Team Photos

The Gals, The Guys, & The Skidz Kidz



The very back: Luke, Kelsay, Pam, Kylan, Brody.

Top row: Steve, Paul, Sara, Jacci, Robyn, Emily, Gillian (and photobomber Sansa), Katie 

Bottom row: Adam, Nicole, Jayne, Lynne, Janessa, Kristin, Merri



Here are some of our more "historic" team pics.  And a couple of more recent smaller group shots.

Our History In Video

Or, Go Hawks!


We were lucky for many years to be able to do half-time flyball demos at the University of Iowa Men's and Women's Hawkeye basketball games -- what an adrenaline rush! The audiences loved us. And, many times, we managed to get a bit of video from one source or another. Here are the short clips we've accumulated. It's especially poignant for us to watch these now and see dogs who are no longer with us ...

Practice Info

Where You'll Find Us


We practice at Steve Branin and Jayne McQuillen's training facility west of Iowa City at 8:30 a.m. on most Sundays, and at 7:00 p.m. on most Wednesdays.


(The facility is available to rent. Contact Steve or Jayne for information.)


New Skidz members are by invitation only and must have a current member sponsor. However, if you are interested in flyball, please contact us to find out when you can observe a practice, for information on flyball classes or to find out about attending local flyball tournaments.

Team Skidmarkz

Where We've Been,

What We've Done


SKIDMARKZ (founded - April 2002)

Skidmarkz' racing mantra: wear ear plugs, relax, enjoy your teammates, and kick some tail on the mats! The Skidmarkz Club is very proud of our dogs; we currently race with 8 different breeds, including a whole bunch of mixes, and many are rescues or rehomed dogs. We love breaking team records, but we pride ourselves on running competitively with all of our lineups, always finding a place for the slower dogs, and enjoy nothing better than races won or lost by a whisker in any division!


Regular Records:

Our fastest U-Fli time is 14.269 set by Wire, Fission, Juice (9), Mission over 9" on June 5, 2021

Our fastest NAFA time is 14.454 set by Pixar, Wire, Fission, Trix (10) over 10" on September 11, 2021


Multibreed Record
16.759 set by Pixar (Whippet), Rush (Border Collie), Kada (English Setter, Trix (10, mix) over 10" on December 11, 2021


Previous Regular Records:

-14.511 set by Trix (10), Wire, Fission, Mission over 10" on June 20, 2021

-14.712 set by Trix (10), Wire, Fission, Brink over 10" on April 4, 2021

-14.333 set by Trix (9), Wire, Fission, Mission over 9" on October 3, 2020

-14.496 set by Wire, Fission, Juice (10), Mission over 10" on September 19, 2020

-14.563 set by Wire, Fission, Brink, Trix(9) over 9" on August 16, 2020

-14.640 set by Wire, Brink, Trix(9), Ping over 9" on October 20, 2019

-14.806 set by Brink, Trix(11), Ping, Juice over 11" on October 12, 2019

-14.828 set by Brink, Trix(9), Ping, Juice over 9" on September 15, 2018

-14.971 set by Brink, Trix(11), Sway, Ping over 11" on September 8, 2018

-15.071 set by Brink, Trix(11), Sway, Ping over 11" on August 19, 2018

-15.377 set by Trix, Sway, Ping, Rookie(10) over 10" on October 14, 2017

-15.360 set by Trix(9), Sway, Ping, Fiction(9) over 9" April 29, 2017

-15.631 set by Trix, Sway, Ping, Rookie(10) over 10" on May 20, 2017

-15.821 Trix, Sway, Ping, Rookie(8) over 10" March 2017

-15.796 Sway, Ping, Fender, Rookie(8) over 8" October, 2016

-15.909 Sway, Ping, Fender Rookie(8) over 8" April 2016

-16.025 Fender, Rookie(10), Sway, Ping over 10" January 2016

-16.123 Fender, Rookie(10), Sway, Ping, over 10" October 2015

-16.110 Fender, Rookie(10), Sway, Ping, over 8" July 2015

-16.638 Fender, Nikki, Rookie(10), Sway, over 10"  May 2015

-16.998 Nikki, Fender, Rookie(8), Khaleesi(8) over 8" March 2015

-17.286 Khaleesi(8), Fender, Nikki, and Rookie(8), over 8" October 2014 

-17.198 Khaleesi(8), Fender, Nikki, and Rookie(8), over 8" August 2014 

-17.555 Khaleesi(8), Fender, Nikki, and Rookie(8), over 8" July 2014 

-17.864 Rippy, Jester(12), Belle, Chloe over 12" December 2004 


Previous Multibreed Records

-16.819 set by Pixar (Whippet), Drift (Border Collie), Kada (English Setter, Rookie (9, mix) over 9" on November 6, 2021

-17.439 set by Kado (Husky), Sweep (Border collie), Kada (English Setter), Fiction (10, mix) over 10" on October 10, 2021

-17.535 set by Kado (Husky), Sweep (Border collie), Kada (English Setter), Fiction (10, mix) over 10" on October 9, 2021

-On July 25, 2021, after 17 years, Skidmarkz finally beat their multibreed team record with a 17.810 run by Pixar, Rush, Kada, Rookie (9) over 9"

-18.21,  Rippy, Jester (12), Chloe, and Trace, over 12" July 2004