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Coaches

Clay Britt, Head Coach
Montgomery Aquatic Center (Thursday, Sunday)

Clay has been a competitive swimmer for 42 years and a swimming instructor for 20 years. As a swimmer, he has held American and World records both in USA Swimming and as a Masters Swimmer. As a coach, Clay has led the Mariners for over 16 years and most enjoys helping swimmers improve their stroke technique. Find out more about Clay Britt.

Peter played football and baseball throughout High School. He was in the Coast Guard for five years and during that time served for a year onboard a cutter performing search-and-rescue missions. He has coached junior level basketball and baseball. He joined the ANCMs nine years ago and has been coaching the team four years.

Cathy has been swimming since she was 8, when she joined Twin Farms in the Montgomery County Swim League. She began swimming with Rockville-Montgomery Swim Club (the kids who swim on the other side of the pool Sunday mornings) when she was 12, first at Piney Branch and then at MLK when it opened. She swam high school at Paint Branch and taught lessons at MLK for several summers during college. Cathy joined the ANCMs in September 2003 after swimming on her own for 18 years, making up her own workouts along the way.

Marco Tulio Quinonez Martin Luther King Swim Center (Wednesday) Marco was a long-distance champion and coach in his native Guatemala. He held state records in the 400 and 1500 meter freestyle and a 1962 national record for his 18 km swim across Lago Atitlan. He has been coaching since 1971 and is a member of the A.S.C.A., N.I.S.C.A. He has been coaching the ANCMs since 1998.

Lisa Wolf Olney Swim Center (Tuesday)

Lisa swam competitively for local YMCA, summer and AAU teams while growing up in Pennsylvania. She hung up her suit after high school but got back into the water with the ANCMs in 2002 after watching her oldest son swim with the neighborhood team. She competes in local meets, open water events and trains for competition in triathlons. Lisa is a certified USA Swimming Coach at ASCA Level II. She finds coaching at Olney an interesting challenge, as there is a wide range of swimmers, including very accomplished swimmers, triathletes, and swimmers "returning to the fold" after a few years out of the water. She makes the workouts fun and challenging at the same time.

Leon Wells Martin Luther King Swim Center (Monday)

Leon Wells swam competitively at Tennessee State University. He became involved with Master’s swimming through Walter Meares and Alfonzo Allen, coaches of the DC PR Master’s Swim Team and, for more than ten years, he has coached the DC PR’s team. He also coached the Rockville Masters for a few years and the Virginia Masters at Chinquapin Aquatics Center. He assisted John Flanagan at Haines Point during the summers and sometimes coached those practices on his own. Leon joined the ANCM coaching staff in 2009.