About Program Director/Swim Instructor Anitra Fulton Anitra Fulton was born April 7th of 1977. She moved from her hometown Columbia, South Carolina to Oak Ridge, North Carolina at the age of 16 with her 3 siblings and parents. After Graduating from Greensboro Technical College in 2000 with an Associate Degree in Emergency Medical Science/Paramedic, she attended two years at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro as a Biology/Pre-Med student. During her college years, she met and later married Michael Fulton (September 2003). In February 2005, they welcomed their son Liam into their family. The three of them reside in High Point with their 2 dogs Luke and Toby. Anitra enjoys life as a mom and hopes to continuing growing her family. Liam has been swimming with Anitra since he was 4 months old. Anitra is expecting her second child in November 2008. Anitra's swimming experiences first began at 6 months of age, when her parents took her to her first water-babies class. Her mother was determined that all her children would be strong swimmer's for life, so Anitra continued taking swim lessons until the end of her grade school years. People find it most surprising that Anitra was a beach life guard in Myrtle Beach, Sc in her early 20's. She also went on to achieve certifications in life guarding, CPR, swim instructing, aquatic therapy/water exercise instructing and USA coaching. She has been teaching year round swim lessons for almost 13 years. Anitra is the Programs Director and developer of Swim Fanatics, Inc. Group Swim Lesson/Summer Camp Information Contact: Anitra Fulton 336.287.6109 swimfanatics@triad.rr.com. co~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About Head Coach Sasha Kuznezov Sasha Kuznezov was born July 11, 1982 in Stamford, Connecticut but he grew up in Watkins Glen, New York. While pursuing his Bachelor’s in Science in Physical and Health Education K-12, Sasha graduated from Ithaca College. As an athlete, he was a four-year letterman with Ithaca College swim team and was recognized as an All-American status swimmer. After finishing his undergraduate degree, Sasha continued his education at Cortland State University for his Masters Degree in Physical Education. It was during this time Sasha was able to land his first coaching opportunity as Ithaca High School’s head swim coach. During his two years as a high school coach, he coached two high school swimming All-Americans and a 2-time state champion. This opportunity helped Sasha channel his passion and dreams of continuing a coaching career. Sasha grew in his reputation as a coach and sought careers as both the assistant coach for Ithaca College men’s swim team and the Lansing Cats swim coach, a recognized United States swim club in NY for children and adults. Sasha transferred here to Greensboro, NC to work for Swim Fanatics. As Swim Fanatics Head Coach, Sasha develops and implements all team related programs. Including developmental and competitive swim team environments. Sasha brings to Swim Fanatics both team environment expertise and a unique approach to stroke development and team building. In addition to Sasha’s coaching certifications, he is also certified as a lifeguard, lifeguard trainer, CPR Professional Rescuer and is a WSI certified instructor. He hopes to continue teaching and coaching, while bringing the excitement, joys and lifetime rewards of swimming to those he works with. Swim Fanatics is proud to have Sasha as our Head Coach! Swim Team Information Contact: Sasha Kuznezov 336.354.9900 coachsasha@hotmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About Swim Instructor Lia Carroll Lia Carroll was born October 20, 1981 in Denver, CO but grew up in a small town just west of Worcester, MA. Lia graduated from Wachusett Regional High School in Holden, Ma in 2000. She spent 2 years undergraduate at University of Massachusetts studying pre-nursing before moving to North Carolina in August of 2002. She attended the University of North Carolina for 2 years and then took a job with Guilford Metro 9-1-1 as an Emergency Communication Specialist or 9-1-1 Dispatcher. She now owns a house in High Point and is spending her off days happily tackling home improvement projects. Lia has been in the water as long as she can remember. Her mother is a trained Lifeguard Instructor Trainer as well as a Water Safety Instructor Trainer and has been teaching swimming as a career since Lia can remember. So, she has been in the water since before she could walk. Lia was certified as a Lifeguard at 15 years old and as a Water Safety Instructor at 18. While at UMASS, Lia was an instructor for both beginner and intermediate swimming, a credit course offered through the university. One of the most rewarding times she had as a teacher was watching every one of her beginner students swim a lap at the end of the semester one year. That class was made up of international students, many of whom did not speak English or have any prior exposure to water! Since then, Lia has instructed at many area pool facilities in our area, bringing quality instruction to the triad. Lia has also recently achieved one of her goals, to become a lifeguard trainer. She believes that putting safety conscious, responsible, well trained lifeguards into the workforce is the first step to enhancing water safety around the Triad. Swim Lesson Instructor: Lia Carroll 336.289.4521 lia_carroll@hotmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About Assistant Coach Lauren Harms Lauren Harms was born September 17, 1987 in High Point, NC. Due to her fathers career in the furniture industry, she spent much of her adventurous childhood travelling around the world. Some of the places Lauren has lived include Kuala Lumpor, Malaysia (3 1/2 years) and Bangkok, Thailand (6 months). She is a graduate from Southwest High School here in Guilford county. At 20 years old, Lauren is currently pursuing her degree in nutrition science here in Greensboro and has plans to further her education with Physicians Assistant school. She is planning her higher educations goals for Wake Forest or East Carolina University. Lauren's major passions in life involve working with children. She spends time outside of school volunteering as a missionary. She is involved in programs that help aid the needs of others by finding peace and tranquility in their lives spiritually & physically. Lauren is very excited to be a part of Swim Fanatics Swim Club. She feels she has much to offer our program. Lauren grew up always around the water! Her mother was adamant that Lauren would be a great swimmer regardless of where she was. Her mother had her attending swim lessons beginning at age 3. She continued throughout her adolescents. Lauren has experience working with children of all ages and feels that her love of the water combined with her passion for helping children become strong individuals is perfect for Swim Fanatics! Lauren will be assisting Sasha with all levels of our swim team and will have an active role in developing our Freshman level programs. Lauren also teaches early age group swim lessons and works with our summer camp programs as a camp instructor and activity planner. Assistant Swim Team Coach & Swim Instructor: Lauren Harms 336.906.2787 leharms@gtcc.mailcruiser.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About Assistant Coach Ed Gomez Edgardo Gomez was born May 13, 1972 in Mexico City, Mexico. At 15 days old, Ed and his family moved to the coastal area of Acapulco. He grew up completely surrounded by water and learned to swim at age 3. Ed’s parents were determined that he would stay involved in swimming activities for both his enjoyment and their peace of mind. So at age 6, Ed joined the local YMCA swim club and began competing on their swim team. Ed quickly developed his talent for swimming and grew to love breaststroke. He competed all through his childhood for 10 years. At the young age of 17, Ed’s coaches asked him to join them and he begin coaching the younger age groups on the team. Ed discovered his love of coaching! The fulfillment he received developing his young swimmers and watching their success, empowered Ed to not only continue coaching but to seek higher education in the athletic fields. Ed moved to Greensboro, NC in 1999 and sought work in coaching to build his resume. Ed’s coaching experiences here in Greensboro include teaching beginner swimmers to the accomplished athlete. While, Ed’s calm and welcoming demeanor towards beginner swimmers allows him to be a successful young age swim instructor in the water. It is his expertise and his experiences as a coach that makes him a superb athletic coach on deck. Ed is a proud coach of the summer swim club “Friendly Frogs” here in Greensboro and is very excited to become a team member and coach here at SFSC. Ed is currently in his last year at UNCG as an Exercise and Sports Science Major. Ed’s hobbies include sports, outdoor activities, cooking and working with children. His best reward in life is helping young children succeed in life! Assistant Swim Team Coach & Swim Instructor: Ed Gomez 336.370.1696 ed49@bellsouth.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Meet our Staff 2007-2008 |
| an awesome place to celebrate Swimming |
| Anitra Fulton & Family |
| Lia Carroll |
| Sasha Kuznezov |
| Ed Gomez |
| Lauren Harms |
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| Pictures of our Staff 2007-2008 |