Coaches Corner

AJ Rog, Coach

AJ Rog began swimming when he was 8 years old for Canoe City Swim Club in Old Town, Maine. He was a member of 4 straight High School State Championship teams at Old Town High School from 1986-1989. He went on to swim for 4 years at the University of Maine in Orono, where he specialized in backstroke and IM. He was named Captain his senior year. The year after graduating from University of Maine, he stayed on for one year as an assistant coach. He was also lucky enough to find his future wife, Alexis, while at University of Maine. Before leaving Maine for Las Vegas, AJ coached the Falmouth High Swim Team for one year. Alexis and AJ now live in Cumberland Center and have 2 terrific children, Connor and Courtney who are now swimmers on Seacoast.

Larissa Herold, Coach

Larissa Herold has been coaching USS Club swimming for 12 years, and has been coaching the Seacoast Swim Club for five years. Larissa grew up in Madbury, NH and went to The University of California at Berkeley on a full swimming scholarship 1992-1997. She finaled at Olympic Trials in the 200 meter backstroke in 1992 and was in the Finals in the Backstroke and IM's at Division 1 NCAA's all four years in college. Larissa resides in Cumberland, Maine with her two sons. Larissa is also the Head coach of the Cumberland Masters swim team and is a Triathlete coach with Personal Best Multisport. She is a triathlete herself and won various Maine triathlons in 2008, including Bath Y Tri Sprint, Kennebec Sprint and Lobsterman Olympic Distance.