Please welcome our new Head Coach Caroline Thompson!!

Caroline's passion for swimming started at the age of six in Lexington, Kentucky, where she spent nearly every day at her local pool in the summer. Following her first fun and exciting season with her summer team, she began swimming year-round on a club team. Caroline's familiy moved to Montgomery Villlage when she was twelve, and she spent seven years swimming for Solotar Swim Team and RMSC, but the highlight of her year was swimming in the MCSL for Watkins Mill, with her best events being 50 and 100 freestyle. In her twenties, she assumed the role of head coach for three seasons at Stedwick Swim Team. Years later, spurred by her children's passion for competitive swimming, Caroline found herself drawn back to coaching, serving as head coach at Montgomery Square Copenhaver for four rewarding summer seasons and two fantastic seasons at Palisades. She is an ELD teacher at Gaithersburg High School where she is also the head coach of their Swim and Dive team. A proud mother of three adult children and the devoted companion of Nora, a black Labrador who shares her love for swimming, Caroline spends her free time enjoying her family, learning to play the bass guitar, and training for marathon swims. She is thrilled to join the Chargers for the 2026 summer season to support the team in its goals of building confidence, practicing good sportsmanship, boosting fitness, and supporting all the fun and joy of the Calverton summer swim season!