Cody Lavoie
Head Coach / Co-Owner
Cody first began coaching at Nashville Aquatic Club in 2017 while he was finishing his swim career at Delta State University. While at NAC, Cody assisted with coaching the youth development program including swimmers who went on to compete in the 2021 Olympics. Cody, originally born in Wheatley, Canada moved to Dallas in 2018.
During his swimming career, he was a fourteen-time Ontario Provincial Champion, Jr.National Champion, and International Youth Games Champion. Cody was also a Canadian Olympic Trials finalist and a USA Olympic Trial Qualfier in 2016. At Delta State University, Cody earned All-American honors, set NSISC conference and school records in multiple events.
After graduation from Delta State and coaching at Nashville Aquatic Club, Cody moved to Dallas to join Dallas Swim Kids as Program Director. Through his role, Cody started a developmental swim team and built the program to 80+ swimmers in just 2 years. The swim school saw an overall increase of 300+ swimmers in that time as well. Cody has experience training and coaching some of the best swimmers in the world. He is also knowledgeable and experienced in building a program from the bottom up. Cody's goal is to build Fast Fins Elite to become one of the premier clubs in DFW and provide swimmers the opportunity to recieve the best training possible. What sets Coach Lavoie apart from others is his eye for technique development and building relationships with his swimmers to develop a strong foundation required for long term success in the sport and continuous improvements with his swimmers.
Since Coach Lavoie started Fast Fins Elite in 2022, the club has tripled in size. Lavoie has quickly developed a team of athletes competing at North Texas Championships and Texas State Championships. Lavoie is the youngest head coach in Texas to lead a group of swimmers to State Champs. In 2025, Cody was picked to coach a group of athletes from Texas representing U.S.A. at an international competition in Estonia where they had a Top 8 finish and multiple Top 25 placings as well as over 90% of swims being lifetime personal bests. In three years, Cody has remained true to his promise of guaranteed improvements to every swimmer.
Daniel Wiseman
Assistant Coach
Daniel started his coaching career at the Greenville YMCA in 2018 before moving to Dallas. Daniel is Lifeguard and USA Swim Coach certified. In his swim career, he was teammates with Coach Cody at Delta State University. Daniels specialty events were the 50,100 & 200 Freestyle. In 2020, Daniel moved from Cleveland, MS to Dallas, TX to join the new swim team at DSK.
At DSK, Daniel led the developmental groups focusing on technique and special skills work. Daniel has a passion for dryland and weight training and is able to utilize those skills to teach swimmers the importance of being well-rounded athletes. He has assisted with the coaching of swimmers who went on to achieve top 25 ranked times in the state and the overall growth of the program. Daniels biggest asset is his knowledge of the sport, working with youth and encouraging them to the best they can be.
Sophia Rivas
Assistant Coach
Sophia joins us from Austin, TX where she spent 14 years competitively swimming. Sophia spent time working at the Olympic Training Center and was a member of the SMU Women's Swim&Dive team. For five years Sophia ran her own swim school teaching everyone from toddlers to adults. Currently, Sophia is finishing her Finance degree at SMU and is very excited to be joining the Fast Fins Elite team!
Strength & Conditioning Team
Vince Chase
Strength & Conditioning Coach / Athletic Republic
Vincent's life-long involvement in sports, highlighted by his success in high school football and subsequent play at SMU, has culminated as a owner and the head Trainer of Athletic Republic North Dallas. His professional journey includes efforts to reach the NFL and several years of learning biomechanics at an Athletic Republic facility, setting the stage for his dream to own a franchise.Now a Level 3 certified Athletic Republic Trainer, Vincent is dedicated to enhancing sports performance in the North Dallas community. Married to Bri Chase, with whom he has five children, Vincent also enjoys coaching youth football and running a 7v7 football program. Vincent is the current wide recievers coach for the 5peat state champions Parish Episcopal Panthers.
Coach Vince Chase and the Athletic Republic team will be joining us in our mission to develop the best athletes and swimmers we possibly can. Being the only club swim team in Texas with certified Athletic Trainers on our team will give our athletes a new set of tools and resources to assist in their development and progress towards their personal swim goals. This includes assisting in the athletes physical development (strength, endurance, mobility etc.), fitness assessments, injury prevention and swim recovery.
