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Coach Pavel began swimming at the age of 3 and by age 7 was at
the top of his age group in St. Petersburg
Russia
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At age 12 he moved to America and met
Coach Mac Kennedy and has been with Swim Florida ever
since…
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At a Lehigh Senior HS, he was rookie
of the year, a 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.
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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.
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Awarded Sunbelt Conference swimmer
of the week on several occasions
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Graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Services
with a major in Health Administration from the College of
Business
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Qualified for US Open in summer of
2009 in the 50 M LC free, Earned 10th place with a time of
22.77
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In addition to coaching Coach Pavel is
currently volunteering for FGCU women’s swim team
for head coach Neal Studd and assisting him with dry land, weight
room and sprinting routines.
Coach Pavel has an amazing track record and has definitely proven
himself, he is very dedicated to swimming as his full time career,
his motivation & determination will strengthen our team and
take it to new levels….
Coach Pavel plans to have all swimmers participate in dry land
daily so moving forward please have tennis shoes at practice. For
the more advanced swimmers we plan to have some morning practices
available in the future. Updated practice schedule will be
available from Coach Pavel.
We hope that with
Coach Pavel’s leadership we can grow the program of the FGCU
Swim Florida team. Please, if you have any questions or concerns do
not hesitate to contact us.
Head Coach Pavel
Babaev
