Los Angeles Swim Club

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Coaches

Jason Schwarz, Head Coach/Executive Director   is an experienced USA Swimming coach producing multiple Junior National and YMCA National qualifiers, in addition to his own successful swimming career. He most recently was co-Head Coach at Westside Aquatics and prior to that Head Coach at CCY (Crescenta-Canada YMCA).  At Westside Aquatics and CCY  he coached many college recruited swimmers.  In addition to club coaching Schwarz has collegiate experience recently as the Head Coach at Los Angeles Trade Tech College from 2006-2008.  Coach Schwarz swam at the Bolles School and the University of Florida.  Some of Schwarz's swimming accomplishments include qualifying for the  NCAA's Division I swimming championships, leading the Florida Gators to the Southeastern Conference team and relay championships, qualifying for the 1996 Olympic Trials and representing the US internationally.  He has trained and been mentored by some of the world’s best swim coaches and swimmers: Olympic and National Team coaches Gregg Troy, Skip Foster, Chris Martin, Sean Schimmel and Eric Hanson, among others. He graduated from University of Florida as an All-American with a BA in Theater Arts.  He is a member of American Swim Coaches Association, College Swim Coaches Association and US Swim School Association and is an accredited Swim Coach with USA Swimming.



Darlene Bible, Head Age Group Coach, is the Harvard-Westlake School's boys and girls Middle School swim coach and JV and Varsity girls swim coach for 23 years, has coached numerous All-Americans as well as world class swimmers and the 5 time Olympic swimmer, Dara Torres.  Her career record at HW is currently 165 wins and 15 losses.  Through her years at the school, the girls team has won 19 league championships and one CIF championship.  The girls at Harvard-Westlake currently hold two of the eleven swim records in Divisions II and III swimming. 

Coach Nicki Jackson

Nicki Jackson, is an accomplished swimmer and athlete. She grew up in New York, playing tennis competitively, trained in many forms of dance, and swimming with various swim clubs, including the National Swim Team, The YWCA Middies, and Long Horn Training program in Austin Texas. This lead her to become All County Swim Champion as well as High School MVP, Empire State Game Champion, Jr./Sr. National qualifier and a full scholarship to Cal State University, Northridge, Division 1 team, where she also received her BA with honors in Theatre Arts. She has assisted coaching with many teams, including the YWCA Middies team, as well as coaching swimming with the Special Olympics Teams. Her focus in recent years has been on dry land training and overall fitness and Animal (dog) Rescue.



  
   
Coach David Farina

David Farina grew up in Connecticut, swimming on club and YMCA teams throughout his youth. In high school, David was a member of the Wilton Wahoos, and was a part of the WYW National Team several times, achieving YMCA All-American status in the 400 Medley Relay. On his high school team, David achieved All-State and All-Conference accolades in the 200 IM and 100 Breastroke. David went on to swim at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, where he finaled at the MIAC conference meet all four years, in the 200 IM, 400 IM, and 200 Breastroke. He remains on Carleton's All-Time Top Ten list in several events.  David has also been coaching and teaching swimming since a young age. In high school, he taught lessons at community pools during the summers, and also helped coach the Wilton YMCA summer team. Most recently, David was an assistant coach at UC Santa Cruz for the co-ed university team during the '05-'06 season.

Coach Timothy Sharpe,  has been swimming as long as he has been walking (true story.)  Tim was an accomplished age group swimmer and qualified for the state meet in his home state of Michigan several times. He ultimately earned a full swimming scholarship to Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He began his coaching career over 16 years ago as a co-founder of Poseidon Swim Club in Troy, Michigan.  During his tenure at Poseidon, he had several swimmers qualify for State and four go to Junior Nationals.