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The North Oakland Waves Coaching Staff

Katie Sullivan - Head Coach                            sully76@hotmail.com

Grew up: Rochester Hills, Mi

 
Swam for:
Oakland Live Y'ers
Rochester Adams High school
Eastern Michigan
 
Coached with:
Lifetime fitness
Head Coach Stoney Creek High School
Assistant Coach Adams High School
Student assistant Coach EMU
Cyclone Swimming
North Oakland Waves
USC and OU swim camps
 
Favorite Ice Cream:  Mint Chocolate
 
James Collins - Assistant Head Coach

Grew Up: Huddersfield, England
Swam for
Borough of Kirklees ------ BOK  at 10 years old on.

National Honors:
1992 Yorkshire Youth Team member
1993 England Junior Champion--- 400 Free
1993 England Youth Squad member

College:
Oakland University 1994-1997, College Swimming Achievements:
4 year Dual Meet record 36-3, 4 x NCAA D2 National Champions, 5 x individual National Champion (200 free... 400 free relay… 3x 800 free relay), 6 x second place individual finishes (2 x 200 free… 3 x 500 free… 1 x 800 free relay), 21 x All American , 2 x Academic All American, Former school record holder 500 free, Former school record holder 800 free relay.

Coached with:
Oakland University as an assistant swim coach 1997-1999, North Oakland Waves 1999-present 
 

Timothy Hickey - Age Group Coach

Grew Up: Rochester, Michigan
 

Swam For:  OLY
                Heart of the Hills
                Adams H.S.
                Purdue University
                Oakland University
 
Coached With:  Adams H.S.  (14 years)
                      Heart of the Hills Swim Club
                      Lifetime Fitness
                      OLY, USSC
 
Honors:  All-American, Adams H.S. 1985,1986
            GLIAC Swimmer of the Year, Oakland U. 1989
 
Maria Musialczyk - Age Group Coach

Grew up: Grand Rapids, Michigan

Swam for: RAYS swim club 10 years
               Forest Hills Northern High school 4 years
              Oakland University 4 years

Coached with: This is the first team I have coached with. I used to coach for the Oakland University swim camps.

Favorite ice cream: Mint chocolate chip or vanilla bean.

 
Whitney Hall - Age Group Coach
 
Grew up: Rochester Hills Mi

Swam for:   I have been swimming with NOW for since the beginning. 
              
  Stoney Creek High School 4 years

Coached with:                                                                                                                This is my second year coaching with NOW.  

I now attend Oakland Community College, where I will receive my Associate's and then hopefully move to Central Michigan.

Favorite Ice Cream: Mint Chocolate Chip

 
Matt Kerstein - Age Group Coach

Grew Up: Rochester, Michigan

Swam For:  Oakland Live Y'ers 8 years
                 Rochester High School 4 years
                 Grand Valley State (less than half a season)                
 
Coached With:  I started teaching swim lessons at the age of 14
                       for Rochester Community Education.
                       Rochester High Assistant Coach 1 year
                       NOW swimming 1 year
                                                                        
Honors:  4 year Varsity Swimmer Rochester High School
              The most important awards I have won are the toppling of my own goals.
             I can eat eight hot dogs in twenty minutes.

Favorite Ice Cream:  I prefer pie.
 
Chris Lutz - Age Group Coach      
 

Grew Up: Rochester, Michigan

Swam For:  Oakland Live Y'ers 8 years
Oakland Live Y'ers  ( '87-'03) -- Multiple age group Y state records, National qualifier.             Adams High School ( '99, '00, '02) -- All State and All American Honors, Multiple school/pool records.                                                                                                                             Heart of the Hills  ( '88-'96 ) -- Team and NSSL record holder.                                                   Oakland University ( '02- '03) -- Gained valuable swimming knowledge from Dr. Ernie Maglischo and Head Coach Nate Murphy
 

Coached With:  Oakland Live Y'ers
                            Forest Lake Country Club
                            Great Oaks Country Club
                            Adams High School Girls & Boys

                                                           
Thoughts:
I was a swimmer before I knew I wanted to be. My favorite event is clearly the best one ever, the 100 backstroke.

 
 Lauren Parker - Age Group Coach
 
Grew Up: Rochester Hills, MI

Swam For: OLY, Utica Shelby, Oakland University, Heart of the Hills

Coached For: OLY, Swim Camps at Oakland University
 
Favorite Ice Cream: Very Yellow Marshmallow

 
 
Age Group Coach - Amanda Burwell                    
Age Group Coach - Jason Manasseri
Age Group Coach - Katie Wilkie
Age Group Morning Coach - Doug Allen
Dryland Trainer - Bonnie Karas                               Dryland Trainer - Andrea Martinec
 
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