PLANET SWIM AQUATICS ASSOCIATION, INC.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA

Planet Swim Aquatics offers a competitive experience for swimmers on all levels, starting with six year-olds all the way to experienced Olympians. We participate in local, regional, national, and even international competitions. On the year-round swim program focus on helping each and every one of our swimmers to grow as human beings beyond their swimming experience. This program is geared to children looking into explore competitive swimming and develop all four swimming strokes while building endurance through regular practices. At Planet Swim Aquatics we are committed to provide our swimmers with the necessary tools including the quantitative and qualitative data to help facilitate the development of high performance as well as sharing our knowledge, experience, and passion on a daily basis. Planet Swim Aquatics offers a competitive experience for swimmers on all levels, starting with six year-olds all the way to experienced Olympians. We participate in local, regional, national, and even international competitions. On the year-round swim program focus on helping each and every one of our swimmers to grow as human beings beyond their swimming experience. This program is geared to children looking into explore competitive swimming and develop all four swimming strokes while building endurance through regular practices. At Planet Swim Aquatics we are committed to provide our swimmers with the necessary tools including the quantitative and qualitative data to help facilitate the development of high performance as well as sharing our knowledge, experience, and passion on a daily basis. He began teaching swim lessons in 2005 upon his arrival in Roanoke, VA, and continued to teach swim lessons while in college. Altogether, Gus accumulates a total of 10 years of teaching and coaching under his belt.  He joined Planet Swim in 2011 soon after graduating from Wingate University with a Business Management degree. Since then Gus has proven to be a great asset to our staff both teaching and coaching and plays a major role managing the daily business operations. As our Head Age Group Coach, Gus helped several swimmers qualify to the Florida Age Group Championship (FLAGs) and to achieve AAA and AAAA time standards. Coach Junior was a national-caliber swimmer for Brazil and the US. He was an age group national champion in the 50 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke, and 100 Butterfly. Temotio, also swam and finished High school in the United States and was a Conoco Phillips National and Junior National Qualifier as well as a medalist in the 2007 Speedo Sectionals in Federal Way, WA.  Coach Junior graduated from East Carolina University with a Bachelor of Science in Business/Marketing in 2012 where he was a four year scholarship swimmer, holding records in several relays and ranked among the school’s all-time top 10 in the 50 Freestyle and 100-yard butterfly.