DIVING INSTRUCTOR
Name:
Brian Coonce
Phone:
703-434-9553
Email:
brian.coonce@verizon.net
Rate:
$35 per student/30 min session
Credentials:
– DRRA Dive Team Head Coach since 2016
– Diving Coach at Univ. of Delaware
– 2016 CAA Diving Coach of the Year
– 12 years of private lesson instruction
– 15 years of dive coaching experience at Summer, high school, college, and USA Diving levels
Specialty:
Beginners to competitive HS / College divers
Availability:
May 13 – Aug 10
Days & Time:
M – S
DIVING INSTRUCTOR
Name: Jack Reed
Phone: 703-258-5359
Email: jackmr07@icloud.com
Rate: $20 per student/30 min session
Credentials:
- Member of DR dive team for 8 years
- 4 years of coaching experience
- Varsity diver at Yorktown for two years
- Red Cross Certified Lifeguard
Specialty: I enjoy working with kids ages 5-13 of any skill level.
Availability: 2pm – 6pm Weekdays, 9am – 6pm weekends
SWIM INSTRUCTORS
SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR
Name: Mary Hardwick
Phone: 703-650-8654
Email- mhardwick1019@gmail.com
Rate- $25 per student / 30 min lesson
Credentials:
Coached with Swim Farm from 2021-present
Member of the Yorktown varsity swim team
Member of DR swim team for 5 years
DR swim team coach since 2023
Specialty: I enjoy working with children ages 2+ of any skill level from getting comfortable with the water up to stroke technique.
Availability: July -Sept
Days & Time:
Available in most afternoons and late mornings. Please text me for more details.
SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR
Name: Katie Hardwick
Phone:7039806720
Email:katieh1019@gmail.com
Rate:$25 per student / 30 min
Available: August/September
4-5:30 Weekdays
Contact me for weekends
Credentials
Red Cross Lifeguard Certified
Member of DR swim team for 5 years
DR swim team coach since 2023
Coached with Swim Farm from 2022-present
Member of the Yorktown varsity swim team
I enjoy working with children ages 2+ of any skill level, from getting comfortable with the water up to stroke technique.
SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR
Name: Phil Caslavka
Phone: (703)424-4551
Email:coachphilcas43@gmail.com
Rate: $40 per 30 minute session
Credentials:
– Head Coach DRRA Swim Team since 2014
– Swim Farm founder and Head Coach
– Robinson HS Head Coach 2010-15
– 15 years of coaching experience at all levels
– 8th Grade Civics teacher in Fairfax County
Specialty:
Developmental swimming, goal setting, video analysis, stroke technique
Availability:
May 13 – Jun 23: after 6:30 pm; Jun 24 – Aug 4: 11a-1p & after 5:30p; After Aug 4, please call
Days & Time:
M-F
SWIMMING INSTRUCTORS
SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR
Name: Grace Jansen
Email:gracejansen08@gmail.com
Cell:703-930-8128
Rate:$30 per lesson (one student)
Swimming Experience: I have been a member of the Donaldson Run swim team since 2009, and I have been swimming for a club team since 2012. I swam for Yorktown High School for four years,where I was a scoring member of four district championship teams, a regional and state championship team, and two state-runner up teams, and I just completed my first season
swimming collegiately for Kenyon College.
Credentials:
- Coached at Coach Phil’s Swim Farm for four years
- Assistant Coach for the DR swim team in 2021,
- Assistant Head Coach for the 2022 season.
- Redcross lifeguard Certified -2021-2023
Preferred Age/Specialties: I work with ages six and up on all strokes and aspects of swimming. I work with all skill levels, ranging from learning to swim to technically advanced.
Availability Date & Times:
- May 15th-June 18th: Every day from 11-3.
- June 19th-August: Weekdays from 12-4 pm & Sunday afternoons
SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR
Name: Rachel Meighan
Email:rachel.meighan@gmail.com
Cell:571-336-8920
Rate:$30 per lesson (one student)
Swimming Experience: 15 years on Donaldson Run Swim Team,
Credentials:
3+ years of private lesson experience, Thundersquad Head Coach, Swim Farm Coach, Lifeguard certified. Great with kids!
Preferred Age/Specialties:
Availability Date & Times: May 14- early August; my times are flexible
SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR
Name: Alexa Gromada
Email:alexagromada@gmail.com
Cell: (703) 405-0365
Rate: $35 per lesson (one student)
Swimming Experience:
I swam on the Donaldson Run swim team from age four through my senior year of high school (2021). I love kids, and I look forward to sharing my love of swimming with the youngest members of Donaldson Run! I just finished my second year at the University of Virginia.
Credentials:
- Thundersquad coach for three seasons (2019 – 2021).
- Swim instructor for Coach Phil’s Swim Farm during the offseason for four seasons (2018- 2021).
- Received multiple sportsmanship awards during my swim team career.
- This summer will be my fifth year of giving private swim lessons.
Preferred Age/Specialties:
I prefer working with kids aged 2-10 and am ready to help swimmers work on all strokes and increase their comfort in the water. I can also help with flip turns and dives.
Availability Date & Times: June-August
Days & Time: Contact me for specific dates and times.
SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR
Name: Mia Galidiz
Email:galdizmx@dukes.jmu.edu
Cell:703-559=1840
Rate:$30 per lesson (one student)
Credentials:
- Private Swim instructor for children ages 4-6, 2018-2023
- Swim coach for Swim Farm 2018-2019
- Certified lifeguard DRRA 2018-2023
- Member of the DR swim team from the age of five to eighteen
- Won the most improved award and most spirited award for the swim team
- Member of the DR dive team from 2010-to 2013
Specialties: Learn to swim program – teaching children of all ages (and adults)
Availability: Preferably weekends or weekday afternoons
Days & Time: Opening – early August
SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR
Name:
Jack Tsuchitani
Phone:
571-758-7173
Email:
jacktsuchitani54@gmail.com
Rate:
$30 per student/30 min session
Credentials:
-DRRA swim Team Assistant Coach 2022-present
-Member of the Donaldson Run swim team since 2011
– Competitive swimmer with USA club swimming since age 8
– Part of the Varsity swim team at Yorktown for 4 years.
– Swim coach at Swim farm for the past 4 years.
Specialty:
Ages 7 and up, working on stroke, and technique. (All skill levels)
Availability:
May – Mid-Aug
Days & Time: contact me for specific times.
SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR
Name: Matt Voight
Phone Number: 703-254-6965
Email:mattvoigt10@gmail.com
Rate: $20 per student / 30 min session
Credentials:
- Member of the DR swim team since age four and swam in winter programs since age eight.
- Member of the Yorktown High School swim team.
- Swim coach at Swim Farm for the past two years
- DR prep team swim coach for one year
- Red Cross Lifeguard certified
Age you prefer to teach – I work with kids of all ages and skill levels.
Dates and Time Available:
- May –June 16: Weekends
- June 17 – August 5: Weekdays from 12-6 pm & Weekends
SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR
Name:
Hayden Stolzenberg
Phone:
703-615-1500
Email:
hstolzenberg1@gmail.com
Rate:
$25 per student / 30-minute session
Credentials:
– DRRA Swim Team Assistant Coach 2022 – present
– Swim Farm coach 2019 – present
– Member of DRRA swim team 2011 – present
– Member and captain of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology varsity swim
team 2019 – present
– Member of AAC swimming 2021 – present
Specialty:
I enjoy working with children, age 5 and up of any skill level, from learning to swim to advanced stroke technique.
Availability :
May – mid-August
Please contact me for specific days and times
SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR
Name: Mary Hardwick
Phone: 703-650-8654
Email– mhardwick1019@gmail.com
Rate– $25 per student / 30 min lesson
Credentials:
Coached with Swim Farm from 2021-present
Member of the Yorktown varsity swim team
Member of DR swim team for 5 years
DR swim team coach since 2023
Specialty: I enjoy working with children ages 2+ of any skill level from getting comfortable with the water up to stroke technique.
Availability: July -Sept
Days & Time:
Available in most afternoons and late mornings. Please text me for more details.
SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR
Name: Esrin Aspiotis
Phone number: 703-328-8848
Email: esrin.aspiotis@gmail.com
Rate: $25 per student / 30 min session
Credentials:
- Red Cross Lifeguard certified
- DR Swim team member 2015-present
- Swim Farm coach 2020-present
- DR Swim Team coach 2022-present
Specialty: Specializes in beginner swimmers looking to get comfortable in the water and with swimmers looking to transition from prep to thundersquad (ages 4-8)
Availability: May-Sept Please text me for more specific dates and times
Days & Time:
Available in most afternoons and late mornings. Please text me for more details.
Donaldson Run was named after Robert H. Donaldson, one of the early farm owners, along the Potomac.
2729 Marcey Rd, Arlington, VA 22207
703-522-3115