AquaJets Swim Club
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Pete is excited to be back for his third season with the AquaJets, bringing 13 years of coaching experience to the club. It is Pete's goal to spark a passion for competitive swimming to as many members as he can through his leadership, developing a strong, cohesive club culture for future years to come.
Cody has 18 years of swimming experience, is NCCP level 3 certified and holds a BKin in Recreation and Sport Administration. In the past 6 years coaching in Regina Saskatchewan, Cody has produced some of the best in the province, leading swimmers to provincial and national successes. He believes that attention to detail, commitment to technique and hard work; all while having fun will lead to a very successful season for swimmers.
Linda has been coaching swimming for 22 years. She has also coached triathlon and track as well. Linda played many sports growing up and enjoys them all. Most of her heros are kids. Linda's philosophy: Life is like an ice cream cone...... fun sprinkled with challenges to help us learn and grow.
Karolina is a former Senior National qualifier with Ajax Swimming in Ontario, and is currently studying Human Kinetics at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. She is very excited to have the opportunity to be a part of the AquaJets and work with the Blue group this season. Karolina also loves yoga and running.
Sally Wallick has put a lot of my time and dedication into the sport of swimming. She was a part of the Ogopogo Summer Swim Club up until the age of sixteen, where she decided to make the transition into winter swim club with the AquaJets. Last year, at University she swam on scholorship for Trinity Western University and was the Assistant Head Coach for the Ogopogos this past summer. She is certified as a Fundamentals Coach and has volunteered a lot of her time coaching the Jets as well. She is "looking forward to an awesome season"!
Jacqualyn began competitive swimming with the Aqua Jets at age 8. She continued swimming with the club for 8 years at a provincial level. She is currently entering her 8th season as a coach with the swim club.
Sukhpaul will
be returning for his second season as an assistant coach
with the Aquajets. Involved in swimming for over 25
years, Sukhpaul swum from a young age up to his Univeristy days in
both summer club with the Ogopogos and with the AquaJets.
Sukhpaul has a family farm out in the Rutland area on Highway 33,
so when not helping out on the pool deck, Sukh is busy managing the
farm or eating fruit!
Blaine Melnyk is a lifelong swimmer and lover of the sport. He started swimming at six with the Saskatoon Goldfins and was swimming two a days at nine (and after knee surgery at thirteen saw the fault in this type of programming). He swam for the University of Saskatchewan Huskie Swim Team and finalled at international level swim meets. He is passionate about current swim trends and sneaking every bit of power out of a stroke and every bit of speed out of a turn or start. He has coached on and off since 1998 including a stint as the head coach of an age group team in Arizona. He says he "mixes up drills like a rapper mixes rhymes and a baker mixes cake." He wants every swimmer to watch and idolize world class swimmers like hockey kids idolize Crosby. "Find someone who swims your same stroke and watch everything they do; follow their training philosophies and try to emulate their work ethic and swimming intelligence." I loved the butterfly of Pablo Morales (Stanford Swimming USA) and the freestyle of Ian Thorpe (Australia).
Emilia joined the AquaJets in 2009 after swimming with the Ogopogo Summer Swim Club for 10 years. She started coaching the Junior Jets last fall and coached two groups (10 and under and of 13-18 year old swimmers) this past summer with the Ogopogos. Emilia is excited to improve her coaching skills this season and share her love of swimming with the Junior Jets!
Sydney is seventeen and in her last year of high school at KSS. She has been swimming for eleven years, nine with the Ogopogo Swim Club and three with the AquaJets. She is really looking forward to the season of coaching Junior Jers and swimming with the the Aquajets!
Emily has been a member of the Kelowna AquaJets Swim Club for the past seven years and swims with the Gold group. She has learned so much from her various coaches over the years and wishes to pass some of that knowledge on to other young swimmers. This is her second year as a coach and she looks forward to another fabulous season!
Matthew has been swimming competitively for the past 5 years, three with the Kelowna Ogopogos and two as an AquaJet. He has had a passion in teaching and swimming since he started as an assistant coach in 2010 with the Ogopogos. Matt is certified in all his lifeguarding courses and has joined the KSS swim team this year. He is looking forward to a fun and successful season with the Kelowna Aquajet Swim Club.
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