Steve Fitch
Head Coach
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New Head Coach Steve Fitch joins
the Phantoms after relocating to the area from Mount Pleasant,
South Carolina. He has been involved in swimming and coaching for
most of his life. His varied coaching experience includes summer
league swim teams, year round age group programs, high school
swimming and track teams, kids triathlon camps, and personal
triathlete coaching.
Coach Fitch and his wife Anne have
three children: Stevie, Peter, and Taylor Anne, who are swimmers
and divers.
Hannah Cooley
Assistant Coach
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Phantom Lake welcomes back Hannah
Cooley as an Assistant Coach. Hannah joined
the Phantoms at age 7 as a swim team member. She has also
been a lifeguard and swim instructor for the last 4
years. Along with her PLC swim experience,
Hannah participated in Sammamish High Swimming her freshman year
and on the softball team all four years.
Her work with youths includes Little League Coaching for three
years and serving as a
Camp
Counselor
. In the fall of 2008, Hannah left Bellevue to study at the
University of Montana. Welcome home for the summer,
Hannah!
Taylor Knowles
Assistant Coach
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Another one of our long-time Phantoms
returns this spring to coach. For 2009, Taylor Knowles
once again returns to Phantom Lake as Assistant Coach of
the swim team. He is looking forward
to returning and assisting the current PLC
swimmers in attaining their best in the pool.
Taylor started swimming at Phantom Lake at age 6 and is still on
the record board as a member of a winning freestyle relay team in
the 12 and under boys. He swam at Newport High School his
freshman and senior seasons and was a member of their water polo
team all four years. Since Fall 2007, he has studied at
the University of Arizona where he competes as a driver for
their water polo team. Welcome back Taylor!
