Meet our Coaching & Teaching Staff
Patrick Paradis
Director of Swimming, Head Coach
Bio coming soon
headcoach@islandswimming.com
Cameron Dickson
National Group Coach
Cameron joins Island Swimming as National Coach, bringing six years of coaching experience to the team. He holds a degree in Marine Biology from the University of Victoria and spent the last three years as Head Coach of the Juan de Fuca Royals summer swimming club. Cameron's coaching philosophy centers on long-term athlete development, focusing on building strong technical foundations and a lifelong love of the sport. Cameron is excited to bring his experience and passion for athlete development to Island Swimming, and looks forward to helping swimmers grow and succeed for years to come.
cameron.dickson@islandswimming.com
Wouter Terpstra
Assistant Coach, Provincial Group Coach & ISST Manager
Wouter returns for his eleventh year of coaching with ISC. Originally from the Netherlands, Wouter immigrated to Canada (Vernon) at the age of 8 where he grew up, went to school and swam. In 2014 he moved to Victoria where he continued his swimming with the High Performance Center's Next-Gen training program. In 2016 & 2017 he spent the summer as the head coach of the Lumby Lightning (Summer) Swim Club. Wouter holds a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology and is a certified NCCP level 2 coach. In his free time Wouter enjoys heading into the outdoors with his dog to hike, camp, paddle, photograph wildlife and explore the island.
wouter.terpstra@islandswimming.com
Kyle Bennett
Regional Group Coach
Kyle returns for his tenth year of coaching and his third as the Regional group coach. He was also part of Island Swimming as an athlete for over 10 years. Currently he is studying Kinesiology at Camosun College with a plan of taking elementary education afterwards. He hopes to use his schooling and swimming experience to help swimmers be both successful in and out of the pool.
kyle.bennett@islandswimming.com
Maddie Koropatniski
Intro Comp Group Coach (SCP)
With over 10 years of competitive swimming experience with Island, Maddie is beginning her fifth season as a coach. She holds an NCCP Level 1 coaching certification and is currently studying Recreation and Health Education at UVic. She hopes to use her schooling and swimming experience to help swimmers be both successful in and out of the pool.
maddie.koro@islandswimming.com
Beth Primrose
Intro Comp JDF Coach
As a former Canadian professional triathlon champion and elite roadrunner, Beth understands what it takes to become a high performance athlete, and that it all starts in childhood. Her focus as a competitive swim coach is on helping children develop the proper technique in all four strokes, even though they might specialize in one as they get older. Beth has been successful with this approach to young swimmer development as a coach with the Burlington Aquatic Devilrays and Mississauga Aquatic Club.
beth.primrose@islandswimming.com
Maya Stevens
ISST Lead Coach - SCP
Maya is returning for her fifth year coaching ISST and C & T at Commonwealth. She has many years experience as a competitive swimmer and is currenlty studying education at the University of Victoria
isst.scp@islandswimming.com
Nicola Daly
ISST Lead Coach - JDF
Nicola swam competitively with Island for over five years and has now been coaching here since 2022. She is currently attending the University of Victoria studying in the faculty of science.
isst.jdf@islandswimming.com
Associate Coaching Staff
Emiko Osborne
Assistant Provincial Coach
Emiko was an Island swimmer for many years before attending univeristy in London Ontario. We're thrilled to have her back sharing her skills with the provincial group
Brett Bennett
Assistant CSI/ National Coach
Brett has been a member of the ISC family for almost 20 years as both a swimmer and a coach. His passion for swimming is evident in his coaching
Maya Stevens
C & T Coach
May joined ISC in 2022 as a CSI swimmer, but discovered she loved coaching more. Maya shares her enthusiasm for swimming with our ISST and C & T groups
Shiho Chiang
Lead C& T Coach
CandT@islandswimming.com
Shiho is a former Island swimmer who started coaching in 2019. She brings years of experience to our ISST and C & T groups
Island Swim Skills Lessons Leads
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Finley Howard
Manager, Lessons Programs
lessons@islandswimming.com
Finley is taking over from Dan as manager of our Swimming Lessons programs. Finley is a former Island swimmer and one of our original Island Swim Skills instructors. With years of experience as a coach and even longer as a competitive swimmer, her passion for aquatics is obvious in her work!
Josie Bosco
Manager, Private Lessons
privatelessons@islandswimming.com
Josie is taking over from Dan as manger of our Private Lessons programs. Josie was a competitive swimmer in Toronto for 10 years, and has been coaching for 5. Now studying at UVic, her goal is to inspire young swimmers to fall in love with the water as she once did and reach their personal bests!
Nia McDougall
Lead Swim Skills Instructor
Swimming has always been a huge part of Nia's life, and she loves sharing that passion with others! Her goal is to guide and support everyone through every splash, success, and challenge helping them to develop confidence, leadership, and a lifelong love of the water.
Lead Swim Skills Instructor
Update coming soon!