Hans Witolla, Head Coach

Education: BA, Political Science, McMaster University, Level III Coach

Experience: 25 years coaching experience, has coached numerous athletes to Regional, Provincial & National teams. Hans loves swimming, cross country skiing, mountain biking. He enjoys spending time with his teenage son & his dog. Hans believes that “the journey is just as important as the destination.”

William Calhoun, Age Group Coach, Novice and Swim School Coordinator

Level III Coach with 10 Years Coaching Experience.

Timmins Marlins Head Coach, coaching several Provincial Champions and three National Medalists. Spent 2003/04 season mentoring with Olympic Coaches Bud McAllister and Dean Boles at the Kitchener-Waterloo National Swimming Center.  During his mentorship he coached every level of swimmer; Age Group, Varsity, National, International and Paralympic.  Two of the swimmers he personally coached every day represented Canada at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens.

"I believe that every swimmer should be given the opportunity to “Be the best they can be”"

Has recently been married and enjoys fishing, football and swimming.

Cameron Charlton-Novice Coach

Cameron has been in competitive swimming for over 20 years.  He began swimming at the age of 4 with the Aylmer Optimist Arrows, until 1992 when he moved down the road to the Tillsonburg Aquatic Torpedoes (Now called South-Western Aquatic).  In 1999 Cameron accepted a full scholarship and moved south to the USA , where he swam for George Mason University in Fairfax Virginia .  A Cum laude graduate in 2003 with a BSc in Business Management, Cameron moved to Waterloo Ontario to swim for Bud McAllister at one of the National training centres, where he retired at the end of the 2003 season.  Some career highlights are finalist at the FINA World Cup, US Open, over 7 NCAA Colonial Athletic Association Conference medals, top 50 ranking in the NCAA, multiple varsity swim records at GMU, multiple Canadian and American national finals, and a bronze at Canadian National Championships in the 200 breast.  Now swimming with the Brantford Masters Swim Club, he is a Canadian Masters record holder in the 50 breast.  Cameron is an Agriculture Account Manager for TD Canada Trust, and currently resides in Paris Ontario with his wife Beth.