Sharon (Forney) Battistini

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  • 2019 Inducted into the New England LMSC Hall of Fame (Contributor - MESC Trailblazer)

  • Aquatic coordinator at Bowdoin

  • Coordinated Masters workouts at Bowdoin

  • Maine Masters Swim Club President

  • Meet Director for Bowdoin Meet

Sharon grew up in Toronto Canada in a family heavily invested in sport. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Physical and Health Education and immediately joined the staff at the University of Guelph as a lecturer and coached girls’ basketball and field hockey. She played on the Eastern Canada Field Hockey team prior to coming to the US in 1971 on a two year visitor status to work as an Outward Bound instructor at Dartmouth College. Forty-eight years later, she is still here!

She coached boys high school soccer in North Carolina for 8 years before returning to New England to live in Harpswell, work at Bowdoin and raise a family. So where does swimming come in? It has always been a love of life and the best way to keep fit!