coach corner
Aleks Oclarino Swim Head Coach SUMMER ONLY Aleks believes that any swimmer can be an excellent swimmer with hard work, commitment and focus. He has received top Provincial rankings in BCSSA especially a a breast stroke swimmer. He started as a Little Fishy currently attending University of Victoria. |
Evan Bayley senior Swim Coach Evan started as a Little Fishy and is one of our senior members who has had success at Provincials for both swimming and water polo. He currently plays 18U high performance water polo with Fraser Valley Water Polo. His best strokes are 200m Individual Medley and 100m Freestyle. |
I started swimming competitively when I was 10 years old, with both WRASA and PSW. Since then, I have qualified for swimming provincials, and as well as one summer with water polo. My favorite/ best events to swim are, the 50m and 100m free, as well as 100m back, and 50m back, in the winter. When I am not swimming I enjoy, spending time with my family, playing with my dog, and reading.
Sandra Vasile Senior Swim Coach I started swimming competitively when I was 10 years old, with both WRASA and PSW. Since then, I have qualified for swimming provincials, and as well as one summer with water polo. My favorite/ best events to swim are, the 50m and 100m free, as well as 100m back, and 50m back, in the winter. When I am not swimming I enjoy, spending time with my family, playing with my dog, and reading. |
Adam Rashed senior coach Adam started as a Little Fishy and is one of our senior members who has had success at Provincials for both swimming and water polo. He currently plays 18U high performance water polo with Fraser Valley Water Polo and recently committed to the 17U Canadian National Team. He has also recently joined winter swimming for Pacific Sea Wolves and is part of their provincial group. His best strokes are 200m Individual Medley, 100m Freestyle and 100m Backstroke. |
Adie Silva SENIOR coach Adie started swimming at age of 5 with Tritons and then pursued winter swimming with Pacific Sea Wolves and came to Sunfish in 2022 and has had success at Provincials for swimming and water polo. She currently plays 18U with Fraser Valley Water Polo and was selected to 19U Team BC. Her best stroke is 100m Breaststroke, 100m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle. |
Dea Cenolli SENIOR COACH Dea started as a Little Fishy and is one of our senior members who has had success at Provincials for swimming and water polo. She currently plays 18U high performance water polo with Surrey Water Polo and was selected to 19U Team BC. Her best strokes are 200m Individual Medley and 100m Backstroke. |
Jonaas Landry Junior Coach He started as as Little Fishy and has had extraordinary success at Provincials for swimming. He recently joined winter swimming for Surrey Knights Swim Club and has qualified for Swim BC Winter and Summer Provincials. His best strokes are 100m Backstroke, 50m/100m freestyle and 200m Individual Medley. |
Keithan To junior coach Keithan started as Junior Fish and is one of our senior members who has had success at Provincials for swimming. He currently plays high performance soccer with Coastal. His best stroke is 100m Breaststroke. |
Matthew Royer SENIOR coach Matthew started as a Little Fishy and is one of our senior members who has had success at Provincials for swimming and water polo. He currently plays 18U with Fraser Valley Water Polo. He also recently joined winter swimming for Pacific Sea Wolves and is part of their provincial group. His best strokes are 50m/100m Butterfly and 100m Freestyle. |
Mia Mori Junior coach Mia started as a Little Fishy and is one of our senior members who has had success at Provincials for swimming and water polo. She currently plays 18U for Surrey Water Polo and was selected to 19U Team BC. Her best strokes are 50m/100m Freestyle and 100m backstroke. |
Noah Oclarino SENIOR Coach Noah started as a Little Fishy and is one of our senior members who has had success at Provincials for swimming. He currently plays U17 AAA hockey with Valley West Giants. His best strokes are 100m Backstroke and 200m Individual Medley. |
Katherine Kishor Junior Coach Kate started as a Little Fishy and is one of our senior members who has had success in Provincials for both artistic swimming and water polo. She currently plays 16U for Fraser Valley Water Polo and is also a competitive gymnast with Delta Gymnastics. Her best strokes are 200m IM, 100m Breaststroke and 100m Butterfly. |
Lily Rashed JUNIOR COACH Lily started as a Little Fishy and is one of our senior members who has had success at Provincials for swimming and water polo. She currently plays 16U for Fraser Valley Water Polo and selected to 15U Team BC. Her best strokes are 100m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle. 
Karina Aujla Artistic Swim head Coach SUMMER ONLY Karina has been competing in the sport for many years where she is a National Stream Artistic Swimmer with Caprice Artistic Swim Club. |
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Ivan Cadacio, Arion Cenolli, Riya Dhillon, Jalen Landry, Luka Sulstarova, Niko Tabak, Sophia Wang
Development coaches
We have a group of Development Coaches. Sunfish looks forward to developing this group as part of our ongoing priority for coach succession.
INTERESTED IN BEING A VOLUNTEER OR COACH?
Sunfish takes great pride in our coaching staff. We believe we have one of the strongest and most dedicated coaching team in BCSSA.
Our coaches are top swimmers in BCSSA and BC Highschool Sports and excel in their respective sports as well. They know how to coach because they know how to compete and because Sunfish provides continual support and mentorship! In addition to being great athletes, every Sunfish coach brings their own set of credentials whether they are certified through NCCP National Coaching levels and/or Life Saving BC certification. Many Sunfish coaches also began as Little Fishy swimmers/players who can relate to our membership and show them their passion and dedication to the sport and their coaching growth from starting as a volunteer to turning into one of our junior/senior coaches.
If you are interested in being a Coach, send an email to [email protected] and take the first step by volunteering in the program!
LEARNING PATHWAYS FOR SUNFISH COACHES
LEARNING PATHS ARE GUIDED BY THE NCCP STREAMS
LEARNING PATHS ARE GUIDED BY THE NCCP STREAMS
Volunteer Coach (min grade 7 and min 2 years) - Development Coach (min 1 year) - Junior Coach (min 14 yrs old)
Senior Coach (min grade 11) - Head Coach (preferred post-graduation)
Senior Coach (min grade 11) - Head Coach (preferred post-graduation)
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BCSSA Junior Coaching course
What you’ll learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- identify the policies that oversee your position
- apply coaching principles and techniques
- write practice plans
Access the course here:
Part 1 - Junior Coaching
Part 2 - Junior Swim Coaching
coach hiring
Deadline is January 15, 2025 or until positions are filled.
Deadline is January 15, 2025 or until positions are filled.
| 2025_summer_swim_junior_coach_poster.pdf |
| 2025_summer_swim_senior_coach_poster.docx__2_.pdf |
| 2025_summer_artistic_swimming__coach_poster.docx__2_.pdf |