Coaching Staff 

Brian Cheng, Co-Head Coach

Coach Brian Cheng teaches physical education at Twinbrook Elementary during the school year. He also coaches with Rockville Montgomery Swim Club (RMSC), working with the National Development Group, Advanced Juniors, and providing administrative coaching at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Swim Center. He is especially grateful for how warmly the Stonegate swim family has welcomed his wife, Danielle, and his son, Zachary. He is proud of the team family that has been built since 2005. Zachary will be turning FOUR years old this summer and he's ready to start his Serpent career!  He can't wait to start group swim lessons with Coach Aunt Anna!

Anna Cheng, Co-Head Coach

Coach Anna Cheng enjoys sharing head coaching responsibilities with her brother, Brian. She is a kindergarten teacher in Rockville and also coaches with RMSC at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Swim Center, where she serves as a lead coach of 2 training groups. She has had the honor of coaching the Serpents since 2009, began coaching in MCSL in 1998, and grew up swimming in MCSL for 13 years, RMSC for 11 years, and at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School for four years.

In addition to coaching, she teaches group and private swim lessons. As a proud mother of two grown children, she feels especially blessed to spend her year teaching, coaching, and supporting kids and families—her true passions.

Noah Ferguson, Assistant Coach

Coach Noah Ferguson is entering his fifth year on the coaching staff at Stonegate and his 19th consecutive summer as a Serpent. He also coaches alongside Coach Anna and Coach Brian with RMSC, where he’s helped coach the Junior 2 and Minis groups at Martin Luther King, Jr. Swim Center for three years. He graduated with a bachelors degree in Journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park. He is extremely excited for another Stonegate season and is grateful to be a part of the best swim family in MCSL. He is also looking forward to playing mini golf with the team and avenging his loss to Coach Brian in 2025. 

Eric Sanidad, Assistant Coach

Coach Eric, 19, is a rising junior at the University of Maryland studying Kinesiology aiming to become a physical therapist. Last year was his final year swimming for Stonegate, and he is more than proud to say he was a Serpent. Coach Eric had been competing for the team since he was only 3 years old, and was a swimmer for RMSC for 10 years. After helping coach for his high school, and volunteering for Stonegate last summer, he is excited to begin his first season as an official coach for the Stonegate Serpents, following in his family's footsteps succeeding his mother, Coach Carrie, and his sister, Coach Cassie!

Lizzie Linck, Assistant Coach

Hi! I’m Lizzie, and this is my 3rd year coaching with Stonegate! I have been part of the Stonegate Swim Team community for 14 years, first as a swimmer and now as a coach, so this team has always been a huge part of my life. I love being able to come back and help create those same experiences for the next generation of swimmers. Outside of swimming, I am a rising sophomore at the University of Kentucky where I am double majoring in Marketing and Economics. I love staying involved with swimming and spending my summers back with the Stonegate community. I’m so excited for another season and can’t wait to help swimmers improve their skills,  have fun, and make lots of memories this summer. Go Serpents!

Team Representatives  

Team representatives serve a variety of purposes for the Stonegate Serpents—including being a resource for parents who need information about the team. We can answer questions about practice and meet schedules, the difference between “A” and “B” meets, which volunteer positions are beginner level and which require some training or certification, how to become a certified official, what to bring to the Friday night potluck, where to buy team gear (and less expensive practice suits), and a whole host of other issues. We’ve been around a while, and we’re here to help as much as we can—or to point you in the direction of help. 

A Meet Reps

Theresa Curtis: theresacurtis48@gmail.com

Theresa Curtis is entering her seventh season as a team representative. The Curtis family has been part of the Stonegate Serpents community since 2009, when their oldest child first joined the team. All of Theresa’s and Patrick’s children, Jackie, Camille and Cooper, have been members of the Serpents swim team. 

Tom Lang: tflangjr@gmail.com

Tom and his wife, Erika, first made their Serpent swimmers go to practice against their will in 2011. Since then, they have survived attended more than 10,000 meets (this statistic has not been verified and is likely hyperbole). Tom has been a Team Rep since 2018, serves on the MCSL Board of Directors, and is in his element when feverishly scoring meets on Saturday mornings. Hard to believe, the Langs have only one swimmer left on the team: Cameron, 17, is a rising senior at Blake High School, where she is a captain on the swim and soccer teams. Former Serpents Ben and Molly are now Gators ('25 graduate of the University of Florida) and Quakers (still "studying" at the University of Pennsylvania), respectively.

B Meet Reps

Megan Thompson: ellietessakatie@gmail.com

Megan and her husband, John, moved to the area after more than a decade of living internationally as a Diplomatic family. The first order of business, after buying their house sight unseen, was finding a pool! They became Stonegate Serpents in 2021. Megan has three swimmers on the team. Eleanor is 16 and a rising junior at Richard Montgomery High School. Her twins, Katie and Tessa, are 15 and are rising sophomores at Springbrook High School. Megan is a lifelong competitive swimmer and likes to swim long distance (10k) open water swims! She’s hoping to be back in the water after knee surgery this spring.  This is Megan’s fourth year as a B rep and she is so excited for an amazing season! What is she most looking forward to? Meeting all the new swimmers and families!  

Ingrid Higgins: ingridkld83@gmail.com

Ingrid, her husband Danny, and their three children moved to the Stonegate area in July 2021. It was an exciting time filled with new beginnings, including settling into a new home—one they were thrilled to discover was just steps away from the neighborhood pool. Finding the pool nearby made the move even more special for the whole family. When they first joined, their son Brian (now 9) was hesitant to even put his face in the water, and their daughter Madeline (now 11) had only taken weekly swim lessons at the recreation center. The Stonegate swim family welcomed them with open arms, and their children have since grown in confidence and skill—proudly becoming Serpents. In her free time, Ingrid is a Zumba instructor and enjoys staying active and involved in the community. She is excited to serve as a team representative and support the continued success of the Stonegate swim family.

Fallon Seeley: fallonmauri19@gmail.com

Fallon and her husband, Joey, were born and raised in the area and became part of the Stonegate family in 2019, along with their two children, Scout (11) and Grady (8). Both Scout and Grady have been on the team for several years. Scout joined the team at age 5 and has been a “pool rat” ever since. Grady was a bit touch-and-go at the start, literally turning and walking away at the start of his first meet, but he has since caught the Serpent bug and become a full-blown Serpent. Fallon grew up competitively swimming for MCSL for 14 years, and has experienced firsthand how fun, meaningful, and memorable a summer swim family can be.  She is excited to be a team representative, to continue supporting the Serpent family, and looks forward to meeting our new swimmers and families.

Briggs Rolfsrud (Wilson): bsrolfsrud@gmail.com

Briggs and her husband, Lynn, needed something for the kids to do in the summer of 2021, so they joined the Stonegate pool. After just a few weeks there, they were hooked. The Stonegate pool is the ONLY place they want to be in the summers! Their two Serpents, Nova (11) and Lynx (8), have been on the team since 2022 and 2023, respectively, and absolutely love it. They love the coaches, the community, and the excitement of being on one of the top teams in the county. Briggs played softball, basketball and tennis growing up, but loves watching the kids swim and getting in a few laps when she can.