USA Swimming announced the top 201 clubs recognized as Gold, Silver, or Bronze medal clubs in the 2024-25 Club Excellence program. The program annually recognizes the highest-performing clubs in developing athletes aged 18 years and younger. To learn more about the program and see the benefits of participation, click here. For the fourth year in a row, Bolles School Sharks achieved Gold Medal status - earning recognition as part of the PODIUM CLUB. Only 11 clubs nationwide are part of the Podium club and we're honored to recieve this distinction....

USA Swimming announced the complete list of 2023-24 Scholastic All-America recipients. With 27 athletes, Bolles Swimming was second out of all teams in the country - a testament to our tradition of excellence in & out of the pool! The list consists of 1,790 athletes in grades 9-12 who maintained a minimum 3.5 grade point average (GPA) and met any of the competition criteria* during the qualifying period of September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2024. Competition criteria is listed here. Compared to last year, more than 650 additional athletes...

Bolles Coaching Staff Celebrations August 22, 2024 As a new school year and new swimming season begins, The Bolles School re-structured several staff positions to better serve the student-athletes in the Bolles swimming programs. This week Head Coach and Aquatics Director Peter Verhoef announced to the team that Coach Dale Porter and Coach Alexis Keto were assigned titles of “Associate Head Coach” and Jake Gibbons was assigned title of “Varsity Head Coach”. In addition, Coach Dale Porter was celebrated for being named to the American Swim Coach Associations list of...

Bolles Announces Partnership with Elevate to enhance Age Group Programming Starting with the 2024-2025 season, Bolles Swimming has contracted with Elevate Performance Swim Academy to enhance and guide the athletic development programming for Age Group programs. Lead by Avery Adams from Charleston, SC - Elevate will educate coaches and provide on-land programming for Great White, Hammerhead, Tiger, and Mako groups. This partnership began in the 2023-2024 season through Avery’s contributions as a guest in staff development meetings and has grown as a personal and professional relationship with the Bolles coaching...

Bolles Swimming Welcomes Coach Emmy Sehmann June 25, 2024 Starting this July, coach Emmy Sehmann will join the Bolles coaching staff as a full time coach. Her primary role will be leading both Bolles School and Late Night champs groups as well as assisting other senior practice groups. We are fortunate that current champs lead coach Melissa Steele will stay as an assistant senior coach, adding support for National Prep and National practice groups. Emmy comes to Bolles from Channelview, Texas where she is currently serving as a Program Advisor...

For the third year in a row, Bolles has achieved Gold Medal Status! Upon calculating the World Aquatics Power Points for the Club Excellence program, Bolles School Sharks finished as one of the Gold Medal teams for 2024 - finishing 9th out of all the programs in the country. This is a testament to the the unwavering dedication to the sport from coaches, athletes, families and volunteers. By supporting young talent, and promoting unity withi n the Bolles community, Bolles continues to set a gold standard in competitive swimming. This...

Bolles has acheived Gold Medal Status for 2023 - placing in the top 10 teams in the country! This comes on the heels of club excellence Gold status for 2022 - and an increase in our overall score. Way to go SHARKS! USA Swimming’s Club Excellence program is designed to be a competitive contest between USA Swimming member clubs, where teams earn and re-earn rankings each year. Every year produces a different group of USA Swimming member clubs that earn exclusive benefits. In order to protect the integrity of this...

USA Swimming recently announced its 2021-2022 Scholastic All-America list, featuring 1,281 athletes in 9-12th grade who maintained a minimum 3.5 grade point average (GPA) and earn Winter Junior Nationals during the qualifying period of September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2022. For more on this program - CLICK HERE. Bolles School Sharks had 17 athletes earn this distinction, placing us at 4th in country! Congrats to all our athletes earning this honor! Jayla Covington Victor Derani Lila Higgo Andy Kravchenko Drew Heck Carter Lancaster Kayden Lancaster Evan Larson Simany Lee...

Congratulations! After calculating the FINA Power Points for the Club Excellence program, Bolles School Sharks finished as one of the 21 Gold Medal clubs for 2022. You, your coaching staff, and your athletes are to be commended for achieving this coveted level! This is an important achievement that recognizes a club for excellent performances. Bolles ranked 18th with a point total based on swims done by 18 & under US National athletes, in long course meters, faster than a summer juniors nationals time. Congratulations to Michael Mullen (Late Night) for...