Jay Smith
GCC Head Coach
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Coach Jay is a Graduate of Old Dominion University
with a BS in Electrical Engineering and a Minor in
Mathematics, and recently a Masters in Mathematics
Education! He is a Math Teacher at Princess Anne High School;
an ASCA Level 3 Coach for USA Swimming at the Old Dominion Aquatic
Club (ODAC); Virginia Swimming Zone Coach 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006,
2007, 2008. Coach of the Year for Princess Anne HS in
2004. Most recently, in February 2014 and
February 2017, Coach Jay led Princess Anne High School to the
Virginia State Championship. In 2015, 2016, and 2017 his team
Three-peated as the Conference and Regional Champs, but fell short
in years 2015 and 2016 at States, placing 2nd at States to Thomas
Jefferson HS in 2015 and to Menchville HS 2016.
This will be the 21st year as Head Coach of
the Greenbrier Seahawks for Coach Jay. He has helped introduce
summer league swimming to hundreds of swimmers. In the
20 years, over 50 Seahawks have won events at the VBSL All
Stars, most in multiple events and breaking both team and league
records. Currently GCC has 3 relay and 8 individual League
Records.
Jay loves
to coach all levels of swimming from the learn-to-swim to the top
level swimmer who competes at the top of their age-group, locally
or throughout the state. He enjoys helping the swimmers
learn throughout each season, setting goals in the water and at
school and then working toward achieving them. Swimming
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As Jay moves into his third decade as the Seahawk
Coach, his goal is to continue building the team to
be competitive with the top teams of the
league.
VBSL/Summer League
Teams:
Greenbrier Country Club Seahawks Head Coach
Summer 1998 to
present
Chesapeake Golf Club 1996 &
1997
College
Park Aquatic Club
1991-1995
Marlin
Swim Club (Western Branch) 1990
USA Teams
Old
Dominion Aquatic Club Assistant Coach Summer 2014 to
present (and previously with ODAC 1990 -
1994)
Tri-City Aquatic Club Head
Coach (USA Swimming) 1994 to
2014
HS Teams
Princess
Anne High School Cavaliers Head Coach 1996 to
present
Norfolk
Collegiate High School Head Coach
1995
Sierra Trudeau
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This is Sierra's second summer with the Greenbrier Country
Club Seahawks! Sierra is in going into her third year as Head
Coach at Hickory High School Varsity Boys and Girls Team. A native
to PA Sierra swam in age group and continued her swimming career at
Westminster College also located in Pennsylvania. At Westminster
she was a 4 year letter winner and was co-captain of the womens
team her junior and senior years. While competing in college she
made the All-PAC team all four years while also swimming her way to
multiple NCAA DIII "B" cut times. After college, Sierra became the
assistant coach at the University of Mount Union for the 2012-2015
seasons. While coaching she helped the women's team become OAC
Conference Champions for the first time in the school's history in
2014-2015. That same year Mount Union recieved the honor of OAC
Womens Coaching Staff of the Year. Sierra and her husband Cody
reside in their new home in Chesapeake with their dog Mack and new
baby girl, Adalind.
Robin Morse
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Coach Robin has over thirty years of experience in
aquatics. She began as a lifeguard, water safety instructor,
and pool manager at a variety of pools in the Tidewater area.
In 2003, Coach Robin joined ODAC as both a parent and a
coach. Currently, she coaches the eight and under swimmers in
the afternoon at Great Bridge Swim and Racquet Club. For 17
summers, she coached the Carolanne Farm Swim Team where her two
children, Travis and Hailee swam. Her son Travis is a
graduating senior at Virginia Tech, and he is majoring in Business
Information Technology. Her daughter, Hailee, is a collegiate
swimmer and a rising junior at the University of Mary Washington
where she is majoring in nursing. In addition to coaching,
Robin graduated from Old Dominion University with a
Bachelor’s degree in Special Education and graduated from the
George Washington University with a Master’s degree in
Administration (Supervision). She continues to work for the
City of Chesapeake as an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher.
Coach Robin believes that swimming promotes discipline,
listening skills, cooperation, motivation, goal setting, and
sportsmanship, but most of all that swimming should be ENJOYABLE!
This is Robin's second year with Greenbrier Country Club.
