Richard Taylor
Head Coach and Aquatics Director
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Originally
from New Hartford, NY, Coach Taylor has been involved in the sport
of swimming nearly his entire life. Over the years, he
has successfully coached swimmers in New York, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Colorado, New Mexico and Virginia. His swimmers have gone on to
qualifiy for the Olympic Trials, garner NCAA All-American honors,
and perform at the highest levels wherever they have chosen to
compete. At the LSC level, his swimmers have competed in
dozens of Championship Finals and won multiple individual events
and High Point Awards. Although currently inactive, Coach Taylor
has also performed himself as an ultra-distance swimmer, completing
over 350 swims of 10 miles or further - with a long of 97
miles. Coach Taylor says that he looks forward to
bringing his experience in the sport to the swimming community
of Woodland Hills.
You can contact Coach Taylor at coachtaylor@whatswimming.org or
412-526-8342
Kara Santelli
Age Group Coach/ Assistant Senior Coach
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Kara is
originally from Pittsburgh and attended Fox Chapel Area High
School. While swimming for Fox Chapel, Kara was a two-time
WPIAL champion and holds the Fox Chapel High School record in the
100 Backstroke. She went on to swim one year at the
University of Notre Dame where she was named to the All Big East
team. Kara graduated from the University of Notre
Dame in 2006 with a B.A. in Sociology and is currently pursuing an
MEd in Social and Comparative Analysis in Education at the
University of
Pittsburgh.
Office Hours:
Wednesday’s 1-3pm by
email
You can contact Kara at ksantelli@gmail.com or 412-980-7271.
Christina Destro
Junior Group and Age Group Coach
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Christina is a lifelong Forest
Hills resident and alumna of WHAT and Team Pittsburgh. She is
a previous holder of several WHHS records as well as several Forest
Hills Swim Team records. She has worked as a swim instructor for
the University of Pittsburgh Kinder Kinetics program and in 2008
was an assistant coach with the
Forest Hills Swim Team. She is
a 2008 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where in
2004 she served as the swim
team manger. This is her second year as a WHAT
coach.
You can contact Christina at Chrisdestro@gmail.com or at
412-512-6078
