Coaching Staff
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Sergei Soloukhin - Swimming Director / Head Coach - Senior 1/2 Groups
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Yuriy Bespalov - Intermediate Groups
Yuriy Bespalov joined BAD in 2004 and brings over 20 years coaching experience to the team. His experience with the Ukrainian Swimming team - both as an athlete and a coach - has given Yuriy a solid background and knowledge in competitive swimming. Yuriy has developed Ukrainian athletes for the Olympic Games, World and Europe Championships.
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Stephanie Judd - Senior 3, Junior 2 and FUNdamentals Groups
Stephanie Judd learned to swim at the age of 11 and shortly thereafter swam for the Markham Aquatic Swim Club, where she swam competitively for seven years and excelled at the 800m Freestyle. In addition to swimming, Stephanie competed in synchronized swimming and diving, before becoming an assistant swim coach and swimming with the Master’s program with Markham.
Stephanie completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Queen’s University and Brock University respectively, before graduating with her Primary Junior Teaching Certification from Teacher’s College in Burlington (including qualifications in Physical Education, Special Needs and English as a Second Language).
Prior to the Burlington Aquatic Devilrays Stephanie coached swimming and basketball as a member of the Physical Education Department at Lester B. Pearson High School and held Head Coaching responsibilities for the Fergus Flippers and the Huron Hurricanes swim clubs.
Outside of coaching with BAD, Stephanie is a professional Lifeguard, First Aid/Swim Instructor Trainer, Aqua Fitness and Yoga Instructor. Stephanie spends her summers in Algonquin Park teaching canoeing where she enjoys here second passion, Style Paddling.
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David Colman - Novice 2 Group
David has an extensive background with instructional swimming having taught programs in Oakville, Burlington and Thunder Bay in past years. His love of swimming was developed from an early age and continued as he swam for his highschool varsity team and through to his years working as a Lifeguard and Instructor. David is a retired teacher with the Halton District School Board but you can find him still in a classroom many days as a supply teacher. When not working or coaching, David enjoys traveling, tennis, hockey, swimming, and spending time with his family. David’s list of qualifications and experience includes:
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Peggy Cardwell - Novice 1, Junior 1 Groups
Peggy has been coaching with BAD since 2008 and simply loves what she does!
She thoroughly enjoys coaching young swimmers in their first competitive swim squads and takes great satisfaction in seeing their confidence build. Peggy has the good fortune of seeing many kids move up the swim levels and then having the change to also coach their siblings. Apart from training swim skills, Peggy imparts a sense of trust and commitment in each and every swimmer, allowing them to increase their stamina and speed to go along with stroke improvement.
Outside of BAD, Peggy also teaches swim instruction with Aqua Tots in Burlington, is a professional singer and enjoys being a great Mom to Emma and Ben and their little puppy, Veronica.
You will often find Peggy with a smile on her face as her motto is “Always be the reason someone smiles.”
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Marica Smith - Senior 4, FUNdamentals and Learn2Swim Groups
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Mackenzie Eivinsen - Assistant Intermediate Groups
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