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Genesee Swift

Coaches and Staff

Carlos Benton

Head Coach

Carlos Benton's track career started at Flint Central High School and continued on at Grambling State University. His coaching career started in 1986 and he has coached Cross Country for the past 25 years at Grand Blanc High School, then 11 years of Boys and Girls Track at Flint Central. He currently coaches Girls Track and Girls Cross Country at Grand Blanc High School.  He has also coached several summers with the CANUSA program.

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Michaela Lewis

My name is Michaela Lewis, I graduated from Southwestern Classical Academy in 2011 where I competed in track and field Junior and Senior year.  I held an individual state champion title in 2011 for long jump and 2x 4x100m relay champion (2010 & 2011), 1x 4x200m relay champion (2010) and 4th place finish in the 100m (2011).  I was also chosen to run at the 2011 Midwest Meet of Champion where I place 3rd in the 100m and received the Harold Webster Memorial award for CANUSA Track and Field. 


After two years of high school track and field I decided to sign my letter of intent with Grand Valley State University. During my college tenure we were 2012 indoor and outdoor National Champion.  I became a 3x All American with 6 indoor and Outdoor National meet appearances.  3x time GLAIC 60-meter champion (2013,2014,2015). 1 x GLIAC indoor and outdoor champion in long jump (2013), 2013 GLIAC Indoor triple jump champion and Outdoor runner up, and a host of top 3 finishes at GLIAC. 


I have coached ages 15 months-high school seniors in all sports, specializing in track and field. I’ve coached at the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids from 2012-2016 coaching track and field, dance, tumbling, soccer, basketball, and floor hockey. I interned for CANUSA in 2013 while coaching summer track at local elementary schools. I am currently the Head Girls Track and Field Coach at Carman Ainsworth and Chair for CANUSA Track and Field. I am excited to be back home to work with the youth in the city, increasing their mental and physical abilities that they will carry throughout life.

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Shamarri Riddle

Shamarri Riddle ran track from sixth grade through college. She ran at Flint Central High School, where she was All-City and All-Valley as well as at Grand Blanc High School where she broke the 100m and 4x100m records. Shamarri also ran at Xavier University of Louisiana for two years. Her events included the 100M, 200M, 4x100M, and 4x200M relays. Shamarri recently moved back home to Flint and is look forward to sharing the knowledge she has has gained over the years with our youth.

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Jon Moyer

Jon Moyer's track career started at Rochester Adams High School running Track and Cross Country.  He has 23 years of experience in coaching boys and girls in Track, mostly working with distance runners.  He has 14 years of experience coaching boys and girls in Cross Country, with 10 years as a head coach. While he was the head coach, he also ran the Middle School cross country program for Flint Community Schools.  He has over 30 years of experience with distance running ranging from the 10k to the duathlon, triathlon, and marathon.  Currently, he is the assistant girls track coach at Grand Blanc High School with Carlos Benton.

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Terry Walker

Hello, my name is Terry Walker I ran varsity track for 3 years at Beecher.  I started coaching with Marty Crane from 1985-2002.  Then I took over the Boys and Girls Track program at Beecher from 2003-2008.  I have been the head Girls Track from 2009-present.  I have coached 1 year of Cross Country.

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Bryson Benton

Coach

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