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2024 sunfish COACHING TEAM
Olivia Roschat Swim Head Coach - SUMMER ONLY Olivia is currently attending University of Victoria pursuing a B.A in Psychology and Environmental Sciences and has been swimming for their Varsity Swim Team. She has been swimming with Sunfish starting as a Little Fishy. She also began her coaching career with Sunfish at age 13. She continues to excel in BCSSA every summer and is doing the same swimming for UVic jumping over hurdles as the only one with only a summer swimmer experience background. Her key stroke is backstroke. Email: [email protected] |
Aleks Oclarino Asst Swim Head Coach - SUMMER ONLY He is a coach who 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 junior 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 16U Canada National Team and 19U Team BC. 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 junior 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. Her best stroke is 100m Breaststroke, 100m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle. |
Dea Cenolli JUNIOR 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. 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. 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 junior 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. Her best strokes are 50m/100m Freestyle and 100m backstroke. |
Noah Oclarino Junior 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. |
Thomas Gibson Water Polo Head Coach - SUMMER ONLY Thomas was with CSBC as their water polo head coach for several years. He has also played with Fraser Valley Water Polo (FVWP) and was noted as the best defender during his time. He is currently the Head Coach of FVWP's 12U and 14U Teams. 
Alex Zhou, Arden Pan, Eden Bayley, Kate Kishor, Lily Rashed, Neil Zhou 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. |
Michel Roy GUEST WATER POLO COACH Michel is a highly accomplished coach - both in the domestic and international worlds. He has over 50 years of playing and coaching experience. He loves to give back to the sport continues to show passion for the growth and love of the game. |
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 2 years) - Development Coach (min 1 year) - Junior Coach - Senior Coach - Head Coach
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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.
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