One of the most exciting races pitted McHenry's Elise Raquel against Mt. Prospect's Bianca Haas in the age 9-10 girls relay. If it were a horse race, it would have been a photo finish. Raquel edged Haas out by a quarter of a second (.27, actually), according to the timers.

Last Saturday, the McHenry Marlins beat the Mt. Prospect Sharks 705 to 414 last Saturday at the Mt. Prospect SportsPlex pool.

Part of that was probably because the McHenry team has more members. One Mt. Prospect mother commented on that fact.

McHenry Marlin 12-13 year-old boys urge on clean-up swimmer,

Next up for both teams and others in the Northern Illinois Winter Swim Conference is the Saturday, March 6th conference meet in Zion.