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Head Coach - Karri
Guiliani
We are extremely excited to
announce that Karri Guiliani will be the Flying Ducks' head coach this
summer. It is truly specialto welcome someone with such a distinguished
history with our team back to lead the flock, and to demonstrate again that
Once a Duck - Always a Duck! Her experience, leadership and expertise will
be a tremendous asset for the team. Karri has been involved in the local
swimming community since 1982. Her swimming career has involved competing
for Ben Lomond (1983-1997), Stonewall Jackson High School, Curl-Burke Swim
Club, and The George Washington University, where she competed in distance
freestyle events. Coach Karri was a Junior National Qualifier, All-American
High School swimmer, and still holds records with Ben Lomond. In her 14
year coaching career she has had the opportunity to work with swimmers at
all age group levels and development ranges. She began coaching with Ben
Lomond as an assistant while competing on the team, and has continued to
coach with various US Swimming programs. Most recently she has coached the
High School Performance group with Curl-Burke and has been the Head Coach
of the girls and boys swim teams at Battlefield High School since the
school's opening in 2004. In addition to coaching, Coach Karri also works
for Freddie Mac (Reston) and has a 9-year-old daughter, Olivia. Coach Karri
looks forward to returning to the Ducks and watching all the swimmers have
a fun and rewarding summer!
Stroke Development
Coach - Matt Sanford
Matt Sanford swam with the DUCKS since he
was 9 years old. His favorite strokes were always free and fly. He swam his
Freshman year at Stonewall Jackson High School and then finished up his
last three years on the Osbourn Park Swim Team. He began coaching with our
winter clinics three years ago and has returned from Old Dominion
University to help coach this summer. The swimmers love the time and
attention he gives each one as soon as they step out of the pool after
their events. Matt's 10 year old younger brother, Seth, still swims for the
Ducks.
Group 1 Coach - Gabi
Seltzer
Gabi is in her second summer
of coaching for the Ducks. She coached Group One last summer and has
returned this year to work with the next batch of new Group 1 swimmers. She
moved to Manassas in June of 2008 from the Lansing area of Michigan. She
has been swimming competitively since she was five years old, and was a
member of the Varsity Swim Team all four years in high school. Gabi also
swam for the Golden Serpents, the Capital Area Swim Team, and the Haslett
Blue Marlins in Michigan. In addition, Gabi assisted in coaching the
younger swimmers for the Blue Marlins. In the fall of 2008, Gabi started
her freshmen year at Virginia Tech where she is a Philosophy and History
major with with a minor in Political Science with a pre-law focus. She
hopes to go to law school and become a constitutional lawyer. Outside of
coaching Gabi likes to read, listen to music, watch movies, and hang out
with her friends. She has two younger brothers who currently swim for the
Ducks, Dieter, 16, and Paul, 8.
Group 2 Coach - Jessica
Layne
Jessica has been a flying
duck for the last 12 years. She just finished her junior year at Westfield
High School and is looking forward to a great summer. She started as an
assistant coach for her winter team at the age of 13. For the past two years
she has helped with Ben Lomond’s winter clinic. She also has been a coach’s
aid for group one the last two years. Jessica has been swimming for York
Swim Club year-round for 11 years. She also has been lifeguarding for NV
Pools for the past three summers as well as teaching NV Swim Kids. She has
lettered on Westfield’s swim team all three years. Jessica is also lucky
enough to have her younger sister Amy on the team!
Group 3 Coach - Zach
Goulet
Zach began swimming for the
Ducks at the age of 5. This will be his 11th year with the team. Although
this is his first year as a Coach, Zach has spent the past two years
volunteering as a Coaches Aide and helped coach the 2009 BLST Winter
Clinic. Zach currently swims year round for Occoquan Swimming and is a member
of the Stonewall Jackson High School Swim Team where he qualified for
Regionals in his freshman year. In 2008, Zach was selected to represent
Prince William County as a Page during the VA General Assembly Session in
Richmond. Zach lived and worked in Richmond for 9 weeks and still managed
to maintain a 4.0 GPA in his school work. Zach is currently enrolled in the
IBMYP program at Stonewall High School and intends to pursue a full IB
Diploma upon graduation. In addition to swimming, Zach plays soccer and
works as a lifeguard at Splashdown Waterpark.
Group 4 Coach - Luke
Persian
Luke began swimming for the Ducks at a mere 4 years of age. He currently attends George Mason University and is studying Film/Video and digital animations. He has just finished his freshman year and is a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity. Luke takes special pride in making sure that everyone around him is having a great time, whether it be during a practice or the divisional championship. This is Luke’s second year coaching for the Ducks and he looks forward to an amazing summer with the team. In addition to swimming and coaching, Luke works at Ruby Tuesdays and invites all Ducks to come visit him for a great meal. 2009 will be Luke’s last year swimming for the Ducks and he’s already having a hard time imagining life without his Duck family.
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