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The
YMCA, Nick Baker, and the Marlins coaching staff would like
to welcome our newest members to the Marlins'
family: Two current members of the Chinese National Team
as well as their current Olympic coach.
In an effort to expand our
curriculum as well as continue to offer an up and
coming program to our swimmers, we have extended an invitation
to two World class swimmers from
China
along with their coach. For the month of
February they will be training with the Marlins as well as
competing at our meets as Marlin swimmers.
They arrived in the United States January 31st and have
already begun training with our team.
15 year-old XuanXu Li resides in the Hu-Nan
Province of China. At
the age of 13, she competed in her first Olympic Games in
Beijing. Here she finished 8th in the 400 IM with a time of
4:32 (Longe Course Meters) and 5th in the 800 Free. In
addition to the Olympic Games, she recently competed in the 11th
Annual Chinese Games during the 2009 year. XuanXu is the
current Asian record holder in the 400 IM with a time of 4:30 (Long
Course Meters), this time also ranks her 2nd in the
World.
15 year-old ChaoSheng Huang resides in
the Hu-Nan Province of China. He has been swimming competively
for the past four years. In this short amount of time he
has become one of China's top Male swimmers. ChaoSheng
recently competed in the 11th Annual Chinese games during the 2009
year. He is the current Asian record holder in the 400 IM
with a time of 4:12 (Long Course Meters), this time also ranks him
among the top 13 in the World.
Both of these
swimmers are currently on track to compete in the next Olympic
games held in London, England during the
year 2012.
They are
accompanied by their coach, Zhen Feng, who is a current
Olympic coach for the Chinese National Team. She brings with
her a vast amount of knowledge and swimming background, as she has
placed 2 swimmers on the Chinese Olympic team and has had
numerous Chinese National swimmers. We welcome her expertise
and knowledge in swimming.
You will see these
swimmers on deck or in the water over the course of this
month. Please, join us, in welcoming these
great athletes and their coach to the Marlin family. We
are currently in the process of setting up some very short clinics
for each group, to observe these two in the water. As of
right now, they are currently training with the Senior level
team. This is an incredible opportunity for every member of
this team, to observe two World class swimmers train. This is
also a great opportunity for our coaching staff to expand our
curriculum and knowledge of swimming as our staff will be working
closely with their coach. We hope that each and everyone of
you takes advantage of this one of a kind
experience!
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