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Mac Kennedy
Head Coach Swim Florida & President
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Founder of Swim Florida
and Head coach of Swim Florida for over 35 years. Coaches the
Senior Team Gold and Silver groups at the DeLeon
pool.
Jeanne Epps
Coach Cypress Lake
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Coach Jeanne is the head Coach of the Cypress Lake High School
Pool and the contact for questions about Swim Meets.
Julie A Van Der Plaats
Coach North Ft. Myers
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Coach Julie is the Head Coach of Swim Florida
at the North Fort Myers High School pool.
Coach Julie was born and raised in Fort
Wayne, IN. In 1992 her daughter Andrea joined Swim Florida (Cape
Coral) and thoroughly enjoyed it. In 1996 she became more involved
with the team and volunteered her time as Secretary on the Board of
Directors. In 1999, she became the age group coach at the North
Fort Myers pool and girls swim team coach at North Fort Myers High
School. After five years at North Fort Myers High School, she moved
to coach the girls' team at Dunbar High School.
Coach Julie has trained and sent many
swimmers to the senior swimming group, with some of them going on
to swim with college scholarships. She lives with her husband
in North Fort Myers and her daughter Andrea now lives in Boynton
Beach, FL. Andrea is a a Palm Beach Ocean Rescuer and a
Nurse.
Pam Barry
Coach Lehigh Acres
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Coach Pam is the Head Coach of the LeHigh Acres Swim Florida
team pool.
Pavel A Babaev
Coach FGCU
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Pavel is the Head Coach
at the Lee County Aquatic Center FGCU Swim Florida team
pool.
Pavel's coaching and
instruction experience includes elite swim camps, stoke and start
clinics, fast paced camps, learn to swim programs and water safety
classes.
His swimming
experience began at the age of 3 in St. Petersburg Russia and
continues today as he is still competing nationally. Coach
Pavel’s swimming career achievements include being a high
school 3 time MVP, 4 year varsity award recipient, scholar
athlete, all conference team member, and 1st place winner at the
2000 state meet in the 50YRD Freestyle.
In 2001 Coach Pavel
received a scholarship to Florida Atlantic University and broke the
team records in the 50 free, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay, and
400 medley relay. He in now a graduate of Florida Atlantic
University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Services
with a major in Health Administration. Coach Pavel has an
amazing track record and has definitely proven himself to be
dedicated to swimming as his full time career. His motivation and
determination will strengthen our Swim Florida team and take it to
new levels.
Ehrin G Epps
Coach Deleon - Bronze & Masters Group
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Coach Ehrin is the Coach of the Bronze and of the Master's
Programs, and helps to train the Silver team at the DeLeon Swim
Florida team pool.
Nadine Harriott
Coach Deleon - Novice Group
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Coach Nadine is a coach of the Novice Group and also works with
the Silver team at the Deleon pool.
Laya Glover
Coach North Ft. Myers - Novice Group
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While growing up in the
Philippines and Japan Laya started swimming competitively at the
age of six. Her most memorable highlight was an international meet
in Manila, where at 9 years old, she placed first in the 50-meter
fly.
As a HS
student in the town of Redmond, Oregon she along with other
students helped the city to vote in a community pool. It took many
door-to-door flyers and a lot of convincing to not only get
construction underway, but also get approval for a high school swim
team. Once accomplished, she swam, lettered and went to
State.
As a lifeguard and a
Water Safety Instructor, she began teaching toddler and
Mother-infant classes in 1980. She then moved on to teach High
School and Middle school students swimming in Phys Ed
class.
Laya moved to Florida with
her husband and son in 1988. Her son grew up here in N. Fort
Myers and now resides in Cape Coral. Her daughter Nicole
joined Swim Florida in 2007. Currently, Laya is
volunteer at Nicole’s elementary school and a volunteer
assistant coach for the North Fort Myers Swim Florida
Team.
