Mark Sedlak - Head Coach
Born and raised in CT, with over 20yrs competitive swimming experience in USA Swimming, NCAA Division I and YMCA Swimming. Mark is a certified ASCA Level 4 coach. Mark was previously Head Coach of the Zeus Swim Team. Former Head Coach of the Greenwich YMCA Marlins. Prior to Greenwich, Mark served as Head Junior Coach and Assistant Senior Coach for the New Canaan YMCA Caimans and Head Coach at Greenwich Country Club. Mark swam for The Peddie School. In College, he was a varsity member of the Tar Heels Swimming Team at the University of North Carolina
Chris Riles - Senior/Senior Performance Coach
Chris has been coaching swimming since 1973. He formed the Weston Swim Club and also coached both the boys and girls swim teams at Weston High School. During his tenure at Weston, Chris's teams captured 11 Boys State Championships and 7 Girls State Championships. He was named National High School Coach of the Year in 1986 and 1991. Chris was also Connecticut High School Coach of the Year in 1985, 1987, 1992 and 1996.
For the past 11 years, Chris has coached both age group and senior swimmers at the New Canaan YMCA. His age group teams have consistently placed in the top 10 at Connecticut Age Groups and were New England YMCA champions. He has coached numerous All State, All American, Junior Olympic, Senior National and Olympic Trial Qualifiers both at Weston and New Canaan.
Chris also spent one year (1989) as the top assistant to Ernie Maglischo at Cal State Bakersfield. Coach Maglischo is known to be the top stroke technique coach in the world. Cal State Bakersfield won the NCAA National Championship that year.
Brandon Barone - Head Age Group Coach
Brandon has been coaching swimming and water polo in Fairfield County for the past 10 years.
Brandon's swimming career, which began in his native Baltimore, flourished after his move to Westport at the age of seven. A former Westport YMCA Water Wrat, he has competed at the local and state levels, specializing in sprint freestyle. He also competed for the Staples High School Boys Varsity Swim and Water Polo teams in Westport, captaining the latter in his junior and senior years. Brandon went on to earn his bachelor's degree in Government in 2010 from St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, competing on the varsity swim team all four years.
Brandon's coaching career began at his alma mater, Staples High School, where he assisted with the Girls Varsity Swim and Water Polo teams. He later became head coach of the Boys Varsity Water Polo Team at Staples. Brandon then coached swimming for the Westport Water Wrats for about two years, primarily working with the 11-12 year old squad. His role ultimately expanded to include the 9-10 year old and 8/under programs. Brandon then worked at Swim 70 in Norwalk, running their 8/under swim program and helping the team win the 2016 Short Course Age Group Championship. Brandon served as the Head Swim Coach at the Stamford YMCA. Currently, Brandon is the Head Coach of Weston High School Girls and Boys swimming teams having won four State Championships and three conference titles between the two programs over the last three years.
Michael Jordan - Head Development Coach
Michael has over 20yrs coaching experience working with both age-group and senior level swimmers. As a swimmer in High School, he was a YMCA New England Champion and record holder in butterfly as well as a YMCA National finalist in backstroke and freestyle. In college, Michael swam at Southern Connecticut and became Southern's first 4 year, All-American swimmer. Awarded Swimmer of the 90's, New England Champion and record holder in his 100 and 200 backstroke and Captain in his senior year.
Michael loves working with all levels of swimmers and seeing the progression at each stage. Michael lives in Milford with his wife Linda and 4 children, Grace, Abigail, Caleb and Eden. He enjoys outdoor activities including flyfishing, whitewater kayaking and snow boarding in Maine!
Lauren Daignault - Development Coach
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Liz Gary - Dryland Coach
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