Woodburn Barracuda Swim Team : Coaches & Directors

» John N Zell - Head Coach & Teams Coordinator email I have been teaching/coaching swimming since around 1970. Over the years I have been blessed to have been able to work with many talented athletes ages from 4 - 88yrs of age. All in their own respect a true competitor in the pool and in life. Many of these athletes have gone off to college and started their own lives while relating to the things they learned from being a swim team member that has helped them along tremendously in life day to day. What we try to do is instill in them what it takes to be a competitve swimmer is also what it takes to become successful in LIFE! I have returned to the Head Coaching Position and still am the Team Coordinator for the 3 pool sites. We work on the IM training concept of teaching all the swimmers all 4 strokes and making the IM a daily practice set. Hope to see you pool side soon :) Coach Zell

» Cindy Morrison - Coach Cindy Silverton email Coach Cindy Morrison has been involved in competitive swimming since she was six years old. In November 1981, Cindy graduated from OIT with a degree in Land Surveying/Engineering. Cindy began her coaching career in 1995 with the Silverton City Summer League as an age group coach for 11-12 year olds. After coaching with the Summer League for three summers, Cindy moved on to assistant coaching the Silverton High School Swim Team. In 2003, Cindy became the current Head Swim Coach for Silverton High School . Cindy has been involved with the Woodburn Barracuda’s since 1999, when she was hired as Head Coach until May 2000. Cindy is now the Head Site Coach for the Woodburn Barracuda’s in Silverton.

» Rebekah D Gomez - Coach Beka, Woodburn Bronze email [--Overwrite this line to enter your text--]

» Michael Kahrmann - Coach Michael, Woodburn & Molalla email Coach Michael is taking the summer off to work full time at the Rural Ambulance service. We look forward to having him return in the fall. Untill then Coach Sara and Renee will be taking over his group. My name is Michael Kahrmann and I am 20 years old. I coach the bronze age swim group and beginners of all ages. I learned to swim when I joined North Marion High School swim team. I swam four years on that team. I had a lot of fun and that’s where I met some of my best friends. I feel that being on the swim team challenged me to become a better person both mentally and physically. My body got into shape and I learned how to push myself to work harder. Being part of the swim team was a great experience. I’m coaching because I want to give others to the opportunity that I had when I was on the swim team. I am a student at Chemeketa Community College, where I’m studying to become a paramedic. I’m also going to an Academy in Silverton to become a firefighter. Besides coaching and school, I’m a volunteer firefighter in Hubbard where I live and I also work at the Woodburn pool as a life guard/ swim teacher. I will have been a life guard for five years and swimming lesson teacher for three years this summer.

» David K Morelli - Coach David, Woodburn Silver email Coach David Morelli has coached in the past at Dallas Blue Dolphins and is now the pastor of one of the local churchs. He is coaching the Silver group now on Tuesday and Thursday and will be attending meets for Barracuda Swimming in the future. Coach David actually coached in Alaska while I was up there coaching also. I love swimming and it has been a part of my life in one way or another for 40 years. I believe it is the best sport for young children. It teaches them that the performance at a meet is a direct result of the work that one is willing to put into it. I enjoy my time with the team at Woodburn because we have a great group of swimmers. The next few months we will increase the yards and speed of our sets and strive towards the goal of increasing their speed through endurance and technique. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to coach your children.

» Philip M Murray - Coach Philip, Molalla email Coach Philip is restarting his coaching career with Barracuda Swimming at Molalla where he has in the past coached the Otter Club and teaches lessons. He is our primary coach at Molalla now and we are glad to have him there. Hi, my name is Philip Murray. I have many years of expierience lifeguarding, teaching swim lessons, and coaching swim team for younger children. I am exited to be able to help coach the Molalla Barracuda Swim Team. My goals as a Barracuda Coach are to help the kids on the swim team to be excited about swimming as I help teach them about proper stroke technique and how to swim competitivley at any age.