Windermere Lakers Aquatic Club Team Coaches

 

Kyle Goller
Head Club Coach
Lead Coach: Lakers Select
Contact: [email protected]

Coach Kyle Goller is an accomplished figure in the world of swimming and coaching. He earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Business Management with a minor in Sports Studies from Thomas University in May 2016. In addition, he holds a Masters Coaching Certificate from Florida State University.

During his collegiate years, Kyle's passion for swimming shone brightly. He was a key member of both the Thomas University and Florida Southern College Men's Swim Teams. Notably, he contributed to Florida Southern's success, helping the team secure a remarkable 2nd place at the Sunshine State Conference and the 2012 DII NCAA National Championship meet.

Before his collegiate career, Kyle demonstrated his swimming prowess at Maclay School in Tallahassee. There, he competed for seven years, serving as captain for three of them. His dedication and skill earned him first-team All-Big Bend recognition for three years, and he competed at the FHSAA Class 1A State meet for three consecutive years.

Coach Goller's coaching career is equally impressive. He served as a coach for the ATAC High School Group from 2014 to 2017 and joined the Windermere Lakers Aquatic Team in April 2018. With his guidance, he has coached swimmers to success at various levels, from FLAGS and Sectionals to Winter Juniors, Summer Juniors, US Open, the US Junior National Team, and Olympic Trials.

His professional affiliations underscore his commitment to the sport. Coach Goller is a LIFE member of both USA Swimming and the American Swim Coaches Association. He is also an active member of esteemed organizations like the National Federation of High School Sports, International Swim Coaches Association, NISCA (National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association), and the College Swim Coaches Association of America. His involvement in the Florida Zone Team and National Select Camp staff, as well as his contributions to various Boards and Committees related to FSHAA Swimming and Florida Swimming, highlight his dedication to the swimming community.

As a testament to his coaching expertise, Coach Goller holds a Certified Level 4 American Swim Coaches Association certification. He has been recognized as one of the "2022 Top 50 Age Group Coaches in the US" and was honored with the title of "2023 Florida Age Group Coach of the Year."

Beyond his professional life, Kyle treasures time spent with his fiancé, Danielle, and their two dogs. He's an avid sports enthusiast, with a particular passion for FSU Football. Raised in a military family, his father, Colonel (Retired) George Goller, and mother, Linda, instilled discipline and dedication. Furthermore, Kyle is a distinguished Eagle Scout.

 

Kyle Casias
Head Senior Coach
Lead Coach: Senior I, Pre-Senior
Contact: [email protected]
Kyle Casias brings along nearly a decade of experience in the world of aquatics. Before he began coaching in Fall 2015, he swam at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs for two years, where he majored in Foreign Area Studies with a focus in Africa and a minor in the French language.
 
Although he only started swimming in his freshman year at Fleming Island high school, he rose quickly as a leader and hard worker. His accolades include being a 3-time finalist in the FHSAA State Meet, the 2010 Champion for Senior Championships in the 100 Butterfly, a Top-10 finisher in the 100 and 200 Butterfly at the 2011 YMCA Nationals, a Winter National Qualifier and a two-time Scholastic All American.
 
Kyle hopes to become a multi-dimensional asset to Laker Aquatics by teaching a core philosophy of developing an athlete from the inside out.  In addition to being a decorated swimmer, he was also an Eagle Scout and holds character and morals to a high standard. He wishes to develop everyone he teaches to be more than a fast swimmer, but a champion of the journey!

 

Larry Jukes

Head Age Group Coach
Lead Coach: Blue, White
Contact: [email protected]

Larry Jukes has been a professional swim coach for over 17 years. He has found success at every location and level he has coached. In addition to coaching for Windermere Lakers Aquatics, Larry also coaches with Peak Performance Swim Camps, which has brought him opportunies to work at camps across the US and the world. Larry is also the head coach for the Windermere Preparatory School swim team.

Larry has qualified swimmers to the elite national level of USA Swimming from both high school and age group categories. He has also had numerous FLAG qualifiers and champions. Larry has a passion for teaching Olympic level technique and continuing to develop the next generation of Lakers.

As a swimmer, Larry began swimming in summer league and continued to swim all through college. He served as captain of the swim team at the University of Evansville. While attending college, Larry earned an accounting degree and a law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School.

Larry enjoys spending time with his wife, Susan and their three children.

 

Annie Pegues

Assistant Club Coach
Head Lessons Instructor
Lead Coach: Red
Contact: [email protected]

Since birth, Annie has been encompassed by the world of swimming. Both her mother & father were swimmers through college and moved on to become accomplished swim coaches. Annie grew up near the water, learning the tricks-of-the-trade at a young age. She swam competitively ages 5 through 18, from club, to varsity high school, to summer league. 
 
Due to her continued exposure to swimming, Annie discovered a passion for not only swimming, but teaching. She began teaching swim lessons as a junior instructor at age 13, and began teaching her own group and private lessons shortly thereafter. Annie became the lead instructor at TideWater Aquatics Club at 17, and following her parents footsteps, became a USA Swimming Coach at 18. 
 
Annie is a New Jersey native, but considers herself a Florida girl, having lived here for the last 8 years. She moved to Florida in January of 2016 to pursue her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Florida. While studying as a full time student, she also coached at Gator Swim Club. She moved to the Windermere area in October of 2018, and has been a coach and our head lessons instructor at Windermere Laker Aquatics for the past 5 and a half years. Annie has been coaching and teaching lessons continuously for the past 14 years, without losing her passion for learning and creating a love of the water for swimmers young and old. 
 
Outside of the pool, Annie is notorious for staying busy. She is a full time middle school science teacher at Windermere Preparatory School. Whatever free time she has left is shared with her fiance Joe, and their dog and two cats. Annie loves to travel, and is working on reaching her goal of visiting all 50 states before she turns 30 (she’s currently at 34 out of 50!).
 

Grace Khunduang

Assistant Club Coach
Lessons Instructor
Lead Coach: Red 2, Red 3
Contact: [email protected]

Grace is a graduate of the Windermere Lakers Aquatics program, and is a current student at University of Central Florida studying accounting. She was a national level qualifier, an FHSAA State finalist for West Orange High School. Her skills especially shone through in breaststroke and butterfly. She has transferred her work ethic from in the pool to on deck, where she now works with our lessons program and coaches many of our developmental groups.
 
Coach Grace is also the Assistant Coach for the Windermere High School girls and boys swim team. In their 2023 Fall Season, the girls team placed second and the boys team placed third overall in the Class 4A FHSAA State Championship meet. 
 

 

Rachel Barkowitz

Assistant Club Coach
Lessons Instructor
Lead Coach: Senior II
Team Admin
Contact: [email protected]

Rachel's love of swimming started on her local JCC team in Boston, when the expectations of her parents and coaches were exceeded just by making it across the pool. After a hiatus into the world of theatre, Rachel swam for her high school varsity team in Massachusetts. She earned her first Red Cross certification during her CIT summer at sleepaway camp, and then began working at her town community pool as a lifeguard and junior lessons instructor.

Shortly after beginning her freshman year at Sarah Lawrence College, Rachel persued a job as a lifeguard, but was struggling to find her place socially. Her first lifeguard shift was spend with the co-captian of Sarah Lawrence's swim team, who expressed all the reasons why he loved college swimming. Rachel left that lifeguard shift determined to continue swimming competitively, which she did for three years. Rachel also continued to lifeguard and assist with swim lessons at school. After three years, she transferred schools to Columbia University. Rachel graduated college in 2019 with two bachelors degrees: one in liberal arts, and one in engineering.

After graduating, Rachel followed her family to Windermere. In 2019, she participated in the Walt Disney World college program as a lifeguard. She continued her work in Disney recreation throughout the pandemic, earning the roles of trainer, facilitator, and recreation coordinator. In August 2022, she was awarded the Walt Disney Legacy Award, which is given to less than 1% of all Disney Parks, Experience, and Products cast members across the globe, and considered one of the highest honors a cast member can recieve.

Rachel began coaching for Windermere Lakers Aquatics in spring of 2022, and now coaches almost every Lakers club and lesson group at least once a week. She grateful to help inspire a love of aquatics in the next generation of competitive swimmers.