Jack Stabach
Director
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Jack established the USA Swimming; Nutmeg
Swim Club in 1992 and has coached many of Connecticut’s top
swimmers.
In his 9th season as Head Coach of the East Lyme
High School Girls Swim team, Jack has established a Girls ECC win/
loss record of 80 – 2 –1. His team has been ECC
Tournament Champions for the past 9 years and was State Runner up
Champions in 2006 and 2007. The East Lyme Boys Swim Team has
been ECC Champions 4 out of the last 8 years.
Jack has been the ECC Coach of the year on
12 different occasions. He also received the CIAC honor of being
named the 2006 Connecticut Girls Swim Coach of the year. In
addition, this spring Jack will be named the Connecticut Swim Coach
of the Year by the Connecticut Coaches Association, one of the
highest honors to be awarded to a High School Swim Coach. Stabach
founded the Nutmeg Masters Swim Team in 1999 and coaches several
swimmers that have received local, national and international
prominence.
A knowledgeable and passionate teacher of
the sport, Jack has earned his level 3 license from the American
Swim Coaches association and has attended the USA Coaching College
at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado
Springs.
Russell Newton
Assistant Aquatics Director
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Russell Newton is in
his first year as the assistant director of the East Lyme Aquatics
and Fitness Center. Newton will serve as the head coach of
both the Nutmeg and Master’s swimming programs as well as
oversee the various other programs held at the
center.
An East Lyme
native, Russell competed on the Nutmeg and High School team under
Stabach before attending St. Lawrence University where he was a
four year varsity swimmer and two year captain. He currently
holds three records at his alma mater in the mile, 1000yard free,
and 400IM and received his degree in Anthropology and Sports
Studies/Exercise Science. He is currently attaining a Masters
in Sport Administration through Canisius College.
As a coach,
Newton assisted the East Lyme High School boys to an ECC
Championship in 2007 and also served as an assistant coach on the
Nutmeg team during the summer of 2010. Russell’s
coaching philosophy revolves around developing his athletes as both
swimmers and individuals through proper technique work and
innovative and challenging workouts. Russell is currently a
USA Swimming Coach and is in the process of attaining an American
Swim Coaches Association Level II certification.
Cecilia Emblidge
Age Group Coach
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Cecilia Emblidge comes
to Nutmeg Aquatics with several years of experience both in the
pool and on deck. Since 2007, Coach Cecilia has been the Head Coach
of the New London Coastal Cruisers for the Special Olympics of
Connecticut. Coach Cecilia currently serves as an East Lyme
Aquatics & Fitness Center Swim Instructor for the Nutmeg Swim
School where she has coached all levels from beginners to advanced
stroke school. In addition to her work with the Special Olympics
and Nutmeg Swim School, Coach Cecilia also serves an assistant
coach for the East Lyme Middle School.
Coach Cecilia’s
philisophy for swimming is one that focuses on the technical
aspects of swimming, setting goals for the swimmers, and an
unwavering commitment to making swimming interesting and fun for
her athletes. She is an American Swim Coaches Association Level II
Certified Coach.
Coach Cecilia was an age group swimmer for
13 years. She also swam in high school, college, and is a
current masters swimmer with the Nutmeg Aquatics Masters Team. She
was the All-County swimmer at for her high school
in Westchester, NY. Coach Cecilia earned a Bachelors of
Science degree in Nursing from Alfred
University.
Andrew S Chen
Assistant Coach
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Andrew is entering his
third year as a coach at Nutmeg Aquatics where his primary role is
developing young athletes. A 2010 East Lyme graduate, Chen
was a member of the high school swim team for four years where he
was a captain and member of the ECC Championship squad for three
consecutive years. He is currently pursuing a degree in
Sports Psychology and is also a volunteer coach and manager for the
Division I UCONN swimming team. Andrew is also the
assistant coach for the East Lyme Middle School Swim team and has
helped coach both the women’s and men’s high school
programs under Jack Stabach.
Chen’s coaching
philosophy is reflective of his own personal experiences with the
sport of swimming. “Swimming changed my life. It
helped to build me into the person I am today. It is now my
responsibility to give these athletes the same experiences I had
and develop them into great individuals and swimmers.”
Andrew is a certified USA Swimming Coach and is also an American
Swim Coaches Association level 1 coach.
