Coach Amy started swimming at 8 years old for her USA Swimming team and has been a part of the sport ever since. Coach Amy started coaching at 15 and has been a certified USA Swimming coach since she was 18. She has been on deck for summer league, YMCA, High School competition, and USA Swimming spread across Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. For the past three years, Coach Amy was Head Coach of KIDS in Northampton. She brings a wide range of experience and expertise to our pool deck and we want everyone to join us in welcoming Amy to BLUE!

Fun Facts about Coach Amy - My favorite memory as a swimmer is looking up in the stands and always seeing my parents watching me swim. My favorite memory as a coach was when I took 4 female swimmers to YMCA Nationals. Something no one at the pool deck knows about me is I LOVE watching scary movies in the dark with my Christmas tree lights on!

Coach Annalise started swimming when she was in kindergarten and has been ever since! Annalise was a KIDS and BLUE USA swimmer and continued after graduating from Northampton High School at Arcadia University. Annalise joined our BLUE staff in 2022 coaching various age groups bringing her love for the sport to all of the athletes.

Annalise was a PIAA HS Swimming District XI AAA district meet qualifier, V arsity HS swim team Captain, Middle Atlantic Conference Swim Championship finalist qualifier, and Arcadia University swim team Captain.

Fun Facts about Coach Annalise - My favorite swim memory as an athlete is going on training trips to Puerto Rico with my college teammates! As a coach it is from short course champs 23-24 season. Knowing how hard all of the swimmers I coached worked and seeing them go best times and even win some medals was a pretty fun time and month!  I love to travel abroad, and even spent time studying abroad in Ireland during my time at Arcadia.

Coach Brenek has been swimming since the age of 7 and started at the team Penn Jersey Aquatics. Brenek joined BLUE at age 12 and swam up to age 20. Coach Brenek went to Bangor High School competing in District 11's AA Conference. Bangor does not have its own school swim team but Nazareth allowed the Bangor swimmers to train and travel with Nazareth's HS team for competition.

Coach Brenek took first place in the PIAA District 11 AA High School Championship representing Bangor High School in 2018 for 100 Fly and Back, 2019 for 100 Fly and Free, and 2020 for 100 Fly and Back. He also set the District record in 2019 for 100 Fly and in 2020 for 100 Back. Coach Brenek took home medals from the PIAA State AA High School Championships for 100 Fly/Free/Back. He also went to USA Jr Nationals in 2019 competing in Back and Fly.

Fun Facts about Coach Brenek - My favorite memory of swimming is when I was able to swim with my day one best friend Morgan O’Brien and representing Bangor High School at districts and states because we didn’t have an "official" team. I love coaching because I can share my favorite sport with youth swimmers. I like to do outdoor activities like hiking.

Coach Victoria has been involved with the sport of swimming since she was 8 years old. She has been a competitive swimmer for about 16 years and has been teaching swim in some capacity for the last 13 years. Victoria has been on the Nazareth YMCA Blue Fins, Palmer Swim Team, Lehigh Valley Aquatics, Nazareth Narwhals, Nazareth High School Varsity, BLUE Swimming and Drexel University team. She has also coached for Palmer Swim Team, Nazareth Narwhals, Nazareth SFYS, BLUE Lessons and USA team, and Drexel University.

Coach Victoria was a 5x PIAA District XI Champion and earned multiple other medals at PIAA District XI meets over her high school career, 11x PIAA State qualifier and 1x medalist, 2017 Coordinated Health Overall Athlete of the Year, High School All-American, High School Team Record Holder in the 50 free/200&400 free relay/200 medley relay, First Team All Area & EPC Swimming All Star, Nazareth HS Team MVP & High Point Scorer, Nazareth HS Captain, USA Swimming Junior National Qualifier,  NSCA Strength and Conditioning All-American, Drexel Dragon Program Record Holder in 200/400 free relay, CAA Conference Individual and Relay medalist (Gold 200/400 free relay, Silver 200 free relay, Bronze 200 medley relay and 100 butterfly), CSCAA NIC qualifier in the 50&100 free/100 fly/200&400 free relay/200&400 medley relay, Iron Dragon Award, Drexel Dragon Captain, Scholar Athlete, and a CAA SAAC National Representative.

Fun Facts about Coach Victoria - My favorite memory on the pool deck as an athlete is doing some out-of-the-box sets and training with one of BLUE's past coaches, Shawn Delifus, that challenged me physically and mentally. My favorite memory as a coach is seeing individuals that I worked with as 8 and unders (or younger) still be involved in the sport and influencing the next young cohort now as high schoolers/senior age group swimmers. Something that no one on the pool deck would know about me is that I can't dance to save my life but will never pass up an opportunity to bust a move or have a little dance party.

Coach Scott started swimming with the New Kensington YMCA at age 10. Scott was a swimmer and diver in summer league for Hillcrest Country Club in Lower Burrell, PA. Scott was a swimmer and diver throughout his high school career at Valley High School in New Kensington, PA and was a district and state qualifier in both swimming and diving. When Scott graduated high school in 1987, he enlisted in the United States Navy and was a Gunner's Mate and Search Air Rescue swimmer onboard the USS England CG-22. In 2004 Scott began teaching swim lessons at the Nazareth YMCA and in time became certified as a YMCA official when his oldest daughter started competitive swimming. He rose to the rank of Referee with the Y before switching over to become certified as a USA Swimming official, now being a USA Referee. Scott along with his wife Lisa are founding members of Blue Eagle Swim Team. Scott joined Blue as an assistant coach in 2020 and currently conducts swim lessons, private lessons, fills in with the USA groups as needed and helps with the diving program.

Fun Facts about Coach Scott - My favorite memory as a swimmer is the first time I qualified with my high school medley relay for PA states. We were seeded in the meet pretty low and in the end we took 6th. Three of us were freshman and we couldn't believe it!  My favorite memory and reason why I coach is helping kids realize they CAN be a swimmer and watching their confidence grow with each lap. I have always loved comic books and have written and published my first  comic book series named MARCVS. I am excited to continue writing with Dreamscape Publishing.

Coach Jess started swimming for her summer swim club in NJ at age 5,  competed for the club teams Jersey Gators and FSPY, and her High School team at Bishop Ahr. Jess swam in college at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. While at UMass, Jess coached the Triathlon Club's swim workouts and was an assistant coach at the school's summer swim camp. She spent 1 year as an assistant coach for the Circle C Select Swim Team in Austin, TX. Jess joined our BLUE staff in 2022.

Coach Jess was a Co-Captain of the UMass swim team, previous record holder for UMass in 100 breast and the 400 medley relay, and named twice to the Atlantic - 10 Academic All Conference Team.

Fun Facts about Coach Jess - My favorite memory as a swimmer is A-10 Champs my Senior year when there was a delay in the meet and the whole pool deck turned into a dance party. My favorite memory as a coach is anytime I get to watch a swimmer who has been working so hard on being legal in a stroke finally swim it without getting DQed in a race. I was the highest scoring Mathlete my Junior and Senior year of High School. 

Coach Macawley started swimming when she was in 4th grade for her local YMCA team, the Pittston Piranhas. She continued on through high school, swimming for Wyoming Area in Exeter, PA, and then for King’s College. After college graduation, Macawley began teaching Spanish and coaching Varsity Girls swimming at Phillipsburg High School. A year later, Macawley also became a USA Swimming coach with PennJersey Aquatics, and then came over to coach with BLUE when the teams merged in 2017.

Coach Macawley was/received 2016 Lehigh Valley Live Varsity Swim Coach of the Year, 2014 (spring) Capital One Academic All-District Team AND 2015 Capital One Academic All-American Team, 2015 King’s College Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award, the Female Athlete of the Year Award AND the Swim Team Most Valuable Player Award, 2015 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Senior Swimmer Scholar Athlete of the Year Award, 2015 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) First Team All-Conference Awards in the 100/200 Butterfly, Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Second Team All-Conference Awards 200 Medley Relay/400 Medley Relay/400 Free Relay in 2015, 100 Butterfly/200 Medley Relay in 2014, and 400 Free Relay in 2013, Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Winter Sports All-Academic Team 2013/2014/2015, a former King’s College School Record Holder in the 200&400 Freestyle&Medley Relay/200 Butterfly, CSCAA (College Swimming Coaches Association of America) Scholar All-American Honors for Women's Swimming 2011-2015 seasons, and is the current King’s College School Record Holder in the 50&100 Freestyle/100 Butterfly.

Fun Facts about Coach Macawley -  My favorite memory of swimming as an athlete are too numerous to mention. Swimming was, and still remains, such a huge part of my life. I am lucky to get to share my love for swimming with so many athletes throughout the years! My favorite memory as a coach was beating Easton my first year as a head coach at Phillipsburg in 2016.  I am an avid reader. I read 81 books last year.

Lisa is one of BLUE's founding members and truly enjoys being an advocate for the athletes and families of this organization. From helping with day to day tasks to future planning for BLUE's success, Lisa is dedicated to making BLUE's mission a reality. Lisa is an absolute sport enthusiast and grew up playing volleyball, basketball and softball. She believes that the values you learn in sport and competition are ones you can take with you throughout your life. Through the good to the not-so-good at times, every experience is an opportunity to learn and grow.

Fun Facts about Lisa - My favorite memory as an athlete is looking up into the seats at whatever sport I was playing at the time and seeing my family. I cherish those days and will never forget the love and support they always showed me. Something that no one on the pool deck would know about me is that I grew up on a farm and worked in the fields and tended to our animals with my Mom, Dad and other family members. It gave me an immeasuarble work ethic and made me STRONG!