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Coaches and
Staff
Meet the SNOW Swimming Family!
Jim
Rumbaugh //
Team Head Coach
Adam Sasso // Head
Site Coach - Claude Moore Rec Center
Erik
Collins // Head
Site Coach - Dulles South (coming soon)
Ross
Hawks // Head
Site Coach - Ida Lee and Round Hill
Susan
Schlemmer //
Assistant Coach
Daniel Durazo // Assistant
Coach
Sharon
Whelan //
Assistant Coach
Tanya Chang // Assistant Coach
Allie Bernabeu // Assistant Coach
Stuart Pliuskaitis // Assistant Coach
Hannah Carter // Assistant Coach
Jack Moore // Assistant Coach
Teresa Meike
Pliuskaitis //
Team Founder & Owner
Lynn
Oliver // SNOW
Officials' Chair, Meet Referee, & Team Travel
Coordinator
Gary
Ramsey // Owner of
Sport Fair, Inc. & Team Outfitter
Jim Rumbaugh
Team Head
Coach
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Jim started with SNOW in 2013 and has more than twenty years of
coaching experience. He graduated from the University of Tennessee
with a BS in Psychology and a minor in Business Administration,
which he puts to good use coaching here in the northern Virginia
region as he continues to look for ways to grow the club. Jim has
extensive experience as Head Coach and/or business owner to his
credit, particularly with the Lampoc Tsunami Swim
Team in California. As Head Coach & Owner of Lampoc,
Jim handled everything from contracts to staff to developing a
Community Involvement Program. His expertise in all areas was one
reason Lampoc was one of the fastest growing teams in California
under his guidance.
Jim has routinely
been able to increase the size of his teams dramatically, sometimes
by as much as a fourfold increase from the time he started running
the team. As a part of the Dynamo Swim Club (GA),
Lampoc Tsunami (CA), and the University of
Tennessee, he’s led dozens of swimmers to national
level success while growing the team at the same time. Jim’s
been invited to the World Swim Coaches Association for
placing a swimmer in the Top 25 World Rankings; been awarded the
American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) Certificate of
Excellence in 2011; he was selected as a coach for the USA
National Junior Team at the World Championships in Lima, Peru; and
he was named the Irish Olympic Team Coach for their preparation
leading up to the 2008 Olympics- where he ultimately led one
of his swimmers to an 11th place finish at the Olympics
in Beijing.
Prior to his
coaching career, Jim swam competitively at the University of
Tennessee where he was an American Record holder in the 200 Medley
Relay, a three time NCAA Champion, and a five time All-American. A
four year Letterman for the Vols, Jim was also named Team Captain
twice.
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Adam Sasso
Head Site Coach
Claude Moore
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Erik Collins
Head Site Coach
Dulles South
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Erik has 25 years of coaching experience at a variety of programs
across the country. Originally from the south shore of Long Island,
NY, Erik has coached with LI Express (NY), Tualatin
Hills Swim Club (OR), Auburn University (AL),
RMSC (MD), and for several years in Rochester, Minnesota.
He has developed 30 Junior National qualifiers, 18 National
qualifiers, multiple Sectional champions, two International
Medalists and one Junior National Champion. He was awarded the ASCA
Fellowship in 2000, one of five coaches in the inaugural Fellows
Class. The Fellows program recognizes 5-10 coaches from across the
country each year for their coaching accomplishments and leadership
potential within USA Swimming. Erik joined SNOW in 2014 and is very
excited to head up the Junior Gold program at both Claude Moore
& Ida Lee, as well as start the SNOW program at Round
Hill.
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Ross Hawks
Head Site
Coach
Ida Lee and Round
Hill
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Ross started swimming in high school (Morse High School in Bath,
Maine, Class of 2006). After his freshman year he joined the
year-round USA Swim Club at the local YMCA, Long Reach Swim Club
(LRSC), and his swimming really took off. By his senior
year in high school he was 9th in the 100 Backstroke and
15th in the 200 Free, helping his team to the Maine
State Championship. Ross started coaching for LRSC in 2007 and
coached athletes at the 2010 YMCA National Championships. Ross
moved to Virginia in 2013 to begin coaching with SNOW, and has
taken on an additional training group each year. He has also
coached the Stone Ridge Sharks summer league team in the ODSL
(2014-2015) and will be coaching for the Greenway Gators summer
league team in 2016.
| Susan Schlemmer
Assistant
Coach
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Susan has 23 years coaching experience for both competitive swim
teams and synchronized swimming teams. Susan herself has competed
at the national level from 1984-1986 as a synchronized swimmer and
as a USA Olympic synchronized swim team trials semi-finalist. Susan
was a co-founder and co-coach of Masters Aquatics at Spring Hill
(MASH) swim team from 1996-2002, and is an ASCA Level 2
certified coach. Currently, Susan volunteers as the Meet Director
and Volunteer Coordinator for the Loudon County Special Olympics
Time Trials; serves as Head Coach for Dominion High School Swim
Team; and as Head Coach for the Cascades Rapids summer swim team
(CSL). Susan has been with SNOW since 2012 as an assistant coach
and firmly believes in “expediting the development of young
swimmers using positive energy and a focus on
technique.”
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Daniel Durazo
Assistant
Coach
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Bio coming soon!
| Sharon Whelan
Assistant
Coach
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Sharon started working with SNOW in 2015 and has 10+ years of
coaching and teaching experience in northern Virginia. An ASCA
Level 3 certified coach, she has coached at every level in the
sport and enjoys working with children in all age groups. Sharon is
the Head Coach of the Leesburg Eliminators summer league team and
the Leesburg Masters team. Originally from California, Sharon has
been swimming competitively since the age of five, and still loves
being at the pool every day. Sharon hopes to foster that same love
for swimming in her athletes.
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Stuart Pliuskaitis
Assistant
Coach
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Bio coming soon!
| Hannah Carter
Assistant
Coach
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Bio coming soon!
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Jack Moore
Assistant
Coach
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Bio coming soon!
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Teresa Meike Pliuskaitis
Team Founder /
Owner
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Lynn Oliver
SNOW Officials'
Chair & Meet Referee
Team Travel Coordinator
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Gary Ramsey
Owner of Sport Fair,
Inc.
Team Outfitter / Vendor
Website
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