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Evan
Stiles grew up locally in Alexandria, VA. He graduated
from Mt. Vernon High School in 1987 and went on to Mary Washington
College, where he was a 4-year letterman in swimming and water
polo, 3 years in baseball and 1 year in tennis. He graduated with a
B.A. in Geography in 1991 and then received a Masters of Sport
Science in Sport Coaching in 1993 from the United States Sports
Academy in Daphne, AL. In the summer of 1993, Evan became an
assistant coach with the Arlington Aquatic Club. Two years later,
he became the Head Age Group coach. This year Evan will begin his
seventh season as the Head Coach of AAC. Evan has also been the
Head Coach of the Bishop O’Connell High School Varsity Swim
Team for the past 18 years, where he was All-Met Coach of the Year
in 2003-2004.
Contact :
3700 S. Four Mile Run Dr. Arlington, VA 22206
Mary
Allen began teaching American Red Cross swim lessons in
1970 in a very cold lake in upstate New York. She became
a certified Water Safety Instructor in 1975 and taught lessons
at a YWCA in East Lansing, Michigan while working on her MA degree
in education. After moving here in the early 1980’s she
was hired as an elementary school teacher for Fairfax
county and continued teaching swim lessons (all ages)
after school. While raising her sons, she worked as
the Swim Lesson Coordinator for Arlington Forest Club for
14 years. Mary began coaching the Mini Gators for AAC in 2003
and enjoys working with these young, energetic swimmers.
She is excited to be coaching again this year.
John Bechtoldt grew up in
Annandale, Virginia. He started swimming at the age of
four with the Forest Hallow Swim Team. He swam for
Forest Hallow for fourteen years and coached there with Matt Wolff
for three years. John swam USA swimming with ATC at a
young age; he also swam for AAC under Evan with Matt Wolff and
Steve Menard. John attended Annandale High School and
was on their high school swim team for four years, earning a
Varsity letter each year. He graduated from Annandale
High School in 2003. After high school
he attended James Madison University where he graduated in 2008
with a Bachelors degree in History. This is John's
second year with AAC and he is very excited to be coming
back
Laura Cutrona was
born and raised right here in Arlington, VA. She has been swimming
with AAC since she was 8 years old. She also swam at Dominion Hills
during the summer for 9 seasons. As well as swimming for AAC, Laura
also swam on the varsity swim team for all four of her years at
Bishop O’Connell High School. Laura is currently attending
George Mason University, where she is working towards a
master’s degree in education. Laura began coaching for AAC
during her senior year of high school. This is Laura’s fourth
year coaching for AAC and she is coaching the Age Group group at
W-L.
Steve
Menard grew up locally in Annandale, Va. He graduated from
JEB Stuart High School in 2001 where he was a tri-captain of the
swim team his senior year. He went on to Marymount University where
he was co-captain both his junior and senior year. While
swimming for Marymount he received the Rookie of the year award,
High Point award at the Randolph Macon Invitational, was named 2nd
team all conference 3 years in a row, received the Coach’s
Award and was also awarded the Scholar Athlete Award all 4
years. He graduated in 2005 with a degree in Psychology and
began coaching with AAC shortly after. Steve has been selected to be an Assistant
Coach with the PVS Zone team 6 times, twice as the Assistant Head
Coach, and was recently elected be the Head Coach of the 2010 PVS
Long Course Zone team which won the 2010 Eastern Zone Long Course
Championship.
Kevin Nolangrew up locally inAnnandale,Va.
Hegraduated fromAnnandaleHigh
Schoolin 2000, where he was the captain
of the swim team his senior year. While atAnnandale, he was able to qualify for
Junior Nationals. After high school, he went on to swim
forFrostburgStateUniversity. While swimming for
Frostburg, he received the freshman of the year award and continued
to make more National qualifying times. He graduated with a degree
in Recreation & Park Management. Kevin began his swimming
career at Broyhill Crest swim Club inAnnandale,VAat
the age of five. He would later become the head coach there for
three years (2000-2003). Kevin is starting his first year with
AAC.
Matt - Matt
Wolff grew up locally in Annandale, Va. He graduated from
AnnandaleHigh
School in 2002, where he was the captain of the swim team his
senior year. Matt qualified for Junior Nationals in three events as
a member of the Arlington Aquatic Club and was
also a member of the State Record Setting 200 Medley relay team at
Annandale HS. He also led his high school team to third in the
state his senior year. After high school, Matt went on to swim for
the College of William and Mary. While swimming for William
and Mary, he received the Freshman of the year award and continued
to make more National qualifying times. He still has three
swims that put him in the top ten all time at the College. He
graduated in 2007 with a degree in Marketing and Information
Technology. He began his swimming career at Forest Hollow Swim Club
in Annandale, VA, at the age of four. He later was the head coach
there for three years (2001-2004). He also coached for the
Williamsburg Aquatic Club in the summer of 2006. Matt is currently
AAC’s lead coach of the Senior Prep Group at the Wakefield
site and is excited for the upcoming
season!
Derek Young is happy to
be back with the Arlington Aquatic Club. Derek’s
swimming career began with a false start in the NVSL and despite
the ignominious beginning a love of the sport was born. An
inability to hit “live pitching” led to a year round
commitment to swimming and Derek spent 10 years with the Arlington
Aquatic Club. Derek graduated fromAnnandaleHigh
Schoolwhere he co-captained
the swim team. His swimming career continued at
theUniversityofMarylandwhere he lettered
before retiring as a noted “really nice guy.”
After graduation Derek coached in the NVSL and at Langley High
School where he led the Saxons to men’s and women’s
District titles, top five finishes at Regionals and numerous school
records.
