Don Burton
Don coaches the National and Provincial groups of the club as well as assisting with the Devo group. Don has coached athletes of all ages to all levels of success, placing members of this club on Provincial Tour Teams and national teams competing at World Cups, Grand Prix’s, U.S. Open and Pan Pacific Championships.
Don is a certified NCCP level 3 coach currently working on his level 4 and is Head Coach of the National Lifesaving Team.
Kendra Burton
As
Director of Swimming Development and Age Group Coach, Kendra oversees our developing swimmers and applies her growth and development knowledge as well as more than 20 years coaching experience to ensure all our athletes develop their full potential. Prior to her arrival with the Guelph Marlin Aquatic club, Kendra was the Head Coach of the Huron Hurricanes Aquatic Club for 3 years, coach of the University of Guelph Gryphons for 3 years, and the Head Coach at the Dorado Stars Aquatic Club for one year. Currently pursuing her NCCP IV, Kendra
is currently acting as the Western Region Chair Person and establishing the Swin Ontario swimming development comittee. She has held the Ontario Swim Coaches Association Chair Position, sat on the Board of Directors for Swim Ontario and received a Gold Award from CSCTA for having an athlete ranked 25th in the world or better. Kendra has coached National, Regional and Provincial qualifiers and medalists in all strokes, distances and ages, and has placed a swimmer on the 1998 Commonwealth Games Team for Canada.
Paul Meronen
Paul is one of the longest standing coaches in Canada and brings a wealth of experience to the Marlins program. In his 35 years of coaching he has regularly worked with athletes at all levels of the competitive spectrum from novice to international elite. His athletes have produced national records in all four stroke disciplines at distances from 50 to 200 meters and have represented Canada internationally in all four strokes. Two have achieved the medal podium at the Olympic Games ( 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze ) and 3 have medalled and placed in finals at Commonwealths, Pan American Games, Pan Pacific and World Championships. Over his years of coaching Paul has had the pleasure of working with 12 Olympians at some point in either their agegroup or senior careers. In 1984 Paul was CSCA Coach of the Year and was inducted into the Swim Ontario Aquatic Hall of Fame in 2000 and this summer the SNC Circle of Excellence.
Melissa Lennie
This will be my first year as the Coordinator of Swim School and I am looking forward to getting to know and meet all the new swimmers and their families. As well, I hope to make your experience with the Marlins the best it can be.
I am a recent graduate from the University of Guelph, with a Bachelor of Applied Science, majoring in Child, Youth, and Family. I have been with the club since 1997. I swam competitively with the club for seven years. During that time I “saw the light” and I went to two Lifesaving National meets. While I swam I also started coaching for the club and have been coaching for roughly seven years, maybe eight (really I have lost count). I have my NLS qualifications, as well as my NCCP Level 1 coach. Currently I am working towards going to graduate school, possibly either Child Life or Teachers College.
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