Jorge D Silva
Head Coach/Safe Sport Contact
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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.
Jennifer L Halem
Head Age Group Coach
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Jenni
grew up in the age group swimming world in central Ohio swimming
for the Upper Arlington Swim Team. She attended The Ohio State
University and University of Maryland Baltimore County studying
Psychology and Chemistry.
Jenni
comes to us with several years of Potomac Valley club coaching
experience including 3 years with Joe Flaherty’s Dolphins and
4 years with Rockville Montgomery Swim Club. She also has 5 years of
experience coaching MCSL including 4 years as the head coach of the
Clarksburg Village Swim Team.
For many years Jenni worked as a
teaching assistant in a Montessori school and she uses many of the
Montessori teaching methods in the way she approaches teaching swim
mechanics. One skill
leads to another and so on. She attends clinics and training
sessions yearly to learn the best way to reach every child and to
learn from the best in the swim coaching world. She is confident
that your children will have a wonderful season learning new
things, maturing and gaining confidence that will not only carry on
into their future within this sport but also into their daily
life.
When not on a pool deck, Jenni can
be found hanging out with her family and watching OSU
football.
Jeremy Snyder
Coach & Team Statistician
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Jeremy was a competitive swimmer for 15 years for the Long Beach
Aquatics, in Long Beach, New York. He earned a varsity letter each
of the five years he was a member of his high school team. During
his tenure on his high school team, he earned All-Conference honors
in the 200 IM and 100 Backstroke and as a member of the 200 Medley
Relay.
Jeremy comes to us with several years of USA Swimming club
coaching experience, inclucing two years for the Curl Burke Swim
Club and five years with the Long Beach Aquatics. Currently, Jeremy
is coaching the Quince Orchard Otters in MCSL. Jeremy is also the
former coach of The Potomac Glen Gators, and has also coached at
Westleigh, Montgomery Square and Stonegate.
When not on the pool deck, Jeremy can be found teaching math at
A. Mario Loiederman Middle School in Silver Spring.
Nathan Meadows
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>
