Jordan Harper
Head Coach
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Jordan Harper has been associated with AMAC for the past
nine years and has been the Head Coach since the 2014-2015 swim
season.
He began as a member of the Marlins in 2008 where he swam
under Peter Schori (University of Lethbridge Head Coach) until
2012. Jordan has been a competitive swimmer since the age of eight
and qualified and competed at the Olympic Trials in Montreal in
2011.
Jordan believes that he has a lot of experience and
knowledge which will benefit his coaching, planning and decisions
with the Alberta Marlin Aquatic Club. Swimming is without a doubt
one of the biggest parts of his life!
Jordan will be completing his Coaching 301 starting in
September 2020 in order to further his swimming education.
Attitude, work ethic and leadership are three things he prides
himself on and are tools he wants his swimmers to take out of the
sport; furthering not only their swimming careers but life outside
the pool as well.
He is looking forward to seeing the steady progress and fast
swimming that AMAC will have this 2019-2020 season!
Nathan Sawicki
Assistant Coach - TAG, JAG, Mini Marlins
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Always staying active in multiple
sports, Nathan Sawicki began competitively swimming at the age of
eight and became a member of the AMAC swim club at the age of
twelve. As an NCAA Division 2 swimmer, Nathan attained third
at the National Championships in the 1500m freestyle. In
addition to this accomplishment, he completed his Bachelor of
Science in Sport Management with a minor in Business, all the while
maintaining a 3.3+ GPA.
This is Nathan’s first
season coaching with AMAC; as a Level 1 certified Swim Coach he
wants to help his athletes improve and succeed in the pool,
supporting their love of the sport and for swimming in
general. AMAC is where he began his successful competitive
swimming career and for him, it just felt right to start his
coaching career where his "success and love for the sport
began". In addition to this, he has had the opportunity to
swim with all of the other members of the current AMAC coaching
staff, something that is pretty special in terms of building trust
and a coaching staff that supports the athletes in the club.
Nathan is looking forward to a successful and exciting swim
season!
Danton Valkenburg
Assistant Coach- JAG & Mini Marlins
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Danton Valkenburg has been involved with sport for most of
his life. Having started swimming with AMAC at the age of 8
years old, he continued swimming with the club until he was 18 and
then joined the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns swim team for
one semester. Danton possesses a Bachelor of Science majoring
in Environmental Science from the University of Lethbridge and is
currently pursuing a career in the financial services
industry.
This is Danton’s third season coaching with AMAC,
having started with the club as a coach in 2017 after completing
his Swimming 101 certification. Danton feels coaching is a
great way to give back to the sport of swimming and to support
AMAC, the club where he learned and developed so much as an athlete
and as a person. One of the aspects of coaching that he
enjoys most is “helping young athletes to learn and grow
stronger, both in and out of the pool!” Danton looks
forward to seeing the growth and development of all of the swimmers
in the club this coming season.
Emily Schlenker
Assistant Coach- JAG & Mini Marlins
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Emily began swimming with AMAC at the age of five as a Mini
Marlin and began competing in 2012. The highlight of her
swimmng career came when she qualified for Canadian Junior
Championships in Quebec! She is in her final year of swimming and
will be headed to the Medicine Hat College to pursue a career in
nursing.
This is Emilys first season as the Mini Marlin/JAG coach and
she has completed the Swimming 101 certification. She hopes to
continue with coaching once she is graduated from high school!
Emily loves teaching the Mini Marlins and JAG kids and
enjoys sharing her love of swimming with a new
generation.
