Coaches Biographies

Head Coach Ben Douglass Coaching: Senior Group Gold Coach Ben was an age group and high school swimmer in Ohio for 13 years. During the summer of 1998, Ben traveled to Sydney, Australia to train and compete as a member of the U.S. World Sports Exchange Swim Team. As a member of the Denison University (Granville, Ohio) swim team, Ben was an NCAA Div. III National Qualifier for four consecutive years, a nine-time All-American, was voted by his teammates as co-Team Outstanding Performer for two years and was honored by his coaches for Outstanding Race Performance for 200 Medley Relay (2nd Place at NCAA Div III Nationals 2003). Ben received awards given to the graduating senior who had shown consistent commitment to training and competition to the Denison Swimming/Diving Program and to a graduating senior who had shown consistent leadership and dedication throughout his/her swimming career. Ben majored in cinema and minored in psychology. Coach Ben has coached at Fairfield Aquatics (Cincinnati, Ohio) and in the Punahou Summer Sports School. Ben’s philosophy is to create a fun and enjoyable atmosphere where swimmers will feel encouraged to try their best and strive for their goals. He focuses heavily on proper stroke mechanics and the technical aspects of competitive swimming. A small part of training will consist of taking on more difficult sets aimed at building endurance and exposing swimmers to what competitive swimming is like at the next level. Success will be measured not by the number of first place ribbons the swimmer receives throughout the season; but by achieving personal best times, mastering a proper technique that was not previously performed, and most of all: having fun. Ben believes that at this level, the best swimmer out there is the one having the most fun.

Coach Joe Glenn Coaching: Senior Group

Coach Lisa Lee Coaching: Age Group Blue Coach Lisa came on board as our newest assistant coach. We are very pleased that we could bring her on to work with our team.

Coach Katie Seall Coaching: Age Group Blue Coach Seall has recently joined our PAQ coaching staff and will become fully active heading up her own group after the holiday break. We were lucky enough to get her acquainted with the team before she left this past weekend to visit her family on the mainland for the holidays. Katie is a recent graduate of University of Hawaii where she swam on an athletic scholarship for four years. She grew up swimming and coaching in Indiana before moving out here for college and deciding to stick around for a while. Welcome, Katie!