coach corner
senior coaches
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. |
Adam Rashed senior coach Adam started as a Little Fishy and is one of our Senior members who continues to have success at Provincials for both swimming and water polo. He currently plays 18U high performance water polo with Fraser Valley Water Polo and played for the 15U and 17U Canadian National Team. He also did winter swimming with Pacific Sea Wolves. His best strokes are 200m Individual Medley, 50m and 100m Freestyle. |
Adie Silva SENIOR coach Adie started swimming at age of 5 with Cloverdale Tritons and then did winter swimming with Pacific Sea Wolves and came to Sunfish in 2022. She continues to have success at Provincials for swimming and water polo. She currently plays 18U with Fraser Valley Water Polo and played for the 19U Team BC. Her best stroke is 100m Breaststroke, 100m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle. |
Ashton Erickson Swim Technical Director Ashton brings a wealth of competitive swimming experience, having trained with both Sunfish, WRASA, and White Rock Waves. He continues to hold several BCSSA/Sunfish swim meet records. He coached for many years as the Assistant Head Coach with the Surrey SeaLions and our Head Coach and with White Rock Waves. Alongside his coaching, Ashton is employed with Fraser Health. At Sunfish, Ashton oversees the technical development of swimmers and provides mentorship to our senior coaches. |
Dea Cenolli SENIOR COACH Dea started as a Little Fishy and is one of our senior members who continues to have success at Provincials for swimming and water polo. She currently plays 18U high performance water polo with Surrey Water Polo and played for the 19U Team BC. Her best strokes are 200m Individual Medley and 100m Backstroke. |
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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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. |
junior coaches
Eden Bayley Artistic swim coach Eden started as a Little Fishy swimmer and artistic swimmer. She continues to have success at Provincials for artistic swimming. She is a competitive dancer with Panorama School of Dance. |
Jonaas Landry Junior Coach He started as as Little Fishy and has had extraordinary success in the swim world. He winter swims for Surrey Knights Swim Club and qualified for Swim BC Winter and Summer Provincials. His best strokes are 100m Backstroke, 50m and 100m Freestyle and 200m Individual Medley. |
Keithan To junior coach Keithan started as a 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 and 50m Freestyle. |
Katherine Kishor Junior Coach Kate started as a Little Fishy and is one of our senior members who continues to have success in Provincials for both artistic swimming and water polo. She is 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 continues to have success at Provincials for swimming and water polo. She currently plays 16U/18U for Fraser Valley Water Polo and played for 15U Team BC. Her best strokes are 100m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle. |
Mia Mori Junior coach Mia started as a Little Fishy and is one of our senior members who continues to have success at Provincials for swimming and water polo. She currently plays 18U for Surrey Water Polo and played for 19U Team BC. Her best strokes are 50m/100m Freestyle and 100m backstroke. |
Arden Pan JUNIOR COACH Arden started as a Junior swimmer and is one of our Senior members who has had success at Provincials for swimming. His best strokes are 200m IM, 100m Breaststroke and 100m Butterfly. |
Alex Zhou Junior Coach Alex started as a Junior swimmer coming from WRASA and is one of our Senior members who continues to have success at Provincials for swimming and water polo. He currently plays 18U with Fraser Valley Water Polo. His best strokes are 200m IM, 100m Butterfly and 100m Freestyle. |
Daria Zavalniuk Junior Coach SUMMER ONLY Daria started with Sunfish 2 years ago and is one our newer swim coaches. She went to PSW as a junior coach for more coaching experience and currently coaches their development group. |
development coaches
Ivan Cadacio, Arion Cenolli, Riya Dhillon, Jalen Landry, Luka Sulstarova, Niko Tabak
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 / players in BCSSA and BC Highschool Sports and excel in their respective club 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 (post-graduation)
Senior Coach (min grade 11) - Head Coach (post-graduation)
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Sunfish Swim Coaching APP - PROTOTYPE
coach hiring
Deadline is January 6, 2026 or until positions are filled.
Deadline is January 6, 2026 or until positions are filled.
| 2026_summer_water_polo_head_coach_poster.docx.pdf |
| 2026_summer_water_polo_coach_poster.docx.pdf |
| 2026_artistic_swimming_coach_advertisement.docx.pdf |
| 2026_artistic_swimming_head_coach_poster.docx.pdf |
| 2026_summer_swim_senior_coach_poster.docx.pdf |
| 2026_summer_swim_junior_coach_poster.docx.pdf |
| 2026_summer_swim_head_coach_poster.docx.pdf |