Current age: 34

Kelly has a long pedigree in swimming, starting with a swim team at the age of six in Californa where she was born. But as she admits, it didn't necessarily come easy to start with. 'I was better at football but decided to pursue swimming because I liked the idea that I wasn’t great at it. I knew I could get better and loved the hard work involved.' And her hard work paid off. 

After racing competitively through university, Kelly then took to open water swimming welcoming the chance to enjoy the experience rather than the finish time. 

Kelly has now been coaching for over a decade, first under the tutelage of Olympic level coaches, then masters level coaching alongside coaching and guiding for SwimTrek. 

'It’s my pure joy to show swimmers what they’re capable of and I love it when they reach their goals and want to push to exceed their goals beyond what they thought possible.'

Coaching Qualifications
• ASCA Level 2 Swim Coach (American Swim Coaches Association)
• SLSGB Surf Lifeguard 
• WOWSA Open Water Coach

Achievements

• SCAR Challenge (67km - 4-day lake challenge in Arizona)(Skins)

• Saguaro Lake (15km) 3:53.27
• Canyon Lake (15km) 4:01.06
• Apache Lake (27km) 8:55.11
• Roosevelt Lake - night swim (10km) 3:50.22

Coldest Swim: Lake Bled winter swimming champion (25m & 50m Breastroke & 25 & 50m Freestyle) (skins)

Dock 2 Dock 10km swim: 3:05.07

Croatian Race Series: Several top 3 finishes for 5k races