Our Coaching Staff
The St. John's Legends employs a professional, qualified, full-time head coach to lead our competitive swim club who is supported by a group of qualified, passionate, part-time coaches and administrative staff. We are here to support your needs. If your questions are related to training, competition, team events, goal setting, and other swimming development-related topics, please reach out to your swimmer's group coach first.
Alec Ralph
Head Coach
Performance I and II
Alec is a 2022 Canada Games Assistant Coach, former Head Coach for the CBS Bluefins (2020-22) and long time swimmer. Alec brings his experience, passion, and dedication to the Legends and is focused on improvement in his atheletes. Alec is a Senior Coach - Trained coach.
Megan Fitzgerald
Assistant Coach
Black I and II
Megan has 8 years of competitive coaching experience and 14 years of competitive swimming experience. She swam competitively in Nova Scotia for 10 years, and went on to swim for Mount Allison University’s varsity swim team. Megan is currently a graduate student in chemistry at Memorial University and is dedicated to developing the Legends athletes into both well-rounded swimmers and young adults. Megan is an Age Group Coach - Trained coach.
Haley Fitzgerald
Assistant Coach
Black II
Haley has been a competitive swimmer for almost 15 years and a coach for 8. Haley has both swam and coached for a variety of teams in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. This Fall they will be beginning their Master of Science in Human Kinetics and Recreation focusing on Sport Psychology. Haley is very passionate about sharing their knowledge of swimming and hopes to make an impact with swimmers both in and out of the pool. They aim to do this by ensuring that swimmers are working towards their goals but are also having fun while doing it, fostering good team dynamics and friendly competition
Paul Dawe
Assistant Coach
Lead Coach Lil Legends / Lil Legends Swim School
Paul swam competitivly as a youth and began his coaching career in '89 when he came to St. John's. He is a former Legends Head Coach (2001 - 2006), 2005 Canada Games Head Coach, as well as having held multiple roles in Aquatics and swimming over the past 30+ years. Currnetly working as an educator, Paul is excited to return to the Legends and provide his wealth of experience and focus on technique to our Lil Legends program. Paul is Senior Coach - Trained coach.
Anna Rowe
Assistant Coach
White I
Anna swam competitively on the Legends for nine years and then two seasons with the Memorial University Seahawks varsity team. Currently a third year Political Science major at Memorial, Anna has been coaching with the Legends for three seasons. She is looking forward to a fun and fast season with White II. Anna is currently completing her Fundamentals Coach certification.
Polina Konstantinova
Assistant Coach
White II
Polina swam with the Legends for nine years and with the Memorial University Sea-Hawks for three years. She is currently studying Biology and French at MUN. She has been coaching with the club since 2015 and is looking forward to this season with the swimmers in White 2 and Blue 1.
Polina and Anna
Assistant Coach (click emails above)
Blue I
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Jada Roberts
Assistant Coach
Blue II
Jada swam with the Legends for 6 years before beginning coaching this past summer. She is a first-year university student studying kinesiology at Memorial. Jada loves working with young swimmers and she's looking forward to a fun and exciting season with Blue II.
Annabel Penton
Assistant Coach
Lil Legends and Lil Legends Swim School
Annabel joined the Legends coaching staff in 2023. She swam with the legends for 8 years and is excited to share what she learned in the water to the swimmers of Little Legends and Swim School! She has developed a passion for coaching and is excited to see where this season takes us! Annabel is student in the Business program at MUN.
Eve Martin
Assistant Coach
Lil Legends and Lil Legends Swim School
Eve is a grade 12 student with asperations of attending nursing school next year. She started swimming with Legends in 2017 and quickly advanced during her time with the team. She has a passion for swimming and hopes to pass this passion on to young swimmers! Using her previous coaches as inspriation she has decided to put her all into her coaching. As a new coach she looks forward to helping her swimmers meet their goals this season!
Claire French
Assistant Coach
Lil Legends
A former Legends swimmer, Claire has been with the club since her Lil Legends days. Claire is I am really looking forward to the opportunity of coaching this year. She is very excited to pass on the knowledge and passion she has gained to young and upcoming swimmers! Claire has also been a member Team NL Swimming for the 2022 Canada Games.
Our Administrative Staff
The St. John's Legends also employs a professional, qualified, part-time administrative staff to support the administrative needs of our swim club. For all questions related to the administration of the Legends such as; scheduling a try out, registration, fees, safety, policies, or general administration of the club please reach out to our Team Manager.
Christopher Mercer, Registered Coach
Christopher joined the Legends in 2016 after five seasons with the Dartmouth Crusaders. He has coached with the Legends for 6 seasons before transitioning into his current role as our team manger. He is a Senior Coach - Trained (level III) and has repesented Team NL as an assistant coach at the 2017 Canada Games in Winnipeg and Team St. John's North at the 2024 NL Summer Games in Bay Roberts. Christopher currently manages our admistrative duties in close conjunction with Head Coach Alec and the Board of Directors. Ensureing the smooth operations of the Legends Swim Club. He brings over a decade of Coaching and Aquatic programming experience to the club.