COLORADO STATE SWIM AND DIVE CLUB

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The Swim & Dive Club is an option for every student at CSU. The team welcomes anyone who would like to try out the sport, stay in shape, or continue swimming & diving competitively.

Adam Graetz

Head Coach

Adam started swimming through triathlon. He started training in high school and then got more competitive in college. He started traveling around the world to race at the age of 15 and later represented the USA in multiple World Championships (70.3). He has also completed 9 Ironman distance events.

He began his coaching career with a large team in the Tampa area and truly realized how much he loved it while working with athletes of all levels and ages. He has coached every level from age group, high school, head club and national team coach, to masters and college. He has coached over 20 individual state championships, Junior Olympic/Junior National qualifiers and champions, Masters state record holders, Senior National qualifiers as well as multiple Olympic Trials qualifiers and one Trials finalist. He has also coached triathletes in everything from finishing their first race to Ironman World Championships.

He enjoys coaching because when he first swam he was truly terrible but his coach made the world of a difference for him. He loves working with athlete's goals and working with them to make it happen. He says, "the look in the eyes of the athlete when they make something they were not sure they could ever do is priceless." His philosophy is to train hard but be smart about it. Watch and truly get to know the athletes so you can help push them to do things they didn’t know they could do.

Adam has a degree in exercise science with a minor in biomechanics. He also held a massage license in the state of Florida. Currently, he is an Officer in the Army and is teaching ROTC at CSU. He has three kids ages 10, 13, and 15 and a Belgian Malinois that is finishing up service dog training. On his days off, he used to ocean lifeguard while working as a firefighter and paramedic!

Email: adam.graetz@colostate.edu