Dulles South

24950 Riding Center Drive South Riding, Virginia, 20152

Programs at Dulles South

Competitive Team

Our competitive team swims year-round. A try-out is required before registering.

Developmental Stroke School

Our Stroke School is devoted to competitive stroke instruction with an emphasis on balance in the water through specialized drills. The program is for swimmer under 14 looking for a supplement for summer league. 

Homeschool Program

This program is devoted to competitive stroke instruction with an emphasis on balance in the water through specialized drills.

Competitive Team

Swimmer Evaluations

All athletes must be evaluated before enrolling in any groups. See below information for athlete’s interested in joining the 2024-2025 season.

Please complete the following questionnaire, then sign up for an evaluation date.

Coaching Staff

Stephen Clendenin - Silver 2 Select, Bronze 2

Stephen Clendenin is starting his seventh season with NCAP. He has been a competitive swimmer since he was 9 years old and has been swimming in Northern VA since 2001. He graduated from the University of Mary Washington in 2011 with a degree in English. During his college career, he was awarded the Capital Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Year for three consecutive years and he was Rookie of the Year his freshman year. He went undefeated in all his individual conference races, went to the NCAA Division III Championships all four years of college and is a six-time All-American athlete. 

After graduating college, he coached at Saint Vincent College in western PA for two years, leading that team to two winning seasons. Stephen returned to coaching and swimming PVS in 2013 and competed in eight different National-level meets, including Summer and Winter Nationals and the Arena Pro Swim Series. In 2015, he won the high point award at the Eastern Sectional Meet. He is an ASCA Level 2 coach and was recently accepted in the ASCA mentorship program. Stephen has been coaching club swimming for 18 years, and coached summer league (CSL and ODSL) for 12 years. 

Coach Stephen is passionate about swimming; his goal as a coach is always to share that passion and to help his athletes find their own love of the sport. He loves coaching and has a lifelong commitment to be the  best coach he can be.  Stephen lives in Haymarket, VA with his wife, Nikkoahk, and their four children, Arrayah, Cai, Eden and Garrett.

Fisher Stroud - Silver 2 , Bronze 1

Coach Fisher has been an active member of the swimming community for the past 20 years. He was a multi-sport athlete all four years at Brooke Point High School in Stafford, including soccer and swimming, and reached the VHSL 5A state meet as the butterfly leg of his school's 200 medley relay. After high school, Coach Fisher transitioned to teaching lessons at his local YMCA before moving to Life Time Swim as a coach and instructor.

Fisher first began working with NCAP in January 2019 as an assistant coach with Stephen at Dulles South before rejoining Life Time as the head site coach of their Ashburn/Sterling location in July 2020. Coach Fisher helped build a strong competitive program there with swimmers of all ages and levels, and returned to NCAP in February 2023. He is excited to be working with NCAP again in building great athletes and people!

Ryan Cunningham - Silver 1, Silver 2, Homeschool, Developmental

Coach Ryan started with NCAP in 2022. Coach Ryan will be coaching Silver 1, Silver 3, Homeschool and Stroke School for the 2023-2024 season. He joined NCAP as a swimmer in 2014 and swam with them through college until 2022. Coach Ryan swam collegiately at Bridgewater college. During his time there he earned all conference and all state accolades. Coach Ryan is looking forward to sharing his love and passion for the sport with his swimmers. He is excited for another great season with his groups.