Kanakadea Valley Aquatic Club
Alfred, New York

 

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Meet the KVAC Coaching Staff

 

  KVAC Coaches are certified by USA Swimming, INC., and carry the following certifications:

 
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First Aid,
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CPR for the Professional Rescuer,
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Lifeguard Training,
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and Automatic External Defibrillator (AED).

 

  Beginner & Intermediate Coach - Warren Dolben, Brett Irwin, Calista Merritt

     

        Warren Dolben - Previus coach for KVAC.  USA Swimmer.  Warren is currently a Freestyle/Breaststroker for the AU swim team. In 2010, Warren took 5th in the 100-yd breaststroke and 14th in the 200-yd breaststroke at the NYS championships.  Warren swam on the team that won the 400-yd medley relay and placed 5th in the 200-yd medley relay at the championship meet.   Warren was also the team's 3rd highest dual-meet scorer with 10 wins and 5 2nd place finishes in individual races while swimming on 6 winning relay teams.   In 2009, Warren placed 14th in the 200-yd IM, 15th in the 100-yd breaststroke and 17th in the 200-yd breaststroke at the UNYSCSA championships and had 5 wins and 5 runner-up finishes in dual meets.  Prior to AU, Warren swam for Berwick Academy in South Berwick, NH.

        

        Brett Irwin - Previus coach for KVAC.  USA Swimmer.  Brett is currently a butterfly swimmer for the AU swim team. Prior to AU, Brett swam at Waylan-Cohocton High school where he was a two-time Section V champ in the 100-yd butterfly and a one-time champ in the 100-yd backstroke.  Brett earned Swimmer of the Meet honors at the 2009 Livingston County Athletic Association championships.

 

        Calista Merritt - AU graduate student and currently AU assistant swim coach. Calista is also a prior undergradute on AU swim team where in 2010 she swam on the team that took 12th in the 800-yd freestyle relay and 14th in the 400-yd freestyle relay at the State Championship meet. She also had 1 win and 11 runner-up finishes in dual-meet individual races and swam on 1 winning dual-meet relay team.  In 2009, Calista had 11 top 3 finishes in dual-meet individual races and also swam on teams that finished 1st in 3 relays. She placed 24th in the 1,650-yd freestyle at the NYS championship meet and swam on the 400-yd & 800-yd freestyle relay teams that placed 14th.  In 2008, Calista swam on the team that placed 11th in the 800-yd freestyle relay, had 8 top 3 finishes in dual meets and swam on teams that won 2 relay races in dual meets.  Prior to her swim career at AU, Calista swam at Livonia High School where she helped lead her team to a Sectional Championship in 2006 - 07.