Jim William Rumbaugh
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.
Erik Collins
Head Site Coach
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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, 2 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.
Ross C Hawks
Head Site Coach
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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.
Alexandra N Bernabeu
Assistant Coach
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Coach Allie grew up in Loudoun County and began swimming at the
age of nine for the ODSL Lenah Run Froggers. Allie swam
competitively for five years with SNOW Swimming and worked as a
swim instructor for LetSwim, Inc. from 2010 to 2018. Allie
was the Assistant Coach for the Lenah Run Froggers for four years,
and was affiliated with the Froggers for twelve years as either a
competitor or coach. Allie graduated from James Madison University
in 2016 with a Bachelors of Science in Intelligence Analysis.
After college she coached for one year with the Potomac Marlins and
for the past two years has been the Assistant Swim Coach for John
Champe High School. This will be Allie’s second year
with SNOW.
Susan L 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.”
Sharon Rose 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.
Kristy LAIHARRIS
Assistant Coach
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Tanya Marie Chang
Assistant Coach
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Coach Tanya has been a SNOW parent since 2012 and began coaching
for SNOW in 2017. She coaches for groups ranging from Olympic Way
to Junior Silver. She is certified as a Foundations of
Coaching 201 coach and as an Aquatics Instructor at Ida Lee.
Tanya swam competitively starting in the sixth grade and in high
school qualified for the Pennsylvania State Championships and YMCA
Nationals. In addition, she qualified for and medaled at
Division III Nationals while swimming for the Johns Hopkins
University. She graduated from the Pennsylvania State
University with a B.A. and completed graduate work at the George
Washington University. She loves the sport of swimming and wants to
pass on that enthusiasm and love of the sport to the younger
swimmers.
Jill C. Orton
Assistant Coach
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Jill is a ASCA level 2 coach and has 20 years of coaching
experience with various programs in swimming; NVSL and ODSL swim
leagues, VHSL, USA Swimming and in the NCAA. 2004 graduate and
varsity swimmer at Ohio University, obtained a BA degree in English
and a minor in Sport Industry / Coaching. 2009 graduate from
Marymount University with a MA degree in Education.
Coaching swimming to the Leesburg community at Ida Lee has been
wonderful. Jill enjoys working with many different levels of
swimmers and helping them reach their goals. Being a former SNOW
Swimmer, it is great to be able to give back to the team and sport.
Looking forward to meeting new families and continuing to work with
those who are familiar!
Daniel M Durazo
Assistant Coach/Admin
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Charles B Durazo
Recruiting Specialist/Substitute Coach
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Bryan grew up in Leesburg, VA and swam for SNOW Swimming from 1998 until he finished college. He has coached for SNOW since 2011 as a Junior Gold Coach and currently the Stroke Clinic coach. He has a degree in Cultural Anthropology from Duke University (2011). In high school, he swam competitively for Heritage High and was their first State Champion in 100 Breaststroke his senior year. He continued to swim for the Varsity men’s swim team at Duke University, making finals at his last ACC meet before graduating. At the Division I level, he learned the skills of dedication, hard work, and determination. He is knowledgeable about the pressures and time commitment of sports, recruiting and the college decision process. He currently is a tutor for Top Score EDU and the director of Top Score EDU Loudoun.
Teresa M Pliuskaitis
Owner, Financial and Admin
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