Tradition

Big Dual Meet in Carroll On Thursday

September 18, 2012

The Rails will be making the long drive to Carroll for what could be the biggest dual meet of the year. This is long-standing rivalry has the girls fired up and ready to swim tough. Don't forget to wear your FAN T-SHIRTS. Check out the event on Facebook and share it with friends and family. [Get Directions & Read More About The Rivalry] READ MORE

Lincoln Invite: 100+ Swimmers, 7 teams & One $100 Prize

September 17, 2012

The annual Lincoln Invitational is this weekend (9/22). And it's going to be an exciting one! This year, we're dedicating the meet as our annual alumni meet. So we're inviting all Lincoln Swim alums to come back and cheer on the latest class of swimmers. Plus - all fans attending the meet will have the chance to win a $100 gift card to Scheels! [Read More] READ MORE

Four Meets in 8 Days, Seniors Have Big Goals

September 14, 2012

Next week marks a big week for the senior class of the high school girls team. With four meets in eight days, the girls will be stepping up as leaders and hoping to make some personal (and team!) swimming history. [Read More About The Upcoming Meets] READ MORE

Rails Have Team Tie Dye Event

September 11, 2012

Last year the team began a new tradition of creating t-shirts. Everyone did puffy paint last year, and while the shirts were great, the time committment to make them wasn't. So this year - the t-shirt tradition evolved into using tie dye! Tie dye is a much quicker (though more messy) process, that still allows...[Read More] READ MORE

Rails Win Double Dual vs Perry & Algona

August 25, 2012

The double dual meet against Perry and Algona fell on a busy Thursday (8/23). Lincoln was hosting its annual Fall sports kick-out event, the Chicken Bowl. This meant the five girls that were band were missing the meet leaving only 10 girls to compete for the win. But the Rails earned a victory against both schools! The final scores... [Read More] READ MORE

Women’s Team Gears Up For First Meet

August 21, 2012

The high school women's team has been hard at work since August 6th. They've been practicing twice a day, working on stroke technique, having dryland practice and more. They've even taken team pictures and done some fun team bonding activities in between all of the exercise! All this work has them anxious for tonight's (8/21) meet against Ames...[Read More] READ MORE

Summer Conference Meet Dominance!

July 31, 2012

The Rails Club team finished up their season on a big way by dominiating the Conference Championship Meet. All athletes swam great! Most dropped time (and some big amounts!). Some swimmers dropped 10, 20 or even more seconds in their races. Read more & see the full results READ MORE

Gold Team Swims Great Against Boone

July 17, 2012

The last dual meet of the club season was last night (7/16) with the Rails Gold taking on Boone. The athletes swam well as they prepared for the upcoming conference meet. A few noteworthy swims...[Read More] READ MORE

Head Shaving Party!

February 6, 2012

The men's team swimmers, parents and families threw a big party Friday (2/3) in honor the head-shaving tradition. The parents had delicious food from pastas to subs and, of course, great desserts! [Read More] READ MORE