Are you interested in coaching for HAN? We are looking for coaches for both our recreational and competitive programs. Please send a resume and cover letter to HANsynchro@gmail.com to apply!
Coaches
Alison Bryan - Head Coach & Club Manager
Alison swam recreationally from the age of 6, and was a founding member of the Bridgewater Synchro Club. After 1 year, BSC dissolved and the remaining swimmers trained with Atlantis Synchro. After swimming for 2 years with Atlantis, Alison made the difficult decision to stop swimming and focus on high school. A fully certified Introduction to Competition Coach, Alison has over 4 years experience coaching synchronized swimming at competitive, recreational, and masters levels. She received the award for Coach of the Year from Synchro Nova Scotia in 2018. With a large aquatic background in teaching swimming lessons and lifeguarding, Alison brings her love of working with children and young adults to the club for a collaborative experience. Contact Alison at hancoachalison@gmail.com.
Alison swam recreationally from the age of 6, and was a founding member of the Bridgewater Synchro Club. After 1 year, BSC dissolved and the remaining swimmers trained with Atlantis Synchro. After swimming for 2 years with Atlantis, Alison made the difficult decision to stop swimming and focus on high school. A fully certified Introduction to Competition Coach, Alison has over 4 years experience coaching synchronized swimming at competitive, recreational, and masters levels. She received the award for Coach of the Year from Synchro Nova Scotia in 2018. With a large aquatic background in teaching swimming lessons and lifeguarding, Alison brings her love of working with children and young adults to the club for a collaborative experience. Contact Alison at hancoachalison@gmail.com.
Kaitlin Sibbald - Head Coach, Competitive Program
Kaitlin trained at York Synchronized Swimming Club in Ontario where she won national Gold and Silver medal titles in 2006 and 2007, as well as Gold in Ontario Winter Games and various provincial medals throughout her swimming career. A fully certified Introduction to Competition Coach, Kaitlin has over nine years experience coaching artistic swimming at competitive, recreational, and masters levels and received the award for Coach of the Year from Synchro Nova Scotia in 2015, 2017, 2019 and received the Atlantic Regional Synchronized Swimming Coaching Award in 2017 and 2019. Her strong emphasis on technique, as well as background in psychology and occupational therapy, help Kaitlin make the sport accessible to athletes of all skill levels and ages. With over ten years experience in dance, and three years of university water polo, Kaitlin brings her love of movement, creativity, artistic expression, and intensity to the pool. Her favourite part of artistic swimming is choreographing.
Kaitlin trained at York Synchronized Swimming Club in Ontario where she won national Gold and Silver medal titles in 2006 and 2007, as well as Gold in Ontario Winter Games and various provincial medals throughout her swimming career. A fully certified Introduction to Competition Coach, Kaitlin has over nine years experience coaching artistic swimming at competitive, recreational, and masters levels and received the award for Coach of the Year from Synchro Nova Scotia in 2015, 2017, 2019 and received the Atlantic Regional Synchronized Swimming Coaching Award in 2017 and 2019. Her strong emphasis on technique, as well as background in psychology and occupational therapy, help Kaitlin make the sport accessible to athletes of all skill levels and ages. With over ten years experience in dance, and three years of university water polo, Kaitlin brings her love of movement, creativity, artistic expression, and intensity to the pool. Her favourite part of artistic swimming is choreographing.
Emma Hull
Emma has been involved in the sport of synchronized swimming since she was in grade 4. She is currently in her third year of university at Dalhousie University here in Halifax. She has swum provincially in Toronto for a club called TSSC (Toronto Synchronized Swimming Club) for her entire synchro career, and is now swimming for the Dal team! This is her third year with HAN and is really excited about working with the athletes again this year. She hopes to bring her enthusiasm for this sport and love for exercise to the next synchro swimmers of the future and can’t wait for the competitive season to start.
Emma has been involved in the sport of synchronized swimming since she was in grade 4. She is currently in her third year of university at Dalhousie University here in Halifax. She has swum provincially in Toronto for a club called TSSC (Toronto Synchronized Swimming Club) for her entire synchro career, and is now swimming for the Dal team! This is her third year with HAN and is really excited about working with the athletes again this year. She hopes to bring her enthusiasm for this sport and love for exercise to the next synchro swimmers of the future and can’t wait for the competitive season to start.
Anna Embury
Anna has been swimming her whole life and has been in synchro since 2008. She swam provincially for 8 years and in her last competitive year, swam at the national level with Nova Synchro. Anna is currently completing her BSc at Dalhousie University majoring in Marine Biology and minoring in psychology. Anna has been with HAN for 2 years, swimming for one and coaching the next. She says she has found her love for synchro has grown since starting to coach and can't wait to continue spreading her passion for the sport.
Anna has been swimming her whole life and has been in synchro since 2008. She swam provincially for 8 years and in her last competitive year, swam at the national level with Nova Synchro. Anna is currently completing her BSc at Dalhousie University majoring in Marine Biology and minoring in psychology. Anna has been with HAN for 2 years, swimming for one and coaching the next. She says she has found her love for synchro has grown since starting to coach and can't wait to continue spreading her passion for the sport.
Olivia McLean
Rylie MacNeil
Sophie Barker - Sophie is in her third year at Acadia University. She has always loved swimming and being in the water and grew up in Ottawa, where she swam, provincially, with the Gloucester Synchro Club for a number of years. Sophie has been coaching recreational and competitive synchro teams since her freshman year of high school. She's excited to be coaching with HAN this year!
Rylie MacNeil
Sophie Barker - Sophie is in her third year at Acadia University. She has always loved swimming and being in the water and grew up in Ottawa, where she swam, provincially, with the Gloucester Synchro Club for a number of years. Sophie has been coaching recreational and competitive synchro teams since her freshman year of high school. She's excited to be coaching with HAN this year!