Garrett Clark  

 Head Coach

 

 

Garrett began his swimming career taking swim lessons at Taunton High School.  After completing two sessions he was asked if he would like to participate on the Middleboro Sea Devils swim team.  He was very surprised to be swimming with children much younger than him.  Through the encouragement of family and coaches he would continue for 8 more years – great years – for the Sea Devils, the Boys and Girls Club of Taunton, and Taunton High school.

Garrett is the current record holder for Taunton High School in the 100 Freestyle, 500 freestyle  and 100 Breaststroke.  He is also the current record holder for the Sea Devils in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke as well as a 2 time top 20 finisher in the 100 breaststroke at New England Senior Championships. 

After a long college career Garrett will receive his B.A. in English this summer.

For Garrett the value of swim is the things your do everyday.  It is showing up, interacting with team mates and chasing down your goals.   

 

From "Self Reliance"

"There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that...no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till... A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best..."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

 

Amy Gersbach
 Assistant Coach
Amy joined the Fort Dix Aqua Devils as a swimmer in September of 1987 with her two brothers. She stayed with the team during the transition from military to civilian when John Fletcher took over and renamed the team Jersey Storm in 1990. Through her 15 years here as a swimmer she set team records for the 15-18 and Senior girls age-groups in the 500 Free, 1000 Free, 1650 Free, 400 IM, the 15-18 200 Back and all 15-18 girl's relays. All records but the 200 Back still stand today.  Amy also swam for Shawnee High School,
Deerbrook Swim Club, and Westwood Swim Club while growing up.  Amy's brothers Matt and Charlie also swam for Jersey Storm from 1987 through their high school graduations.  Charlie still holds team records in a couple of events.

In the fall of 2002 Amy left for Duquesne University where she swam 4 years in the Division I - Atlantic 10 Conference.  As a distance swimmer at Duquesne, Amy broke records in the 500 Free, 1000 Free, 1650 Free and 400 IM.  All but the 500 Free still stand. Amy graduated from Duquesne in May of 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education - math.

Currently, Amy teaches math to juniors and seniors at Seneca High School in Tabernacle, and is in her third year as a coach with Jersey Storm.

Amy absolutely loves coaching at Storm.  She enjoys having the opportunity to not only give something back to the sport, but to give something back to the team that has helped her grow into the person she is today.  To quote former coach John Fletcher, Amy knows that "everything you need to know in life, can be learned at swim practice."  Swimming is an excellent medium to teach commitment, dedication, and teamwork -- among several other life skills.  Amy strives to not only help her swimmers succeed in the pool, but also in life.
 
 
  
Jeremy Kirkpatrick
 
Assistant Coach

Jeremy began swimming at the age of 6 for Jersey Wahoos.  He was a breaststroker.  As he continued his winter career he swam for the Jersey Storm, the Hurricanes of Burlington YMCA and Eastern Athletic Club currently named the Medford Wave.  Jeremy swam for the Tarnsfield Torpedoes in the summers from age 6 until he graduated the team at 18.  He swam backstroke and was the developmental team coach.

 

As Jeremy entered High School he began swimming distance for the Rancocas Valley Red Devils and The Force, where he also coached.  After graduating in 2001 he went on to swim for York College of Pennsylvania as a distance swimmer. After 3 years he sidelined with shoulder injuries.  He graduated from York College in 2007 with a Bachelors of Science in Sport Management with a minor in Aquatic Facility Operation.  Currently, Jeremy is Aquatic Directing for Future Fitness in South Jersey.

 

If Jeremy could offer one piece of information to his swimmers it would be to practice smart.  Remember practice doesn't make perfect- PERFECT practice allows for perfect results.


   
Alena Ebert
 
Assistant Coach
 
   
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