Phillip Norris of Lexington, KY will make his major competition debut as the Head Swimming Coach for Team Kentucky in that region's Special Olympics.

Norris, an employee of Mizuho OSI®, has been a Special Olympics coach for two years and a swim coach for four years overall. Norris, who coaches the Frankfort Sunfish swim team during the Special Olympics aquatics season, swam competetively at the University of Florida from 2000-03, earning four All-America honors. He won the Senior Leadership Award in 2003 and several of his times still rank among the Gators' Top 10 all time, including second in the 100-meter Breaststroke.