SPRING VALLEY YMCA MULTISPORT GATORS

​​Logan grew up as a swimmer on a swim team since age six.  In high school she ran cross country, swam, and played lacrosse.  Fitness, exercise, and coaching have always been her passions, so she completed both an undergraduate (Virginia Tech, while also playing lacrosse) and graduate degree (UNC) in Exercise Physiology. While in graduate school in 2004, a friend did a triathlon and Logan became interested.  She borrowed a bike with toe cages and muscled her way through her first sprint tri.  She became hooked and started competing in triathlons of various distances.

 

Overall, she has completed seven half-Ironman distance events and at least 30 Sprint or Olympic distance events, with plans of completing a full Ironman within the next few years. She also ran the New York City Marathon and has run many half-marathon and 10-mile races.

 

Logan has coached swimming in the past, is currently at USAT Coach and works for the Spring Valley Y as a personal trainer and group exercise instructor.  She is married with 2 young children.

Born under the sign of Pisces, it seems as if Andrea was born with a love of the water, or more accurately, of being in the water. She began swimming at age four and was competing on a team a year later. Growing up in the panhandle of Florida with its beautiful beaches, and later living with her family near the coast of New Jersey, she lived up to her horoscope and spent more time in the water than on the sand. 

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Andrea swam competitively on school teams from elementary school through her senior year of college, while concurrently competing for various clubs under United States Swimming (USS), now called USA Swimming.

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Taking a few years off after college to concentrate on her career, she eventually joined masters swimming. After swimming with masters for a while, she competed in her first triathlon in 2010, placing third in her age group. From there, she was hooked and sought her next challenges, such as competing in short distances on up to two-mile open water swim races, and has trained for and raced in Sprint, Olympic, Half-Ironman and Ironman competitions. 

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Andrea understands that, for those triathletes who do not have a swimming background, the swim portion can be the most challenging. Confidence, determination, and concentrating on the technical aspects of the swim during training, while minimizing poor efficiency, can help aspiring triathletes become improved swimmers.

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Married with 2 wild and crazy boys, she’s passed on to them the love of the water just like their mommy. Andrea is never satisfied with just being good enough—she believes you always must improve and be the best you can be. She exhibits this belief through her enthusiasm for the sport, and she’s not easily deterred from her goals, much like the slogan of her former Jersey Storm swim team: “Can’t Calm the Storm!”