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Coaching Staff
HEAD SENIOR COACH
Kevin O'Shea
Kevin’s coaching career spans three decades
working with swimmers at all levels including NCAA Division I,
USA, YMCA, High School, and Summer League. As head coach of the
Boise YMCA Swim Team and the Bellevue Eastside Swim Team, he
developed National and Junior National level swimmers and placed
swimmers on United States National teams. His teams placed in
the Top Ten at both the Region 12 Senior Championships and the
National YMCA Championships. Kevin was selected to be a member
of the coaching staff for the 1987 USOC Olympic Festival and the
1990 USA Swimming Select Camp at the Olympic Training Center in
Colorado Springs. Kevin received the American Swimming Coaches
Association Award of Excellence in 1982, 1985, and 1989.
Kevin coaches the Senior and
High School groups.
HEAD AGE GROUP COACH
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Grace Wong
Grace started with Chinook in early 1997 as a Novice
and Developmental coach, and now works primarily with the Sectional
and Blue groups. Grace became Chinook's head age group coach in
2005. Grace started her coaching with the the Lindbergh
High School girls' and boys' teams. Grace has developed a range
of swimmers from notice to sectional- and zone-level swimmers, and
has coached on two PNS
All-Star teams and PNS swim camps. She also served a few years
on the PNS Board of Directors. Grace swam competitively
for Renton Area Aquatics, which after some mergers eventually became
part of Chinook. Grace graduated
from the University of Puget Sound and has her MA from Seattle University.
Grace coaches the Renton Sectional and Blue groups.
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ASSISTANT COACHES LeAnne McClaskey
Leanne has a long history with Chinook as a swimmer
and a coach. During her competitive swimming years, she became a Top 16
National Qualifier (short-course & long-course), a two-time state
champion and
state record holder for
Seattle Prep, as well as a Junior National-West Champion and
record holder in the 200 backstroke before heading off to UCLA, where
she became an
NCAA All-American & Olympic Trials qualifier. After 13 years of
competitive swimming under her belt, LeAnne began coaching the
UCLA Master's Swim Team while finishing her UCLA degree,
Lakeridge
Swim Club, and Seattle Prep. Upon graduation,
LeAnne became a part of the Chinook family once again, coaching the
Mercer Island Red, White & Blue Groups. She's also co-coached
Bellevue Red & White Groups, as well as the Renton White Group.
Returning to Chinook has given LeAnne the opportunity to give back to a
sport that has taught her so much about herself, but to give back to a
team that helped shape her swimming career.
LeAnne coaches the MI/Bellevue Sectional group.
Connor Gordon
Connor grew up in Spokane and started swimming on a novice summer
league for fun. He fell in love with the world of competitive
swimming and continued swimming on the local YMCA team and Spokane
Area Swim. Connor coached the novice team at the YMCA and has taught
swim lessons for numerous years. Connor recently graduated from the
University of Washington.
Connor coaches the Bellevue Blue, White and Red groups.
Kathleen Turner
"Swimming has always
been a big part of my life. At a young age I took lessons, was on the
town swim team and started my lifelong love for swimming by joining a
USA team. I continued to swim through High School and all the way
through college at Wheaton
College in MA. My favorite event in college was the 400 IM, where
I held the school record for 5 years. In addition to my own swimming, I
was constantly involved in coaching swim lessons, lifeguarding, and
coached a USA team (Patriot Swim Club in MA) for 2 years. Coaching
swimming combines my two passions of working with kids and being at the
pool. I am really looking forward to being part of this great team,
meeting you all and working with your kids in a fun, encouraging
atmosphere." Kathleen recently completed her Masters in Education in
School Counseling.
Kathleen coaches the Renton White and Red groups.
Emery Desper
Emery coaches the Mercer Island Blue, White and Red
groups.
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