We were lucky to catch up with Liz & Mark Shveyd recently and have shared our conversation below.

Liz & Mark, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’re complete cheeseballs and so we love asking folks to share the most heartwarming moment from their career – do you have a touching moment you can share with us?

Mark and I have been coaching this sport together for 10 years, and so many swimmers have grown up in that time. Right in front of us! It doesn’t feel like it’s been more than a few hundredths of a second. The athletes we have known since kindergarten are nearly adults. Graduates! Lifeguards! Coaches! Our daughter is somehow starting her own swim lessons, and she is in awe of these Legends who show her how it’s done. We are in awe of them too. A lot of awe. Over the last 10 years, our brightest moments have been watching these beginner swimmers become one with the water. It’s a privilege to be on their team. There is nothing more fun than cheering them on, and we hope they always find their way back to our pool. We are who we are because of our swimmers.

Liz & Mark, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

We are the owners and head coaches of the Swim Lake City Legends, a USA competitive swim team in SLC, Utah. We both grew up as competitive swimmers and quickly transitioned into instructors/coaches after our freshmen year of collegiate athletics. Swimming burned us out, and we have always wanted to coach athletes who don’t experience that. We aim to train competitive swimmers who benefit from the sport and their own personal progress long after they have stopped competing. Happiness takes first in our opinion. Enjoying swimming for the long haul is gold.

If you could go back in time, do you think you would have chosen a different profession or specialty?

Neither of us would know what else to do. Swimming makes up most of who we are; it has always seemed important to share that with as many people as possible. We don’t know much about much else, and coaching continues to make us happy.

Training and knowledge matter of course, but beyond that what do you think matters most in terms of succeeding in your field?

Experience! Being in the pool almost as much as you’re on land. Cheering loud enough to lose your voice. Working with as many age groups and skill levels as possible, in and out of the water. If you submerge yourself in the sport, you can succeed as a coach.

Contact Info:

• Website: slclegends.com
• Instagram: slclegends

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Vlas Lezin