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Updated: 12/13/2005
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Scott Griffith, Head Coach
Senior I, II, HSM,
Presenior, and Developmental
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Scott joined
the GSC team as head coach in the fall of 2004. Scott comes from the state
of Virginia where he was the former head coach of the Waynesboro YMCA/SMAC
Swim Team in Waynesboro VA. Scott is also a former swimmer and graduate
of the University of Virginia. His career began in 1993, coaching numerous
summer league swim teams. Scott served as an assistant coach for years
before taking the role as head coach and aquatics director from 1999 -
2004. During his tenure in Virginia, his swimmers achieved many distinguishing
honors. Scott has coached High School All-Americans, YMCA All-Americans,
YMCA National Record Holders, numerous Top 16 athletes, Junior National
qualifiers, Eastern Zone qualifiers and champions, and Virginia state
record holders. Scott has also served time as president of the Virginia
YMCA Swimming league and is currently an ASCA level III coach.
Scott has
a passion for the sport of swimming and enjoys every moment he gets to
share with young athletes. While at GSC, Scott's goal is help swimmers
achieve their goals as well as learn the many wonderful values and lessons
the sport has to offer.
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Kathrin Millhorn, Head Age Group Coach
Age Group I and II
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Kathie
started swimming when she was 12 years old. Her first competitive experience
was on the Wenatchee Swim Team and then with the Eastmont Barracudas Swim
Team. She has been in the aquatic instruction field for 23 years and a swim
coach for 21 years. Her coaching career began with the Bellingham Swim Team
while attending the Western Washington University. In 1987, Kathie started
coaching for GSC as a volunteer substitute coach. Since that time, she has
served as an assistant coach as well as interim head coach. Kathie takes
the role of head Pre-Senior coach. |
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Lynne Barte, Head Novice
Coach
Novice I, II, and III
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Laurie Lucas, Assistant Coach
Age Group I |
Lauie
Lucas has lived in Alaska most of her life, growing up in Petersburg
and participating on the Viking Swim club and the high school swim team
for
a total of eleven years, in doing so she qualified for state all four years
of high school. After high school, she enlisted in the US Navy and served
for a three-year period during which time she was a petty officer, and a
security officer, which helped develop her strong leadership skills. She
became a certified lifeguard at the age of twenty-one, and is currently
working at the Augustus Brown Swimming Pool in Juneau, Alaska and holds
a permanent head guard position. Some of her certifications include; Water
Safety Instructor, Lifeguard Instructor, and Lifeguard Training Instructor.
She is a good people person, strong leader, great coach, and is proud to
be
part of the Glacier Swim Club, and hopes to continue in her ability to help
develop swimmers into great athletes. |
Thea Howard, Assistant
Coach
Developmental, Age Group II,
and Novice III |
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Jason Wilson, Volunteer
Coach
Developmental |
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Rhea Howard, Volunteer Coach
Age Group I and II
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Rhea Becke is a volunteer for the Glacier Swim
Club. She has been swimming since she began high school. She participated
in and helped organize the swim club at Marquette University during college
and has since swam on her own and with the Juneau Masters. She is a secondary
science teacher and enjoys swimming, hiking, music, and knitting. |
| Coaching Staff Goals |
| Practice Sessions |
- To make sure every swimmer understands their points of focus on every
swim, set or training session, and to hold them accountable for maintaining
that focus.
- To provide as much positive and constructive feedback to every swimmer
as possible at every practice session.
- To maintain the highest levels of energy, encouragement and enthusiasm
every day.
- To provide a new mental and/or physical challenge every day.
- To recognize the achievement of a new goal or new accomplishment every
day.
- To encourage and support teamwork every day.
- To support the development of independence everyday.
- To provide and maintain a safe environment everyday.
- To develop a unique squad identity, and practice and support it everyday.
- To encourage hard work, provide maximum intensity and have fun everyday.
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| Swim Meets |
- To communicate with every swimmer after every race.
- To offer a point of encouragement after every race.
- To provide a constructive point of development after every race.
- To encourage each swimmer to focus on personal improvement instead
of placement.
- To encourage our swimmers to have the loudest cheering section at
every meet during every race.
- To model and encourage our swimmers to conduct themselves with the
greatest sportsmanship at every meet and in every situation.
- To encourage and recognize our opponents after every race win or
lose.
- To warm down after every race.
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| Team |
- To have every team member qualify for the SE Championships.
- To win the Southeast Championships.
- To finish in first or second in every age group at Southeast Championships.
- To have a swimmer score in every event at Southeast Championships.
- To have 40 or more swimmers qualify for and attend Age Group Champs.
- To place in the top 5 at age group champs.
- To have 40 or more swimmers qualify for and attend JO's.
- To place in the top 5 at JO's.
- To qualify 5 or more swimmers for Senior Sectionals.
- To qualify 5 or more swimmers for Age Group Sectionals.
- To qualify 5 or more swimmer for Western Zones.
- To increase each swimmers commitment and self-esteem.
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