Olympian Swim Club Staff 25-26
Lesley Serediak
OSC Head Coach
headcoach@olympianswimclub.com
Coach Lesley has been coaching with the Olympian Swim Club since 2010, and has since helped to reshape all areas of the OSC technical programming. Since joining, the club has improved performances on all levels from novice to National. Her attention to focus on an IM based program has turned Olympians in to a well rounded swim club. Lesley's ability to teach progressions have been fundamental to coach swimmer improvement. Lesley takes pride in the mentorship program that has seen the Olympian staff to grow and deliver a detailed technical program through all stages of the Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) plan. Since becoming Head Coach, Lesley has had the privilege to be involved with several Swim Canada Select teams over the last 12 months. She was selected to take part in a technical Breastroke camp as well as a distance freestyle camp thanks to her athlete development in these aspects of the program. Lesley also was selected to be a part of the National Select Coaches sessions for the 2020/2021 season where she was able to discuss stroke progressions with the top coaches in the country. Finally, she has also had the privilege to be selected to be a part of the Women in Coaching group, which the top female coaches in our sport an opportunity to collaborate and dicuss how to continue to move women forward in our sport. "I have been blessed to have been given the opportunity to coach amazing young athletes, including 4 Olympic Swimmers along my coaching journey!" Lesley is a Level 3 certified coach, and looks forward to helping her staff and swimmers be the best they can be.
Francois Coetzer
Assistant Head Coach & Mini O Coorindator
Provincial
francois@olympianswimclub.com
minio@olympianswimclub.com
Coach Francois has been around the pool deck for almost 30 years. He started his swimming career at the age of 11 and finished his career after two years with the University of Alberta Golden Bears.
After swimming, Francois switched to coaching and in 20 years has worked with a wide range of athletes from beginners to swimmers at the international level. Francois loves to learn about the sport and is constantly looking for inovative ways to promote, coach and help his athletes succeed. From 2010-2019 Francois was working as a personal trainer and athletic trainer for various companies, learning the ins and outs of dryland programming and training. However, he always wanted to get back on deck coaching swimmers. In 2019 he was given that opportunity to get back to working with swimmers and since then has not looked back.
Now in his third year at Olympian Swim Club, Francois has accepted the challenge of Mini-O Coordinator to oversee the pre-competitive program at OSC and build the best grassroots program in the Greater Edmonton area that will feed into the Competitive stream for generations.
Ehsan Shafaiyanfard
Head Age Group Coach
Regional
ehsan@olympianswimclub.com
Ehsan started swimming at the young age of 7 years old in Iran. He was a strong IM swimmer but as he got older started to focus more on his freestyle and butterfly strokes. Ehsan quickly became one of Iran’s top swimmers, breaking the national record in the 100 freestyle at the age of 17 and becoming a member of the Iranian National Swim Team. This lead to Ehsan competing at the Dubia World Cup in 2016 and the Turkmenistan Central Asian National Championships in 2017 where he won a bronze medal in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle.
Ehsan immigrated to Canada in 2021 after graduating from the Azad University of Tehran with a business administration degree. As soon as Ehsan came to Canada he joined the Olympian Swim Club as a mini-O coach before progressing to the JOW/OW groups. Last year Ehsan coached the JAG group. Ehsan brings with him a wealth of experience from coaching young kids in Iran and Canada, and also his own experience of swimming at the highest levels in the world. He is excited to share those experiences and his knowledge with the OSC swimmers and we are all looking forward to seeing him help OSC become the best club in the province and Canada.
Darian Chan
Senior Competitive
darian@olympianswimclub.com
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UofA Satellite Pool
Minh Nguyen
UofA Lead Coach
JAG
minh@olympianswimclub.com
Joyce Downey
UofA Assistant Coach
OW
joyce@olympianswimclub.com
Marae Waldron
UofA Assistant Coach
JOW
marae@olympianswimclub.com
Ellie Germain
UofA Assistant Coach
AGD
ellie@olympianswimclub.com
Fountain Park & MacEwan Satellite Pool
Agnieszka Howat
Fountain Park Lead Coach
JAG
agnieszka@olympianswimclub.com
Breanna Picken
Fountain Park Assistant Coach
OW & JOW 1
breanna@olympianswimclub.com
Kayla St. Pierre
Fountain Park Assistant Coach
JOW 2 & AGD
kayla@olympianswimclub.com
Robyn Coleman
MacEwan Lead Coach
JOW & AGD
robyn@olympianswimclub.com
Terwillegar Satellite Pool
Carley Allerston
Terwillegar Lead Coach
JAG
carley@olympianswimclub.com
Jennah Khazaal
Terwillegar Assistant Coach
OW
jennah@olympianswimclub.com
Brooke Anderson
Terwillegar Assistant Coach
JOW 1
brooke@olympianswimclub.com
Abby Allen
Terwillegar Assistant Coach
JOW 2
abby@olympianswimclub.com
Mini O's Coaches
Our Mini O's programming runs out of the University of Alberta Pool, Fountain Park Pool, MacEwan Pool and the Terwillegar Community Recreation Centre