Curtis Robinson
Head Coach
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Curtis is from
Rancho Cordova, Ca (Sacramento area). He began swimming with swim
lessons as a young child before joining the local summer
recreational swim team, Cordova Blue Marlins, at 7 years old.
Curtis swam with the Blue Marlins for 8 years. He also swam 4 years
in high school for Cordova High School.
In 2000, at the age of 16, Curtis joined a local USA Swimming club
team, Sierra Marlins Swim Team, now located in Folsom, Ca. While
with the Sierra Marlins, he was coached by Pete Brown, Ben Loorz,
Doug Raez and Jeff Pearson, all of which served to inspire him to
coach, along with his high school coach Brian Botsford.
Curtis swam at the University of Nevada of Las Vegas (UNLV),
specializing in breaststroke and Individual Medley. He remains on
the list of top 10 breaststrokers at UNLV. He was inspired and
motivated by coaches Jim Reitz, Kunio Kono and Rick Pratt (now at
New Mexico State University).
In August 2008, he earned a degree in Bachelor’s of Science
in Earth Science from UNLV.
Curtis gained experience taking part in a 2.7 Mile open water swim
at Donner Lake in Truckee, Ca. However, after spending plenty of
time in the pool, he looks forward to being on deck and coaching.
Curtis began coaching with the Manhattan Marlins in September,
2008.
Hannah Hoisington
Assistant Coach
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Hanna started
swimming at the age of six for the Kansas City Blazers. She swam
for the Blazers for twelve years before coaching for their Blue and
Novice groups.
During high
school, Hannah swam for Blue Valley North all four years. Her team
won the State Championship in 2005 and 2006. Hannah also coached
during the summer for Milburn Country Club in Kansas City.
She is currently a
Sophomore at Kansas State where she is a member of the Alpha Xi
Delta sorority and a dual major in Business Marketing and
Management.
Hannah Hoisington
began coaching the Marlins Silver group in September 2008. Hannah
is very excited to be coaching with the Marlins and looks forward
to seeing her swimmers improve!
Amber Nicole Parish
Asst Coach
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Amber Parish was born and raised
in Danville, IL. She began her swimming career at age seven on the
Nelson's Turtles USA Swim Team. The family moved to Lake In the
Hills, IL (Northwest Chicago Suburb) when she was eleven. She swam
on several USA/YMCA teams for the next seven years. She also swam
for the Crystal Lake High School swim team where she earned her
varsity letter all four years.
The family then moved to Manhattan in 2007. Amber has taught swim
lessons with UFM prior to joining the Marlin's coaching staff. She
is currently a Junior at Kansas State University,in the College of
Secondary Education with a History major.
Amber is currently coaching the Bronze I and II groups, and looks
forward to seeing all of the swimmers in her groups improve and
have fun.
Abby Bradstreet
Assistant Coach
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Abby is from
Garden City, Kansas and has been involved with a swim team for
about 12 years. She has been a competitive swimmer for the Garden
City Seahawk Swim Team for the past 11 years and was team captain
and a member of the Garden City High School Aqua Buffs Swim Team
all four years of high school. Abby holds several school records
and was a repeat state qualifier. While in high school she took
first in the backstroke at the Western Athletic Conference (WAC),
was selected to the first team All Around Spring Sports Squad, and
selected to the first team all WAC. During the summer Abby was a
pool manager, lifeguard, and swim instructor in Garden City.
Abby Bradstreet is
currently a student at Kansas State University.
Lauren Musch
Assistant Coach
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Lauren began swimming and made her first swim team when she was
six years old in Hershey Pennsylvania. She has been a member of the
Manhattan Marlins since 1993 when she moved to Manhattan. She
started off coaching the minnows during the summer seasons and now
has moved to being a year round coach. She really enjoys working
with her swimmers and is excited to see them improve.
Lauren is currently a student at Kansas State
University where she is majoring Early Childhood Development where
she plans to become a preschool teacher.
