Roxanne Mefford
Head Coach
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Roxanne Mefford has been coaching at Glen
Oaks since 1981! In addition to coaching the Sea Lions,
Roxanne coached for many years at Del Campo High School and
also for the Sierra Marlins and Rancho Arroyo (year round club
teams). She has also taught private swim lessons (beginning
lesson-technical stroke work) for 35 years in locations throughout
the area. Roxanne grew up swimming in the USS world, ended up
swimming for the Arden Hills Swim Team and she graduated from Del
Campo High School. She went on to swim at American River
College, UC Santa Barbara, and Sac State! She holds a degree
in Criminal Justice and Psychology from Sac State. Roxanne
lives in El Dorado Hills with her husband Scott (also a swimmer)
and her 3 children (Mikayla, Bryce and Colby).
Primary Age
Groups: Head Coach
Best
Event: 200 free, 200 back
Gary McLaughlin
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Gary McLaughlin has been coaching since the dawn of time (35+ years). He is the king of summer league coaching having spent time with Rosemont, Del Paso and who knows where else. Gary has been a part of the Glen Oaks family since 1999. He also coached a few high school swimming and water polo teams including St. Francis, El Camino and Loretto. He swam for Arden Hills as kid and then at Sac State. For the past 30+ years, Gary has patrolled the streets of downtown Sacramento on a bike as a Sacramento Police Officer.
Primary Age Group : 13-18
Best Event : Backstroke
Lisa Williams
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Lisa
Williams has been with the Sea Lions since 1998. Prior to Glen Oaks she
coached in the bay area for 3 summers. She also spent a year
coaching year round at Rancho Arroyo. Coach Lisa swam summer
league and year round in Walnut Creek as a kid and then went on to
swim at Diablo Valley College. Lisa has a degree in Physical
Education from Sac State and currently teaches PE at McClatchy High
School. Lisa and her husband Tim have 2 children: Logan and
Jake. Logan and Jake are both proud Sea
Lions!
Primary Age
Groups: 10 and Unders
Best Event: 500 free
Nancy Hastie
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Nancy has been with Glen Oaks since 2005 but has many years of summer, year
round, and high school coaching experience. Among other places,
she’s coached at Fulton El Camino, Loomis Dolphins and Mira
Loma High School. Nancy swam year round as a child then swam for 4
years at UCLA. She was a finalist at Nationals in the 500 (400 m)
and 1650 yd (1500 meters) Freestyles. Coach Nancy was ranked 8th in
the WORLD in the 1500 meters in 1974 and 6th in 1975 and ’76
in the same event!!! Nancy holds a Masters degree and teaches
3rd grade in Roseville, but still finds time to be a mom to 4
children and a wife to Rich Pierucci.
Primary Age
Groups : 10 and Unders
Best Event: 1650 free (THE MILE!)
Deanna Palacios
Coach
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Deanna Palacios started coaching at Glen Oaks in 2015. Prior to working at Glen Oaks Deanna worked as a swim coach for Fresno State after graduating from the program. Deanna started teaching swim lessons while in college and worked for Roxannne. Deanna competed a total 18 years of competitive swimming including beginning my swimming career on the Glen Oaks Sea Lions. She completed for 4 years at Fresno State on a swimming scholarship competing at the National Level. Deanna earned the All- American Strength and Conditioning. She graduated from Fresno State with a degree in Elementary education and earned two credentials for teaching in General Education and Special Education. She has taught a total 16 years in the classroom. Deanna enjoys running and competing in marathons including Boston marathon I live in Fair Oaks with husband and 2 children ( Lauren and Ben)
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