Coach Maddie is so excited to join us this year! She has been a swimmer her whole life, swimming for STAT (Stingray Aquatics), middle and high school at Charlotte Christian, and summer league. She has also been a summer league coach and was the assistant coach for the CHS swim team this year. Outside of swimming, Coach Maddie is a science teacher at Cuthbertson who loves spending time with her husband and golden retriever. She loves to travel, visit Raleigh for NC State football games, paint, and of course...swim!

Coach Gavin is a long time Sailfish swimmer who also swims for Cuthbertson High School and year-round for MSA. Gavin has spent the past two years teaching swim lessons and Pre-Team groups at MSA as well. Gavin can swim any stroke making him versatile, but he definitely prefers sprinting over the distance events. He will be integral in providing expert guidance to our 6 and Under, White, and Silver groups. A rising junior in high school and the oldest of 3, we hope to have Gavin coaching for many years to come! Gavin is the energy any team needs and he brings loads of quality experience and training as well!

Coach Kaitlyn is another Sailfish, Cavalier and MSA swimmer! Kaitlyn is a rising senior and is a clutch swimmer for the high school and summer league teams- swimming whatever the coach needs her to swim! This year, Kaitlyn will help with the 6 and Under, White, and Silver groups. Her bubbly personality, endless encouragement, and kind correction are vital for helping our swimmers make improvements and have a great time in the water!

This season we are welcoming Micah as a Coach! He has been Sailfish for almost 10 years as a swimmer.  He is a current Sophomore at Cuthbertson High school where he is also a member of the swim team there.  As a club swimmer and instructor at MSA, Micah brings knowledge and experience to our younger swimmers.  He looks forward to developing their strokes and strengthening their technique!  

This will be Coach Lydia’s third year helping with our younger swimmers. Lydia has been a Sailfish many years and pitches in all around the pool deck before, during, and after meets! Lydia is a current sophomore in the Medical Academy at CATA, where she has filled a major need for Fly swimmers on their team and also devotes time to MSA.

Coach Isla is a current sophomore at Cuthbertson, where she is heavily involved with band and participates on the school swim team. This will be her third year helping with our younger group of swimmers, but Isla has been on the Lawson team for many years in addition to school and year-round swim at MSA. She is a sprinter and will be a great asset to teach the young ones how to race! She is a big help with setting up and breaking down equipment in the water and on the deck.

Coach Leigh has been on the pool deck her entire life! Swimming for MAC, high school, YMCA, and summer league when she was younger and has coached summer league, middle school, high school, and club swimming for 30 of the last 36 years. She swam backstroke until coerced to become a flier out of a team need. When not at the pool, Coach Leigh works at Cuthbertson and coaches the CHS swim team. She has 3 kids (2 swim) and too many animals to count and prefers life at the beach!