A Swimming Success Story
Chris Davis has built SwimAtlanta from its humble beginnings into a national swimming powerhouse.
When Chris Davis and his business partner Jim Fraser came up with the notion to create a year-round swimming program, they weren’t exactly shooting for the moon. “We were hoping to have 160-170 kids one day, hopefully have some kids go fast, and if everything worked out, we might be able to make $25,000 each,” Davis recalled. Things have progressed beyond his wildest dreams. SwimAtlanta now has 2,100 swimmers training at one of its seven pools scattered around the metro Atlanta area. Five Olympians have been through the program, and SwimAtlanta has grown to be the largest club in United States Swimming. Hard to believe that it all started in 1977 at a subdivision pool in DeKalb County that didn’t even have lane ropes. A photograph in the …
