Matt is the second year Head Coach of the Sackville Waves Aquatic Team. Hailing from Waterloo, Ontario he enjoyed a humble swimming career with the Region of Waterloo (ROW) swim club and Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) Golden Hawks Varsity Swim Team. While at WLU he began his coaching career with ROW at the grassroots level. This began a 15 plus year coaching career working with Fundamentals, Age Group, and University swimmers with ROW and WLU. After completing his undergrad he taught ESL in Republic of Korea then returned to Southwestern Ontario to complete his B.Ed from Western University in London, Ontario. He will be Completing the NCCP Level 3 Coaching Certification this year.

Matt had the opportunity to take Kitchener-Waterloo based swimmers to the International Children’s Games in 2009 (San Fransisco, USA) and 2015 (Alkmaar, Ned), as well as the staff for the COVID cancelled 2020 team to Kaunas, Lithuania.

Matt believes that coaches give the athletes the tools to be better than yesterday. Everyone’s success is in their own hands and there is pride and responsibility in improvement and performance, for each individual and their teammates. The athletes are the artists of their own success. He is looking forward to mentoring a young coaching staff and building the passion for coaching and swimming within the staff and club. Matt is looking forward to what everyone is looking to build and achieve in this new SWAT swimming season!

I’m coach Alexa! This is my first year as a coach with Sackville Waves and I couldn’t be more excited! I am a recent graduate of Acadia University, finishing with a Bachelor of Business Administration. I have been a part of the swimming community my whole life. From swimming, to lifeguarding, to teaching swimming lessons, and of course coaching! I have previously coached for the Wolfville Tritons as well as the Waeg Waves swim teams. I love sharing my knowledge of swimming and getting to see my swimmers improve throughout the season!

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My name is Ella Brocklehurst and I will be the Novice assistant coach for this season. I was a competitive swimmer for 10 years, and I specifically competed in backstroke and freestyle events. I qualified for National Competition and I was Team Nova Scotia for the 2022 Canada Summer Games in Niagara. I am currently a grade 12 student at CPA. In my previous high school years, I received Principal’s List, and during middle school I received the Student of the Year award twice. Additionally, I am a certified lifeguard/swim instructor and I worked at Sandy Lake for the past two summers. This is my first year of coaching for SWAT and I am very excited to get to know all of the swimmers and guide them through their swimming career! 

My name is Emma, and I will be Coaching Mini Waves this season. I am currently in grade 12 at CPA in the IB program. I have been swimming competitively for over 12 years. Last year I was a volunteer Mini Waves Coach. I also coached the Winter Maintenance program for the Bedford Beavers. In the summer I continued coaching the Beavers, winning Nova Scotia Summer Provincials. I was born in South Africa and moved to Nova Scotia in May 2022. At my school in South Africa, I won several awards for swimming, including Half Colours and many medals at championship meets. I am excited to coach this year and help the Mini Waves swimmers improve while having fun!

My name is Aline Potvin. I am coaching the Mini Waves this year. I have been a swimmer for nearly ten years. I am a distance swimmer and I am starting to love the fly events. I am enrolled at CPA in my 12th-grade year. I have been in French immersion all throughout my education. I received high honors in grade 10 and was on the principal's list for grade 11 for my academic success and plan to continue at university for nursing. I also have a part-time job at Sobeys this year. I am very excited to be coaching again this year with the Minis and I look forward to watching them grow as swimmers and people.

I started swimming in 2016 at the age of 9 for North York Aquatic Club. I swam with NYAC for 4 years, until COVID hit. I graduated middle school/junior high with a music award. I moved to Nova Scotia 2 years ago where I joined SWAT. During this time I joined cadets. Last year I was awarded top level 4.  I am now a grade 11 student for Millwood High School with a principal's list award. I have taken on Co-op looking at having a career in the medical field. 

I've been swimming as of this year for 11 years. Starting at age six in Summer Swimming, eventually transitioning to Full-season later on. Last year I earned most dedicated swimmer and also earned my level ones for officiating. Outside of swimming I am a Cadet and this is my sixth and final year in the program. Through the Cadet program I have earned my four year and five years service medals for sticking with the program. I have also earned the Cadet of the week in cadets for showing my dedication and working as a team with the people around me.