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 team reps.

Coaching Staff

Kenny Shelhorse

Head Coach

Kenny Shelhorse

Kenny returns to the Thunder as our Head Coach. Kenny swam in the MCSL for the Damascus Dolphins. In his later years on the team he was a junior assistant coach. While coaching at Damascus they won the A division several times. Kenny made an Olympic Trial cut in the 200 meter Backstroke when he was a senior in high school. He attended the University of Pittsburgh and swam on the team for all four years. The highlight of his college swimming career was making NCAAs in the 200 yard backstroke in 2002. Currently Kenny is a security guard at Seneca Valley High School and plans to start working on a Masters Degree in Education in the Fall. He is really looking forward to coaching Waters Landing this summer and continuing our water polo nights.

Jennifer D'Alessio

Assistant Head Coach

Jen D’Alessio

Jen continues in the role of Assistant Head Coach as she returns for her sixth year as part of the Waters Landing Coaching Staff. Jen swam for Waters Landing Swim Team for thirteen years. Jen has finished her junior year at American University where she majors in political science and finance.

Eddie Qian

Assistant Coach

Eddie Qian

Eddie competed for 10 seasons on the Waters Landing Swim Team and has come back for his fifth year of coaching. While attending Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Eddie was a two year captain and record holder on the varsity team. Eddie started club swimming with the UMCY Stingrays for 3 years and is currently a member of the Curl-Burke Swim Club. Eddie is coming back from his first year at the University of Delaware where he is majoring in chemical engineering, minoring in history, and is an athlete on their Division I varsity swim team. He also plans on competing in and winning the first annual Waterslanding Thunder Taco Bell draft. He warns all the other competitors to beware.

Patrick Bell

Assistant Coach

Patrick Bell

Patrick has been on the Thunder swim team for twelve seasons. He swam winters throughout his elementary and middle school years. He holds some Thunder team records and was 3rd in individual all stars for the backstroke and 14th in breast. A shoulder injury ended Patrick’s competitive swimming career. He moved on to other high-level club sports including Division I soccer and Junior Olympic Volleyball (placing 14th in the country in 2008). Patrick loves global traveling — especially to Europe and Africa. He is currently a student at Montgomery College with plans to transfer to University of Tennessee majoring in European and African History with a minor in communications.