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We are here to support your needs. If your questions are related to workouts, meets, events, goal setting, and other swimming related needs, please contact one of the coaches. For all questions related to volunteering, fundraising, and sponsorships please contact a member of the Board.

CYAT's coaches have current safety credentials and professional coaching certifications through the American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA). In addition, all prospective coaches undergo extensive background clearances and reference checks as part of the YMCA's pre-employment process. Our coaches are enthusiastic about swimming, enjoy working with swimmers of all ages, and strive to be good role models of physical fitness and positive character values.

Coaching Staff

Frank Poulin

Head Coach

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Frank started coaching back in college as a student athlete and instantly found success. With his first YMCA team, he managed to coach several regional qualifiers in the first season, eventually increasing that number year on year. Upon graduation from Providence College, he moved to Santa Monica where his credentials earned him the head coaching position at a very prominent YMCA. For two years he took the reigns and shaped the team into a dominant force within California YMCA swimming. It was this success that, after enrolling in law school in Virginia Beach, enabled him to sign on as the head coach at the Greenbrier YMCA.

It was slow going at first, the team having only forty or so kids, but eventually the program grew considerably over the course of his time at Greenbrier and Frank has had the privilege of seeing the team go from its local YMCA league to swimming on a national level. Under his tutelage the program has seen several age group, regional, zones, open water, and national level qualifiers.

Frank is a coach in good standing with ASCA, YMCA National, and USA Virginia Swimming.  He is delighted to be returning for a sixth season as the head coach of the Greenbrier CYAT Dolphins.

Eric Landon

Senior/National Group Coach

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During college, Eric started coaching for various summer clubs in the Cincinnati area. Among those, he coached at North Hills Swim Club for four years where he was the Head Coach the last year in 1998. The following year, Eric moved to Gainesville, Florida, where he started coaching year-round. He coached for North Central Florida YMCA, and helped the program grow from 35 swimmers to 120 in just four years. During that time, the team also grew to a team of 40 Junior Olympic (age group) qualifiers, 17 Y National qualifiers, and 2 Senior national Qualifiers. While coaching for the Y, Eric also served as head coach for Eastside High School for four years. With a team of about 30 swimmers, Eric lead 12-16 swimmers to the high school state championships each year.

In 2003, Eric moved back to Cincinnati where he was hired as Head Age Group Coach for the Cincinnati Marlins for 2 years. During that time, the Marlins won 3 Age Group State Championships, and qualified several swimmers to the Junior Olympic Team. Additionally, Eric served as an assistant coach at St. Xavier High School for one year, helping the team win a State Championship. The following year Eric served as head coach for Wyoming High School.

In 2006 Eric moved to Chesapeake, Virginia, where, for the past four summers, he and his wife have coached for Larkspur Swim Club in the VBSL. During those seasons Larkspur has won two Divisional Championships and helped the team grow from 85 to 136 swimmers in four seasons. Eric also served as a head coach with his wife for Nansemond River High School during the 2007-2008 school year. Eric is currently starting his fourth year as a sixth-grade English teacher at John Yeates Middle School in Suffolk.

He is in his second season with CYAT.

Meredith Lange

Head Age Group Coach

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Coach Meredith has always been on or around a pool deck for most of her life. Having begun swimming at the age of eight with the Durham Dolphins in North Carolina, she progressed through the ranks, earning herself a swimming scholarship to the University of Kentucky. While there she took down seven individual team records and was part of relay teams that tore down another four records.

That success earned her the SEC All-Academic, Most Valuable Swimmer award in her senior year propelling her to the Mission Bay Senior National Team under the reigns of the legendary Olympic Coach Mark Schubert. 

After graduation, she accepted the position as the Assistant Coach of the Men’s and Women’s Swim Team at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. There, she was instrumental in coaching several national level athletes. This success earned her the Head Coaching position of the Limestone Family YMCA when she moved back to Maysville, Kentucky. Eventually, all this experience found its way to the South Hampton Roads region where she became the Level 3 coach for Tide Swim Team.

She is currently entering her fifth season with CYAT. 

Board of Directors

John P Squires

Parent Board President

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