Anthony Porto named Assistant Males’s and Girls’s Swimming Coach

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – Anthony Porto has been named as the following Assistant Coach of the Bard College Men’s and Women’s Swimming Program as introduced on __ by Head Men’s and Women’s Swimming Coach and Aquatics Director Boomer Druchniak. Porto will begin on August 1st.

“I couldn’t be more excited to have Porto join the coaching staff,” mentioned Druchniak. “His experience working with high-level sprinters and familiarity with the Bard community will be essential as we step into the next era of Raptors swimming. He truly loves the sport of swimming, and I’m thrilled he’s chosen to keep that passion here at Bard.”

“Bard College has been a huge part of my swimming/coaching life for a long time now. My swimming career started when I joined the club team that trains at our facility over 10 years ago, and now my college coaching career gets to start here as well. It’s an amazing full circle moment for me.” mentioned Porto. “I can’t wait to hit the ground running with Coach Druchniak as we get ready to welcome our new and returning Raptors to campus in the fall. Go Raptors!”

Anthony Porto has been concerned with the workforce as a volunteer assistant since 2023.

His teaching expertise contains positions with the Northern Dutchess Aquatic Club, Rhinebeck High School, Franklin D. Roosevelt High School, and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.

He has served as Head Club Coach for Northern Dutchess Aquatic Club, the place he labored primarily with swimmers ages 13-21 in a year-round aggressive program. In that function, he developed and carried out seasonal coaching plans, power and dryland applications, and technical instruction for athletes starting from B-minimum qualifiers to U.S. Open-level opponents.

In addition to his membership teaching duties, Porto served as a Varsity Swim Coach for the ladies’ applications at Rhinebeck High School and the boys’ and women’ applications at Franklin D. Roosevelt High School.

Porto additionally brings in depth expertise in aquatic security and operations via his function as Regional Water Safety Coordinator for New York State Parks. In that place, he supervised lifeguarding operations all through the Taconic Region, employed and skilled lifeguards, coordinated coaching periods, and assisted with facility operations. 

As a student-athlete at Ithaca College, Porto competed for 3 seasons with the swimming and diving program and served as workforce captain throughout his senior 12 months.