Coaches & Directors

We are here to support your needs. If your questions are related to workouts, meets, events, goal setting, and other swimming related needs, please contact one of the coaches. For all questions related to administrative, such as dues, safety, or policy issues, please contact one of the board members.
Coaching Staff

Harold G Johnston

Head Coach

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Coach Harold is one of the founders of the team.  He is certified by the American Swim Coaches Association with its highest ranking of Level 5, attained by fewer than 1% of USA-S coaches.  He and  his wife, Joann, have three children, all of whom graduated from Clear Lake High School, and earned academic and swimming scholarships to major universities.  He serves the local ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as its financial clerk.  Professionally, he works as a financial investment advisor, specializing in day trading.

Jeaneen M Johnston

Assistant Head Coach

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Jeaneen began USA Swimming at the age of 8.  She was a four-year letterman at Clear Lake High School.  Jeaneen earned a full swimming scholarship to IONA College, in New York. She has been coaching with AQUASTAR for 6 years, and plans to continue to coach for many years to come!
 

Bob Tweedy

Age Group coach

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Bob was a 4-year letterman for the University of Arizona swimming & diving team. He began his coaching career in 1979. His coaching experience includes summer league, USA Swimming, and high school levels. He primarily coaches our Blue, Gold, and Senior levels. At his "day job," he trains space station crews how to exercise in microgravity.

Angie Hayes

Age Group coach

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Angela is a former STAR swimmer and alumnae of Clear Lake High School, where she swam with the varsity team for 4 years. She began coaching with the Pine Brookwood Orcas summer league team after graduating high school in 2003. She has also competed internationally in swimming for her mother's home country, the Republic of Palau, in the 1998 and 2002 Micronesian Games.

Allix Johnson

Age group coach

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Allix swam for the La Porte Dogfish and swam her freshman year on the La Porte High School team. She has been teaching swim lessons every summer for the past 3 years.  Prior to coaching with AQUA, Allix coached for SCAT, where coached for 3 years.  She is now working on getting her masters degree in criminology and criminal justice.

Dakota Phillips

Age group coach

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Dakota is a former STAR swimmer and is an alumnus of the Clear Lake High School swim team, ending his high school career as most valuable swimmer.  While attending Texas Tech University for the past several years, he led his fraternity’s intramural swim team to top three finishes each year.  As he finishes up his education in Houston, he looks forward to sharing his knowledge of the sport and foster a competitive spirit in those he coaches.

Sarah Mize

Age Group Coach

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Sarah began her swimming career in first grade, and has since swum for summer league, high school, and year round swim teams; including AQUA and STAR.  She was the captain of the Friendswood High School swim team her senior year, and the following summer served as an assistant coach for FAST.  She has also given private swim lessons during the summers while she was attending college at Texas A&M University as an elementary education major.  She is a recent graduate and hopes to use her passion for swimming and teaching to help swimmers achieve success.

Ann Markovich

Age group coach

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Melissa Prince

Age group coach

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Amber Sanders

Age group coach

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Board of Directors

Harold G Johnston

President

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Chris Talley

Vice-President

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Ed Mullery

Treasurer

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Glenn Jue

Secretary

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Scott Litton

Director

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Darilyn Sue Block

Director

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Jeaneen M Johnston

Director

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Manuel Gardea

Director

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