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Getting Started: A New Approach to Exercise

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Summit Teachers

At Summit Athletic Club we understand and encourage your desire to have a safe and enjoyable experience in and around the water. To help you do this we employ only the most qualified and capable instructors. Each class we offer is taught by a certified and experienced American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor. In addition, we also have instructors that are trained in Open Water Swimming Instruction, and Triathlon Swimming. We are certain that whether you are a beginning swimmer or a swimmer with years of experience our instructors will be able to help you improve your skills and enjoy swimming even more! We look forward to working with you!

Instructor Bios

Summit Swim Instructor - Moss

Lorin Lillywhite is Southern Utah’s premier swim instructor. He is an American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor, Water Safety Instructor Trainer, Lifeguard Instructor, and Open Water Lifeguard Instructor. He is the American Red Cross Health and Safety Specialist for the Southwest Utah Area and has personally certified more than half of all the lifeguard and swim instructors in Washington County Utah and Clark County Nevada. He is also a certified Aquatic Facility Operator through the National Recreation and Park Association.

Lorin has been teaching and coaching swim for more than 10 years and has been in management positions at five different aquatics facilities in the area. He currently is the coach of the Summit Master Swim Workout Group, the Open Water Safety Specialist for the St. George Trifecta series and the only local Certified Aquatic Examiner and Safety Training for Swim Coach Instructor in Southern Utah. He specializes in coaching triathletes and upper level competitive swimmers.

 


McKinzie Peterson has been an active Red Cross Lifeguard and Water Safety Instructor and has taught swimming lessons at Summit Athletic Club since 2006.  She has competed in several Triathlons and loves swimming.  McKinzie specializes in teaching adults who are at Beginning and Intermediate levels, beginner triathletes and children of all ages and abilities.

Summit Swim Instructor - Derek

Derek Visser has been serving the Southern Utah area as an American Red Cross certified Lifeguard and Water Safety Instructor since 2004. Derek has also competed as a member and captain of the Dixie High School Swim and Water Polo teams. He continues sharing his love of water sports with people of all ages by serving as the Assistant Coach of the Pine View, Deseret Hills and Hurricane High School swim teams as well as the Assistant Coach of the Summit Master’s Swim workout group.

 

Summit Swim Instructor - Alayna

Alayna Herbert has taught since 2007 at the Summit Athletic Club as an American Red Cross certified Water Safety Instructor and Lifeguard. Alayna is also a sub coach for the Southern Utah Swimming Association and was captain of the Pine View High School Swim Team from 2008-2009. During her four years as a member of the PVHS Swim Team she was a 10 time region champion and a 3 time state medalist.

 

 


 
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