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We are here to support
your needs and to fulfill the Wave Mission. If you have any
questions or concerns please contact us. Coach Erin Dunn
is available via phone or email while the rest of the
coaching staff & board members are availabe via email.
Please address any questions to your swimmer’s coach first,
then the head coach.
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 Erin A DunnHead Age Group CoachEmail
Erin grew up in southern
California swimming on both high school and club teams. He attended
The Ohio State University graduating with a degree in history and
swam on the men’s team for three years. Erin has coached in
the Seattle area for 12 years with Husky/Swim Seattle before
joining WAVE in the fall of 2007. He also coached for seven years
at Kennedy High School in Burien, WA.
Erin is an ASCA level 3 coach. He
has had several swimmers make National Top 16 cuts along with
Junior National qualifiers, Senior Sectional qualifiers, Zone and
All Star Team qualifiers. This past year, one of his longtime
former swimmers set the collegiate Division III national record in
the 400 IM.
Highlights of Erin’s
Kennedy High School coaching experience included consistently
placing as a team in the top 10 at state, two swimmers earned WIAA
swimmer of the meet at the state meet, multiple state relay
champions, and multiple top 8 swimmers including several first
place finishes. The team also reset many school records during his
time with the team.
Erin always enjoys learning more
about the sport of swimming and coaching. Over the years he has had
the opportunity to attend conferences/clinics across the country
where he has learned many innovative approaches to teaching
swimmers how to move through the water effortlessly and
efficiently.
In addition to coaching, Erin
enjoys hiking, snow skiing, reading, bike rides and of course
spending time with his wife. He is also involved with, competing on
occasion, with a local masters swim team.
 Tyson J WellockHead Senior CoachEmail
Coach Tyson Wellock brings a wealth of experience to his first
year with Wave Aquatics. He is an ASCA Level 5 coach, who is on the
USA Swimming International Trip List. He has coached athletes at
all levels, beginning his career as the novice coach in North Pole,
Alaska. Coaching has taken him across the country in pursuit of
learning more and challenging himself as a coach. He has coached in
Alaska, Washington DC, Seattle, Chicago, Boston and Phoenix. He has
coached at Northern Lights Swim Club, Curl-Burke Swim Club,
American University, New Trier Swim Club, The New England
Barracudas and Sun Devil Aquatics. While at SDA, the team earned
USA Swimming’s Gold Medal Club status in addition to a Silver
Medal Club status. The New England Barracudas also were designated
as a Gold Medal Club while he was the Head Senior Coach.
He has coached athletes from the novice level all the way up to
internationally ranked athletes. At SDA he had 3 athletes ranked in
the top 50 in the world in their individual events. He has coached
5 athletes on the USA Swimming National Junior Team and took 4
athletes to the 2008 Olympic Trials where all 4 achieved lifetime
bests and he was proud to have the 9th place finisher in
the 200 breaststroke and the fastest high school male in the
country (50 Free). His teams have finished as high as
5th at US Nationals (07), where he also coached the
18&Under National Champion in the 100 Butterfly.
His athletes have gone on to swim
at Stanford, University of Arizona, Virginia, Utah, Columbia, West
Point, Northwestern, Princeton, Williams, Arizona State, Yale and
many others.
He has also spent a significant
amount of time on the other side of the sport. In 2003-2004 he was
the National Team Coordinator at USA Swimming in Colorado Springs,
CO. In that role he planned and organized training camps for the
USA Swimming National Team Athletes and Coaches, including the 2004
Olympic Team. He was awarded a USA Swimming Coaching Fellowship and
is an alumnus of the ASCA Coaching Fellows Program.
He has spent his career preparing
himself to be a coach that consistently helps athletes achieve at
the National and International level. He consistently challenges
athletes to push what they think their boundaries are. He is a
process oriented coach, who is more focused on how athletes are
swimming rather than how much.
He lives in beautiful West Seattle
with his wife Kimbra. He enjoys backpacking, biking, art, music and
baseball. His two favorite teams are the Seattle Mariners and the
Chicago Cubs, both of which have provided him with years of
frustration and disappointment, yet he remains eternally
optimistic.
 Steve FitchAssistant CoachEmail
Steve Returns to Wave for his second year as
assistant coach. He coaches the Silver and Bronze teams at
Redmond.
Coach Steve is an ASCA level 2 certified coach
and regularly attends conferences to further his coaching
education. He previously coached in South Carolina with the Mount
Pleasant Swim Club as Head Age Group Coach. He also coaches a
summer league team at Phantom lake.
Steve has three children who all
enjoy swimming. When not coaching at wave Coach Steve keeps busy
coaching soccer, leading cub scouts, and his hobbies include
hiking, camping, bicycling and running.
 Gregory B WyantAssistant CoachEmail
Born
and raised in Redmond, Greg Wyant has been a part of WAVE Aquatics
since he was nine years old. After nearly ten years of swimming
competitively for the team, Greg started coaching for WAVE Aquatics
in January of 2008.
He
also swam for the Redmond High School Mustangs for four years. He
spent three of those years as a captain, was named the team’s
MVP twice, and was honored as Redmond High’s Outstanding Male
Athlete of the Year in his senior year.
With
interests in education stemming from his passion for academics,
Greg believes that we best learn through laughter. He strives to
implement humor and fun into practices, guided by the philosophy
that we become more immersed in what makes us
smile.
Now
in his third year at the University of Washington, Greg is majoring
in psychology as well as working towards minor degrees in music and
mathematics. He enjoys running on Californian beaches, playing
piano, and trying dishes at restaurants with names he can’t
pronounce.
 Annie PriceAssistant Coach/Dryland InstructorEmail
Annie has been a part of the eastside
swimming world since the age of 10. Her love of swimming began
during summer league swimming for the Kingsgate Royals and her
Alumni,
Juanita
High
School
.
She began the adventure of her coaching
career in 1995, teaching swim lessons and assisting for the
Kingsgate Royals. Since then she has coached for the Northshore
YMCA Swim team, Juanita High School Swim and Dive, Woodinville High
School Swim and Dive, Somerset Recreation Swim team, High Woodlands
Swim team and WAVE Aquatics.
As a returning coach to WAVE Aquatics her
main focus will be working with the 8 and under’s at both
Redmond and Juanita. She will be working to develop the basic
fundamentals of competitive swimming; working on body awareness,
coordination, balance and confidence. She will also be on deck to
sub for other WAVE groups as needed.
In her coaching, Annie has received the WIAA
King Co Athletic Team Sportsmanship award, 2008 and the Midlakes
Swim League, Division 5 Coach of the Year, 2009. In her free time,
she loves being actively involved in her son’s athletics and
spending time with her family. She is an ASCA level 1 certified
coach and is constantly working to be a better
coach.
Her goal as a coach is to develop strong
confident athletes, showing kids that hard work can be a fun and
rewarding. Young athletes need motivation, confidence and support
both in and out of the water. She believes that individuals learn
best through positive teaching and encouragement. I look forward to
the upcoming swim season, See you on deck!
 Emma J CoulsonAssistant CoachEmail
Emma joins Wave Aquatics coaching the groups
at Redmond pool on Mondays & Wednesdays. A life-long
swimmer out of Colorado Springs, CO, she competed at the high
school, state, and national level with the Colorado
Springs Swim Team and competed with the Division III
Pacific Lutheran University Lutes in Tacoma, WA. Now, she regularly
participates in Masters swim training, meets, and open water
competitions. She currently challenges her swimming with 5K open
water swims.
Emma’s coaching style is all about the goal
of perfect technique and powerful swimming! She has trained in
Total Immersion swimming, a technique teaching optimal body
position for maximum propulsion in all four strokes. Her experience
includes swim instruction from the beginning to the advanced levels
as well as coaching at the competitive level. "My goal is to
create a life-long, quality swimmer. Fast times start with a great
’feel for the water’ and continue with a focused mental
attitude."
Emma graduated from Pacific Lutheran
University with a degree in Business Administration with a
Marketing concentration and works as a Communications Lead at
Longevity Medical Clinic in Kirkland. She has an increasing
interest in health and wellness, combining optimal nutrition with
total body conditioning. She also enjoys getting outdoors, running
and hiking, in the great Northwest whenever possible.
 Savannah BohartAssistant CoachEmail
Savannah Bohart has just joined the WAVE Aquatics
coaching team. She is very excited to apart of the staff and to
work with all WAVE Aquatic swimmers. Savannah started out on WAVE
when she was seven years old, and continued swimming year-round for
WAVE until the age of seventeen. When she was fifteen she received
her lifeguard certifications and starting lifeguarding and teaching
swim lessons for both the Juanita Pool and the Peter Kirk Pool in
downtown Kirkland during the summers. This summer she was the coach
for the eight&unders on the Kirkland Orcas, she had a blast and
enjoyed working with all the kids and improving their swimming. Her
philosophy on swimming; you need to have goals set in order to get
to where you want to be. Technique is key for swimming and hard
work at practice always pays off. Being a graduate from
Juanita High School in June 2009, Savannah now attends Bellevue
College. In high school she swam all three years and lettered in
varsity. As the swim captain in her senior year, she helped her
swim team have an undefeated season and then went onto to having
Juanita High School girls win second at State. Outside of the pool
Savannah enjoys spending time with her family and friends, baking,
and studying to get her Associates in Science degree.
 Alan CardwellAssistant CoachEmail
This is Alan’s first year with Wave, but
he is no stranger to swimming or coaching. Alan grew up swimming
for many different swim teams as he was in a military family that
moved about the country. Alan finished his swimming career at the
University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of
Oregon.
Alan’s coaching background spans 16 years
where he coached little ones on summer league teams to national
level swimmers on club teams. His coaching stops include Starlit in
Fairfax, VA, Tualitin Hills, OR, and Mecklenburg Aquatic Club,
NC.
Alan coaches the Silver group at Redmond on
Tuesdays and Thursdays.
 Dave HaleAssistant CoachEmail
Dave started coaching swimming in 1989. He
has coached several area swim teams and clubs, including the
Bellevue Club Swim Team for 6 years, 3 years with Highline Swim
Club (now called King Aquatics) and as the head coach for the Hazen
High School girls swim team in 2005. Dave also served for
several years as the Age Group Vice Chair on the PNS Board of
Directors and was the Head Coach for the PNS Zone Team for three
consecutive years.
Dave brings a positive attitude to the pool deck, focusing on each
swimmer’s potential and meeting each swimmer where they are
in their skills. He has had the opportunity to coach
developmental swimmers all the way up through the highest levels of
competition. Dave’s past athletes include many top 25
nationally ranked age group swimmers, PNS record holders, as well
as Age Group Sectional and Western Zone champions.
Dave grew up in the Seattle area and he now lives in Kirkland with
his wife, Kari, and his five children – three of whom are
swimmers! Dave is also a certificated secondary science
teacher and brings his knowledge and experience from the classroom
to the pool deck.
Russell BennettPresidentEmail Jeff BurnVice PresidentEmail Kelly MooneyTreasurerEmail Holly AllevaSecretaryEmail Scott ArmstrongMember at LargeEmail Martin SpeakMember at LargeEmail Linda ChapmanMeet DirectorEmail
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