Frank Grijalva
Head Coach
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Frank was an age group swimmer in
Northern California for more than 10 years. He qualified for many
regional and sectional events during a time when that area was
producing many national and Olympic qualifiers. While Frank was
groomed in an intense competitive environment, he believes in a
complete program approach which includes plenty of fun for the
swimmers as well. Frank’s background as a behaviorist gives
him a strong foundation in guiding young swimmers in development.
His experience as a competitive swimmer informs his ability to
motivate experienced swimmers successfully. Frank is a level 2 ASCA
stroke certified coach, and when he is not coaching he works
as a consultant and program developer for at risk children who
come in to contact with community systems both here and
abroad.
Nichole Thomason
Coach
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I began swimming
competitively at the age of five when I was beyond what swim
lessons could teach me. Actually, my parents let me go in
our high school swimming pool at the age of three months and I
floated back to the top of the water—a good sign. I continued swimming through
junior high, high school, and college at
the
University
of
Minnesota
, Twin Cities Gophers.
I was All Conference,
All
State
, All American, and won USA Swim Central Zone
Championship in the 100 breaststroke in my age group. I still hold the high school
breast stoke record and the medley relay record in
Alexandria
,
Minnesota
.
I was an
assistant swim coach for six years in
Alexandria
,
MN
and
Duluth
,
MN
for the
USA
swim teams. I taught swimming lessons as a
lead instructor for 10 years throughout
Minnesota
.
Anne Roberts
Coach
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Anne Roberts - Anne is in her 5th year of being the Head coach for the Bedell Family YMCA. Most recently, Anne assisted with the Sioux City Mariners during the 2009 summer season and became a Certified USA Swim Coach. Prior to coaching, she swam for the Spencer Sailfish and was an employee of Spencer YMCA. She has attended the National Swim Conference & multiple swim clinics on starts and turns and basic swimming technique. Anne currently utilizes the stroke techniques and philosophies of Richard Quick, which emphasize posture, line and balance. Anne also teaches Language Arts at Spencer Community Schools and believes that it is not only important to learn the skills of swimming, but that it is important to instill character values that transfer later on in other areas of life such as teamwork, caring, perseverance, responsibility, and respect.
Mallory C McHenry
Coach
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Mallory is the oldest of three and
recently moved to the Sioux city area from Dallas, Texas. She has
been in organized swimming since age six. Some of her past swim
teams include the Dallas mustangs and the Irving swimmers. In her
spare time, Mallory enjoys playing music and various
sports.
