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goal setting, and other swimming related needs, please contact one
of the coaches. For all questions related to administrative, such
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members.
Coach Jenn began competitive swimming at age 4
for a summer swim club called the Newport Shores Sharks. From age
10-15 she was a part of the Newport Beach junior lifeguard program;
where she was introduced to Open Water Competitions. She competed
for Newport Harbor High School four years in swimming and water
polo; in her senior year she was awarded the Coaches Choice Award
in water polo and Most Improved in swimming. She has 8 years
experience as a pool and beach lifeguard. Coach Jenn is a USA
swimming Coach and she is certified in American Red Cross
lifeguard, First aid, CPR, AED, Oxygen administration and WSI. In
the past has worked for City Aquactics Programs and also worked as
Pre-school Teachers Aid for two years.
Coach Gerry comes to TMEC with many years of coaching and
swimming experience. For the past three years Gerry was
the Head Coach for
Elite Aquatics Swim Team. He prepared swimmers to
compete in various competitions including Senior Levels, US
Nationals, Junior Nationals, CIF Championships and Junior
Olympics. In 1998 Gerry and his wife Efi started a
swim club
(Elfira Swimming Gemilang ). From 1998 thru 2005 his club was
consistently ranked in the top 3 Nationally and many of its
swimmers became National Swimmers representing Indonesia in International
Competitions. Gerry was also one of the
Head Coach’s for the Indonesian National Team .
From 1996 to 1998 he was Head Coach for the Indonesian Training
Center (National B Team). Gerry is also an accomplished
swimmer himself. He is 4 time San Diego County CIF
Champion and has won multiple Gold Medals at SEA Games, and a Silver and
Bronze Medal
at the Asian
Games representing Indonesia.
Carol moved to Temecula in July 2009, and brings
with her nearly 40 years of aquatics experience and over 18 years
of Masters swim coaching experience. She has coached all levels of
master swimmers ranging from novice triathletes to professional
& Olympic level athletes. Carol’s personal involvement in
swimming began as an age-group competitor, and continued on to high
school & college at UC Berkeley. Carol also played water
polo in high school and was a founder of women’s water polo
at UC Berkeley. More recently, Carol competed with the Menlo Mavens
Women's Water Polo team, taking 2nd place at Masters Nationals in
2008. She has competed in triathlons since 1981 and is a
two-time finisher at the Ironman Hawaii World Championship. In
addition, Carol holds a 2nd degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do &
is studying to become certified as a Personal Trainer. Carol is
certified in CPR/AED and First Aid and Safety Training for Swim
Coaches.
Mike has been involved in aquatics his entire
life starting out in New Zealand. He has taught learned to swim
classes in New Zealand and the US. He is a Red Cross certified
Lifeguard, Water Safety Instructor and first Aid/CPR responder.
Mike holds a bachelor of education degree from the University of
Auckland and has had two years classroom teaching
experience.
Mike's introduction to competitive swimming was
that age 11 with Tamaki City Swim Club and then later with Parnell
Swim Club which was the premier age group team and where he
remained for the rest of his age group swimming career. Over the
course of his age group career Mike enjoyed many successes
including winning Auckland City Championships setting National Age
Group Records and going on to represent his city at their New
Zealand Age Group Championships and Australian Major Championships.
The high point of his career was being selected to represent New
Zealand at an Age Group International meet.
When Mike was 14 years old he suffered a
shoulder injury that would hinder his ability to train at full
capacity for the next five years. He finished swimming at the age
of 20 after swimming for a year at the Dunedin -based swim club
Neptune and competing in the 1998 New Zealand National Open
Championship where he finished with personal bests in all events.
The things Mike enjoyed the most about swimming were pushing
himself to his limit every practice racing fast at meets and having
fun with his teammates.
When Mike is not coaching you might find him
planning the next workout, reading at Temecula duck pond, working
out in the gym, singing, swimming the occasional masters work out
or eating out with his fiancée. He is currently looking
forward to his wedding in May of 2010 and is training for the San
Diego rock and roll Marathon in June 2010. Michael lives with his
wonderful lady Merin in Menifee.
Coach Kiwi’s Favorite Quip
“it's not what you do; it's what you do
extra that counts” - Denise
Babich
Coach Kyle began swimming competitively at age 13 for
the local team IGAT and latter with TMEC. A Temecula native his
whole life, Kyle graduated from Chaparral High School where he swam
for the Pumas all four years. At CHS, Kyle earned three Varsity
Letters and was elected Captain his senior swim season. Outside of
TMEC Kyle is Co-Head Coach of the City of Temecula Masters. Kyle is
a big fan of video games and can usually be found at Barns &
Noble reading the latest Science fiction
novels
Melissa
has been swimming competitively from the time she joined TMEC at
age 11. She went on to swim and play water polo for TVHS. After
that she went to University of Redlands where she graduated with a
degree in Graphic Design. Melissa has also worked for the City of
Temecula as a lifeguard and swim instructor since 2003 and is
currently a Lead Lifeguard there.
