Las Vegas Lifeguards

Jarvis

As a pre-teen my mother worried that the Tennessee winters would prevent me from being active. So when pounds started to show she signed me up for swimming at the local indoor pool. Twenty years later I am still in the water and loving it. I currently swim for the Henderson Southern Nevada Masters and compete on Iron Man relays (my leg is 2.1 miles in Lake Mead).

I came to Las Vegas in 1994 on a swimming scholarship to UNLV, focusing on back stroke and freestyle. I am a four year letterman and still very active with the team. I have a B.S. in Finance and a B.A. in History and currently working on a M.A. in American History. I plan on teaching night classes at CCSN after I graduate.

During the college summers I worked as a lifeguard for the Clark County Pools & Recreation Department and managed Paradise Pool. I have taught swim lessons to hundreds of children over the years; ranging from six months to eighteen. I also coached many of the future competitive swimmers in this valley, with a few of them current and former college swimmers.

From the Parks & Recreation Department I joined up with a local competitive swim team, the Clark County Sandpipers, to be an Assistant Swim Coach. I have had kids go on to Northern Arizona University, Columbia University, and of course UNLV. From 1995 until 2003 it was also my pleasure to be part of the Greater Las Vegas Inner City Games, which allowed kids of all back grounds to learn swimming over the summer. I loved those summers because it gave kids the chance to learn a skill that was not too common for inner city youth.

Even though competitive swimming is my love, I take pride instructing the next generation. I focus my lessons on the joys of water exploration and safety around the pool. When a person, no matter their age, enters the water with me they are a swimmer and I am there to encourage and support them. I always work at the students pace and help them to achieve their desired skill level.

My daughter is already following in my footsteps and I look forward to assisting your child.

Dare to begin -Kurt Vonnegut