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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 (listed
below). (831) 429-SWIM (7946)
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 Meredith A RhodesHead Coach/AdministratorEmail
Meredith Rhodes was born in Santa
Cruz and spent the majority of her upbringing in Santa Cruz County.
She joined the world of competitive swimming before her
5th birthday and swam with Santa Cruz County
Aquatics for roughly 4 years. She moved to Las Vegas to
live with her sister and began high school swimming for
Cheyenne High School.
At the
beginning of her Junior year she returned to Santa Cruz, attended
and graduated from Soquel High School. During her High School
career, Meriann was a 2-time Scholar Athlete (3.5 GPA or higher
during athletic season), Athlete of the Month, 2-time Team Captain,
3-time MVP, Most Versatile Swimmer, 2-time League Champion,
6th in the State of Nevada in the 200 yard Individual
Medley, CCS Qualifier and Finalist in 100 yard Breaststroke and 200
yard Individual Medley. She joined SCCA once again. Her Club team
accomplishments include: 1 Pool Record set, 3-time High-Point
Winner, 2 Team Records Set, Ranked Number 1 in Pacific Region as an
8-Under, Most Inspirational Swimmer, CVAL Champion, Most Coachable
Swimmer. Competed in Trans-Monterey Bay Race, Tiburon Open Water
swim, Junior Olympics, Far Westerns, Senior Pacific Championships,
California-Nevada Speedo Sectional Championships, Janet Evans
Invitational, Speedo Grand Challenge, and Santa Clara International
Grand Prix.
She attended Northern Arizona University in
Flagstaff, Arizona and studied Athletic Training and Pre-Medicine.
Her studies continue at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California with
studies in Athletic Training and Kinisiology.
Coach Rhodes
has been coaching with Santa Cruz County Aquatics since September
2005, and has worked hard educating herself to be a more efficient
leader, coach, and teacher. She is an American Swimming Coaches
Association (ASCA) Certified Level 2 coach. Meriann is very
dedicated to this team and plans to stay with us for a very long
time.
"A Happy Swimmer is a Fast Swimmer!"
 Danielle KayJunior Silver & Junior Gold CoachEmail  Caitlin ParkerBeginner/Pre-Comp CoachEmail
Caitlin Parker was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.
She lived and swam there for most of her life. Her mother has said
that " she was swimming before she learned to walk." She first
started swimming in the competitive world when she was six for the
Cottonwood Country Club. To this day she still holds two relay
records for 15/17 girls. At 8 she made the big decision to join
Cottonwood Heights Aquatics Team, where she swam until she was 16.
On CHAT, Caitlin was Team Captain, and also won both the spirit
award and most inspirational swimmer. Cottonwood Heights Aquatics
are 56 year state champions. They believe very strongly in teaching
team unity and achieving your own personal goals both with life and
swimming. Caitlin hopes to bring those same philosphies to
SCCA.
At the age of 15, Caitlin started swimming
varsity butterfly for Cottonwood High School.After one season of
juggling all three teams, she decided that she was going to stop
swimming and concentrate on school. She graduated with a 3.7 GPA.
In 2005 Caitlin moved to Santa Cruz for school and currently owns a
quaint little coffee shop downtown. She is new to Santa Cruz
Aquatics and is eager to help make this an even greater team then
it already is.
Caitlin is an American
Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) Certified Level 1
coach.
 Tom RothBeginner CoachEmail
Tom Roth was born in
Honolulu, Hawaii and has spent the majority of his time since then
in the water. Tom started to swim competitively in the 6th
grade for the Oahu Club, a small but great local team in Hawaii.
While he moved on to different sports just before high
school, he never left the water. Beyond competitive swimming,
Tom has competed in water polo up to the collegiate club level,
raced kayaks as well as outrigger canoes, participated in multiple
triathlons, and enjoys open ocean paddleboard races.
Tom’s greatest athletic achievement has been crossing the
Molokai Channel, a 32-mile channel between two Hawaiian islands, on
his paddleboard as well as competing in the Honolulu Tin Man
Triathlon within a week of each other.
Tom Graduated from Colorado State University in 2008 with a degree in
International Studies,
with an emphasis in Chinese language and
history. He has been living in Santa Cruz since the spring of
2009 and is very excited to work with the swimmers at SCCA to help
them have fun while achieving their potentials, both in and out of
the water.
Katie WohlstatterPresidentEmail Meredith A RhodesHead Coach/USS RepEmail Bruce CopelyParlimentarianEmail Betsy MaushardtRecording SecretaryEmail David RosenthalCorresponding SecretaryEmail Jeannine McGuckinMember at LargeEmail Noreen BraytonMember at LargeEmail Sheryl PinardMember at LargeEmail
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