Hello to all Bolles Sharks Athletes & Famlies! We are reaching out to you all for a second year with a request for participation in SuitUp2Swim--a community outreach program focused on providing much needed swim equipment to athletes in developing countries. Anya Burtak, our own teammate in the Senior Program, has worked to create this project to help those in the Phillippines with providing swim equipment that many of them do not have access to. We would like to support our International swimming community in working with Anya to collect...

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...

Bolles repeats as Open Water State Champions! Congrats to our Bolles athletes who competed at the Florida State Open Water Championships. Lead by two event winners, Dillon Brigman (15-16 Male) & Blake Beaver (11-12 Female), Bolles School Sharks repeated as State Champions!!! Athletes finishing in the the top 6 are eligible to participate in the Southern Zone OW Champs in Lucus, KY, May 31-June 2. Registration is on the Florida swimming website - CLICK HERE RESULTS 5K 13-14 Male 6th - Charlie Russell 12th - Eli Kuvin 16th - Oliver...

Formerly called the All-Star Meet, Bolles is sending 12 athletes to the Sunshine State Showcase this weekend! This meet is selected from the combined results of the two FLAGS meets and those athletes who are Top 6 in those results are invited to apply. Athletes who turn 15 prior to this weekend are ineligible to participate. There are 4 teams of swimmers from both Florida Swimming & Florida Gold Coast LSC's and the two age group chairs divide the teams up via draft into the Rays, Barracudas, Gators & Sharks....

Bolles wins 2024 SCY Senior Champs Not to be outdone by the Age Group Team, the Senior Team traveled to Ocala March 7-10 to attack the Senior State Championships and won with a point total of 4,373.5 over the Sarasota Sharks (3,443.5). It was a tight event for the first two days but then a shift occurred on Saturday morning and the team really rallied with several finals swims. We had a lot of athletes level up and achieve new time standards for future competitions, achievements made especially significant since...

Bolles defends FLAGS North Title Congrats to our 2024 FLAGS team on their victory in Ocala over the weekend of March 1-3. With 3,772.5 points, Bolles fended off a strong charge from Southwest Stars early in the meet to take command by day three of the meet. Highlighted by the 13-14 high point performance by William Shoesmith, who won 6 out of 6 individual events (1000 free, 1650 free, 200 Brst, 100 Fly, 200 & 400 IM) as well as 4 new Futures cuts – we had many athletes bringing...

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...