Nitro Swimming Recent NCAA Signees

November 17, 2013

Nitro Swimming is proud to recognize our early college signees for next year. From left to right, along with what school they will be attending are:

  • Samantha Sutton, University of Texas Austin;
  • Seth Timmons, Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan (Coach Mike’s and Coach Scott Y’s alma mater)
  • Zach Thomas, Columbia University
  • Abby Artmann, Duke University
  • Kira Morgan, University of Maryland Baltimore County
  • Sydney Tan, University of Pennsylvania

The following Nitro Swimmers are also USA Swimming Scholastic All Americans, meaning they carried a 3.5 GPA or higher and also qualified for Junior Nationals!! They are in the top 1% of this great sport of ours:  Abby Artmann, Samantha Sutton, Sydney Tan, Zach Thomas, Seth Timmons.

Congratulations to all of them and their proud families!!

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.