Fred Russell
Senior Head Coach, Senior I&II
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Coach “R” has coached
swimming and water polo for thirty nine years, over 20 of which
with Elmbrook!
He has coached a national champion(s) at every level including age
group, junior national, senior national, collegiate, and masters. Coach “R”
is married to Karen and shares his home with his pet birds Herman
and Zuchi.
Brent A Boock
Administrative Head Coach
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Coach Boock is in his 16th year as
a member of the Elmbrook coaching staff. At Elmbrook he has
enjoyed working with
hundreds of swimmers striving to reach their full potential
including many state champions, zone level swimmers, and national top 16 swimmers. Coach
Boock enjoys running, biking, swimming and leading an active life.
Dick Zache
Senior II/New Senior Coach
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For the past 30 years, Coach
Zache has worked within the collegiate, USA, and high school levels
of swimming. Through
that time he has had the great fortune to have coached several
national level USA, NCAA qualifiers, high school All-Americans and numerous state high
school champions. During his coaching career he has
also been part of the
governing bodies at the USA and High School associations of
swimming as a representative attempting to enhance the sport. Coach Zache also teaches
History at Germantown High School.
Mike Rose
Age Group Transition Coach
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Mike has been involved with
Elmbrook Swim Club and Brookfield Swimming as a swimmer and coach
on and off since
1974. He has served as the High School Coach at Brookfield
East since 1983 and has coached more than 30 Wisconsin State Champions and High
School All Americans. Mike teaches Calculus at Brookfield
East and is married to
Carol who coaches diving at Brookfield East and they
have three children who all compete for the Elmbrook Swim Club. Matthew (18)
is swam for EBSC and now is a student at UWM. Adam and Spencer are
senior swimmers with EBSC and swim at Brookfield Central (both 16)
and Abby who swims with
AG (11). They have two dogs and two cats and lots going on in
their household!
Kristen Fresch
Novice Coach
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Kristen is in her fourth year
coaching at the Elmbrook Swim Club. She swam for Elmbrook,
Brookfield Central High
School , and then completed 4 years as a varsity swimmer at St.
Norbert College. Coach Fresch is currently working towards
her master’s degree in education. In her free time she enjoys hanging out
with her friends and
watching good movies.
Peter J Nowak
Senior Team Assistant
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Coach Nowak is in his fifth
year as coach for the Elmbrook Swim Club coaching primarily with
the senior program. He
started his swim career at Elmbrook in the early 90’s. Since
then he has competed and later coached at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point.
Coach Pete is an Ironman Triathlete!
Arianne Picl
Novice Team Assistant
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Arianne is in her second year of coaching with EBSC and has been
a valuable addition to our Novice Program Staff. Arianne grew
up in Peoria and graduated from the University of Illinois.
She made the move to WI 2 years ago and now also swims with the
Elmbrook Masters Team. She recently placed 2nd at the United States
Masters National Championships in the 1000 Freestyle.
Paul Vasquez
Coaches' Assistant
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Coach Paul comes to us with a solid backbone of coaching
experience, most recently, with Southwest Aquatics (SWAT). He
has also coached high school swimming with Whitnall,
Greenfield, Greendale, and Oconomowoc High Schools. He was a
swimmer himself, competing for Wauwatosa East High School
and later for UW-LaCrosse. He trained for the sprint
events in both freestyle and butterfly. Paul has also worked as a
Special Education and Learning Disabilities Teacher. Most
recently, he has taken the role of “Full-time Dad” and
spends his days caring for his two sons: Christopher (almost 3) and
Dylan (born in April, 2008).
