The Hammerheads @ Hollingsworth Park

Welcome Back Hammerheads Swim Team!

My love for swimming and diving began before I could walk (according to my parents) the youngest of all 8 swimming children. My parents/grandparents owned and managed a swim and fitness center in Baltimore where I was born. Their dream grew into a passion with combined backgrounds as national champions in the sports of swimming, diving, rowing, and squash. My grandfather is featured in the Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame at Camden Yards Baltimore Baseball Stadium. I began competing as an age group swimmer at the age of 5 in the Central Maryland Swim League, similar to SAIL, both established in the 1960’s. Bringing Age-group swimming to families was a great opportunity to build safe swimming and build supportive communities to promote the advancement of fitness and grow USA Swimming. The Hammerheads at Hollingsworth now joins the legacy. I passionately believe learning to swim is a life skill. My daughter has carried on this tradition and served as a SAIL rep, also an age-group swimmers from age 6-18, eventually competing for the Swim and Diving Team of Clemson for 3 years and women’s rowing for 1 year. Today, her children swim for SAIL, Piper (11) and Greta(8), I love my grandchildren and they also enjoy playing travel soccer for CESA.

I swam and dove in age groups from age 8U thru 15-18years. I continued Swimming and Diving at JUCO Nationals, earned All American, and accepted a Division II scholarship for swimming and diving at JMU. During my summers, I worked at a variety of clubs including Turf Valley Country Club, North St. John’s, and Forest Hill Swim and Tennis Clubs in Ellicott City, MD. I worked my summers teaching swim lessons, coordinating group lessons, working in pool management, and as part of the coaching staff. I also served 2 years in surf rescue to inaugurate female lifeguards into OCMD. I worked at the YMCA in swim lessons, fitness, and taught spin. I joined (EST)Eagles Swim Team coaching year round USS swimmers. In my younger adult years I enjoyed competing in Open Water Events, sprint, Olympic and half Ironman Triathlons. My passion as your coach is making practice fun and varied. My goals this summer are to build and grow our team, teach sound successful strong stroke techniques, develop a swimmers best assets, promote fast starts/turns to help swimmers achieve PR’s each week. Together each achieves more (TEAM)!

Hey Hammerheads! I’m super excited to be a part of this team and community! I have been in a pool for as long as I can remember, and I have swum competitively for Eastside High School for six years. Growing up, I swam for Devenger for about eight years and forDove Tree for six years. I have also lifeguarded at PMP for two years.

My goal as a coach is to create a fun, enjoyable swim environment while helping swimmers improve and develop their skills. Some of my best memories were made with my swim team family, and I hope to make that a reality for this team as well. I can't wait to come back and coach this team again this year.

I am super excited to be one of y’all’s new coaches this upcoming season! I am no stranger to the pool. I swam at Gower for 10 years, swam for my high school for five years (where I also served as team captain), and trained with Team Greenville for six years.

I am currently attending Clemson University, majoring in Political Science. I enjoy fishing, swimming, and playing the guitar.

I can’t wait to meet y’all this year—go Hammerheads!

My name is Riley Reed, and I’m a senior at St. Joe’s. This is my second year coaching, but my first year with the Hammerheads. I’m so excited to be part of this team! I’ve been swimming year-round at YSSC for eight years and at St. Joe’s for six years.

Summer swim has been an integral part of my life since I was about seven years old, and I can’t wait to help our swimmers grow and have fun this season!

I am so excited for our season to begin, and I love that I get to be a junior coach for our team! Many of you know that I love sports. I began my love for swimming with the Devenger Dolphins, where I swam for six years. I am currently a sophomore at J.L. Mann High School, where I swim competitively for the Patriots and participate in many other sports at Mann.

Some of my favorite memories were made during summer swim season. I hope to provide each of you with a supportive coaching experience while helping you grow in your skills and create lifelong memories together. I can’t wait for our season to begin!

See you soon!

I am excited to be joining the coaching staff this year, and I am looking forward to helping coach you all. I’ve been swimming in SAIL since I was 7 years old, starting my swimming career on the Dove Tree Swim Team. I was proud to be the oldest member of the inaugural Hammerheads Swim Team in 2025.