Hugh Convery

Hugh began coaching as a head USA Swimming coach in 1982. Before starting Gwinnett Aquatics in 2004, he was head coach at Dynamo-Mountain Park for 7 years, where he trained Senior National, Junior National and Zone qualifiers, an Olympic Trial finalist and over 30 National top-16 swimmers.  Before coming to Atlanta, Hugh coached at the Upper Montgomery County YMCA in suburban Washington DC, Tulane University in New Orleans, and Holt Swim Club in Lansing, MI.  He has achieved level 5 status, the highest level of accreditation, from the American Swim Coaches Association. He earned a B.A. from Michigan State and an M.A. from Tulane. His wife, Karin, works as a behavioral scientist at CDC. They have two children, Elliane and Jacy.

Email = hugh@gwinnettaquatics.com

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Cathy Ruffing

Cathy was also with Dynamo before GwinAq started. She arrived at Dynamo - Mountain Park in 2000. She swam for the original Gwinnett Aquatics and then Dynamo in the 80s before attending and swimming for Georgia State University. While there, she met her husband Martin, also a swimmer. They have two sons Mason and Andrew. She has been a swim teacher and summer league coach, mostly in Gwinnett County, since 1981.

Email = cathy@gwinnettaquatics.com

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Zac Adams

Zac joined Gwinnett Aquatics in 2007 returning to where his swimmiong career started after successful coaching stints at New Wave in North Carollina and LSU. Zac was one of the top age group swimers in Georgia and still holds the state records in the 200 breast and 400 IM. From here he went on to swim at Lousiana State University. Since then Zac has coached National and Junior National qualifiers. He has a son, Tyler.

Email = zac@gwinnettaquatics.com

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Scott McIntyre

Scott started at Gwinnett Aquatics in 2006 after seeing how much fun the coaches had while working with his kids. Since then he has also taken on the position of coach of the summer league team at Eastside.

Email = scott@gwinnettaquatics.com