Leanne Pedro
Head Coach
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Leanne
Pedro
Head Coach and Team Owner Southern
Maine Aquatic Club 2014 - present.
Former Head Coach Coastal Maine and assistant coach Westbrook Seals
2000-2014.
ASCA Level 5 certified for education.
ASCA Level 4 certified for performance.
ASCA Coach of the year for Maine Swimming in 2004 and
2006.
Assistant Coach for the 2006 Eastern Zone Select Camp in Annapolis,
Maryland.
Assistant Coach for the 2010 National Select Camp at the Olympic
Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Maine Swimming Board of Directors - Finance Chair - 2016
Maine Swimming Board of Directors - Senior Vice Chair - 2008 -
2016.
Maine Swimming Board of Directors - Age Group Chair - 2005 - 2007.
Representative at the Eastern Zone meetings in Florida 2010 -
2015.
Maine's delegate at the USA
Swimming National Convention in California, 2013.
Maine's representative at the Western Safe Sport meetings in
Denver, Colorado 2013.
Helped over 55 athletes reach the Sectional, Grand Prix,
Junior National and Senior National levels.
Assisted over 60 athletes get recruited to Division I
programs.
Helped another 50+ athletes attend and swim at Division II/III, Ivy
League, and Nescac schools and secured thousands and thousands
of dollars towards their college education.
Produced 7 USA Scholastic All-Americans.
Leanne raised 4 children who all
went on to Division I swim programs. Involved in competitive
swimming for over 40 years, Leanne has established the first
Coach-owned USA team in Southern Maine. Strongly encouraged
and supported by her athletes and families, Leanne is thrilled
about the future of swimming in Maine. She plans to embrace and
guide those families with youngsters looking to take advantage of
all that USA competitive swimming has to offer. Having taught early
on as a Red Cross Swim instructor, Leanne enjoys guiding the very
young and novice athlete all the way up to the Nationally ranked
athlete. Devoted to coaching children of all levels, Leanne holds a
BA in Child Development and Classical Civilization from Connecticut
College and has earned all credits for her MA in Teaching Latin and
Classical Humanities from Boston University.
Frederick W Homans
Assistant Coach
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Fritz Homans
Assistant Coach and co-founder Southern Maine Aquatic Club
2014 - present
Former assistant coach Penobscot Bay and Coastal Maine
2007-2014
Former Masters Coach at Penobscot Bay, Maine 2008 -
2010
Former Masters Coach in Coronado, CA 1988 -
1990
Maine Swimming Board of Directors - Finance Chair
- 2011 - 2014
Maine Swimming Board of Directors - Admin Vice Chair 2014
- 2016
Maine Swimming Board
Member - 2016 2010
Maine Swimming Hall of
Fame Inductee 2009
2 X #1 World Rankings as Masters Swimmer,
2008
Competed in German National Team Championships 1983, 1984
SSG Erlangen
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1980 - BA in
Business
2-Time Olympic Trial Qualifier, 1976, 1980
Most Valuable Swimmer at UNC, 1979
NCAA Division 1 All-American at University of North
Carolina
Co-Captain 2 years and 6 team records at UNC
Co-Captain US Olympic Committee Elite Training Camp,
1979
Co-Captain at USOC Sportsfest, 1979
National Athlete Rep to AAU Conventions
1978-1980
Earned full 4 year swimming scholarship to the University
of North Carolina
Participated in 9 AAU National Short and Long Course
Championships
Deerfield Academy - 1976 - 10-time All American, 5 New
England Records
Bangor Y Swimmer- 1966 -73 Multiple state state records
and championships
Fritz has been involved in competitive swimming
for almost 50 years and is the father of 2 children who also swim
competitively. After a corporate career of almost 30 years
specializing in government contracts in the food and nutrition
industry, Fritz rose to the level of VP of sales and marketing.
During his business career before returning to Maine, Fritz lived
in North Carolina, Southern California, Texas, Connecticut, and
Europe where he continued to swim and coach when time allowed.
Fritz continues to enjoy giving back to swimming
by coaching and supporting his children as they navigate
through the world of age
group and collegiate swimming.
Katherine Elizabeth O'Grady
Coach
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As SMAC
transitions to a new kind of experience, Katie is joining SMAC to
help us out at training and meets both near and far. She
started swimming at a young age and went on to swim in college at
Henderson State University. She met her wonderful husband
James there and have 2 children - Meagan and Tommy.
Both Tommy and Meagan are active SMAC swimmers and help to
keep their parents out of
trouble.
Zack Davies
Strength Coach
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Zack
Davies
A Certified
Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Zack has over 10
years of experience being a fitness and biomechanics expert.
He holds a degree in Sports Medicine from the University of
Southern Maine. Along with his degree and teaching Zack has
done at the University of Southern Maine, he possesses additional
prestigious certifications such as Functional Movement
Screen, Sport and Exercise Nutritionist, and USA Weightlifting
level 1. Zack enjoys sports of all kinds and the biomechanics
and patterns that are involved with them. Having a background
in athletics and sports has helped Zack apply his knowledge first
hand. The field of fitness and performance is ever changing
and evolving which allows Zack to continue to learn and grow.
In turn, Zack's athletes become durable, stronger, and
possess greater, more sound movement patterns.
“Fitness and
wellness are not a trend they are a lifestyle! Be healthy and
well.”
