This is Tina's 23rd season with the KISU Swim Club (more than 35 years of coaching swimming). She has her NCCP Level 3 and in the past few years has done a LOT to improve her coaching experience and education.
Tina believes that swimming is a sport for everyone from the young to the not-so-young from the fitness interests to those with the highest goals. When you sign your child up for swim club, you are giving them a gift that will last a life time. There are many life lessons to be learnt through sport and competition which apply far beyond the water. After a few years in swim club, swimmers can walk into any pool and feel confident about their ability in the water.
She also has her BSc in Physiology, BFA in Fine Arts - Visual Art and MFA in Visual Art. Tina has a wide variety of interests, which include outrigger paddling, cycling, hiking, skiing, yoga and more. In August 2019 she went to Budapest to be a part of the World Junior team.
Theresa began her swimming during High School where she swam competitively. Then when her sons became interested in competitive swimming, she started her coaching career.
She enjoys the competitive side of swimming and has been dedicated to the sport for 19 years. During this time she has completed her NCCP Level I, II and III.
Theresa coached with the Miramichi White Caps, Bathurst Blast Piranhas Swim Team and Kamloops Classic Swim Team. She was one of Team New Brunswick’s Head Coaches at Canada Games in Regina. She also coached Team Atlantic at the 2007 Tri-Team Training Camp and Competition in Halifax. Theresa was Head Coach for Zone 2 swimming at the BC Winter Games in Cranbrook in 2008 where the team placed 1st, and again as Head Coach for Zone 2 swimming at the BC Summer Games in Langley in 2010 where the team placed 2nd.
Several of her swimmers have earned spots on the Canada Games Team in 2001 and 2005. Many swimmers have competed at Eastern and Western Nationals, East Coast Championships, Age Group Nationals, many provincial AA and AAA Championships and two of her swimmers qualified for the North American Challenge Cup in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico.
This year Theresa will coach the Age Group swimmers and is looking forward to a successful season.
Theresa’s passion is to get swimmers excited about competitive swimming.
If you have trouble remembering her name you may call her “Coachtee”.
Marcelo join KISU coaching staff after moving to Penticton 3 years ago. He is a Physical Education teacher who has been an athlete since he was seven years old. He started with swimming lessons and soon after, began to compete. At the same time, he started playing tennis with his older brother and began to compete.
Marcelo branched into water polo, and as a competitive player won many national and international titles. He also has experience in open water swimming for which he won many races. He is a Certified Level 2 water polo coach and took the Calgary Renegades' juvenile and senior girls to National.
As an adult he has participated in many other competitive sports such as volleyball, basketball, racquetball, and squash. As a training component to compliment these different sports, he became involved in long distance running, with a focus in both half and full marathons.
He has been a triathlete since 2003 and became a certified triathlon coach in 2010. He has competed in meets from Olympic to Ironman distance with multiple podium finishes in his age category.
Diane Phillips
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