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Clay Evans , the current director of SCAQ, was born in South America to Canadian parents. Clay moved to Huntington Beach at 15 and was recruited by UCLA on a swimming and water polo scholarship. Before entering UCLA, Clay represented Canada in the Munich Olympics. He was a four year All-American and NCAA finalist in the 100 fly and an Olympic silver medallist at the Montreal Olympics. Clay has broken over 40 Masters National and World records. After graduating from UCLA, Clay began his coaching career with Team Santa Monica while he was in graduate school in Architecture. After practicing Architecture in Europe and Saudi Arabia, Clay returned to West L.A. and concentrated on developing SCAQ into the largest Masters swimming program in the U.S. In 1993, Clay was selected as the United States Masters Coach of the Year. In 1999, Clay was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Masters Aquatic Coaches Association.

Bonnie Adair was born in El Segundo, California, and started swimming and diving at age 5. Bonnie set 35 National Age Group records and for 29 years held the fastest 50-meter freestyle record for an 8-year-old. Bonnie competed in 14 National Championships (her first at age 13) and 2 Olympic Trials. She was many times a National finalist in the 100 free and 100 fly and a member of a 400-meter Medley Relay that established 6 American records. Bonnie attended UCLA as an undergraduate and then Loyola Law School. During law school, Bonnie was the assistant coach of the UCLA Women\'s Swim Team and also coached Team Santa Monica age group team. In 1979, Bonnie, along with Clay Evans, created the Santa Monica Masters Swim Team, which later became SCAQ. From 1996-1999 Bonnie coached both the Men\'s and Women\'s swimming teams at Santa Monica College and in 1997 was honored as the Western State Conference Woman\'s Coach of the Year while also receiving United States Masters Coach of the Year. In 2002-3, Bonnie began assisting with the LMU Women\'s Swim Team as a volunteer and in 2004, was hired as the program\'s first full-time Head Coach.

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Jon Carroll Jon Carroll hails from Philadelphia, PA. He swam Varsity for three years and earned a Bachelor\'s degree in Anthropology from the University of PA. He recently completed a Masters degree in Education at Drexel University, and will begin the Ph.D program in Education at UCLA this fall. Before migrating to California in January of 2004, Jon coached for four years under legendary coach, Richard Shoulberg, at Germantown Academy (GAAC). He is currently the Head Coach for Team Santa Monica. In his years of coaching, John has worked with every age group from beginner to Masters. Coach Jon is currently the Age Group Rep. of the Pacific Section.

Jackie Corcoran Jackie Corcoran comes to us from Tucson, AZ. In fact, she has such an love for her hometown that she even drives a Hyundai Tucson.

\r\nJackie swam for Rice University in Houston, TX and earned undergraduate degree in English and Anthropology. She was a part of the school record holding 800 FR relay and also was a US National qualifier in 200 and 500 yd freestyle.

\r\nJackie has been a SCAQ member since September 2005 and SCAQ coach since May 2006. Jackie now works as a Los Angeles Public Defender.

Lauren Dale I was born in Los Angeles. At age 7 I learned to swim, and that same year I joined my first swim team at the Westchester park pool. Over the years I swam for Parks and Rec at Westchester, Westchester and Culver Palms YMCAs, and Team Santa Monica. I attended High School at Venice where I swam all four years and was a co-captain with fellow SCAQ coach Ken Haskett in 1994. I placed 1st in the 100 backstroke and 2nd in the 50 freestyle four consecutive years at City Championships. I currenty hold 5 individual and 2 relay records at Venice High School. I went on to swim for the University of Pittsburgh for 2 years where I swam the same events. In 1996 I was hired on by the LA County Fire Department Lifeguards which is where I\'m currenty employed as an Ocean Lifeguard Speacialist Permanent. My hobbies and interests include knitting, swimming, and reading, but what I enjoy the most is hopping on a plane, or taking a long drive (ie escaping/travel).

Pat Foley is a Senior at the University of Southern California. In high school, he swam for the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland, Oregon, and attended Jesuit High School. He was an All-American in two relays during high school, and was voted the most valuable swimmer on his high school and club teams his Senior year. After swimming for two years with the USC Swim Team, he retired to focus on his academic goals. He majors in Computer Engineering and Computer Science.

Casey Grigg Casey began swimming at the age of 5 with the Glendale YMCA swim team. He went on the become an All-American in the 200IM at Burbank High School (home of the Bulldogs) and played water polo for USC from 1990-1992. Casey still spends many hours each week in either the pool, ocean or jacuzzi. He is also a recurrent LA County Lifeguard.

\r\nDuring his non-coaching hours Casey runs a money management firm with offices in Pasadena and Santa Monica. He has an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia and a BA in economics from USC.

\r\nCasey loves spending Saturdays on the couch napping and watching his beloved USC football team.

Javier Gutierrez Javier Gutierrez was born and raised in Mexico City and moved to the US in 2001 to study graduate school at Northwestern University where he received a Master in Laws degree and a Certificate in Business Administration from Northwestern School of Law and Kellogg School of Management, respectively. He has been swimming since he was 5 years old. He swam competitively in high school and college, participating in Mexican Nationals, Central American & Caribbean Games and Pan American Games. 12 years ago, he started swimming open waters and has participated in various open water events. At the age of 24, he tried his first attempt to swim across the English Channel, which he failed. A year later, back in 1999, he successfully made his second attempt which he swam in 8 hours and 16 minutes. As of today, his time is one of the top-35 swims in the world. He went back to the English Channel in 2002, but weather conditions did not allow him to swim. Javier is still active in his open waters career and every now and then he competes in half and full distance triathlons. He joined SCAQ as a master coach in 2004, a year after he moved to the Los Angeles area.

Erik Hochstein was born in Dusseldorf, Germany. His father and two older brothers were into swimming so he started swimming competitively at age 10. He became really interested in swimming when he was 15 and from 1985-90 was a member of the West German National Team. Erik won a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea, as a member of West Germany\'s 800 Freestyle relay team (Michael Gross, a.k.a. The Albatross, was also on that relay). Erik moved to the States and swam for USC for three years. He coached for SCAQ 1994-97, then took a break from swimming for more than 4 years. SCAQ is happy to have him both in the water and on the deck coaching. Still a meet competitor himself, Erik currently runs and supervises SCAQ\'s lactic workouts to help better prepare our meet swimmers.

\r\nErik is married and provides services for Senior citizens through a consulting business for families and through a non-profit organization called Senior Smiles.

Scott Hubbard was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised as a classic northern Midwesterner. Hunting, fishing and ice sports were Scott\'s true love. Learning to swim became an issue of safety for all the Hubbard\'s living in the land of 1,000 lakes. He began competitive swimming at an early age and by 14, moved to Sacramento bringing his swimming talents with him. By age 16, Scott was ranked 16th and 20th in the world in the 400 and 200-meter freestyle, respectively. A high school All- American in both swimming and water polo, Scott also participated in the 1988 Olympic Trials. Scott accepted a swimming scholarship to UCLA in the fall of 1990. Now an account representative for Verizon, Scott began coaching with SCAQ in 1997. Scott enjoys mountain biking, cooking, and actively pursues his hobby of entomology.

Cameron Hunt started age group swimming at 4 in Temple City, Ca. Loving the water he continued to compete in both swimming and water polo through high school. Cameron played club water polo and continued to swim for fitness until 2003. Cameron also coached both swimming and water polo at Temple City High school for 2 years. His love for coaching brought him back to the deck, after swimming for SCAQ for the past 5 years.

\r\nToday Cameron works for Medtronic selling pacemakers and defibrillators. Actually, Coach Jamie is powered by one of Cameron\'s Pacemakers.

\r\nStaying in good cardiac shape helps Cameron educate the importance of good health for his patients. Outside of swimming Cameron is still active and plays softball and golf. Cameron also volunteers for a camp for kids with congenital heart disease.

Bill Ireland Bill Ireland has been swimming competitively since 1969. He has been a SCAQ member and very occasional fill-in coach since 1982. During that time Bill has competed in open water, pool and postal competitions locally, nationally, and internationally (twice). He has won 3 races in 35+ years and competed in races in Oregon, Montana, Texas, sty. Croix, Hawaii, Ohio, Boston,Arizona, Maryland, New York, Illinois, Colorado, South Carolina, and Florida. In his past he was a beach and pool lifeguard, water polo player and coach. For more information about his eccentricities, go to http://www.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/ViewMiscArticle.aspx?TabId=585&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&mid=1169&ItemID=1784

Bill Klug William Frederick Klug V grew up in Akron, Ohio where he began swimming at the age of 9. Primarily a drop dead sprinter, Bill was ranked 7th in the country in the 100 yard butterfly when he was 16. Since the marjority of his swim training came from Firestone High School, Bill was an intregral part of the 1982 and 1983 Ohio High School State Championship swim team, which included being a member of the state record breaking 400 free relay. After high school, Bill swam at the University of Texas where he finished out his swimming career. After having lived in Dallas, New York City and Pittsburgh, Bill settled in Los Angeles in the summer of 1995 where he immediately gained employment on network prime time television shows.

\r\nBill mainly swims and coaches at VNSO.

Tom Koucheravy Tom Koucheravy is an East Coast transplant hailing from Northern Virginia.

\r\nAfter being a pool rat at a young age, Tom joined summer league swimming at age 10 and never really stopped swimming after that. His interest in swimming became serious at age 14 when he trained for Victor Swim Club.

\r\nAttending George Mason University, he set team and NCAA college conference records in various distance events. At the 2008 Olympic trials he finished 6th in the Mile. While training, Tom has coached various Northern Virginia summer league teams. In 2009 he coached the high school group for Mako Swim club while head coaching Robinson Secondary school to duel AAA Virginia state championships titles for Men and Women. Tom is a stickler for technique, drills and practices that will challenge any swimmer.

Pam Lazzarotto began swimming at age 7 and swam for ETOBICOKE in Toronto (the Canadian equivalent to Mission Viejo swimming). Until age 13, Pam was a sprinter- 50 & 100 free and fly, and was the #1 100 freestyler. From 1976 to 1980 she swam under the Canadian Olympic coach, Deryk Snelling and was a National Qualifier and consolation finalist in the 100 fly. She started out on a scholarship with the University of New Mexico in 1981, but when it snowed (she didn\'t know it snowed so far south), she transferred to the University of Arizona and swam there for 2 years . Because of her versatility, Pam ended up racing events that nobody else wanted: 1000 free (school record), 500 free, 400 IM, and 200 fly. Pam moved back to Toronto after college. In 1991 she came back to the sunny South and began working for herself in jewelry design and sales. Vintage Revival Accessories and Pam Lazzarotto Sterling are her two jewelry lines. Pam took 10 years off of racing and started out ocean swimming for a \"new challenge\", winning her age group division for 3 years in the 2 to 3mile ocean series.

Helen Lee was born and raised in Santa Monica, Ca. She began swimming at age 16 at Santa Monica High. She went on to join the USS age group swim team, Team Santa Monica. She then attended Wheaton College in Massachusetts, where she swam all four years. She qualified for New England League Championships all four years and had personal bests in the 100 and 200 breastroke. Helen graduated with a degree in Environmental Science in May, 1999 and moved back to Santa Monica. She worked with the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District as a lab analyst. She left the water business to pursue a career in environmental consulting. She kept herself busy by continuing her education in the sciences by obtaining a Masters degree in Environmental Science at Loyola Marymount University. She received her degree in May 2007.

Renee Locarnini born and raised in Stockton Cali Renee moved to LA to attend Cal State Northridge as a full scholarship athlete. In 2003 Renee took to the ocean competing for LA County Lifeguards. Since taking to the ocean Renee has been a Nation Champion, been named to the Lifeguard National Team, the Weiland Shield Team, and the US International Surf Racing Team. Ocean swimming has given Renee the opportunity to compete against the best surf racing competitors in the world and around the world.

Jamie Magin grew up in Evergreen, Colorado where he enjoyed the outdoor life. Due to a lack of pools in Evergreen, Jamie did not begin his swimming career until the age of 15. Jamie swam competitively in high school and continued his swimming career at the University of Denver. When he finished his collegiate swimming career, Jamie began competitive downhill skiing. After graduating from college, Jamie lived in Telluride, CO where he competed as a professional skier and coached skiing as well.

John Mullen John Mullen was born in Dayton, Ohio where he lived until college where he attended Purdue and swam collegiately for four years. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in physical therapy and works in the clinical exercise research center at the University of Southern California.

\r\nIn his free time, John likes to read nonfiction novels, peruse the news, blend banana-spinach-water smoothies, explore new music (mostly in the hip hop genre), entertain his girlfriend, and play with his loving dogs.

\r\nJohn is a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) and active writer for Swimming World magazine. He also writes a swimming blog which you can find here: http://swimscience.blogspot.com/

Tim Murphy Tim Murphy was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father was a swimmer and his mother was a diver, so aquatics have been a presence throughout his life. Tim grew up swimming for the Cincinnati Marlins and M.E. Lyons YMCA club teams and was a high school All-American at Cincinnati St. Xavier. After high school, he competed for Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio where he was awarded All-Conference honors. He graduated from Kenyon in 2002 with a B.A. in History. Tim has many years of coaching experience that include summers at Hyde Park Golf & Country Club in Cincinnati, Ohio, some time as an undergrad assistant at Kenyon under renowned coach Jim Steen and one season with the girls team at Harvard-Westlake School in North Hollywood under long-time coach Darlene Bible.

Rada Owen Rada Owen was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia where she began her swimming career at the age of 5. She is a graduate of Auburn University where she swam as a member of one of the top swim programs in the country. While there she held numerous team records, was a 6 time Southeastern Conference Champion, a 14-time All American, and was key in developing a national championship winning team. She competed for the United States in various international competitions, the highlight being the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. An incredibly technical swimmer, her stroke has been described as \"flawless\" by many of the world\'s most influential coaches. Her highly sought after technique is the basis for the many swim clinics she has run around the world. She lends her stroke demonstration to the popular \"Swimming Faster Freestyle\" DVD series and has been the focus of many magazines articles depicting her form. She retired from competition in 2003, and now competes at Master\'s meets..usually only once a year and only in the relay events.

Drew Porter Drew has over 20 years of experience coaching all levels, including USS Club, High School and Masters level teams. He has a degree from Michigan State University in Kinesiology (human movement). While at Michigan State, Drew designed on and off-season training programs for athletes as well as regimens for athletes with special needs and disabilities i.e., MS, Polio, Down Syndrome, CP, CF, Cancer, etc.

\r\n Drew has competed at the national level for most of his career and spent three years training with the members of the Australian National Teams in swimming, competitive surf lifesaving and water polo. In 2008, he placed top 3 in both the Alcatraz \"Swim or Die\" Challenge and Golden Gate to Bay Bridge races, and continues to compete in the Masters swimming circuit in both pool and open water competitions.

\r\n While working as a personal trainer at Sports Club/LA, Drew founded and ran the Sports Club/LA Masters swim program for more than 6 years. He is a Certified Personal Trainer, Bronze Medallion Surf Lifesaver, Level I Certified USA Swim coach, Red Cross Water Safety Instructor, as well as corrective exercise specialist and strength and conditioning coach.

\r\n Drew currently resides in Los Angeles, coaches Masters swimming for Southern California Aquatics (SCAQ) and trains private clients and groups at UCLA Sunset Recreation Swim Center.

Erin Robertson was born and raised in Northern California and grew up swimming for Mission San Jose Aquatics (MSJA). Erin moved to LA four years ago to attend Cal State University at Northridge (CSUN) and play water polo-- which lasted a good year. She is currently within her last year of school at CSUN as a liberal arts student, studying to become an elementary school teacher. Erin has been involved in aquatics for the past six years, having swam competitively since age 5, and taught swim lessons since she was fourteen. She first became Swim America certified in 2001 and has taught lessons and water safety ever since. She is also the Red and Silver Group Coach at Team Santa Monica.

Suzanne Robertson Born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, Suzanne has been swimming since before she could walk. With her first swim lesson at 5 months old, she began competing at the age of 4. She swam year-round with Huntsville Swim Association under Brooke Pate and Fran Norris, as well as with the local summer league. She continued to swim in college with the University of Alabama masters, continuing her love of the sport. Suzanne has spent most of her life in and around a pool; be it swimming, coaching or lifeguarding - the water is a second home.

\r\nWhen she\'s not in the pool, Suzanne is working on furthering her career in the entertainment business. Currently, she works on George Lopez\'s late-night talk show, \"Lopez Tonight\" - airing Monday - Thursday at 11pm on TBS - you should watch! (a not-so-shameless plug!)

Silke Rogatko Silke Rogatko (b. Pielen) joined SCAQ this spring to assist Clay and Kathryn as a coordinator and coach at Echo Park and USC. Silke brings many years of diverse professional experiences as well as valuable coaching skills. Competing in the 1972 Munich Olympics, she brought home a bronze medal for West Germany. As a backstroker, she made the National Team for several European Championships and World Cups, holding numerous national records and swam a world best time in 1971. Silke first started swimming and coaching with SCAQ in 1983, eventually moving back to Germany in 1987. In 1998 she returned to the U.S. and consequently settled back in L.A last fall. Silke is happily re-married to a Brazilian geneticist at Cedars Sinai and has 3 children ages 18, 21, 25. Amazed by the expansion and development of SCAQ over the last 30 years, she is excited to be back and especially passionate about helping new swimmers. Silke is a USC alum and will also function as the liaison for the USC Trojan Masters.

\r\n\"Over the years I have coached swimmers of all ages and it has brought me an immeasurable amount of joy. Swimming is an activity that can be learned and practiced at any age and is one of the healthiest activities one can do. In my opinion there is no better sport and I look forward to meeting many of you\".

Blair Schoolhouse I was born and raised in Los Angeles California. I started swimming at a young age, however I gravitated towards surfing rather than swimming competitively while growing up. It was until later in life that I picked up competitive swimming again during my college years.

\r\nI recieved my Bachelor\'s in Science in Excercise Science at California State University Northridge, and I plan on going foward towards graduate school next year.

Pam Smith Pam grew up swimming in central Illinois excelling at sprint freestyle. With high school and USS championships on her resume, she was recruited by fellow SCAQ coach Susan Suomu to attend the University of Minnesota. Some highlights from the glory days of Gopher swimming include, being a member of the Big Ten Champion 200 and 400 Freestyle relays, a member of the 10th place NCAA team, co-captain, and 5th year student assistant.

\r\nAfter graduating, Illinois called Pam home and she went to grad school and worked in Chicago. As a coach for UIC Masters and Northwestern (NASA) masters for a combined 10 years, Pam brings lots of experience with many different types of swimmers.

\r\nPam currently works at a private school for children with autism after relocating in summer of 2008.

Susan Suomu was born and raised in Waukegan, Illinois. She began her swimming career at age 9 with Lake Forest Swim Club in Lake Forest, Illinois. When visiting her hometown, she still swims with the same club team and coaches. Lured by the warm and tropical climate, Susan chose to attend the University of Minnesota, where she was a co-captain of the swim team her junior and senior years. Susan excelled in backstroke and mid-distance freestyle, qualifying for US Nationals in both strokes. She holds an undergraduate degree in early childhood education and a Masters in elementary education. She currently teaches kindergarten/first grade in Santa Monica/Malibu Unified, and loves her job!

\r\nAs a Master\'s swimmer, Susan occasionally competes in ocean races, among which includes the Trans Tahoe co-ed relay.

Erik Tolmachoff Erik was born in Glendale Arizona and swam for the Gauchos swim team until his senior year in high school. His senior year he moved to Fresno and swam for Clovis Swim Club. He continued swimming at the University of Southern California and was on the varsity team from 1999-2003. He competed in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Trials and recently qualified for the 2008 Trials. Though he is semi-retired he does not ever want to give up swimming and hopes to train and compete in the future in some capacity.

Alex Tungland Originally from Phoenix, Alex Tungland graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 2005 with BA in English.After graduating high school, she coached the 8 & Under group for her home club team, Desert Thunder Aquatics Club, before moving to Los Angeles for college. At Loyola Marymount University (LMU), she competed all four years, and served as captain for her last two seasons.

\r\nWhen not swimming the entire SCAQ workout schedule, Alex can be found coaching the age groupers for Team Santa Monica.

Krista Zabor Krista grew up in Phoenix, AZ and swam for Loyola Marymount University where she held numerous team records. She did the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Camden, NJ before moving back to LA to get her Masters in Social Work from USC, where she coaches once a week. She loves her swimmers and gives them pep talks to get them through her grueling Monday workouts.

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