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Pierce Bradshaw - Co-Head Coach | EMAIL
Coach Bradshaw is originally from Charlotte, NC. He was a four-year varsity swimmer at Providence High School before heading to West Virginia University to swim during his freshman year and then transferred to East Carolina University to continue his collegiate swim career. While at ECU, Bradshaw obtained his bachelor's degree in Kinesiology with a concentration in health fitness. He holds one of the top ten record times in ECU school history, and was also selected to represent Team USA at the 2014 Open Water World Championship. Bradshaw has coached at Sardis Swim & Racquet and New South Swimming. Coach Bradshaw joined the Covenant Day coaching staff in 2018.
Caroline Orsillo - Co-Head Coach | EMAIL
Coach Orsillo is a native of Fairfax, VA. Her competitive swim career includes several years of swimming, up through her senior year of high school. She holds a bachelor's degree in Recreation Administration, and an MAT in Elementary Education as well as a master's degree in Health Education. Orsillo has been teaching health and physical education at CDS since 2002. Her coaching experience spans more than 20 years at various age-group levels and 11+ at the varsity level. Coach Orsillo began coaching at Covenant Day in 2008.
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John Kempf '09 (Gardner-Webb University)
Ethan Rowan '09 (St. Bonaventure)
Rachel Carter '10 (Centre College)
Hayes Wilkerson '10 (Wheaton College)
Hunter Rowan '11 (Merchant Marine Academy)
Caleb Ernsberger '12 (Limestone College)
Catherine Wilkerson '12 (Gordon College)
Kate Carter '13 (Davidson College)
Madison Rowan '13 (Florida Southern College)
Tice Wilkerson '16 (Wheaton College)
Sophie Lindner '18 (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill)
Aislinn McGrory (Wheaton College)
Swimming - Varsity Coed
CISAA Championship Recap 1/30/2019
Our Varsity Swim Lions capped off their regular season with a fifth place finish for both the boys and girls teams. In total, the team posted 22 personal season fastest swims, with several between 1-2 seconds faster, one state-cut time added – and a 16 second time drop by Kathryn Harding in the 500 free!
Overall the team had seven top-10 finishes: four top- 5 finishes – two 4th place – four 3rd place – and one 2nd place finish. This is so impressive for 14 swimmers!!!
The following swimmers will be representing CDS at the NCISAA State Meet in Greensboro on February 11, 2019: Ben Bednar, Lawson Brantley, Kathryn Harding, Brayden Lauletta, Lilly McKissick, Carter Nelson, Susanna Schoeck, and Cole Walton. Swim fast, Lions!
Meet Recap 11/28/2018
The Varsity Swim team competed in a conference meet at the Charlotte Christian pool on Nov. 28th. The team scored 9 first place finishes and 4 second place finishes. This is quite impressive and telling of the talent and quality of the team this season and the way they compete. Coach Orsillo and Coach Bradshaw were pleased with the efforts of the swimmers and results. Meet Scores Meet Results