Mike Braga
Head Coach
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Mike Braga is an 8th grade English teacher at the Magellan Charter
School, and has been a Manager at Bedford for the last 7
years. Mike is certified to teach water safety, lifeguarding,
first aid, CPR, AED usage, and other classes with the Red Cross,
and has been lifeguard certified for 12 years. He grew up in
Raleigh swimming for Greystone pool, and later serving on their
swim team board.Mike has given swimming lessons to swimmers ranging
from first timers to high schoolers, and is excited to swim hard,
play hard, and have fun with sharks this year. GO SHARKS!
Alicia Carlson
Assistant Head Coach
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Hello, my name is Alicia Carlson. I am a rising sophomore at
East Carolina University, majoring
in Exercise Physiology with plans to be a Physical Therapist. I
have been swimming since I was
10 years old, beginning with summer league for the Hasentree
Hammerheads as well as year-
round swimmer with the Marlins of Raleigh until I was 15. I also
swam for Sanderson High
School all four years and played golf. I continue to swim on the
Club swim team at East Carolina
University. I have been an active participant in swimming since
year-round by being an assistant
swim coach for the Marlins of Raleigh, coaching the 8 and under and
11-12 age groups. As some
of you may remember I have been a swim coach for the Bedford Sharks
the past three years
and I am so excited to continue to coach this upcoming season. I
can’t wait to see all of you and
be a part of an amazing team, as always Go Sharks!!!!
Belle Kozubowski
Assistant Head Coach
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Hi! My name is Belle Kozubowski and I just finished my first year
at UNC Asheville studying Mass Communication. I love the Bedford
Sharks and have been swimming or volunteering with them for over 10
years. Previously, I swam competitively for The Marlins of Raleigh
for about 7 years and worked as a swim coach for MOR for 4 years. I
am so excited to be returning for a second season as a Sharks
coach!
Caitlin Myers
Assistant coach
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Hi! My name is Caitlin Myers! I’m a rising junior at
Appalachian State University where I am studying Communication
Sciences and Disorders as well as Special Education. I have
been swimming since I was five, and swam for the Sharks from
when I was 6 until I was 18. I also swam for YOTA and Wakefield
High School. During high school, I was a swim instructor at the
YMCA and helped with leading their swim school sessions. I’ve
been working as a lifeguard at this pool for 4 summers now, and I
couldn’t be more excited to switch things up and begin
coaching this summer! Go Sharks!!
Allyson Kohl
Assistant coach
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My name is Allyson Kohl and I am currently an 8th grade science
teacher. I was on the Bedford Sharks from when it started and when
I was 18. That was roughly 9 years. After graduating high school, I
became a swim coach at the YMCA. I did that for four summers before
coming back to my roots on the Bedford Sharks. I look forward to
being your swimmers coach! I love teaching and coaching and I am so
excited to be doing it again for the fifth summer!
