LHP has been my summer home since before I could walk. My mother grew up swimming for the Gators, followed by me and my 3 siblings. I began coaching for LHP, first as a tennis coach, from 2013-2016 and returning to coach swim from 2018 to present day. Once I graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2019, I began coaching year round swim for the YMCA of Alexandria Seadragons, followed by Nation’s Capital Swim Club from 2020-2023. I am so proud of what LHP has become over my 20+ years of being a member and I cannot wait for another amazing summer with the Little Hunting Park Gators!
Assistant Head Coach Francesca Almeida is a rising junior at the University of Georgia, where she studies Elementary Education and Human Development. She is a life-long member of LHP, swam with the Gators for 12 years and coached for 6 summers. Francesca is incredibly excited to be working with an awesome team of Coaches this summer and can’t wait to see all the returning athletes and get to know the new ones!
Coach Lilly (center) will be starting her sophomore year at Franciscan University of Steubenville, where she will be majoring in Music and minoring in Psychology. She has been on the Gators since she was eight, and has been coaching for the last four summers. A fun fact is that she loves capybaras, and more importantly, her LHP Gators! She looks forward to another amazing summer season with her swimmers and fellow coaches.
Coach Norah Emery is a rising senior at West Potomac High School. This is her 8th summer on the Gators and her 3rd year coaching. Norah says “I can’t wait for all of the excitement of the season to start, and I am so excited to work with all of the swimmers on the team- we are going to have so much fun!!”
I’m Leia Hubbard, and I am a rising senior at Alexandria City High School and I currently swim for The Nations Capital Swim Club. This is my 10th year on the gators and my 3rd year coaching! I’m so excited to get to see all the new and familiar faces this season and can’t wait for how awesome this upcoming season will be!! (Leia is on the right.)
Hi! My name is Jackson Hoover (Coach Jackson). I am 20 years old and currently a Junior at St. Olaf College in Northfield MN, majoring in Kinesiology. I hope to be a physical therapist. I have been super blessed to be a Gator since I was 5 years old, I have swam all 4 years at Alexandria City High school, I am an active participant in my college’s Water Polo and swim club. In addition, I have been Captain of Alexandria City High school swim team in 2021 and Communications Captain for the St. Olaf Rogue Waves Water Polo team. I am super excited to be able to dress up in my gator costume for another amazing year!
Hi! My name is Fiona, and I am 16 years old and a sophomore at West Potomac High SchooI. I swim for my high school team, and have been swimming for LHP for roughly 7 years! This is my second year being a swim coach and I’m so excited for the season to start!!!!!
Hi there i’m Coach Anna Althouse! I have been an LHP Gator for eleven years and this is my second summer as a gator coach. I am finishing up my sophomore year at West Potomac HS and was on my school’s swim team both years. My favorite stroke to swim is backstroke and my favorite skill to teach is flip turns! I love this team so much and can’t wait for an exciting summer in Division 4!!!!!! 🐊💚
My name is Lucy Perkins, and I am currently a Sophomore at St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School. I’m sixteen and I’ve been swimming competitively since I was eight. I started swimming for the LHP Gators originally, and then I began year round swimming for NCAP. Since then I’ve swum for not only NCAP, but the YMCA Sea Dragons, the St. James, and currently I swim for Arlington Aquatic Club. I have enjoyed swimming with the Gators every summer and started coaching last year. (Lucy is pictured on the left.)
I’m Armin Roeseler, and I am a rising Senior at West Potomac HS, and a captain for their swim team. I’ve been on the Potomac Marlins swim team for 6 years, and swimming for LHP for 9 years. This is my second year coaching and I’m so excited for summer to start!
Hi my name is Thomas Brown and this is my second year coaching and swimming for the LHP Gators. I've been swimming since I was a baby and I recently completed my last season on the West Potomac High School Swim and Dive Team. I had so much fun coaching swim for the first time last summer and I'm super excited for another season with the Gators!
