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TIBU Coaches
Head Coach
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Head coach
Jorge D. Silva opened up the Hydro-Sonic Tiburones Swim Club in
January 2002 after many years of coaching and swimming in
Montgomery County. Jorge has served as a head coach in many area
leagues, including MCSL, MCPS (high school), and Potomac Valley
Swimming, where he got his start at the Ward’s Wolverine Swim
Club. After seven years of coaching the Waters Landing Thunder team
in Germantown, Jorge moved to a summer head coaching position in
2008 at the Clopper’s Mill Marlins.
With the help of an excellent coaching and office staff,
Jorge has grown and improved his club literally every year. He has
trained MCPS County champions, Metros’ finalists, PVS Sr.
Champs champions, and Junior Nationals qualifiers. In addition to
coaching this top tier of the program, Jorge continues to work
regularly with all of his practice groups; he especially loves to
coach the little guys in the developmental programs!
When it comes to swimming, Jorge “knows his
stuff,” and he really cares about the young people he
coaches. In order to keep up with the latest developments in the
world of swimming, Jorge researches extensively and attends the
annual convention of the American Swim Coaches Association. Jorge
is a perfectionist when it comes to correcting stroke mechanics; he
believes that developing proper stroke technique can prevent many
common swimming injuries. Having watched many talented young
swimmers suffer from “burn-out” before high school,
Jorge believes strongly in a gradual development of time in the
water and yardage in practice. He wants his kids
to like swimming and to want to continue swimming through high
school and college; therefore, he deliberately places the emphasis
on quality over quantity when training his younger athletes.
Finally, what makes swimming with Jorge fun is his wacky sense of
humor. Come watch a workout or two, and you’ll see Jorge
joking with the kids and creating laughter all
around.
When not coaching, Jorge loves to read, watch silly
movies, cook, collect shark memorabilia, draw, and scuba dive. He
spends much of his time taking care of his two young daughters and
hopes that they might some day swim in something other than the
bath tub.
Head Age Group Coach
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After graduating from Gaithersburg High School in
1992, Nathan attended Towson State University, graduating in 1997
with a degree in English. While swimming for TSU, he earned a
varsity letter all four years, primarily as a distance swimmer but
also as an all-around filler (meaning he swam whatever his coach
asked him to). In his third year, he finished 15th at the
Southern States Conference Champs in the 1000 free; by the end of
his senior year, he had recorded the 12th fastest 1000 in TSU
history.
Nathan has been a full-time coach for 8
years and a summer league coach for 12 years. As a
professional coach, he worked as the senior team coach of JFD for 5
years and played a large role in developing the JFD program over a
7 year period. At JFD, Nathan coached one Sectionals
qualifier and seven LC Zone qualifiers. Nathan will be the
head coach of the Potomac Glen Gators for the 6th time this summer;
under his guidance, the team has grown from 50 to 120 swimmers.
Finally, Nathan has served as the P.E. teacher at the Seneca
Academy in Darnestown for 4 years. Nathan joined the Hydro-Sonic
Tiburones in June 2004 as our Head Age Group Coach, where he has
had tremendous success with his swimmers; having several swimmers
finish in the top ten at all PVS Championship meets.
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Beth
Kremer Silva joins her husband as assistant program
manager for the Hydro-Sonic Tiburones. Beth has a Masters in
Education and is a teacher at the Barnesville School. She has also
served as head coach of the Damascus High School swim team, and was
most recently head coach of the Lakelands Lionfish for three years.
Like Jorge, Beth has extensive experience coaching and swimming in
MCSL, MCPS, and PVS. She has 17 years of MCSL coaching experience.
She was an NCAA Academic All-American at Kenyon College, a Metros
finalist, and a Junior National Qualifier. She still holds pool
records from her MSCL days.
Beth has chosen to pursue coaching because she believes
that competitive swimming can be an incredible experience for
children and teenagers. Not only does it instill a lifelong habit
of exercise and athleticism, it teaches discipline and dedication.
A good swim coach provides a child an opportunity to develop skill
and confidence, to pursue individual goals and learn the value of
teamwork. Like Jorge, Beth believes that a swimmer is more than
just an athlete in the water; each child is an individual. At
Hydro-Sonic, coaches train swimmers with an eye on the development
of the swimmer over the long haul—both as an athlete and as a
young adult
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Kate swam from kindergarten through
twelfth grade for Upper St. Clair Swim Club outside of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. She graduated from Emory University in 1998 with
Highest Honors and a B.S. in biology and from The Ohio State
University in 1999 with a M.Ed. in Secondary Science Education. She
has also earned a masters equivalency from The University fo
Maryland in Life Sciences. Kate is currently a biology and anatomy
and physiology teacher at Clarksburg High School. She is the head
coach of their swim and dive team and the assistant coach of their
cross country team. Kate coaches the Germantown Torpedoes during
the summer. In the past, she has coached the Hammond Park Stingrays
and the high school swim and dive team at Paint
Branch High Shcool.
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Allie grew up
in the area and spent her childhood swimming on local swim teams
including North Creek, UMCY, Ward’s Wolverines and Watkins
Mill High School. She began coaching MCSL teams in high school and
continued through college. She graduated from Virginia Tech in 2005
with a degree in Communications. After college she returned to the
area, began coaching the Tiburones and working at the American
College of Cardiology.
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Brooke swam
for 12 years for the Upper Main Line YMCA in Berwyn,
Pennsylvania. She went to Gettysburg College and received a
bachelor’s degree in sociology and education. Brooke is
currently a third grade teacher at Clopper Mill Elementary
School. She also coaches the Lakelands Lionfish during the
summers. Brooke is excited to be a part of the Tiburones
staff
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Scott Collins was a competitive swimmer for 14
years. He graduated Wootton High School in 1999 where he was
captain of the swim team. From there he attended High Point
University where he graduated in 2003 with a degree is recreation
management and athletic coaching. He has been a MCSL head coach for
over 8 years, as well as a age-group coach for RMSC for 3 years.
Scott started and was the head coach for the RIO Rays for 2 years.
He is currently a proud member of the Hydro-Sonic Tiburones
coaching staff.
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Kevin has been a competitve swimmer for the past 13 years as a
member of the Waters Landing Thunder and Lakelands Lionfish.
He graduated from Good Counsel HS where he was captain of the mens
swim team. During his time on the Good Cousel Swim Team he
was part of several record setting mens relays. He swam
competitively for the Hydro-Sonic Tiburones over the past 6 yrs and
still holds the mens 100m & 200m backstroke records. He
has been a MCSL coach and a TIBU stroke clinic coach
for 4 years. Kevin is excited to be working with Jorge
and the rest of the TIBU coaching staff.
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Paul started swimming when he was 5 and joined his first swim
team, the Watkins Mill Marlins of the MCSL when he was 7. While
growing up in the Gaithersburg, MD area Paul swam for 13 seasons in
MCSL and also swam year round for 12 seasons for a variety of
programs (Solitar, Curl, UMCY). During this time, he enjoyed quite
a few successes and learned to love the sport of swimming. He swam
for 2 years while in the U.S Air Force but then took quite an
extended leave from organized swimming but still kept his love of
the water. His daughter Erika started swimming 3 years ago and
because of her, Paul’s love of swimming resurfaced.
Currently, Paul swims with the Germantown Maryland Masters and in
the last year has placed in the top 10 in his age group at Masters
Nationals. Continuing his love of swimming, he is a
coach with the Jr. Developmental program and loves working with the
swimmers.
Nutritionist
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Megan Nechanicky’s interest
in food and health led her to earn a degree in food marketing from
St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA. Megan is
currently working towards an MS in nutrition and exercise
physiology at San Diego State University. Upon completion of
her courses, Megan will be a registered dietitian.
Megan has always enjoyed athletics
and competition. While growing up, she competed as a swimmer
in MCSL, RMSC and for her high school, Good Counsel. In college,
Megan competed as a Division I rower for four years, and currently
trains and races around the country at the Elite level in
triathlon.
Please contact Megan at megan@megannechanicky.com
with any questions, or visit her
website, www.MeganNechanicky.com.
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