Competitive swimming background
Fil has 15 years in competitive swimming, including racing at Olympic, Commonwealth and World Championship Trials level.
Co-founder story
Built by swimmers and coaches who understand progress data
Welcome to PB Pathway. We're Fil and Kate, the co-founders behind the project.
After 15 years in competitive swimming, racing at Olympic, Commonwealth and World Championship Trials level, and now coaching swimmers professionally, we started reflecting on our own swimming journeys and realised something was missing: a clearer way to track progress, PBs, race history and qualifying-time targets across a season.
Professional coaching context
Kate coaches swimmers professionally, bringing current poolside context and a practical view of swimmer development.
Private progress platform
PB Pathway is being built as a private place for PBs, race history, target gaps and season context.
Fil: BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
First Class degree grounding in sport science, performance and athlete development.
Kate: BSc (Hons) Sports Management and Coaching
First Class degree grounding in coaching, sport development and practical support around athletes.
Sport Data Science and AI
Fil is now going on to study a Master's in Sport Data Science and AI.
Swimmer-first progress
Built for the questions that come after meets.
PB Pathway is designed for swimmers and swim families who want to understand what a result means without turning swimmer progress into a public comparison. The product starts with private PB tracking, result history and standards context, then grows carefully around trustworthy sources and careful review.
No public swimmer profiles
No public leaderboards
No social feed
Progress stays inside the private account
A direct line to the co-founders
Feedback shapes the product.
Fil and Kate read feedback from swimmers, families and testers, especially when something feels confusing, missing or useful. That feedback helps keep PB Pathway practical rather than overcomplicated.
You can also find Fil's coaching Instagram at swimcoachfil.
Grounded by design
PB Pathway is independent and does not imply endorsement by any swimming governing body. It exists to help swimmers, swim families and support teams make better sense of the data they already enter and review.
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