2022 Coaching Staff

Tatiana Gessling
Head Coach 

Tatiana began swimming at age 3 at CCC and swam there through her 18th year. Her favorite stroke is backstroke, and she still holds a few individual and relay records at CCC. In 2008 at 13, she began as a coach in training and worked up to become a Senior Coach at 19. She grew up in the neighborhood and swam at Campolindo High School .  In 2015 and 2016, she was the Assistant Head Coach at MVP where she worked predominately with the 8 & Unders. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in May of 2016 with a degree in Sport Management. She is currently a kindergarden teacher at Rheem Elementary in Moraga. She is extremely excited for her fifth summer as the Head Coach of CCC! She can't wait for an awesome summer!

 

 

 

Christina Larson
Mini Marlins and Learn to Swim Director

Coach Christina will return to the CCC coaching staff as our Mini Marlin and Learn-to-Swim Director. She will also lead our CIT program for the summer! She is ready for another great season!

 

 

 

 

 

Associate Head Coaches

Zach Le-Nguyen

  • Years Coaching at CCC - 2nd Year
  • Years Swimming - 13 Years
  • Favorite  Event - Backstroke
  • College Attending - Brown University

 

Mac Follmer

  • Years Coaching at CCC - 2nd Year
  • Years Swimming - 13 Years
  • Favorite  Event - Freestyle
  • College Attending - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
 
Jenna Ravarino
  • Years Coaching at CCC - 1st Year
  • Years Swimming - 11 Years
  • Favorite  Event - Freestyle
  • College Attending - Vanderbilt University

 

Shannon Crosby

  • Years Coaching at CCC - 6 Years
  • Years Swimming at CCC - 11 Years
  • Favorite Event - Backstroke
  • College Attending - University of Portland

 

Assistant Coaches

Kate Crosby

  • Years Coaching at CCC - 4 Years
  • Years Swimming at CCC - 12 Years
  • Favorite Event - Butterfly
Grace Gafni

  • Years Coaching at CCC - 3rd Year
  • Years Swimming at CCC - 12 Years
  • Favorite Event - Backstroke

Abbey Inzeo

  • Years Coaching at CCC - 4 years
  • Years Swimming at CCC - 11 years
  • Favorite Event - Butterfly

Jessica Long

  • Years Coaching at CCC - 4 Years
  • Years Swimming  at CCC - 11 Years
  • Favorite Event - Breaststroke
  • College Attending - George Washington Univeristy

 

Quincy Morgrdige

  • Years Coaching at CCC - 7 Years
  • Years Swimming at CCC - 12 Years
  • Favorite Event - Backstroke
  • College Attending - University of Portland
 

Sofia Vatuone

  • Years Coaching at CCC - 6 Years
  • Years Swimming at CCC- 12 Years
  • Favorite Event - Individual Medely 
  • College Attending - Indiana University

Callen Bronson

  • Years Coaching at CCC - 2 Years
  • Years Swimming at CCC- 10 Years
  • Favorite Event - Freestyle 

Kati McDermott,  CCC Academy Director

This is Kati's third year at Campolindo Cabana Club. Kati is a Senior coach at Orinda Aquatics and Assistant Coach at Miramonte High School.She has experience coaching at all levels of swimming from learn-to-swim and age-group to high school and senior swimming. She recently coached at Alto Swim Club (formerly Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics-Cardinal Site) and was at Peak Swim prior to that. She has been responsible for All-Star teams at the  USA Club level in the Pacific Swim LSC and has coached several High school teams Including the NCS Championship Carondelet and Monte Vista High School,most recently Menlo Atherton High School. Kati developed a swim school and clinic for competitive swimmers while coaching in San Ramon, and she is currently the Camp Director at Stanford Campus Recreation Association, coaching the recreational swim team and teaching lessons to swimmers of all ages. Kati is passionate about the sport of swimming and is very excited to be a part of Campolindo Cabana Club!
 

Counselors In Training

CIT 2's

Gianna Souza

Tacy Westhuyzen

 

CIT 1's

Sienna Balassi

Zaden Bronson

Cayley Chang

Olivia Chiarucci

Zoya Chindarkova

Nico Dolge

Eliose Gafni

Eli Levenfeld

Sivani Merlo

Eliana Murphy

Liam Nyhan

Graham Westhuyzen

 

Campo Cabana Club First Year CIT Program

The Coach in Training (CIT) volunteer program at Campolindo Cabana Club is open to rising 8th graders who are members of the swim team in good standing.

CITs will work with coaching staff to help teach the Mini Marlins. We believe in a “hands on” approach.  The coaching staff will be teaching you while you help teach our Mini Marlins.  Coaches will teach you our LTS (Learn to Swim) teaching style, skills, drills and organization plans as you help the minis.

The requirements to join our CIT group for 2022 are:

  1. You are going into 8th grade
  2. You have registered to be on the CCC Swim Team
  3. You understand that this is a volunteer opportunity
  4. You are willing to learn and help with our Mini Marlin Program 2 days a week during the spring and 3 days a week during the summer.
  5. You understand that the effort and attitude you offer the team determines if future opportunity on the coaching staff is offered to you.
  6. You are available to attend Saturday Training Sessions from 12pm-2pm on March 26th,  April 23rd, and May 7th.

There are three Saturday Training sessions and workout volunteer requirements for training throughout the spring and summer.   You will sign-up for attending Saturday Trainings and Mini Marlin workouts via Sign-up Genius.  Once you receive the email, it’s first come first serve!

To Apply:

If you are interested in volunteering as a CIT, send an email to Mini Marlins Coach Christina at [email protected]  Outline your interest, experience, and why you think you would make a great CIT.  Letters are due February 15th to be considered for the program.