Carrington joined the Pirates as the Head Men's and Women's
Swimming and Diving Coach in the fall of 2009. Prior to
Southwestern he spent one year with the San Antonio Wave,
overseeing 150 swimmers and helped two achieve USA Swimming
Sectionals time standards and led the team to a top ten finish at
the South Texas Championships.
Before the Wave, Carrington was the assistant swim coach at Duke
University in Durham, NC for the 2007-2008 season. He was an
integral part of the staff that coached the Blue Devils women and
men to a sixth place and seventh place finish respectively at the
Atlantic Coast Conference Championships. Carrington also headed the
Blue Devil Aquatics program where he helped one swimmer achieve USA
Swimming Sectionals time standards and three prepare for the United
States Olympic Trials.
Carrington is a 2002 graduate of Ball State University with a
Bachelors of Science degree in Chemistry. Upon graduation he worked
in the pharmaceutical industry as an analytical chemist from May
2002 - June 2008. He also coached for two separate high school
programs, Delta High School from 2001-2002 and Yorktown High School
from 1999-2000, before beginning the Triangle Area Swimming program
in the fall of 2005 at the Durham YMCA.
A native of Danville, Ind., Carrington is a member of the American
Swim Coaches Association (ASCA). He is married to Kim Carrington
and they have one daughter, Grace.
Coach Simens joins Southwestern after earning her B.S. in Sports
Management from Clarion University of Pennsylvania with a minor in
Spanish. During her tenure at Clarion, she set four school records
in the 200 Breaststroke, 100 Breaststroke, 200 Medley Relay, and
400 Medley Relay. She also set two Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) Championship meet records in the 100 and 200
Breast, was an 11-time NCAA All American, and 2009 PSAC Swimmer of
the Week.
