USA Swimming today announced the staff selected to guide next month’s National Junior Team Camp, which is slated for April 8-12 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
The aim of the annual camp is to identify elite 18-and-under swimmers and introduce them to the USA Swimming National Team culture of sportsmanship and excellence, while providing younger athletes the opportunity to experience a training camp situation.
Tim O’Brien (Austin, Texas) of Nitro Swimming and Chris Plumb (Carmel, Ind.) of the Carmel Swim Club will serve as head coaches for the camp.
Assistant coaches for the camp include:
· Sue Chen (Rockville, Md./Machine Aquatics)
· David Gibson (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./ Swim Fort Lauderdale)
· Peter Morgan (Fairfax Station, Va./Nation’s Capital Swim Club)
· Steve Morsilli (San Ramon, Calif./ Pleasanton Seahawks)
· Jason Turcotte (Duluth, Ga./Dynamo Swim Club)
· Peter Wright (Sugar Land, Texas/First Colony Swim Team)
Bill Rose (Mission Viejo, Calif.) of the Mission Viejo Nadadores will be present as a camp consultant.
Each member of the 2014-15 USA Swimming National Junior Team was invited and more than 80 will attend.
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John Nelson of the York YMCA should be on this list too….oh well….maybe next time. 🙂
Like bugs to a bright light you all flock to the bold writing. Tim Obrien and Chris Plumb (which not a single person mentioned above) are the head coaches and ARE rising star coaches for sure but the headline is about the coaches of “rising stars” (I think) The assistant coaches are clearly some our club systems most accomplished coaches and Mel knows that. The headline is worded so poorly its hard to tell. Take a deep breath fans
Not sure how Pete Morgan got on that list and John Flanagan didn’t.
Sorry. Forget to check in on the comments…. Not sure if this is helpful, but this was a press release from USA Swimming. I strive to stay close to their messaging when posting as it’s their message.
That makes sense… but man, headlines shouldn’t have to be deciphered.
The word “rising” is not a good fit. These guys are all just flat out stars.
Everybody in this thread needs to learn how to read a headline
Yes, these are the coaches of the rising stars. All having already risen themselves.
Exactly, not that hard especially when the story is about 18 and under swimmers and rising stars is in the headline lol
When the adjective describes the wrong noun, people read into it what it literally says rather than what it meant to say… Rising star coaches vs Rising star’s coaches
Is the man who is tall happy?
If people cannot figure out something so simple then I am not raising another child amongst these people
Can we all just agree that all these coaches were decided for a reason? Whether they’d be inexperienced or experienced like Coach Rose, all these coaches are great with outstanding results.
Pete Morgan is still much too young and inexperienced to be called a rising star!
agree, but i would say that about most of the staff. just because they aren’t college coaches doesn’t mean they aren’t excellent and experienced coaches!!!
Very confused about Weirdo’s comment. Most of the staff is in their 40’s-50’s with outstanding credentials.
PVK – you missed the joke…
Pete has coached several Olympians…including Ed Moses. He is one of the founders of NCAP and one of the most senior coaches in the region/country.