Coaches
	Competitive Aquatics Director : Alex Baxter Email : Phone : 610-363-9622 ext. 2239 Years as a coach:                 7 years total. 1st year with LCY   What groups do you coach:    HEAD COACH. Lead Coach of Green Group   Where have you coached:       LCY! Sawtooth Masters Swimming 2009- Boise,ID Crane Creek Country Club 2009- Boise, ID Timberline High School 2003-2008- Boise,ID Boise Y Swim Team- 2003-2004- Boise,ID  Tualatin Hills Parks & Rec- 2002 Beaverton, OR   Years as a swimmer:                Been at it since I was 6, 23 years now!   Where/for whom did you swim:         Boise Y Swim Team- Boise, ID Borah High School- Boise, ID Linfield College- McMinnville, OR Sawtooth Masters- Boise, ID   What is your favorite stroke:  Distance Freestyle, Sprint Butterfly   What do you like to do when you’re away from the pool:     I’m a bit of a sports nut when I’m away from the pool. The sport depends on the time of year. In the winter I am an avid snowboarder and skier. In the Summer I am an open water swimmer and my goal is to try a few triathlons next year. I also watch my fair share of sports in my spare time. My favorite teams are almost all from the Northwest including my hometown team the Boise State Broncos!!!   Any other fun fact that people might like to read about: I have a small piece of the original Boise State Blue Turf sitting in my office for luck! I have a 2 year old dog named Buster who loves to give high fives!
	Lead Red Group Coach : Kaitlin Knecht Years as a coach: 8 years  What groups do you coach: Lead Red Group Coach   Where have you coached: Lionville YMCA (since the moment I graduated high school)   Years as a swimmer: 10 years   Where/for who did you swim: Lionville YMCA/Great Valley High School   What is your favorite stroke: Distance Freestyle
	: Bria Cerra Years as a coach: 8 total What groups do you coach: Green, Blue, and Yellow on Tuesday, Green on Friday   Where have you coached: West Chester YMCA in 2002, Lionville YMCA since 2003   Years as a swimmer: 8   Where/for who did you swim: Blue Dolphin Aquatics and ScrantonHigh School in Scranton, PA   What is your favorite stroke: Distance Freestyle   What do you like to do when you’re away from the pool: Studying for my MBA, playing with my dog, Paddington, spending time with friends and family, cooking, watching the Phillies and college basketball   Any other fun fact that people might like to read about: I tend to meet famous sports stars or coaches (David Wells, Coach K, Jay Wright, JC Romero and Raul Ibanez) while waiting in line for coffee.
	Lead Yellow, assistant for Red : Kristen Ficca Years as a coach: 4 years   What groups do you coach: Lead Yellow, assistant for Red   Where have you coached: LCY   Years as a swimmer: 14   Where/for who did you swim: BCY/LCY/JMU Swim Club   What is your favorite stroke: Distance Free and Backstroke   What do you like to do when you’re away from the pool: I’m an Audiologist for an ENT practice in Exton; I love watching baseball and football (especially the Phllies, Eagles, and JMU Dukes!)   Any other fun fact that people might like to read about: I love to cook, I make a pretty mean chicken parm
	: Ben Yahr  Years as a coach:  3 years  What groups do you coach:  Red, Blue and Yellow Where have you coached:  LCY   Years as a swimmer:  12 years   Where/for who did you swim:  4 years at Gateway High School in Monroeville, PA 10 years at the Jewish Community Center in Pittsburgh, PA   What is your favorite stroke:  100 Fly and any relay   What do you like to do when you’re away from the pool:  Spend time with my family
	: Christa Gilbert Years as a coach: I’m new to coaching at about one year’s experience   What groups do you coach: I help out where I can with all groups   Where have you coached: LCY   Years as a swimmer:  7 years   Where/for who did you swim:  Boyertown YMCA Navy Seals for winter (and 1 year with Reading YMCA), Boyertown Mako Sharks for summer,  Boyertown High School for high school swimming   What is your favorite stroke:  100 and 200 breastroke and 200 IM   What do you like to do when you’re away from the pool:  Mostly I work as an interior designer; however I try to spend as much time as possible with my awesome dog named Rockstar and my friends and family   Any other fun fact that people might like to read about:  My dog can balance a treat on his nose, its pretty cool!
	: Missey Kalucki Years as a coach: 0 – this is my 1st   What groups do you coach:  Red, Blue & Yellow   Where have you coached: N/A   Years as a swimmer:  12   Where/for who did you swim:  Coventryview (summers) & Pottstown YMCA (winters)   What is your favorite stroke: Fly & IM   What do you like to do when you’re away from the pool: Hang out with my kids – Owen, Fred & Jamie.  Scrapbook – although it has been a while since I have been able to scrap.   Any other fun fact that people might like to read about: I have enjoyed doing Sprint Tri’s for the last 2 years and I will be doing my 1st Olympic Tri in June 2010.
	: Kathy Collier Years as a coach: Brand new to Lionville, 6 years in Summer League in NVSL (Northern Virginia), one year as High School Coach in Western PA   What groups do you coach: Red and Blue   Where have you coached: Northern Virginia Swimming League, Westmoreland County PA (Burell Senior High School)   Years as a swimmer: 13   Where/for who did you swim: for NVSL (Orange Hunt Sharks), for AAU/USS (MDW, CURL {now CUBU}), for High School (Lake Braddock Secondary School),  for Masters (Charlottesville Area Swim Team) and also for Natacion de Monterrico  in Lima, Peru   What is your favorite stroke: Backstroke   What do you like to do when you’re away from the pool:  be with my family, read, volunteer   Any other fun fact that people might like to read about:  spent most of my youth living outside of the United States
	: Steve Hessler Years as a coach: 0 – this is my 1st What groups do you coach:  Volunteer assistant coach for Red and Blue groups.    Where have you coached: N/A   Years as a swimmer:  Started swimming open water swims competively just last year.   Where/for who did you swim:  Not previously a competitive swimmer, however, I've been ocean/bay board-sailing since I was 7 yrs old.  Life jackets tended to interfere with water-starts and weren't mandatory for a long time so reliable freestyle skills were required.   What is your favorite stroke: Distance Free   What do you like to do when you’re away from the pool: Spend time with my Family, design buildings on my Mac, and hang out with our friends.   Any other fun fact that people might like to read about: I'm in the pool 3-4 mornings a week...taking my first TI swim instruction in March and I've got my eye on two Atlantic Ocean Open-Water Events for this Summer - a 1/2 mile swim and a one mile swim.