Mackenzie Salmon – Head Coach 

Mackenzie Salmon was originally born and raised in London, Ontario. He is a fully certified NCCP Level 3/Senior swim coach, water polo coach, and certified personal trainer, who has a background as an internationally ranked athlete within Lifesaving Sport representing Canada on the international stage. Additionally, he was a high-level athlete in many sports and has been involved with competitive swimming over the past 20+ years as a swimmer and as a coach since 2007.

Throughout Mackenzie's journey, both within sport and out of it, he has had the opportunity to interact with many wonderful coaches, role models, mentors, and high-level professionals. These relationships have helped to further develop him into the person and coach he is today. Furthermore, they have enhanced his drive to improve in all areas of life and become the best coach and individual that he can be.

Why Mackenzie Became A Coach:

  • I decided to become a coach because I realized the positive influence I could have on the lives of others within the sports that I love while assisting each individual along their own journey through life.

Mackenzie’s Coaching Achievements:

  • I am most proud of the long-lasting positive impact I am able to have on all the athletes I have coached. In particular seeing them leave with the skills, memories, and tools to improve their lives along with the lives of others both within and beyond sport.
  • Coaching athletes, both able-bodied and disabled, from the local level all the way to the international stage.
  • Helping athletes in breaking many club, provincial, and national records in both swimming and lifesaving sport.

Mackenzie’s Athletic Achievements:

  • Member of the Canadian National Team for Lifesaving Sport
  • Nationally ranked competitive swimmer throughout age group and senior career
  • Medalist at every level of sport from the local level to the international stage
  • Awarded two letters of recognition from the House of Commons of Canada after representing Canada at the 2014 World Championships for Lifesaving Sport in France and winning the 2015 Canadian Pool Lifesaving Championship.

Mackenzie's Important Components to Being Successful:

  • Family & Friends
  • Health & Finding Balance
  • Learning & Growing Everyday
  • Not Being Afraid to Fail or Do What Is Uncomfortable​

Cindy Salmon - Assistant Coach

Coaching Career:

Cindy has been coaching since the late 1970's in the London and South Western Ontario area and she has been involved in Aquatics throughout her entire life as a competitive swimmer, lifeguard & instructor, aquatic coordinator, swimming & waterpolo coach, parent (of four competitive swimmers) and official.

Cindy is a certified NCCP Level 2 Coach with many, many years of coaching experience with children through to adults and always does a wonderful job of sharing her enthusiasm and love of the sport with all or our Middlesex members.  

 

​Bailey Salmon Moskal - Assistant Coach

Bailey swam competitively with the London Aquatic Club for 7 years (2000-2007) and then moved on to Masters Swimming with the London Silver Dolphins for several years (2007-2011 & 2016).

Coaching Career: Bailey started her coaching career through volunteering with LAC in 2004 and became a part time coach in 2006 until 2011. Since then, she has coached with the Valley East Waves in City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario (2011-2013) as well as the Chatham Y Pool Sharks in 2013-2014 season as a volunteer and later became the Head Coach from 2014-2016. Along with coaching competitively, Bailey also has been involved with teaching swim lessons with Excel Swim School in London and the City of Greater Sudbury.

Bailey is a trained NCCP Level 2 Swim Coach and has worked with a wide range of age and levels of swimmers (beginners all the way to Senior National Level athletes).

She lives with her husband (Neil) and three kids (Amelia, Charlie, & George) in Chatham, however she alwas does a excellent job of helping out our athletes and filling in as needed throughout the year whether it be at practice or a competition.

 

Jim Jutte - Assistant Coach

I was born in Simcoe, Ontario and raised in Brantford, Ontario. I have had the good fortune of a few rewarding careers including working in the Canadian Armed Forces, Healthcare Administration and for over the last decade and a bit as a teacher in secondary education.

Despite the diversity, one constant has been my love of mentoring, especially in aquatics. I am a former competitive swimmer, and aspire to restart competition as a masters swimmer and recertify my NCCP certifications. Currently, in addition to being a math teacher, I am a NL qualified lifeguard, LSS certified swim/lifesaving instructor, and instructor-trainer.

How I got here, is a funny story that goes back several decades. I have always loved water, and even as a 4-year-old boy remember being curious about how people and animals and move their bodies through this mysterious liquid we call water. As a youngster, I played hockey like a lot of my peers. However, at the age of 9, I took a check and rather than get back up right away, I thought, "I’m tired, I’m going to take a break and just sit here. I saw another kid do it, why not?"  Well, everyone thought I was hurt, including my father, who immediately pulled me out of hockey and put me into swimming lessons.

Swimming lessons became learning how to train, then race, and ultimately how to coach. Although, I consider myself a swimmer, I have also been involved in cycling because there isn’t always a pool around when you travel. This introduced me to different attitudes and different methods of training that could be adapted to swimming. It also became a way to give back to my community through charitable activities.

Though I have been on several podiums, athletic activities are ultimately not about winning for me. They are about promoting positivity and confidence inside and out. A coach works with athletes, and a good coach is interested in your best interests. In other words, when we coach, we see winners in every child/athlete already. What we do beyond that is show the child/athlete that they are even better than a mere winner; they are a person that others admire, with or without the medals.

I keep coaching because I keep meeting athletes, who despite their incredible challenges, find new ways to inspire, not just through their sport, but through simple acts of kindness even when they themselves feel unwell.  

 

Rowan Wick - Assistant Coach

                 

Rowan has been competitively swimming since the age of 12, he started at Middlesex and has since transitioned to the London Aquatic Club. He hopes to continue to pursue swimming when he goes to university in future years in pursuit to try and continue to keep racing at the provincial and potentially national level. 
 
Rowan can often be seen around the pool being a Lifeguard or as a Head Guard.
 
Rowan has been coaching since 2021, and has completed his NCCP level 1 coaching certification. 
 
 
 
Zach Shalovsky - Assistant Coach
 
          
 
Zach Shalovsky was a competitive swimmer for 15years beginning in the UK and continuing upon arrival in Canada. Spending the majority of his career at Newmarket Stingrays, he was lucky enough to represent Ontario and Canada whilst swimming at the age group level. Zach went on to swim at Laurentian University.
 
Coaching since 14, Zach has had the opportunity to work with athletes at many levels. He coached at the Newmarket Stingrays and Sudbury Laurentian Swim Club. He hopes to share his knowledge and passion for swimming.
 
Zach's Favourite Quote - “I’m trying to do the best I can. I’m not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.” – Mark Spitz