimup Marlin Swimming Club’s successful season continued as the team took on a regional carnival in November. The club attended Swimming WA’s South West Region Carnival on November 7 with a team of 22 competitors. This comes after the Marlins brought in some new coaches before the season started and had a strong showing at the 2021 Bunbury Open Carnival with a squad of 14 in October. The team came up against clubs from Bunbury, Busselton, Collie, Mandurah, Pinjarra, Waroona and plenty more at the South West tournament. Club registrar Denise Krispyn said there were once again a number of personal bests recorded and positive results shown from some first-time competitors. “They did really well, they did relay which they don’t get to do very often,” she said. “Most of the kids seemed to have got a PB and a couple of them did extremely well. “It’s exciting for the club to have numbers going away and to see the kids all improve.” Krispyn’s daughters Brielle and Taizley also both made the regions squad, comprised of the top swimmers in the South West, which will look to compete as a team early next year. The Marlins will now have a handful of swimmers compete in the Swimming WA Long Course State Championships next month, before looking ahead to the Country Championships in January.