Coach Brian will be substituting to help ensure minimal down time at our program. COACH Brian is a recipient of the American Swim Coaches Association Walter Schlueter Stroke Excellence Award for teaching in the 1990 for his instruction of 11-12 boys and in 1991 for 10 & under and 13-14 age groups. Brian is a former Dynamo and Gwinnett Aquatics Coach as well as an assistant coach for the Southern Illinois University Women's Team. During his three years as an assistant at SIU, the womens team had an 8th place NCAA finish. Brian has coached numerous top 16 ranked swimmers, Junior National Qualifiers, as well as Georgia and Illinois State Champions. |
COACH HUMPHREY Humphrey was a member of a Schleuter Stroke Award winning staff. He is a former Dynamo and Gwinnett Aquatics coach. During his coaching career Humphrey has coached many county, state and high school champions. As well as Age Group Region, Senior Region and Junior National Qualifiers, Senior National World Championship and Olympic trial Qualifiers. Humphrey has a Bachelors of science degree in Education, a Masters Degree in Technology and is currently seeking his Doctoral Degree in Leadership. He currently teaches in the Gwinnett County School System as a Physical Education Instructor. |
MARY JO SHEPPARD Director of Lessons Mary Jo has been involved with competitive swimming in this area since 1992. She joined the coaching staff at Summit in October of 1997. Mary Jo's Full time duites are spent over seeing the Lessons program at summit Swimming. Over the years Mary Jo and her staff have grown an enormous reputaion for being the best in the business in swim lessons. Her program has placed many swimmers into the swimming community. Her duties as Director of Lessons are not limited just to swimming lessons but also include high school stroke clinics, and weekend summer league swim classes as well as cross training for local year round Softball clubs. Mary Jo has learned the importance of emphasizing basic techniques, communication and motivation through positive reinforcement. As a Head Coach for a team in the Gwinnett Country Swim League, she and her staff help build a team of 80 swimmers to a 141 team powerhouse and division champs. Mary Jo has worked in the past with the South,Grayson and Loganville High School Swim Teams. Currently she is an independent Sales Rep as well as part time home economics teacher at the FACL school. When she is not at the pool she spends quality time with her two kids and husband . |
Coach B. J. MARTIN BJ has been involved with competitive swimming since 1989. He has coached summer league swim- ming since 1998 and began coaching at Summit Swimming in October 2002. He currently teaches at Cedar hill elementary school. Coach Bj works with Summit II and is a lead instructor in our lessons program. Over the last several years Coach BJ has had numerous County and State qualifies as well as Age Group Sectional Participants. |
MARY JO SHEPPARD Director of Lessons Mary Jo has been involved with competitive swimming in this area since 1992. She joined the coaching staff at Summit in October of 1997. Mary Jo's Full time duties are spent over seeing the Lessons program at summit Swimming. Over the years Mary Jo and her staff have grown an enormous reputation for being the best in the business in swim lessons. Her program has placed many swimmers into the swimming community. Her duties as Director of Lessons are not limited just to swimming lessons but also include high school stroke clinics, and weekend summer league swim classes as well as cross training for local year round Softball clubs. Mary Jo has learned the importance of emphasizing basic techniques, communication and motivation through positive reinforcement. As a Head Coach for a team in the Gwinnett Country Swim League, she and her staff help build a team of 80 swimmers to a 141 team powerhouse and division champs. Mary Jo has worked in the past with the South, Grayson and Loganville High School Swim Teams. Currently she is an independent Sales Rep as well as part time home economics teacher at the FACL school. When she is not at the pool she spends quality time with her two kids and husband . |
Ben Schoenbachler 2007-08: Ben Schoenbachler was an all-conference and All-American in his second season with the Bulldogs. He helped lead the 400 Medley Relay team to the conference title, with the team finishing with a time of 3:23.09. Schoenbachler finished third in the 100 Yard Butterfly at the conference meet with a time of 51.05. 2006-07: Schoenbachler was an all-conference performer in the 200 free relay. He was a member of the 200 medley relay team that earned all-conference laurels. 2005-06: As a first-year swimmer in Wingate's brand-new program, he was responsible (with his teammates) for setting school records in three relay events: 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay and 200 Medley Relay. HIGH SCHOOL: Schoenbachler was a member of two varsity programs at Loganville HS in Georgia. Ben was a captain of the swim team for two years and the team MVP for all four years. He was also a three-time All-County selection. Schoenbachler also played on the tennis team. Ben is the son of Tom and Donna Schoenbachler. |
