Sam Lapan
Head Coach
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Certifications: ASCA Level 3 (Level 5
Educated) + USA & YMCA Certified
Coaching
Experience:
7 Years Coaching with
Harford Hurricanes (4 as Associate Head
Coach)
3 years coaching John Carroll
water polo and Men’s and Women’s Swimming
2 years Masters team coach at NBAC
2 years as part-time assistant with Johns Hopkins University
(member of 2000 UAA Conference Coaching staff of the year)
2 years assistant Masters team coach at Ancient Mariners (JHU)
1 year assistant coach (in charge of dry-land program) at Fort
Lauderdale Swim Team
1 year assistant coach with the Pittsford Aquatic Club
2 years as Masters coach at
University of Rochester
3 years assistant coach of Meadowbrook Tomatoes summer team
Has coached YMCA
All-Americans, USA Top-16 swimmer, YMCA Top-10 swimmers, USA Junior
National qualifier, USA Academic All-Americans and multiple AAAA
time holders.
Swimming
Experience: 4 years at University of Rochester, 1 year as
Captain
Education:
M.S.Ed. University of Miami 98; B.A. University of Rochester
96
Larry Dukes
Head Coach
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Certifications:
ASCA Level 2 (Level 3 Educated) + USA & YMCA Certified
Coaching Experience:
12 years Coaching with Harford Hurricanes (5 as Head Coach)
10 Years Head Coach of the North Harford Neptunes Summer Team
7 Years Coach of John
Carroll Men’s and Women’s Swim Teams
5 Years Coach of John Carroll
Water Polo
Taught Stroke Mechanics at Just4Kids Swim School
Has coached multiple MIAA, IAAM,
and HCPS swimming championship finalists and All-Harford County
swim team members.
Professional
Career: Athletic Director of John Carroll High School
Swimming Experience: Swam competitively for 7
years for SPCC Swim Team.
Education: M.A.S. - Information Systems, Johns
Hopkins University, 1986; B.A. - Business Administration, Loyola
College, 1988
Ellen McLaughlin
Assistant Coach
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Certifications: USA & YMCA
Certified
Coaching Experience: 11 years coaching with the
Hurricanes, 7
years as coach with Fountain Green Swim Club
Has coached multiple
Y-National qualifiers.
Professional Career: Physical Education Teacher -
Riverside Elementary School
Swimming Experience: 4 yrs. University of Maryland (2yrs.
- Captain), 10 years at Sparrows Point Country Club and Dundalk
YMCA
Education: BS University of Maryland
Jessica Edmondson
Age-Group Coach
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Certification:
ASCA Level 2 (Level 5 Educated)
Coaching
Experience: 1 Year as Head Age-Group Coach with
Harford County YMCA
Swimming
Experience: 10 Years on ATTACK Swim Team, Tallahassee,
Florida
2 years on Clearwater High School
Swim Team
Education: B.A.
Anthropology, Towson University, A.A. in Interior Design
