Nitro Swim Team at COPS Swim Meet

January 20, 2019

This past weekend 1/10-1/13/2019 we took 43 athletes to travel up to the Alfred Loos Natatorium hosted by COPS near Dallas for a  prelims/final meet with our friends from North Texas and Oklahoma. 

We had several swimmers recognized as high point winners and runner ups:  Ben Liang in  9-10 Boys, Lyla Lusk in 9-10 Boys, Sydney Rawie in 13-14 Girls, and Payton Marvin 15-18 Girls.  We achieved several new TAGS qualification standards, as well as won a plethora of stuffed Armadillos in Finals with heat winners galore.  Jeremy Kelly posted several meet records and swims that ranked in the top 10 of all time in USA Swimming for his last meet in the 11-12 Boys Division.  We were a smaller team at the meet but mighty in performance! 

– Randy Teeters

Mike Koleber

Head Coach Mike Koleber swam competitively in Michigan from age-group through his college years at Oakland University, where he was team Captain, an 11-time NCAA All-American, and a Senior National qualifier. Mike started teaching swim lessons at the age of 13, helping out his Dad on Saturday mornings, which allowed Mike the opportunity to learn from the best, his Dad. Mike has a true love of coaching and teaching and does a tremendous job of making new kids feel welcome on the Nitro pool deck. His drive to lead Nitro to ultimately become the #1 program in the country is infectious, and the staff works together as one unit with one goal, which is Nitro's Mission Statement: "Visible Improvement. Delivered with Passion and Joy. Every Day." Coach Mike is often a featured speaker at national and regional swimming conferences and former Board President of the American Swim Coaches Association. Coach Mike also shares swim instruction, coaching insights, and technique guidance with a global audience on social media. Through @CoachMikeNitro, his instructional content has attracted more than 1.6 million followers on Instagram and 1.5 million followers on TikTok.