Swim Team
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Head
Senior Team Coach and Owner Marin Pirates Swim
Team
The
Senior Team is coached by Warren Lager, who begins his 32nd season
at the helm of the Marin Pirates Swim
Team.
Warren and his wife Amy have lived
in
Phone: 415 898-0249
Fax: 415
898-9619
Tom has been coaching for 20 years and is an ASCA level 3 Coach. Tom began his coaching career with the Walnut Creek Aqua Bears and Concord Terrapins as an assistant coach in the early 90’s. He was the San Marin High School Coach for four seasons and spent 11 years as a Marin Swim League Head Coach and was voted "Coach of the Year" in 2002 before leaving the Marin Swim League at the end of that season.
Tom began his affiliation with the Marin Pirates in 1998 and has been the primary coach for the 14-under swimmers ever since and has produced numerous Far Western amd Western Zone finalist, champinons and over 25 NRT (National Reportable Time) swimmers. The Age Group program at IVC has also produced 3 Junior National qualifiers along with 6 Sectional qualifiers.
Tom and his wife Liz have lived
in
"Swimming is and
always has been an integral part of my life. The life lessons I have learned
from those who have coached me to those I have coached and now
coach have helped form the values and discipline by which I try to
live life today."
Jeremy Engman began coaching in 1997 in an offseason winter clinic with MSL’s Scott Valley Swim Team, a job which led him into coaching the MSL Seals for two seasons from 1998-2000. Jeremy was the head girl's Varisty Swim Coach at Tamalpais High School for 2011 & 2012. He is a past MSL swimmer and has been competing since the age of five. Participating in the Marin Swim League he was a 5 time team MVP, and 2 time coach’s award winner. Jeremy had 8 top three Championships and All-star finishes and participated in the SVST 5 time record breaking free and medley relay team. He was also the 1997 SVST Swimmer of the Year. Growing up in Mill Valley, Jeremy returned to Northern California after working abroad for the past six years in the Dominican Republic with his wife. Jeremy has a BA in Ethnic Studies from the University of Colorado. He also graduated from the World School of Massage and Holistic Healing in 2004 and studied selective alternative healing methods at Emperors College of Oriental Medicine in Southern California. Jeremy took selected studies in Qi Gong, Tai Chi, and a balanced introduction to fundamental oriental medicine and energetic healing. Jeremy lives in San Rafael with his wife Marcialeny.
Sarah comes to the Pirates with 19 years experience in the aquatics field, with increasing responsibilities and challenges as a swim coach and instructor. Sarah began her coaching career 11 years ago with the Marin Swim League as an assistant coach with the Rolling Hills Stingrays and then with Novato Riptide. She has spent 17 years supervising aquatic programs and teaching swim lessons to children of all ages. Sarah spends her day working in a kindergarten classroom, but her passion is coaching swimming. Sarah has a daughter Kellie, who has grown up around the pool. Kellie has been swimming competitively since she was 4 and truly enjoys being in the pool!
"Swimming is a magnificent sport for athletes of all abilities and interests"
I was born and raised in Williamsburg, Virginia, where I started swimming and playing other sports at an early age. Competitive swimming helped me earn a scholarship to swim in college at the University of North Carolina, where I specialized in the 200 butterfly before a shoulder injury forced me to retire from competing after 3 years. I earned my degree in Philosophy in 2005 and have been coaching swimming at every level and every age group since then. In 2011, I started training at CrossFit gym and have since gone on to compete at CrossFit and become a Level 1 Certified CrossFit coach and am currently employed at Tamalpais CrossFit. Living in California is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream for me and I am extremely excited to become a part of the Marin Pirate family and share my wisdom, passion and experience with everyone!
Holly is from Penngrove California. This is her second year of coaching for Marin Pirates but she has been involved with swimming for 14 years. She started swimming at 5 years old for Piranha Swim Team in Rohnert Park. When she was 11, she began swimming with Twin Valley Aquatics in Petaluma and then at age 13, she swam for the Westside Aquaducks. She was a "Pacific All Star" swimmer. She graduated from Petaluma High School in 2010 being voted "Most Inspirational" her Sophomore year and "Most Valuable Player" her Freshman and Senior year. She is the Head Lifeguard at Petaluma swim center and has been working there since 2008. She is currently attending Santa Rosa Junior College to get her general education completed and get AS in Criminal Justice and then transfer to a four-year college to get her BA. She is planning on swimming this year for Santa Rosa Junior College. With all the years of experience, inside and outside the pool she is versatile in the way she coaches. She has been honored to work with many different coaches and this has led her to be a better swimmer and a better coach. She feels that swimming is the best sport to gain life lessons that truly will last a lifetime.
Harmon first started swimming on the Petaluma Rip Tides when he was 4, and then on Twin Valley Aquatics from when he was 7 to 14 and finally the Santa Rosa Neptunes for a year afterwards, He also swam for the Petaluma High School swim team for two years. Having completed over 13 years of competitive swimming, he is starting his first year coaching on the Marin Pirates in 2012. He is living in Petaluma and has previously taught swim lessons in Petaluma with Forevers aquatics for two years. In addition to coaching he works with Creedence Corporation in construction. In February he is entering the Navy Special Forces as a Diver and hopes to pursue a career in commercial diving afterwards.
Swimming has always been a part of Marta’s life. Born in Colorado, she started swimming for the Rockrimmon Swim Team. After moving to California in 2000 she joined the Strawberry Seals and swam with them for 7 years. While there she received the Outstanding Dedication Award and several Coaches Awards. Marta attended Tamalpais High School where she played water polo and swam on the varsity swim team. She then coached for the Strawberry Seals for 3 years. She lifeguards and teaches lessons at the Strawberry Recreation pool. This season she will also help coach the Tamalpais High School girls swim team. Marta attended University of California Santa Cruz, which included a semester abroad in London. She graduated in June 2011 with a BA in Politics.
Lauren started swimming when she was 5 within the Marin Swim League and continued her competitive participation for 13 years on the MSL Strawberry Seals. She participated in Tamalpais High Schools Swimming and Water Polo programs. After graduating from Tam Lauren continued swimming and participated in water polo at College of Marin. She currently attends San Francisco State and will be receiving her BA this year in Child Adolescent development. Lauren is also the Assistant Coach for the Tam High Girls Swim Team.
Rachel began swimming competively at age 5 with the Rolling Hills Stingrays. She continued on to the Marin Pirates at age 7 and swam through high school. She also swam on the San Marin High School team. During that time, she was in the San Marin Advanced Drama class and performed in all of the San Marin High School productions. She also started a Drama Club at Sinaloa Middle School and at Hamilton. She enjoys working with children and is happy to be coaching the Age-Group program at Kentfield while she attends College of Marin this spring.
