About JFD
A System that Works
Winter Swimming – 28 Seasons
- One swimmer who competed in the Olympic trials
- One swimmer ranked #1 nationally in two strokes
- 11 swimmers ranked nationally in the top 16
- 30 swimmers who have made the Eastern Zone All Star Team
- Three Eastern Zone Champions- Virginia to Maine
- Three swimmers honored as Potomac Valley Swimming’s Outstanding Athletes
Manchester Farm & Flower Valley
- Montgomery County Swim League – 31 Seasons
- MCF started in N Division in 2000… B Division in 2004
- FV A Team: 22 years in the A Division mixed with three years in the B Division
- FV B Team: Last 16 seasons undefeated
- Traditionally retained large number of 15-18 year old swimmers, 40 in 1998
- Trained and supervised a staff of 25 coaches
Good Counsel – Eight Seasons
- Coach Flaherty’s last three years – Good Counsel was 1st place at Metros, as Metropolitan Area Champions
- MCF started in N Division in 2000… B Division in 2004
- Last seven consecutive seasons as Prep School League Champions
- Finished in the top three teams in Metros all but first season
- 6-consecutive seasons’ undefeated (48 dual meets)
Other
- In 2005 JFD received the Doc Counsilman Creative Coaching Award from the American Swim Coach’s Association
- In 2003, JFD received the Small Business Award from Montgomery County Workforce Development Board for creating jobs and training coaches.
- Newspaper Articles: The Washington Post: 2002, The Journal: 2000 & 1999
- Guest speaker at World Coaches Convention SwimAmerica Seminar
- Coordinated and ran 16 annual summer league coaches training clinics
- Guest speaker at Damascus Sports Association
- 3-time guest speaker on radio talk shows discussing benefits of athletics for youth
- Guest speaker at the University Of Delaware Fellowship Of Christian Athletes
- Guest speaker of Bannackburn PTA sponsored “Parents on the Sidelines”
- TV guest appearance on “College Athletics and You” (Home Team Sports)