Summer League 2010: Coaches
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Swimmers
listen to the
coaches before a meet
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Besides great credentials, our coaches have a lot of personal time and
effort invested in helping individuals grow, develop, set their own
goals and succeed.
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Coach Steve started coaching in 1974 and has worked with swimmers of all ages and abilities during his long career. As a swimmer, Steve was ranked Top-6 in the state as a high-school athlete, continued to swim thorough college, and was a World Class Masters champion. He has been the National Coaches Advisor for the U.S. Paralympic team, Assistant Coach for two national distance camps, Head Coach for the National Disabilities Camp, Zone Coach for the Indiana and Ozark LSCs, and state coach for the Ozark AAU Junior Olympics team. |
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Coach Alicia joined the Gator coaching staff in 2006. She brings more than 10 years of collegiate coaching experience. Her affiliation with the Gators began
7 years ago after her 2 children joined the team. Her daughter, ex-Gator Susan Beth Scott, is a member of the US Paralympic Team and is now training at the USA Swimming's facilities in Colorado Springs, CO. |
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Coach Steffan is a Gator grad who also swam for Indiana
University. During his years at the Gator Swim Team, he
established himself as one of the most successful swimmers in the
team's history, still holding several records. A senior
national and junior national qualifier in the distance freestyle
events, Steffan competed at the the U.S. Open in San Antonio, Texas
and at the 2005 World Championship Trials in Indianapolis.
More recently he swam the 1,500 freestyle at the 2008 U.S. Olympic
Trials and competed for the the Hoosiers in several Big Ten
Championships. |
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 Joanie
Edmundson, Certified Swim Coach
Coach Joanie has 10 years of swim coaching experience. She is a full-time kindergarten teacher at Jefferson Elementary and specializes in stroke instruction for entry level swimmers.
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 Debbie Franklin, RN, EMT-IV, Certified Swim Coach
Coach Debbie has 10 years of swim coaching experience and specializes in working with special needs children. She has swum competitively since age 10 and was ranked Top-10 nationally as a Masters swimmer. Debbie is a Registered Nurse and Emergency Medical Technician who is also trained in Applied Behavior Analysis. |
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 Dayna Powell, Certified Swim Coach
Coach Dayna has been coaching Central High School for 20 years. She was recently honored at the Missouri High School Girls Swimming Championships with the Walter H. Lundt Award, a service award given by the state swimming coaches association for contributions and unselfish devotion to the sport of swimming. She is an advisor for the team and will be starting her second year Coaching with the Gator summer league team.
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 Rebecca Snyder, Certified Swim Coach
Coach Rebecca joined the Gator coaching staff in 2010 after her 2 sons joined the team. She brings more than 3 years of coaching experience along with growing up as USA age group swimmer in Indiana. She was a member of the 1985 Indiana State Girls High School Swimming Championships Team. She specializes in stroke instruction for entry level swimmers.
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 Ann Welker, Certified Swim Coach
Coach Ann is certified by the Red Cross as a Water Safety Instructor and has over
30 years of experience teaching kids to swim. She became a USA Swimming official 15 years ago and has achieved a Level 5 Administrative Referee Certification (national level). Coach Ann currently teaches at Notre Dame High School.
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Coaching Assistants:
- Kyleigh Troxel
- Bridget Hale
- Allison Hobbs
- Madeline Siefert (sub)
- Morgan Maguire (sub)
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