KAST-A-WAY SWIMWEAR

Alumni

This new section of the site is going to be undergoing a lot of development in the near future...IF some of the former SSS swimmers send in their current information to Taylor.

Send an e-mail to Taylor at ssssandshark@mindspring.com with the following questions answered:

Name
Years swimming as Sandsharks
College
Where they are now
E-mail (we won't be posting this on the site, it's just for correspondence)
Web site
Sandsharks memories
Anything else you want to include

Here are some images to give you an idea of what to expect...

Jared Craven
 

Years as a Sandshark:
I think around 13 or 14 years

College:
FSU then FGCU

Where are they now :
Working in Pinehurst as a Real-Estate Broker at Home-Selling Services

 

Sandshark Memories:
Being a pain in the a** for Taylor, annoying my fellow teammates, and having too many good times to recount in a short spiel.

Rachel C. Daniel (a.k.a. Rachel DeBernard )

Years as a Sandshark:
Hmm, I have to consult Mickey on this one but I believe I was 3 or 4 years old so 14-15 years

College:
NC State

Where are they now :
Working as a Web/Graphic designer for a company called MedThink in Raleigh

web site

Sandshark Memories:
I just got back from an awards show in NY so I will have to say the travel trip to NY when we went to the top of the World Trade Center. Plus the 10k open water at Clemson.

Greg Doughty

Years as a Sandshark:
1993-2007

 

College:
Southern Methodist University

Hobbies:
Napping, video games, boogie boarding (without fins), caring for animals

Favorite Swimmers:
Alex Hetland and Steve Lundquis

Inspirations:
“Granny” Peterson, Norman “Boonie” Peterson, and my mom
web site

Sandshark Memories:
Spending time with the team and winning the 50 free at the Mid-Atlantic Championships

Sage Erskine

Years as a Sandshark:
5

 

College:
Brown University

Where I am now:
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
web site

Sandshark Memories:
Winning and setting the meet record in the 400 Medley Relay, Breaking a minute in the 100 back.


Clayton Fritts

 Bio will go here...

Evan Fitzgerald

Years as a Sandshark:
1995-2004

 

College:
Washington and Lee University

web site

Sandshark Memories:
Destroying Greg in the 100 free the only time we swam against each other


Rachel Fritts

Years as a Sandshark:
10

 

College:
Savannah College of Art and Design

Where I am now:
Graduating in May with a BFA in Photography
web site

Sandshark Memories:
Travel trips were the best times of the year

 

Mary Devon McWilliams aka Diesel
 

Years as a Sandshark:
about 8 years?

 

College:
Bucknell University and Hollins University

Where I am now:
working at Johns Hopkins Hospital
in Baltimore, MD but attending med school next year

 

Sandshark Memories:
trip to Cincinnati when the bus broke down, distance training at Pinebluff and Sanford, weight room mornings with Emily and Jared, coaching, the many years I continue to return ...

 

Katy Simms

Years as a Sandshark:
14 years

 

College:
Davidson College

Where I am now:
Freshman at Davidson,  major undeclared

 

Sandshark Memories:
Rent-a-Wreck vans held together with bungee cords and that meet where the pool caught on fire

Brittany Ferguson (a.ka. Brittany Wallace)

Coming soon...

Years as a Sandshark:
5 years

 

College:
UNC-Wilmington

Where I am now:
Working in Corporate Communications at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital

web site

 

Sandshark Memories:
Marcie Peterson being a great coach, swimming an 800 IM in a meet and thinking I was going to die, placing 7th in the state in backstroke at the Junior Olympics at Duke, going to swim camp with Shannon Allison, carpooling with the DeBernards and Casey Coleman. Good times.