Courtesy: American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA)
Fort Lauderdale, FL – The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) and Fitter & Faster are pleased to announce the TOP 50 AGE GROUP COACHES OF THE YEAR FOR 2024.
The results were compiled using the USA Swimming PowerPoints of the top-ranked 11-14 year-old swimmers for the 2023 Long Course season and 2023-24 Short Course season. Each athlete was limited to a maximum of 4 swims contributing to their coach’s total.
The national winner of the Fitter & Faster/ASCA Age Group Coach of the Year for 2024 will be revealed on September 5 at the ASCA World Clinic Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony at the Rosen Centre in Orlando, Florida. The top 10 finalists, to be announced in two weeks, will be introduced and presented awards at the event. For more information on award ceremony and dinner, as well as the 2024 ASCA World Clinic, go to www.ascaworldclinic.com.
Congratulations to the following outstanding coaches (in alphabetical order):
| Name |
Club Name – LSC
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| Tara Bolivar |
Suburban Seahawks Club – MA
|
| Brooke Brisson |
Waterloo Swimming – ST
|
| Bruce Brockschmidt |
Jersey Wahoos – MA
|
| Danny Colvin |
Tide Swimming – VA
|
| Dave Crocker |
Rockville Montgomery Swim Club – PV
|
| Nikita Denisyako |
Santa Clara Swim Club – PC
|
| Jake Des Roches |
Sandpipers Of Nevada – CA
|
| Andrew Eckhart |
Sarasota Sharks – FL
|
| Hakan Eskioglu |
Badger Swim Club,Inc. – MR
|
| Justin Fernandez |
Chicago Wolfpack Aquatic Club – IL
|
| Carle Fierro |
Westchester Aquatic Club – MR
|
| Joe Finke |
Saint Petersburg Aquatics – FL
|
| Kristen Foley |
Southwest Stars Swim Club – FL
|
| Leah Foreman-Keiser |
Aquajets Swim Team – MN
|
| Don Garman |
La Mirada Armada – CA
|
| Kyle Goodrich |
Central Ohio Aquatics – OH
|
| Nick Graves |
Lakeside Swim Team – KY
|
| Tim Hable |
Blazing Barracudas – LE
|
| Rod Hansen |
Irvine Novaquatics – CA
|
| Hailey Hewitt |
Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics – MR
|
| Laurel Hill |
Scottsdale Aquatic Club – AZ
|
| Tom Himes |
North Baltimore Aquatic Club – MD
|
| Kyle Johnson |
Carmel Swim Club – IN
|
| Mike Julian |
NOVA of Virginia Aquatics, Inc – VA
|
| Russ Kasl |
SwimMAC Carolina – NC
|
| Colin Kennedy |
Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club – GU
|
| Ira Klein |
Sarasota Tsunami Swim Team – FL
|
| Michael Lennon |
Long Island Aquatic Club – MR
|
| Ken Maczuga |
Phoenix Swim Club – AZ
|
| Dave Nehls |
Phoenix Aquatic Club USA LLC – MR
|
| Luke Nelson |
NOVA of Virginia Aquatics, Inc – VA
|
| Rob Norman | TAC Titans – NC |
| Peter O’Donnell |
Long Island Aquatic Club – MR
|
| Brian Pajer |
Aquazot Swim Club – CA
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| Thomas Pearson |
Crow Canyon Sharks – PC
|
| Alan Pfau | TAC Titans – NC |
| Luba Pohilenco |
Santa Clara Swim Club – PC
|
| Dale Porter |
Bolles School Sharks – FL
|
| Nicholas Rice |
Bluefish Swim Club – NE
|
| Peter Robinson |
Nitro Swimming – ST
|
| Nolan Rogers |
DART Swimming – SN
|
| Chris Schlegel |
All Star Aquatics – PV
|
| Katie Schmidt |
Mason Manta Rays – OH
|
| Jim Skirboll |
Racer X Aquatics – AM
|
| Jason Swaim |
Cavalier Aquatics/Piedmont Family YMCA – VA
|
| David Tambuwun |
Pleasanton Seahawks – PC
|
| Mark Walleshauser |
Chattahoochee Gold Swim Club – GA
|
| Sherwood Watts |
North Carolina Aquatic Club – NC
|
| Joshua Wood |
Club Wolverine – MI
|
| Connie Wu |
Stamford Sailfish Aquatic Club – CT
|
It’s deeply disappointing that not ONE female coach was selected to the top-10 of an age group coaching award. Congratulations to the dozen or so that made the top 50.
Way to go Hakan!
Chris Schlegel of ASA!!! Well deserved. Great coach of a local summer swim team for 15 plus years as well, and even better mentor for young swimmers. So happy to see his name on the list.
SPA, coach Finke, coach Lewis; well deserved & well done.
Congratulations to Tara Bolivar !!!