Nothing has a greater influence on the quality of children's sports than the excellence of the coach. The Coastal Maine Aquatics staff includes five professionally trained coaches.

As members of the American Swim Coaches Association, they have access to the most comprehensive training and certification programs for youth coaches of any sport in the United States. Certified coaches in USA Swimming programs possess training and experience in the physiology and psychology of adolescent development.

Our highly qualified coaching staff assures that the time your children spend in swimming will be quality time.

Leanne Gravel

Leanne Gravel Head Coach, joined CMA in October 2002 after being an Assistant Coach with the Westbrook Seals. Chosen MSI Coach of the Year for 2004 and 2006, Leanne was Head Age Group Coach for the 2002 Summer Maine Zone Team and Assistant Coach for the Winter Maine Zone Teams in 2003, 2004, and 2006. In the summer of 2006, Leanne was chosen as an Assistant Coach for the 2006 Eastern Zone Select Camp in Annapolis, Maryland. Since 2003, CMA has won 7 consecutive State Championships. Level 3 ASCA certified and having passed the Level 5 ASCA exam, many athletes have achieved Sectional, Junior National and Top 16 Qualifying times. Leanne directly coaches the Senior, Gold, and Senior B groups and runs the Dryland program. Before moving back to Portland, Leanne coached Varsity Swimming, Diving, and Softball at the Williston-Northampton School and taught several years as a Red Cross Swim instructor. Leanne holds a BA in Child Development and Classical Civilization from Connecticut College and has earned all credits for her MA in Teaching from Boston University.

Chris Brunette

Chris Brunette, Head Age Group Coach, has been a member of CMA's coaching staff since 1993 and has been coaching for 15 years. She directly coaches the Silver, Bronze and Pre-Competitive groups, and offers the joint perspective of a parent of a competitive swimmer and a coach. Chris coached for the Bullseye Swim Club of South Portland before moving temporarily to Idaho, where she coached for the FAST Aquatics Swim Team. Her twelve plus years of competitive coaching experience, combined with more than six years as a Red Cross swim instructor, give a her a strong foundation in teaching swimming skills. Chris is a Graduate of the University of Maine with a B.A. in Sociology. She was the Assistant Age Group Coach for Zones Teams in 1994 and 2000 and is a Certified Level 2 in ASCA and presently working on Level 3.

Lindsey McCaslin

Lindsey McCaslin

Eric French

Eric French

 

 

Sean Flaherty

Sean Flaherty, Assistant Coach, joins us as a sophomore member of the George Washington University Swim Team. Recently, Sean was named the Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of the Meet, First All Conference Team, and GW Men's Swimming MVP all in his freshman year. He is a 3-time event winner and record-holder in the Peaks to Portland Open Water Swim. Sean has coached swimming for CMA and taught lessons in Scarborough. Sean continues to work with the Gold and Senior groups while training and competing with the team. We are thrilled to have Sean back over the winter break and are looking forward to having Sean back in the Summer 2005.

 

Andrew Kemp

Andrew Kemp

 

 

Christopher Drake

Christopher Drake

Brian Hink

Brian Hink, Fitness Trainer, Brian has a sports medicine background in Excersize Physiology and Exercise Rehibilitation and almost ten years of experience. Brian has extensive experience with all goals ranging from the professional athlete to both pre and post surgical patients, to the average person trying to you loose weight. Brian was a two sport athlete in college and is currently a Drill Sargent in the U.S. Army Reserves. With his integrated scientific approach to training, his phylosophy is to train hard but smart while having fun achieving the goal.