Sara-Jane Cox-Conklin

Growing up in Burnham-on-Sea, Sara was a standout swimmer at the Burnham pool. Sara would go on to represent Great Britain in 11 World Championships ranging from Modern Pentathlon (National Champion)to Triathlon (World Amateur Champion) to X-Country Skiing (7th in World Masters) - she was also a National Biathlon Champion. After winning the ITU Worlds as an amateur, Sara turned professional  and went on to win an amazing 23 races around the world.

After retiring from Professional Athletics, Sara put her degree in Business & Finance, and Masters Degree in Psychology to use working alongside Mark Allen (6 X Ironman World Champion) as his Operations Executive and later as a Program Manager at Microsoft.

Sara is now back home, taking on another big challenge - making the Burnham-on-Sea Swim & Sports Academy a facility that she and the community can be proud of.

 Martin Rogers

 coming soon.

Mark Conklin

Born in Denver Colorado,  Mark was the son of an Air Force pilot and teacher.  Mark attended High School in Florida, where he became a surfing fanatic, later moving to Southern California to compete in contests.  With little sucess in this department, Mark became an Ocean Lifeguard to pay the bills!  He later went on to become a surfing stunt double in LA and appeared  in a couple of motion pictures.

Mark's career (apart from his lifeguard stint!) has been in National and International Sales & Management .  representing such companies as Nytro Multisport, Kestrel Bicycles, Aqua Sphere, Speedo, Orca USA and later Synergy Sport - Zoggs USA.

Triathlon has always been a passion of Mark's.   He started in the 80's in San Diego - the birthplace of Triathlon and has raced every distance from sprint to ironman.  Mark - a specialist in bike positioning has consulted with many of the World's top professional athletes. 

Mark is excited to be back in the U.K. and looking forward to making the Academy a destination for everyone.