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Casey is an alumni of LAC who has returned
to coach the team.As Head
Coach, he oversees the entire LAC competitive swim program, working
directly with the Senior and Senior Prep training
groups. Casey came on as an assistant at LAC
in 2005 before being named the Head Coach in 2008. As an
assistant coach, Casey helped LAC develop its Age Group swimmers
into successful Senior level swimmers. His swimmers broke
multiple team records, qualified for the Eastern Zone All Star
team, were Junior Olympic Champions, and placed top 16 in the
country. Also, in the summer on 2007 Casey helped coach the
13-14 girls to a team championship at Junior Olympics.
In the time since Casey has taken over as
the Head Coach of LAC the team has broken over 30 team records
including multiple relay records. At the Sectional meet in
Boyds, MD in 2009 LAC placed 6th overall (4th in women, 9th in
men). He has also coached a PIAA state Champion, both an
individual Sectional Champion and a relay Championship, a USA
Junior National finalist, 4 USA Junior National qualifiers, and a
National Select Camp qualifier.
Before coaching at LAC, Casey was the
assistant coach for Durham Academy in Durham, NC from
2004-2005.
As a swimmer at LAC, Casey was a 3 time Jr
National Champion, qualified and swam both the 200 and 400IM at the
2000 Olympic Trials and placed 20th in the 200IM at the 2001 Summer
Nationals. Casey still holds several LAC team records. A graduate
ofNorth Carolina
where he attended on a swimming scholarship, Casey was a 6 time ACC
individual finalist and 5 time ACC individual Consolation finalist.
His 200IM time ranks 10th fastest all time in UNC swimming
history.
Stevie is an LAC alumna. She
recently graduated from Clarion University with a degree in
Elementary Education. While swimming at Clarion, Stevie was a
team captain and PSAC finalist in the 500, 1000 and 1650
freestyle. During college, Stevie coached the Ephrata summer
swim team.
Stevie is back for her second year
coaching LAC. During her first year she coached several
swimmers to making Junior Olympics and Zones, many being first time
qualifiers. Stevie will work primarily with the Senior Group and
Advanced Age Group. Stevie is ASCA Level 2.
Margaret swam
for Cardinal O’Hara High School and then swam for and
graduated from
WidenerUniversity
with a degree in Sports
Management/Business Administration. Her USS team while growing up
was the Wallingford-Swarthmore Seadevils.
Margaret has coached at the Ridley Township Swim Club, Tinicum
Township Swim Club,
Notre
DameAcademy
(Villanova) and
CabriniCollege
. She works primarly with B
and C swimmers. Margaret is ASCA Level Two.
Dale was an LAC Assistant Coach
from 1999 to 2004, working with Age Groups A and B. He
returns to the Club this season (2008) to coach with his
nephew, Casey and niece, Stevie. Dale will be working with C
Gold and assisting with the Tenacious A and Senior training
groups.
Dale swam " a long time ago" for the Virginia Tech
Hokies. He graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in
Statistics/Mathematics. While attending Virginia Tech , Dale
Coached a Summer Team in Radford, Virginia.
Lisa is a 2010 graduate from the University of
Pittsburgh where she attended on an athletic scholarship. While swimming at PITT, Lisa was one of six
Panthers to score top 16 finishes in all of her individual and
relay events at the Big East Championship, was a member of multiple
top 5 relay teams, and was named the second highest point earner
for the 2010 Big East Championship. She
holds the second best recorded team times in the 100 and 200
freestyle, and the 200 I.M. She earned All Big East Team honors all
four years in a variety of events, including the 100, 200 free, 100
back, 100 fly, and 200 I.M and the 200, 400, and 800 free relays
which also earned NCAA provisional cuts.
In high school, Lisa competed for Hempfield
High School and Trident Swim Club. In
her senior season she was state
champion in the 100 freestyle and silver medalist in the 100
fly. She earned 16 district and 9 state
medals and earned All-American status in multiple events throughout
her high school career. She was a
Junior National, National, Grand Prix, and U.S Open World Trials
qualifier in the 100 backstroke with a time of 55.79 which placed
her 7th for the NAG in the 16 year old division.
This summer, Lisa is also coaching the Lititz
Springs Swim Team.
