The Nation's Capital Swim Club
Freedom Center
Freedom Center
9100 Freedom Center Blvd.
Manassas, VA 20111
Competitive Team
Competitive Team
Our Competitive team swims year round September - July. A tryout is required before registration. Please contact the appropriate Coach below for more information about their group.
Developmental Stroke School
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.
Practice Times
Practice Times
Practice Times
2020 - 2021 season
Coaching Staff
Coaching Staff
Mark Faherty
Mark Faherty
Head Coach
[email protected]alswimming.com
Mark grew up swimming in the Northern Virginia area and has coached with NCAP since 1999.
Nicole Linn
Nicole Linn
Head Admin
Coach Nicole has been coaching with NCAP since 2014. She is the head coach of the Bronze 2 and Bronze 3 groups at the WARF and also teaches first grade in Fauquier County.
Jeremiah Johnson
Jeremiah Johnson
Age Group Assistant
Jeremiah Johnson joined NCAP in 2018, but has been coaching swimming since 2012 when the school’s principal found out he had swam in high school. He began coaching in North Carolina where he assisted the current coach who was retiring from coaching. In his third year, second as a head coach, Jeremiah won a Conference title in NC, giving the high school their second title in 17 years. Jeremiah also was named the 3A Coastal Conference Men’s Coach of the Year, also being named the Sun Journal’s Coach of the Year; both in 2014-15 before making the move to Virginia. He has been currently assisting with the coaching of the Osbourn Eagle Swim Team since 2015, where he teaches. He is married to his wife Brandy and has been able to pass along his love for the water to his youngest of 5 girls, Madison and Jai. Jeremiah coached summer swim during the 2016 Summer season as a coach for the Wellington Dolphins. He then took his girls to be coached by Coach Mark at Bridlewood where he has been helping out on the pool deck during the Saturday morning meets as an official at the same time as getting to watch his girls swim. He is extremely excited to be part of a team that will continue to spread the love of swimming with a staff that loves swimming as much as he does.
Scott Heckathorn
Scott Heckathorn
Age Group Assistant
Scott has been swimming competitively since the age of four, and just finished his college career at West Virginia Wesleyan College. He has swum consistently at the Vint Hill pool throughout his 18 year career, and is now a coach at the Freedom Center working with Gold 1 and 2, Silver, and Bronze 2. He has been with Nations Capital since the West site was started, swimming in coach Jeremy’s group. He was involved in high school and summer league swimming and at one point was a member of a Virginia State record-setting relay team. Scott was also a conference champion in the spring of 2018 at West Virginia Wesleyan College. He has coached summer league for the last five years.