About
Dive into excellence with SwimBranson, your locally-owned swim school dedicated to cultivating confident, comfortable, and efficient swimmers for a lifetime of success in and around the water. Our comprehensive program offers year-round instruction focused on developing stroke technique, instilling crucial safety measures, and fostering a deep love and respect for the water. We aim to combat alarming drowning statistics among children while providing an investment in your child you’ll cherish forever.
Tracie, Owner
With an extensive business-oriented background including Events Manager, Recreation & Aquatics Manager, and Membership Director at high-end clubs in Colorado Springs, Tracie realized her passion is and always will be all things water. Working for Pikes Peak Athletics since 2017, a nationally recognized aquatics organization in Colorado Springs, in various roles including Lesson Program Manager, Director of Operations, Controller, and Managing Director; has provided strong mentorship for opening a swim school in Branson, Missouri where she has resided since 2022.
With a competitive swimming and diving background along with more than 20 years of teaching swimming instruction, she’s excited to jump back in the water and impact as many lives as possible.
“With our two little boys constantly around water, it’s ever important they know how to swim and continue to practice their swim skills year-round.”
John, Owner
An entrepreneur at heart, John's career immersions include: best in class resort food & beverage, celebrity chef concept restaurants, wake & water-sport cinematography, nationally ranked golf course management, and just about every form of motor racing you can think of.... vroom!
A former men’s hockey state champion & once avid snow-rider, John now spends his summers enjoying watersports with his family every chance he gets.
Water sport safety is of highest regard to John who co-founded a wakeboarding/surfing charter company in Colorado focused on safe entrance into the sport for youth and young adults. More recently his projects gave the opportunity to work with the therapeutic water-sports recreation program for youths with disabilities in the Colorado Springs area.
John met Tracie during graduate degree studies at the University of Colorado in 2011 and made things official shortly thereafter and now enjoying family life in Branson with two adventurous young boys who love the water.
"Water has been a major staple in my life ever since I met my lovely Pisces wife! We've been diving into life together since that day."
