Maribeth Englert

Head Coach

Maribeth grew up in Western New York swimming for the YMCA and AAU. From the time she was 4 she has loved the water and being part of a team. When she moved to Los Alamos with her family, she knew it was time to utilize our awesome facility. She began swimming with the Aquatomics Masters, became Treasurer when her kids were on the team, and started coaching with the Team about 19 years ago. She took a break from the Aquatomics for a year and a half, helped coach the LAHS team, and returned to the Aquatomics in late winter of 2024. She loves this team and believes swimming can be a great conduit to important, amazing life lessons.

Maribeth swam competitively through High School, during which time she swam Chautauqua Lake (18 miles) with a dear friend before her Senior year. Maribeth and her friend held the record for the Lake swim for many years. She later took up more Open Water Swimming, becoming the 3K National Champion for her age group in 2006. She loves sharing her love for the sport with a younger generation, and hopes her swimmers become better people while becoming the best swimmers they can be!

Sean Smith

Assistant Coach

Sean Smith grew up in central Texas swimming and has always loved the water.  He competed in age group, high school, college, and masters over the years.  Sean joined the Aquatomics in 2020 and before that coached his daughters and a few masters swimmers before moving to Los Alamos.  From 2002 to 2009, he coached for different USA swim teams and with Summer League teams while teaching swim lessons with a WSI certificate. 

Danielle Sauve

Assistant Coach

Danielle Sauve brings years of experience as a USA Swimming Coach, competitive swimmer, and a lot of enthusiasm for the sport and profession. Danielle grew up in Massachusetts and started swimming when she was nine. In 7th grade, she joined a local YMCA club team and competed with them through 12th grade. She went on to compete in college in upstate New York at RPI. As a captain her senior year, she and her team won their first championship in school history and qualified 2 relays for the NCAA Division III Championships as well. In recent years, she coached for a club team in upstate New York before moving to the Los Alamos area. During the workdays, she’s a chemical engineer, and on weekends, she enjoys hiking and exploring the new area.

Shannon Corey

Assistant Coach

Coach Corey started swimming when she was four years old as her older sister was on the swim team. Her mom made her take a year off when we lived in Alabama to try other things. Didn't work. Her junior year in HS her family moved back to the States from a tour in Belgium. It was at this time that she started playing water polo. As her mom said, "You can swim and you played softball, it is perfect for you!" Coach Corey ended up traveling to the US Olympic Training Center summer of her Senior year to train for the Junior National team and then playing for the University of Maryland in college.

Coaching has been something she has always loved. She started in HS under the mentorship of one of her greatest coaches. Coach Corey then moved to coaching water polo and swimming in college, coaching camps at the US Naval Academy, while coaching summer swimming. In graduate school Coach Corey was the head coach of a YMCA team in Pennsylvania. After marrying, she has coached in Maine, Germany, Ghana, and Pennsylvania. In addition to coaching Coach Corey started officiating in Ghana, and continued in Texas and New Mexico at the High School level. Last year she started to judge diving.