Katie has a strong working knowledge of both the recreation and competitive sports industry. With a background as a national-level competitive synchronized swimmer and a decade of coaching both group and private swimming sessions, Katie has a knack of helping swimmers feel confident in the water whether it be at an indoor pool or in an open water setting.
In addition to coaching Masters swimming with Team Atomica, Katie is an NCCP Synchronized Swimming Coach, holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance Dance, is an NCCP Triathlon Community Coach-in-Training, and holds multiple Yoga Instructor certifications.
Katie continues to be a dedicated athlete outside of her teaching and coaching career and is inspired to continue learning how to implement the latest methods to improve technique and endurance on her journey to becoming a fully certified Triathlon Coach.
COACH KATIE IS ACCEPTING NEW ATHLETES FOR 2024!
Safia F (Dec 2023)
“Coach Katie is incredible. She coached me through two sprint triathlons (including my first triathlon EVER) this summer. She helped me understand the different sections of the race and focus on my weaknesses, specifically the bike and run portions. She made sure to explain things so that I could easily understand and she celebrated each of my milestones (such as learning to clip in). She made me comfortable at open water practice, helped me get over my fear of algae and pushed me to be a stronger swimmer. She also showed up on race day and made sure I was calm and mentally ready to complete what I had been training for for the past few months. She supported me and was always there to guide me – whether that was kayaking/running/biking alongside me or cheering for me from the sidelines. It has been an amazing experience working with Coach Katie and I’m so happy to have met her this year.”
Konstantin Gariaev (Feb 2024)
“Katie is fenomenal, her knowledge, attention to details is exceptional. Her ability to pivot and adjust the training on the fly based on what I am doing right/wrong, real time very precise and targeted feedback, follow up email summaries are so helpful!
I want to give you an example of how helpful she is, so it is not just nice words.
I am decent at freediving. I am 4th in Canada and 24th in North America in depth discipline where you use the breaststroke technique to swim up and down (down and up, actually) . When I train in a pool, my time for 25m was about 41 sec at 3.5 cycles. After only two (!!!) lessons, I cut the time down to 30 secs, the same 3.5 cycles which was my target that I was not able to achieve for a very long time. In this sport, it is huge. Basically, it allows me to be really competitive at pool events, if I can keep it consistent. At depth, it will give me at least additional 10 meters (it is a lot, trust me.)”