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Coaching Staff
SWAT's Head Coach Rich Suhs
Coach Rich Suhs is the owner of the Eastern Shore Aquatics Center (formerly BMAC) and head coach of the Southern Waters Aquatic Team (SWAT). In addition to the USA Swimming year-round program, Coach Suhs is pleased to offer a variety of swim programs at his facility. He has over 30 years of swim coaching experience, including many years of experience as head coach of several successful swim teams.
Among Coach Suhs’ accomplishments are numerous nationally recognized Coaches Awards. His fellow coaches have honored him as Coach of the Year several times, and he was selected as Zone Coach in Michigan. Throughout his tenure, he has also coached several nationally ranked swimmers.
Coach Suhs has a history of developing successful swim programs and swimmers. His approach to coaching involves setting specific goals for every swimmer and monitoring them every time they swim. He has a record of accomplishments with both senior and novice swimmers. He believes that every swimmer can accomplish more than they believe is possible. As a result, he has taken swimmers beyond the Southeastern level into the national realm of competitive swimming.
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Lauren Bonfe Culbertson - SWAT Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach Lauren Culbertson is one of the newest members of our swim family. Lauren, a former member and co-captain of the University of Kansas Women’s Swim Team, has over 18 years of competitive swimming experience.
During her
high school
career, Lauren competed in swim meets such as Senior Nationals, Empire State Games, US Open, YMCA Nationals and the New York high school state meet. As the former captain of her high school swim team, Lauren became a Four-Time
H
igh School
All-American and Eight-Time Empire State Game Medalist. After
high school
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Lauren continued her swimming career as a scholarship swimmer on the University of Kansas (KU) Women's Swim Team. While at
KU, Lauren became a Three-Time Academic All-American and Big-12 First team member. During her college career, Lauren broke many pool records and finaled at Nike Cup and the Big 12 Championships, and qualified for Senior Nationals and US Open.
Most recently, Lauren graduated with honors from KU as a Social Welfare major with a minor in Women’s Studies. She was also the head coach of the Rock Creek Swim Team, a summer league team, for two summers. Lauren is now enjoying combining her passion for swimming, love of children, and educational experiences in her role as assistant coach for SWAT.
"I'll make the most of it,
I'm an extraordinary machine"-Fiona Apple |
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Dean Burns - SWAT Assistant Coach
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Kathleen Nord Feldvoss - SWAT Assistant Coach
Bio coming soon!
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Elizabeth Jennings - Swim Lesson and Summer Programs Director
Coach Elizabeth Jennings grew up in the Mobile area and has many years experience in the aquatics field. Upon graduating from Huntingdon College, she and her husband Pete moved to Birmingham where she worked for two years as an Aquatics Director for the YWCA. Elizabeth left there to work as an Assistant Health, Physical Education & Fitness Director and Director of Aquatics at the Jewish Community Center. She taught P.E. and fitness classes, swim lessons, water safety and lifeguard training, as well as maintained and supervised two pools year-round for 6 1/2 years. After Pete and Elizabeth's son Chris was born,they relocated to Daphne to be closer to home. She then taught swim lessons at the Lake Forest pool for one year until she began to teach private swim lessons, which she has done on for the last ten years.
Elizabeth also teaches P.E. at W. J. Carroll Intermediate School. She loves her job and working with children. Her son Chris is now fifteen and really loves swimming and being a part of the new SWAT year round program. With her many years of swim lesson experience, Elizabeth is very excited about being back in the water and hopes that with her strong background, she will bring a lot to the table for the Eastern Shore Aquatics Center. |
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