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Under his tutelage the Torpedoes have won multiple league championships and have finished top five in the nation several times.\u00a0Isham has coached numerous YMCA-National and high school state champions.<\/p>\n<h2>About the Marlins<\/h2>\n<p>The Cincinnati Marlins were founded in 1961.\u00a089 girls were selected for the team the first year, with 77 boys joining the following year.\u00a0Keating Natatorium was built in 1969.\u00a0Keating is a 50-meter indoor facility with seating for approximately 1000. \u00a0\u00a0It contains a full-service concession area, men\u2019s and women\u2019s locker rooms, a weight room, hospitality room, coach\u2019s offices, and a meet room.\u00a0The pool can be converted to two 25-yard competition pools through the use of a bulkhead.\u00a0The Marlins and Keating Natatorium host approximately 20 swimming competitions a year.\u00a0The parents and volunteers have years of experience and are known for hosting quality competitions.<\/p>\n<p>The Marlins have placed 18 swimmers on the U.S. Olympic Team since\u00a01968.\u00a0Team members have broken numerous National and World Records.\u00a0In 1980 the team captured the United States National Championship.\u00a0That year, six Marlins\u2019 swimmers were named to the U.S. Olympic team, more than from any other team.\u00a0Sadly, those six swimmers were unable to compete in the Moscow Olympics because of our nation\u2019s boycott of the games.<\/p>\n<p>The Marlins have also developed some of America\u2019s greatest coaches.\u00a0Six former Marlins coaches have been named to Olympic Coaching Staffs. Since 1971, the Marlins have won over 30 Summer &amp; Winter State Championship.\u00a0The team has been named Junior National Team Champions in 1983, 84, 97, 98, 99, and 2000.\u00a0In 2005, the Men\u2019s team placed first, the combined team second.\u00a0Swimming World Magazine named the Cincinnati Marlins 1999\u2019s Best Age-Group Team in America. 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