Profiles of the GAC Coaching Staff and GAC Board of Directors
Angelique grew up in Arlington, Texas, where she began swimming at the age of 8 years old. Angelique swam club with Mid-Cities-Arlington Swim Team year round as well as for her high school swim team before going on to swim at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Angelique graduated from MIT in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. Angelique coached MIT Masters Swimming while living in Boston before moving to Houston in 2004 to go to law school. In 2016, Angelique moved to Colorado where she was a coach for Boulder Aquatic Masters, the Fairview High School boys' swim team, and MESA Summer Swim League. In the fall of 2018, Angelique moved to Montana. Angelique is a practicing attorney and loves that she can continue to coach in Montana.
Karen swam competitively
growing up in Ohio. She has taught swim lessons for many
years and supervises swim lessons at The Summit. Karen enjoys
identifying new prospective swimmers for GAC in the swim lesson
program. She began working for KATS as a sub/fill-in coach
for 2 years and then in 2015, Karen started to work with the
beginning/novice KATS. She continues to work with new
swimmers on the newly merged Glacier Aquatic Club team and assists
the other groups when
needed.
A life-long swimmer, Bridgette started in the pool at the age of 9 years old in Wisconsin. She swam through high school and college and continues to swim for the U.S. Masters. Coaching has always been a passion and once she graduated high school, she started coaching for the same YMCA swim team she once swam for. Now fifteen years later, she has coached for the Fox Cities Swim Team of Wisconsin, Great Falls Peak Waves Swim Team, Electric City Masters Swim Team and now is grateful to be a part of the Glacier Aquatic Club. Swimming has brought her so many life-long friends, travel opportunities and incredible memories. More than anything, she hopes to support and nurture the same passion and love for the sport that she has.
Coach Suzanne began swimming in El Paso, TX at the age of 6 on a summer-league team. While she did not pursue swimming in college, she began swimming Masters in her 20’s at Santa Clara Swim Club in California. After moving back to TX, she coached the swimming portion of a youth triathlete team & a masters team in the Woodlands for several years. After moving to MT, she began coaching the Wave Ryders and now Glacier Aquatic Club. Suzanne continues to swim with the adult team at the Wave. She enjoys open water competition, especially in the ocean. Suzanne’s love for swimming has only increased throughout the years. She prefers to focus on good technique in the water & work one-on-one with kids who want extra coaching. In addition to swimming, Suzanne loves hiking, skiing, CrossFit, & cooking.