Marlins of Raleigh

Congrats to Madison Schmitz on the new TEAM RECORD in the 13-14 girls 800 free! Her time of 9:07.54 broke the old record of 9:09.43 set back in 2004. Way to go! #MORisBetter #WHGBT #SaylorStrong

It’s a great weekend for a swim meet! 20 MOR swimmers are in Atlanta for the inaugural Best of the South swim meet. Some of the best teams from across the South will be there and MOR’s swimmers are raring for action! The racing starts tomorrow morning at 10. Good luck to all!

Senior Wells Walker broke two NCHSAA state records en route to wins at the 4A States meet last week! swimswam.com/eight-records-…

More MOR alumni colliding at their college meets! Seth Brodnick (Providence), Stefanie Burgess (Boston College) and Garreth Parsons (Providence) all met up at the Boston College Invite this weekend. Marlins for life! #M4L #MORinCollege

Three MOR alumni collided at the NJIT Invite this weekend! MOR ‘21’s JJ Chapman (UMBC), Ellie Russin (Vermont), and Ben Russell (NYU) all met up at their meet in New Jersey. Even when you’re in college you never forget your MOR family! #MORinCollege

Congrats to the quartet of Christian Smith (27.33), Mason Hetzell (29.37), David Quaresma (26.09) and Wells Walker (22.65) on SMASHING the MOR team record in the men’s 200 medley relay! The boys swam a time of 1:45.44 to take over 5 seconds off the record of 1:50.85. Way to go!

Day 1️⃣ of AG Champs about to get underway! Have fun and swim FAST! #MORisBetter #WHGBT

We also saw Owen VonWeihe swim his FIRST Winter Junior Nationals qualifying time, swimming a quick 2:24.18 in the 200 breast to get under the cut of 2:24.79 and qualify himself for the meet in December. Way to go!

Another big day for the Marlins in Michigan! Christian Smith started the morning off with a bang, notching his FIRST Summer Junior Nationals cut in the men’s 100 back! Christian swam a time of 58.77 to sneak under the cut of 58.79 and punch his ticket to Irvine next month!

Congratulations are in order for Hudson DeGroote, who notched his FIRST Summer Junior Nationals cut this evening in Michigan in the men’s 400 IM! Hudson swam a quick 4:32.59 to slide under the cut of 4:33.09 and punch his ticket to Irvine, CA in August. Way to go! #MORisBetter

20 MOR swimmers flew up to Ann Arbor, Michigan this morning, to compete in the Eric Namesnik Invitational at the University of Michigan this weekend. Have fun and swim FAST, Marlins! #MORisBetter #WHGBT

MOR ‘15 Justin Ress with all the emotions after receiving his World Champs gold upon the overturned DQ. We’re so proud of you, Justin! #MORisBetter

He also took 3rd in the 100 back and 6th in the 100 free, all lifetime bests. This will be Justin’s second World Championships representing the US. All of us at MOR wish you the best of luck! #MORisBetter

Congratulations are in order for MOR alum Justin Ress, who qualified for the United States World Championship team this past week! Justin had an outstanding meet at the International Team Trials, placing 2nd in the 50 back with the third-fastest time in history (23.92).

Keep your eyes peeled for him as the rest of the meet rolls on in Greensboro; you can catch all the finals action on the Olympic Channel starting at 6pm from 4/27-4/29, and on CNBC on 4/30. #MORisBetter

Congrats to MOR alum Justin Ress, who nabbed 6th in the men’s 100 free at the US World Champs Trials this evening, swimming a FAST new lifetime best of 48.38! #MORisBetter

Jesse took the 🥇 in the men’s 100 fly at Division III NCAA’s in Indianapolis. We’re all so proud of you here at MOR! #MORinCollege #YeahJesse

YEAH JESSE! We will continue with AG Sectionals coverage but wanted to shout out MOR alum and current UChicago sophomore Jesse Ssengonzi on becoming the first-ever Marlin to win an individual NCAA title! #MORinCollege

Shoutout to MOR alum Abby Arens on winning the ACC conference title in the women’s 200 fly with a 1:54! #MORinCollege #WHGBT

Ryan will head to Connecticut in the summer, and is the 8th Marlin from our class of 2022 to announce their commitment to swim in college. We at MOR all wish you the best of luck! #MORinCollege

Ryan is a senior at Raleigh Charter High School, and swims in Coach Silver’s Senior Elite group in central Raleigh. He is a multi-event sectional qualifier and a member of Team NC’s 2021 Zone team that captured the team title in Tupelo this past summer.

Join us in congratulating MOR senior Ryan VonWeihe on announcing his verbal commitment to swim and study at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, starting this summer! #MORisBetter