Find your best swimming in Portland, Oregon.

“Get In & Swim was born from a notion that every swimmer should be able to enjoy the water, no matter their starting point in swimming. I am passionate about teaching freestyle swimming technique while focusing on distance endurance and the skills needed for any pool or open water swim. All skill levels of swimmers will develop their own unique style of effective freestyle swimming.”

— Coach gretchan

Individualized training

Swim together regularly in focused and dynamic pool sessions devoted to freestyle technique for open water, endurance pacing & distance speed.

Coach Gretchan

I am passionate about helping all levels of swimmers become more effective in their freestyle stroke and their approach to swim training.

As a kid, I grew up near lakes and oceans and have always had a love for the water, yet I never really learned the freestyle stroke. In college I took an elective triathlon class and learned the S-pull stroke and how to barely survive the swim in the wild sport of triathlon. Nine years ago I dove into my local river and discovered my own love of swimming together outside with others.

Through the Swim Smooth methodology, I relearned my own freestyle technique and now offer group swims here in beautiful Portland, Oregon as one of a select group of Certified Swim Smooth Coaches in the world.

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