Olivier Renaud
Head Coach
o.renaud@whitbyswimming.ca
Head Coach
Senior Groups Lead Coach
Senior Performance and Senior Groups
Precompetitive Lead
Olivier Renaud is from Shawinigan, Québec. He studied Intervention Sportive (B.Sc.) at Université Laval in Quebec City. He worked for 4 years with Rouge et Or Natation (age group and varsity) and Rouge et Or Triathlon (varsity, national and international level). In his 3 years as the Head Age Group Coach of the Gatineau Swim Club, he placed multiple athletes on provincial teams, leading them to numerous national age group medals and provincial records. Coach Olivier has been named 6 times as a coach of age group provincial teams in Quebec and was named national coach of the year in the Gatineau area in 2016. He has a passion for Open Water swimming and was coach on multiple World Cups in the last 3 years.
Nick McKechnie
Coach
n.mckechnie@whitbyswimming.ca
Ken Yu
Coach
K.Yu@whitbyswimming.ca
Tom Lawrie
Coach
t.lawrie@whitbyswimming.ca
Junior Groups Lead Coach
Junior Performance Group
Tom was a nationally qualified competitive swimmer and attended La Salle University in Philadelphia, PA where he was awarded the Most Outstanding Performer – Men’s Swimming in 2010.
Tom, a NCCP Level 1 certified coach, will be guiding our Junior swimmers to continued success.
Elyse Pinder
Coach
e.pinder@whitbyswimming.ca
Senior and Junior Lite Lead Coach
Senior Lite and Junior Lite Groups
Precompetitive Lead
