Seven Locks Swim Team Coaching Staff - 2024
Head Coach - Stephanie Pratt
Coach Steph has loved the MCSL since her first races as a Kenmont Tsunami at age 4! Her favorite stroke was and is backstroke and she proudly remembers being one of the best 12&unders in the county at 50 back. She grew up swimming year-round for Titans Swimming, along with Aquahoyas Swimming, and at age 15, Steph joined the Kenmont staff as an Assistant Coach and has been coaching ever since. A two year captain of her High School Team, Steph also went on to coach the Einstein High School Swim Team in the MCPS for several seasons. Steph has been a Head Coach and Programs Director with FINS Swimming since 2014, where she is influential in the training and development of younger coaches and senior staff, as well as in the design of the programs curriculum, which is focused on bringing the fun summer swimming mindset into the winter swim world. Steph is excited to rejoin the Seven Locks Sharks for her third season with the team!
Assistant Head Coach - Justin Burgett
Coach Justin is thrilled to return to the Seven Locks Swim Team for the summer 2024 season, his third with the Sharks!! He is a recent graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park where he received a bachelor’s degree in Public Policy and a minor in Sustainability Studies. Justin swam for the Tilden Woods Dolphins of the MCSL for 12 seasons. Additionally, he trained with the RMSC for 11 years and was a member of the Walter Johnson High School swim team, where he served as team captain his senior year. Justin was a coach with Tilden Woods for five summers before becoming a Head coach with Seven Locks last summer. Along with his MCSL coaching experience, he has been a head coach with FINS for the past 2 years.
Assistant Head Coach - Kenny Afolabi-Brown
Coach Kenny is a recent graduate from Towson University where he received his Bachelor's degree in Electronic Media & Film. Kenny swam for RMSC for over 10 years and in the MCSL from ages 5-18 years old. Coach Kenny also swam Division 1 at University of Connecticut for a year, before transferring to swim at Towson University for the rest of his collegiate career. Kenny was an assistant coach in the MCSL for 3 summers with his childhood team, Lake Marion. Kenny has been an awesome addition to the FINS coaching staff this season and is excited to bring his technical knowledge and enthusiastic approach to the Seven Locks Sharks!
Assistant Head Coach - Sophia Bertozzi
Sophia has been a Seven Locks Shark since the age of 6 and competed for the team for 13 years until her graduation from the team in 2022. She has worked her way up the Seven Locks coaching ladder, starting at age 13 and is now excited to begin her 6th year as “Coach Soph.” Sophia attended St. John’s College High School where she swam on the Varsity Swim Team for 4 years and served as senior captain. She now attends The Conway School of Nursing at the Catholic University of America. When not coaching, you can probably find Sophia lifeguarding at the pool, on a run nearby, or spending time with her friends at Seven Locks. The spirited traditions are Sophia’s favorite part of the SLOX community. Go Sharks!!
Senior Assistant Coaches - Andrew Datch, Neo Matsuyama, Healey Morgan and Annie Simmons
Junior Assistant Coaches - Lily Chadwick, J.R. Deoudes, Lia Kudelko, Aron Matsuyama, Kirk Morgan and Harper Rushton
