Head Coach/Owner: Matt

Coach Matt has been an avid swimmer since the age of 8.  His coaching career started during his club years in Tempe,  AZ.  After attending and competing for Arizona State and the University of Rhode Island, he realized coaching was his passion and with that started his two-decade coaching career.

In that time, he has had numerous successes across club and collegiate swimming.  These successes include USA Swimming National Team Members, more than 72 National & Junior National Qualifiers, multiple NCAA qualifiers, National and Zone Select Camp participants along with High School All Americans and state champions across four different states.  

While coaching at the University of New Mexico he coached several student-athletes from overseas national teams including a member of the Philippines, Norway, Iceland, Singapore, Croatia and Slovakian National Teams.  In addition, he has coached international athletes who have attended both World and European Championships.      

During his time coaching for two decades, Matt Benedict has worked with Olympian producing coaches and Olympians. He has had 6 different swimmers qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials.  Including 2015 Pan AM Silver Medalist Darian Townsend, who in 2004 won a Gold medal in the 400 free relay in the Athens Olympics.

Matt has two children who compete in swimming & volleyball.  Matt enjoys skiing, Crossfit, music and “talking shop” about all things swimming in his spare time.  

 

Stephen Duckett

Coach Stephen has been an enthusiastic swimmer since the age of 5. Born and raised in Albuquerque he  started his swimming career with the city metro league then moved to his first club when he was 7. In  high school he swam for Cibola where his senior year he was the team captain.
 
His coaching career began during high school where he taught swim lessons for Corrales Parks and  Recreation. After teaching lessons for two years, he began to coach for the metro league. During this  time, he realized he was passionate about coaching and wanted to give back to the sport that he loves.
 
Stephen has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout through Troop 126 and was a certified EMT Basic during  the years 2018-2020. He is currently enrolled in CNM working on his associates degree in Computer  Information Systems where he is learning how to write programs. In his free time, he enjoys  glassblowing, walking his dog and playing video games.
 

 

Maya Hammond

Maya Hammond is a UNM college student from Clovis, New Mexico. She started her swim career when she was 8 years old and continued on to swim for UNM her freshman and sophomore year. She has been coaching and teaching swim lessons since she was 14 and loves to watch kids grow to be strong swimmers!

 

Mina Willemin

Bio coming soon ...