Stewart Scott, Director at Large

I grew up in the Highlands of Scotland and was taught to swim by the Loch Ness monster. Unfortunately, that required too much time hiding underwater, so kids lessons and eventually the local swim club taught me to breathe up on the surface.

I’ve always loved being in the water and from a young age knew that swimming would be part of my adult life. Mainly a breaststroke and butterfly swimmer, I stopped competing aged 17 when I went to university in the big city and found other ways to pass the time.

But I missed the water so when I moved to Vancouver in 2010 I used that as an opportunity to get involved again. It started with lifeguarding and teaching kids lessons, progressed into coaching adults, setting up a coaching business then starting Coast Swim Team. In 6 years, we’ve gone from just a handful of swimmers to taking 11 swimming to Singapore for the World Championships.

Joining the MSABC board was the next logical step as I look to learn and give back to the swimming community.