Coach's Corner

"Coaches are not concerned when you fall, but when you do not try to rise."

Coach Comments: March 18th, 2017

Hang in there girls! You all look amazing and I know you are tired and sore. I promise all the hard work will pay off very very soon. Next week (VC Champs) will be amazing for all girls and I'm proud of you all whether you made it or not. We are a team and each of you holds a special place and you all push each other to do our very best.
Catch up on your sleep, eat well (and enough) and go hard.

Tapering Info:

Team Unify: https://www.teamunify.com/winbsc/__doc__/145822_4_taper.pdf
Swimming World Mag: https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/the-ups-and-downs-of-taper-time/

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Bio: Coach Safran started swimming at age 8 with Channel Islands Aquatics. After qualifying for J.O., Q meets and CIF she transferred over to BuenaVentura Aquatics during her freshman year at Oxnard High School (coached by Larry Raffeli and Trace Neilan). Coached under Coach Baxter and Coach Todd, she qualified for CIF Division 1 for the 100 breastroke and earned 7 MVP's (swim and polo). Throughout high school she swam and played water polo on the boys's team (as it didn't become an official high school sport until her senior year). Her love of water polo led her to a short time with the UCSB D1 Women's Water Polo team where she played field and was asked to try her hand at goalkeeper. Her early swimming career enabled her to first start off as a pool lifeguard and swim instructor, then as an Ocean Lifeguard and Junior Lifeguard Instructor with Ventura County Lifeguarding during her high school and college years. She has also coached a Women's Water Polo Master's team, was an extra Assistant Swim Coach at Oxnard High and was the Head Girls Water Polo Coach for ACHS for 5 years, leading a team that defeated Rio Mesa for the first time since they had a pool. Currently she is the head Girls Varsity Coach at ACHS and is excited to begin the start of her 15th season, 6 of which consisted of League Championships. Additionally, she has been a witness and coach to all of the school records on the boys and girls side, many of which were earned by future collegiate swimmers. Safran swims and plays water polo regularly with a co-ed masters team and loves to surf, coach and swim.