Carolina Aquatic Team

Zachary Archer 9 years ago

I have been swimming with this team for the lowest time I can think. I'm not the fastest swimmer, but that doesn't mean I love the team. Coach Chris, the senior coach and my current coach, has helped me so much of owning my swimming and helping me become a much faster swimmer. His coaching style may not help everyone, but it works. He has set records with his swimmers. I'm so glad he can coach me. Coach Josh gives me nothing but positivity. Josh is a very excellent head coach as the transition was only smooth when he became head coach. My team mates are nothing but encouraging and I love them all dearly. this team is amazing and would never ask for another one

Sadie Schumann 9 years ago

Carolina Aquatic Team demonstrates an amazing balance between competitive swimming and sportsmanship. As a swimmer in the senior group I have had a pleasure of getting to know all of our coaches. Their dedication to each individual swimmer never fails to amaze me. I enjoy coming to practice everyday because I know all my teammates and I have the same goals and that is to become better swimmers, but also better people. This team in my eyes is a second family. I highly recommend this team for all ages and all levels of swimming capability.

Connor Sept 9 years ago

I've been swimming on this team for 11 years now and my experience has been nothing but positive and uplifting. The coaching staff is excellent, and do a great job of helping the swimmers grow as both a swimmer and an individual. The head coach Josh has been on the team for as long as I can remember, even coaching me when I was in AG2. He's always had the teams best interests at heart, and his supportive and kind nature is loved by both swimmers and parents alike. In addition his wife, Kristen, has done an incredible job of creating a family type atmosphere where everyone on the team supports each other. The amount of support I've recieved from teammates and teammates over the years has been pivotal in helping me become a better swimmer. Through this team I've gained lifelong friends, and a swim family I know I'll always be apart of. I couldn't imagine having the same experience on any other club team.

Matt Schonwalder 9 years ago

As a former coach and NCAA Division I collegiate swimmer myself, I can attest to the following: CAT is the dominant year round club in the Durham and middle/northern Orange County region, and the best choice for competitive (and pre-competitive) swimming families in our area. Their full time coaches are technically knowledgeable and enjoy sharing that knowledge. With more location and group options than any other local team, CAT goes out of its way to simultaneously service and develop the "ultra competitive and elite" swimmers as well as those who are looking for an "intermediate" commitment level. My children have been swimming for this team for 5 years and have not only grown tremendously in their swimming abilities and self confidence, but have also developed friendships that will last a lifetime.

Starr Husketh 9 years ago

This is an amazing team with awesome coaches. The team is like one big family that supports each other in and outside the pool. We just had a swimmer lose a parent and the parents and swimmers from CAT have surrounded that family with love and support. As for the coaches, they push the swimmers to find their strengths within the sport and then help them to set goals, strive for them, and obtain them. We love this team!!