Kevin Doak

Age group: 40-44
Team: Stray Cats (SRAY)
Swimming since: Although in the water early in life, I started competitively at 8 years old. Competed for a local club team, middle school, high school, college, and post grad swimming.

Favorite event: Lately it’s the 100 free but growing up I was always a 50/100 backstroker branching out into butterfly only as a post-grad long after college.
Favorite Masters meet: I have two. The 2012 Long course nationals in Omaha, and the 2012 EMU coldest meet. Both yielded lifetime best times I was very proud of.
Favorite set: 4 x [4×25’s fast underwater kick breakouts on 0:30] each round take 0:30 rest between. It’s a set I do during each workout. It’s meant to prepare you for great underwater kicking and excellent breakouts.
What they're working on: Always kick sets. Half of my workout is dedicated kick sets. I’ll toss in vertical kicking between sets. Anything to improve my kick.
Big goals: I want to be a world-class underwater kicker. If I get anywhere near achieving that goal, it will yield lifetime best times. I work on it every day and I’ve got a long way to go.
Favorite Olympian: Wu Peng of China. A teammate during my training for the 2012 Olympic trials at CW. He is humble, intelligent, funny, extremely talented, and a wonderful teammate.
Outside the pool: I enjoy automotive fabrication and traveling.