San Ramon Valley Livermore Aquatics : Coaches & Directors

Richard Thornton - Head Coach email SRVLA Senior Group Coach Head Coach SRVLA since 1984 Over 22 years coaching experience BS Physical Education, U.C. Berkeley, MS St. Mary's Member of 1980 US Olympic Team American Swim Coaches Assn Award of Excellence 1988-1994 1997 Pacific Swimming Coach of the Year Nominated Pacific Swimming Coach of Year 1994-2000 Asst. Coach USA National Junior Team Paris France 1994 Asst. Coach USA National Team Furuoka, Japan 1997 Head Coach USA World Championship Team 1995 Rio De Janerio , Brazil Coached: Olympic Finalists, World Championship Finalists, European Championship Finalists, NCAA All-Americans, World Record Holder

Paschalis Ntatsos - Age Group Coach email SRVLA Age Group Coach Eight years of swimming coaching experience. Managed teams of 500 plus swimmers from 4 years-old to senior international levels. Member of the Greek National team, 23-year swimmer, 10 plus times National Gold Medalist. Bachelors of Arts in Physical Education and Sport Sciences. University of Athens, Greece – 1999 Head Coach of Senior Level Team - Panellinios Athletic Club - Athens, Greece Partnered with Zoltan Kollar, Hungary’s coach of the year 1994 through 1998 and developed specialized programs for elite athletes enhancing their technique to achieve international status. Teacher of Swimming Practice and Theory-Private Institution of Education(TORCH) - Athens, Greece Work Out Trainer - Hellenic Police Academy - Athens, Greece Gold Medalist, National Championship, Athens, Greece - 1989 - 2000 National Record Holder of Greece - 100 Free, 200 Free. Gold Medalist in Balkan Championship – Individual and relay events - 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 Gold Medalist in 200 Free, Silver 100 Free, World Military Championship - St Petersburg, Russia - 1995 Silver Medalist 4x200 Free, Mediterranean Championship - Bari, Italy - 1997 8th position 4 x 100 Medley Men - World Championship - Athens, Greece - 2000 Swimmer of the Year – Hellenic National Championship - 1996

Colin L Williamson - Age Group Coach email Involved in swimming for 15 years. Played high school water polo for four years, and college water polo for one. All-American at the community college level three times in 1999 and 2000. Named Athlete of the year at Santa Monica College twice 1999 and 2000. Member of the NCAA Division 1 swim team at Cal State Northridge 2001-2002. Sports Marketing Coordinator at Speedo USA from 2002-2005. Assistant Age Group Coach at Team Santa Monica 1998/2005. Head Coach of Viking Swim Club, Petersburg Alaska 2005-2008. Named "Coach of the Year" in Alaska 2006. Coach/counselor at Dave Salo Swim Camp summer 2007. Coached numerous State, Regional and Zone Champions while in Alaska. My swimmers broke three state records, over 20 regional records, and over 100 team records while I was coaching at Viking Swim Club. Attended colleges at Chico State, Santa Monica College and Cal State Northridge. Travelled all over the world including South Africa, England, France, Scotland, Italy, Dominican Republic, Bahammas, Cayman Islands, Canada and Mexico. I am a level II American Swim Coaches Association Certified Swim Coach. Masters Swimming National runner-up and All-American.

Chris Homonnay - Age Group Coach email SRVLA Age Group Development Coach B.A. in Political Science, Princeton University , 1983 Swam competitively since age 7 Nationally ranked age group swimmer Two years Princeton Swimming and Water Polo Teams Post college: trained several summers with the Hungarian Olympic Swim Team. Coached Westport Water Rats Swim Team: Age Groups U12 to U14. Coached AYSO Soccer in Easton , CT 1998- 2000 Proud father of two boys: Thomas and Matthew Speaks, reads, and writes Hungarian. Moderately fluent in French.

Audra Grundy - Novice Groups' Coach email SRVLA Novice Groups' Coach AA Degree, Cuesta College Southern California Junior College Swimming Champion Coaching experience at High School and Recreation League levels