About Us

(updated 10/11/09)

ABOUT US

OUR MISSION: To create excellent recreational and competitive synchronized swimming programs in Northern Colorado, which promote positive healthy development of the whole swimmer, supporting each swimmer’s individual goals, through participation and achievement in team oriented instruction and training in the art and sport of synchronized swimming.

OUR VALUES:

Joyfully welcoming all who discover that they enjoy the athleticism and artistry of “synchro”.

Supporting and encouraging each other by striving to be great instructors, coaches, parents, mentors, and friends.

Deriving personal and team success from healthy relationships, clear communication, responsibility, discipline, commitment, and a sense of humor.

Requiring all creative expression to be done in good taste.

Valuing competition for the learning experience and motivational goal it provides.

Honoring the gifts and talents that each coach, swimmer and family brings to our programs, as well as the need for us all to find balance in our lives.

Treating each other with respect and kindness at all times.

Behaving with integrity and making decisions cooperatively.

OUR STRUCTURE: Our team was formed in the fall of 2000. We operate as two cooperative entities. The parent group provides support to the team in a variety of ways and raises money through fundraising projects. JoAnne Bennett is the Director, and operates the team as a business.

OUR INSTRUCTORS AND COACHES:

JoAnne Bennett was a speed and synchro swimmer in her youth in the Cleveland area and has been coaching synchro in the Northern Colorado area since 1998.
Sarena Becker swam synchro for 8 years in Boulder, competing at the national level, and has been on our staff since fall of 2005. She did all the ground work to start the Synchro Team at CSU in the fall of 2008 and continues to be its primary leader. She is finishing up at CSU this year doing her student teaching for her Art Education degree.
Kelly Stamm comes to us for her third year from Olympia, Washington where she swam synchro and speed for many years, competing nationally in synchro. She is a junior at CSU studying engineering education, plays for the club water polo team, and works with Sarena and Blair to run the CSU Synchro Team.
Celia Peitsch joined our staff last season. She is junior at CSU from Salt Lake City, majoring in Computer Engineering. Celia brings extensive modern dance training and is on the CSU Synchro Team.
Kayla McAuliffe returns this year after taking a year off during her first year at CSU. Kayla has been involved in synchro in the area since she was twelve as a swimmer and coach for both Orcas and the summer team. We are happy to have her back!
Rachel Minor joins us this year as the Novice coach for our little girls. She was an Orca herslef for four years and always loved to help the other younger swimmers. She is a junior in high school in Loveland.
Blair Curley Everett swam synchro in Columbus, Ohio, competed at the national level, and then at the collegiate level for University of William & Mary. She is now employed by Budweiser as an environmental engineer, helps out at our practices in her spare time, and coaches the CSU Synchro Team.

OUR AFFILIATIONS: We are a member club of Rocky Mountain Synchronized Swimming Association (RMSS), Region D, North Zone, United States Synchronized Swimming (USSS). There are presently 5 clubs in RMSS located along the Front Range, 7 in our region, and 30+ in our zone.