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Staff
We feel strongly that the success of our coach-run
club program is a direct result of the great personnel we have in place
at all our facilities. It is these caring, certified coaches that work
hard each day to ensure each participant's success.
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Countryside
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 Susan
Curnette,
Head of the Coaches
Board. Coach Susan was born in Kansas
and raised in Oklahoma. Susan swam at the Phillips
66 Splash Club in Oklahoma from age 12 through high
school and also 3 year lettered in basketball and
slow-pitch softball. She was an Oklahoma State
Collegiate Swimmer for three years. She graduated
from Oklahoma State with a major in Physical
Education/Recreation and minor in Biology. Susan has
lived in Florida since 1980. She is currently
teaching Marine Biology at Countryside High School
and has been since 1983. Her coaching experience
includes Head Coach for Tarpon Lake Village Swim
Team (which is now Lansbrook), Susan was also Head
Coach for Countryside High School 1982-1986
Currently the assistant Coach. Susan has been the
Head Coach for Countryside Country Club Aquatics
since 1986. She has three great boys: Josh, Dylan
and Levi. Email
 Ian
O'Neill,
President of the Coaches
Board and Head Coach of the
Countryside Branch of TBAY: Coach Ian is the
Aquatics Director for Countryside Country Club and
has been in that position since 1991 and is also a
Coach for Countryside Country Club Aquatics, their
summer league team. He is also the Head Branch Coach
of TBAY Countryside , and has been the Head Coach of
the Countryside High School Cougars since 1999.
Coach Ian was recently named the 2007 All-County
"Coach of the Year" by the "St. Petersburg Times" as
well as the 2004-2005 PCAC Girls Team "Coach of the
Year."
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Central
 Jason
Bowes is the
Head Coach of TBAY-Central.
He brings over 12 years of
high-level experience, integrity, innovation, and
strong technical skills to TBAY. Jason came to us
from one of the most respected swim programs in the
country, North Baltimore Aquatic Club (NBAC), which
has produced Olympians, national- and world-record
holders, including Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff.
Prior to his NBAC position, Jason led the
Pointe-Claire Swim Club in Montreal to the men's
overall title at the 2006 Canadian Age Group
Swimming Championships. During his 6-year stay at
Pointe-Claire, Jason produced some of the best age
groupers in Canada, including 7 national champions,
26 national medalists, and 50+ finalists. In 2005,
Jason was an assistant deck manager at the FINA
World Championships. Jason is also a writer for
Swim News Magazine International.
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Heather Gromley
is the
Assistant Coach for TBAY-Central's
"Lil' Bucs" Program.
Heather Gromley has been coaching and teaching swimming since 2003. She served as an assistant coach with the Sullivan (IL) Blue Dolphins, where her focus was on young swimmers, age 3 through 12. Most recently she has served as an assistant coach with Tampa Prep’s swim and dive team. She is an honors student at the University of Tampa, where she is studying communications and English. Heather is a dynamic and enthusiastic presence on deck and has earned high praise from her colleagues and swimmers!
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Arbor Greene
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 Julia
Lamb,
Vice President,
Secretary, and Treasurer of the Coaches Board;
Head Coach of the Arbor Greene Country Club
Branch in New Tampa: Coach Julia has been a TBAY
coach for 5 years. Was given the opportunity
of coaching at the 2006 All-Star meet and is
currently the Wharton High School coach.
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Lakeland
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 Roy
Wilshire,
responsible for Registration and Officials;
Besides being the Head Coach of the Lakeland Branch,
Roy is an avid runner and triathlete. He belongs to
the Lakeland Runners Club and is a member of USA
Triathlon. Sharon and Roy have a daughter, Maci, who
also competes in the sport of triathlon.
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New
Port Richey
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 Casey Claflin, Head
Coach of the New Port Richey Branch:
Coach Casey Claflin has had a passion for water his
entire life. Besides being a competitive swimmer
since the age of 8, Claflin swam under an athletic
scholarship for the Gamecocks of the University of
South Carolina (USC), where he also received an MBA
in Finance. He holds a U.S.C.G. Merchant Marine
(Captains) license and, like Coach Kelley Allen, is
an avid fisherman. At one point in his past, Claflin’s
love for the water led him to run a
charter fishing business in Sarasota.
Currently, Claflin's involvement with aquatics includes
not only overseeing TBAY’s New Port Richey branch
but also coaching the swim team at
Gulf High School as well as the
Tampa Metro Masters.
He has also been a coach for the Sarasota YMCA
Sharks (SYS) and the Winter Springs
High School swim team.
In 2007,
Claflin cracked Top 10
US
Masters’ Swimming (USMS) short-course and long-course
times in the
50, 100 and 200 Backstroke.
Since 1999, he has broken 3 Masters' world records
although none are currently standing.
Today, Claflin lives in Tarpon Springs (a historic
city know for its sponge diving and fishing). He has 2 children—daughter Jessica, 20,
and his son, Casey Jr., 18, who still holds the 10&U
JO state records in the 50M and 100M backstroke. Email
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Tampa Palms
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 Gary
Goodner, Head Coach of
the Tampa Palms Country Club Branch. Coach Gary has
more than 30 years experience coaching champions at
all levels including age-group, high school,
collegiate and masters. He delivers challenging,
customized workouts that improve individual
performance and abilities of fitness and competitive
swimmers. He has experience in Teaching,
Lifeguarding and Aquatics Management. Currently, he
also coaches the Forest Hills Aquatics of Tampa, a
United States Masters Swimming sanctioned team.
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Westchase
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 Kelley
Allen, Head
Coach of the Westchase Branch: Coach Kelley
Allen has been coaching in the Bay area for well
over a decade now, and has a solid list of
accomplishments. As well as earning his ASCA Level 4
Certification, he was named to the Florida Swimming
Zone Team Staff in '04 and '06 He was nominated for
Florida Swimming Age Group Coach of the Year in '03.
Kelley has coached numerous Jr. Olympic Champs and Jr.
Olympic High Point winners and was a member of the
staff of two Fl Swimming Jr Olympic Championship
Teams. With a proven track record of developing
young swimmers Coach Kelley looks forward to another
decade of fast swimming at Tampa Bay Aquatics.
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