Swim Team Coaches
The
ACWS Coaching Team
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Dave Horton,
Head
Coach
Coach Dave has been with the ACWS for
several years and has proven to be a highly effective and motivating force
to our younger swimmers. Dave is a certified USA Swimming Coach
and can usually be found in the water
with the swimmers, providing hands on instruction to help our younger
swimmers to learn their strokes and the mechanics of the turn.
Coach Dave has experience in sports coaching, however he came to swimming later
in his coaching career, and has proved to be more than capable. He lives in York Haven with his wife
(Susan) and three children: Alyssa, David & Laura, of which David is
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Jeff Lyden, Assistant
Coach
Jeff
Lyden has been assisting with coaching duties for several seasons with the ACWS. A competitive swimmer in his earlier days, Jeff is familiar
with the importance of good stroke technique, conditioning and a
positive winning attitude. Mr. Lyden enjoys all sports and has
coached basketball, baseball and soccer. Not lost in all of the
sports is his belief that a good athlete also has to be a good student.
To that end, it is his goal to have a positive impact on the lives of
kids by caring and motivating them to work hard to achieve their goals.
He
is involved in Boy Scouts of America - Troop 54, and active in Highland
PTO and the Lemoyne Middle School.
Coach Lyden lives in Camp Hill with his wife Jennifer and two children:
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Kate
Savidge, Assistant Coach
With a true passion for swimming Katelyn
Savidge enjoys spending her time on deck coaching our Swimmers.
Her experience involves 6 years of instructing swim lessons for the Red
Cross & assistant coaching for the Aquatic Club of the West Shore since
the Fall of 2009. She hopes to encourage all swimmers to believe in
themselves & that anything is possible.
Kate graduated Rochester Institute of Technology in 2008; where she
majored in Interior Design, minored in Finance & concentrated in Spanish
Culture. While at RIT she swam for the Varsity Swim Team and attended
New York State's Empire 8 Athletic Conference. In 2007 she was awarded
RIT's Excellence in Fitness & Wellness Award. During the spring of 2004
she swam on Red Land's District team.
Currently, Kate works full time as a commercial interior designer and
looks forward to this season's possibilities.
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You can send an email directly to any of our
coaches by clicking on their name above or below.
Coaches'
Corner
"The coaching staff of the ACWS are here for your swimmer and will gladly
address any questions or concerns you may have, both here and
after practice if you should choose to speak with us in person."
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