Coaches and Directors

Coaches and Directors
Coaching Staff
Jessie Hevener (804) 814-3902
Swimming Background: Jessie started swimming when she was 7 years old for her local neighborhood pool and was introduced to year-around swimming at the Midlothian YMCA. When she was 13, she joined Poseidon Swimming where she fell in love with distance swimming and went on to compete at the Eastern Zone Championship in 2013 in the 1500 and 800 Freestyle. Since then, she has continued pursuing distance sports including open water distance swimming up to 10 miles long as well as triathlons. 
 
Coaching Career: She started her journey as a swim instructor at SwimRVA back in 2012 and then moved onto be the Assistant Coach for the Midlothian YMCA Tidal Waves in September of 2016. Shortly after, she became the Head Coach for the Powhatan YMCA Barracudas where she grew the team from 22 to 87 swimmers from when she started in November 2016 until she left to pursue her college degree in July of 2019. After that, she was an intern then full-time coach for NOVA of Virginia Aquatics (August 2019- July 2022) and graduated Summa Cum Laude with her Bachelors in Health, Physical Education, and Exercise Science in December of 2020. 
 
She is very excited to be returning to the Powhatan YMCA as not only as their Head Swim Team Coach, but also as their new Aquatics Director.  She is passionate about helping individuals learn how to swim, improve their technique, and create goals. She is excited to be working with the Powhatan Barracudas once again and looks forward to helping our swimmers reach their potential through developing good practice habits, fundamental techniques, and good sportsmanship. 
Nathan Veater (804) 356-5045

Hi, I'm Coach Nathan and this is my 6th season coaching the Barracuda swim team. I have been swimming competitively since i was 5 years old. I still enjoy swimming in my free time including playing games and having fun. My favorite stroke is Breastroke. 

Benjamin Compton
Chloe Balas
Bailey Pennington

Bailey has been on the Powhatan YMCA swim team since she was in kindergarten. She has volunteered with the swim team for two years and is very excited to be an official coach this season! She is 15 years old and going into her sophomore year at Powhatan High School where she enjoys swimming on the school team. Her favorite stroke is butterfly and she also likes open water swimming. In her free time she likes to hang out with her friends, scrapbook, and go to the gym. She is very excited to get to know all the swimmers and have an amazing summer!

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