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Coaching Staff |
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Head Coach |
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 Laura
Koch Davis
started competitive swimming
at age 10 in Sugar Land, was
a High School All-American
in 1994, and went on to earn
an academic/athletic
scholarship to attend Iona
College in New Rochelle, NY.
While at Iona she set
numerous school records, was
team captain for swimming
and water polo, won Most
Valuable and Most Dedicated
Honors throughout her
collegiate career, named
MAAC Conference Champ, and
All-Academic Water polo
1999. She graduated from
Iona in 1998 with a B.A. in
History, and Iona Graduate
School in 2000 with an MST
in History/Education.
Laura
joined WMST in 2006 and has
been active in Masters
swimming since 2002. She is
ranked Top Ten nationally
and FINA in numerous events,
and also serves as a
delegate for the Marketing
committee. She started her
coaching career while in
high school for summer
league teams and has worked
with many USA, USMS, and
Summer league teams in New
York and Texas since 1993.
Laura is also a certified
USA, USMS, and ASCA
Coach.She even started her
own USA and USMS teams while
living in Austin in 2006 and
helped her swimmers obtain
Junior National and TAGS
times in less than 5 months.
She is the Head Coach of
Swim Streamline which she
formed in September 2008 in
Northampton, Swim Lesson
Director, and also coaches
Masters for WMST at the
Conroe ISD Pool, and also at
Northampton. She is looking
forward to her 2nd season
with the Northampton Cudas
as Head Coach with a
talented group of coaches.
GO CUDAS!
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Where did you
attend school? |
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Iona |
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What was your
major? |
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BA in History '98
MST in
History/Education
'00 |
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What is your
favorite memory
from swimming? |
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After home summer league meets on Monday nights we would all go for pizza and ALL TIME favorite swim memory is winning the 200 fly at Long Course nationals and getting proposed to! I received a diamond ring and a gold medal...hard to top this! |
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What is your
favorite musical
group? |
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The Cure |
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What is your
favorite song? |
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Just Like Heaven by The Cure |
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What is your
favorite movie? |
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Lord of the
Rings |
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What is your
favorite color? |
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Blue |
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Assistant Coaches |
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Anna Gorski |
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Where do you
attend school? |
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College of Architecture at Texas A&M University |
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What are your
swimming (or
related sport)
accomplishments? |
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Swimming at
Regionals every
year |
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What is your
major (or do you
plan on majoring
in)? |
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Environmental Design |
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What is your
favorite memory
from swimming? |
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I swam for 7 years on the RAYS USA team in Fredericksburg, Virginia and for 4 years on my high school's varsity team. I was also captain of my high school team. I ran track and played water polo in high school. |
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What is your
favorite musical
group? |
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Eli Young Band |
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What is your
favorite song? |
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James Otto's "Good Ole Days" |
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What is your
favorite movie? |
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Oceans 11 |
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What is your
favorite color? |
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Light Blue |
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Jackie Landry |
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Where do you
attend school? |
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Sam Houston
State University |
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What are your
swimming (or
related sport)
accomplishments? |
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I swam for 9 years (competitive and non-competitive) and in my last 2 years of swimming I swam varsity for 2 years at Klein Oak High School and was ranked at regions.
On the Cudas Swim Team I participated in All Stars and at Ponderosa. |
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What is your
major (or do you
plan on majoring
in)? |
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psychology with
a minor in
sociology |
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What is your
favorite memory
from swimming? |
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My
favorite memory from when I swam for the Cudas was Saturday afternoons when
the swim meet was all said and done going home with a sense of community and
self confidence. |
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What is your
favorite musical
group? |
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Eli Young Band |
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What is your
favorite song? |
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Take My Hand |
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What is your
favorite movie? |
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Ms. Congeniality |
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What is your
favorite color? |
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Blue |
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Quinton Jones |
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Where do you
attend school? |
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Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN |
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What are your
swimming (or
related sport)
accomplishments? |
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Diving
High School Regional Qualifier 4 years
Captain- Klein Oak Dive Team (1 year- senior)
Club- Junior Nationals Qualifier (Woodlands Diving Academy)
Swimming
100 Breastroke Regional Qualifier 3 years
Captain- Klein Oak Swim Team (1 year-senior) |
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What is your
major (or do you
plan on majoring
in)? |
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Major: Economics and History
Minor: Managerial Studies |
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What is your
favorite memory
from swimming? |
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Well I didn’t get to have many Cuda memories but I enjoyed racing Coach Laura last year in the 50 meter breast stroke. She talks but she just couldn’t pull out the win in the end! |
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What is your
favorite musical
group? |
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I love country music which is why Nashville is perfect for me! I don’t necessarily have a favorite group but I love Outlaw Country (Willie, Waylon, etc) and I also love Texas Country (Casey Donahew Band, Pat Green, Cory Morrow, etc.). Sorry for not being too specific but it’s a hard question! |
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What is your
favorite song? |
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“My Hometown” by Charlie Robison |
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What is your
favorite movie? |
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Platoon |
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What is your
favorite color? |
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Green |
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Cory Swanson |
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Where do you
attend school? |
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Texas A&M College Station |
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What are your
swimming (or
related sport)
accomplishments? |
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I have been a state finalist many times including second at T.A.G.S. in 50 breast as a 10 year old. I was a high school state finalist my freshman and sophomore years of high school in 100 Breast, 200 I.M. and relays. I own every cuda team record besides 15-18 50 fly from ages 13-14 and 15-18. I was Ponderosa high point winner 3 different years. |
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What is your
major (or do you
plan on majoring
in)? |
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Petroleum Engineering |
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What is your
favorite memory
from swimming? |
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My favorite memory of the cudas is hanging with friends at saturday swim meets. |
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What is your
favorite musical
group? |
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3 doors down |
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What is your
favorite song? |
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Kryptonite |
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What is your
favorite movie? |
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The Dukes of Hazzard |
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What is your
favorite color? |
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red |
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Ben Davis |
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Where do you
attend school? |
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Klein Oak High
School |
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What are your
swimming (or
related sport)
accomplishments? |
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Swimming at
Regionals every
year |
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What is your
major (or do you
plan on majoring
in)? |
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Mechanical
Engineering |
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What is your
favorite memory
from swimming? |
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I believe i was
11-12 our relays
went undefeated. |
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What is your
favorite musical
group? |
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The Cab |
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What is your
favorite song? |
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Take My Hand |
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What is your
favorite movie? |
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Oceans 11 |
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What is your
favorite color? |
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Blue |
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Blythe Shoemaker |
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Where do you
attend school? |
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George Mason
University |
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What are your
swimming (or
related sport)
accomplishments? |
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US Swimming-
TAGS
breaststroke
2000-2004 short
course and long
course. Gulf
champs finalist
400 IM and
breaststroke.
Summer league-
Northern
Virginia Summer
League All star
Relay, IM and
breaststroke 8
and under, 9-10.
16-18 Ponderosa
breaststroke.
All Stars 100 IM
(1st place).
Diving- 14-15
AAU Nationals
qualifier.
Conference team
for Division 1
swim and dive:
1m and 3m Water
Polo- played all
4 years of high
school, 2007 and
2008 year placed
4th in regional. |
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What is your
major? |
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Global and
Environmental
change |
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What is your
favorite memory
from swimming? |
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Having swimming
socials after
summer league
meets! |
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What is your
favorite musical
group? |
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The Beatles |
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What is your
favorite song? |
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Love Story by
Taylor Swift |
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What is your
favorite movie? |
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She's the Man |
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What is your
favorite color? |
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Yellow |
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Ross Davis |
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Where did you
attend school? |
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Clarion |
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What are your
swimming (or
related sport)
accomplishments? |
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As a Masters
swimmer he has
been ranked Top
Ten Nationally
in the
50/100/200/400/500
Free, 50/100/200
Fly, 50/100/200
Back,
100/200/400 I.M.,
open water
swimming and 1
hour postal.
Coach Ross also
holds South
Texas Masters
Zone records in
the 100/200 Fly,
50/100/200 Back,
50/100/200 Free
and 200/400IM.
He achieved All
American Masters
status in 2004
with the fastest
time posted in
the 400 IM and
again in 2005
with the 100
Backstroke. In
2005 he won 4
National Titles
in the 100 Fly,
200 Back, 200
Free and 200
Freestyle Relay.
In 2006, while
competing in
FINA Masters
World
Championships he
broke 2 Masters
World Records in
the 200 Back and
200 Mixed
Freestyle Relay. |
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What was your
major? |
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BSBA in Accounting '89 |
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What is your
favorite memory
from swimming? |
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Ice cream after practice |
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What is your
favorite musical
group? |
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The Doors |
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What is your
favorite song? |
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L.A. Woman by The Doors |
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What is your
favorite movie? |
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Lord of the Rings |
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What is your
favorite color? |
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Black (and gold during Steelers season!) |
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