Mat TippetT

Nickname: Matty

D.O.B: 21 December, 1972

Place of Birth: Sunshine, Melbourne

Academic Background:

• Bachelor of Art, Sport Administration (VUT)

• Master Practitioner Neuro Linguistic Programming

• MBA (Swinburne University)

• Level 2 Triathlon Coach

• Level 1 Strength and Conditioning Coach

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Coaching Highlights:

•  “20 years of coaching”

• Coach of multiple Professional Triathletes

• Coach of over 400 individual IM finishes and 100 first timers

• Coach of Australian, Asia Pacific, Oceania and World Champions.  

Career Highlights (Pro and AG):

• Busselton Ironman, 17th overall

• Busselton Ironman, 3rd in AG

• Half Ironman Yeppoon 3rd overall, Tasmania 5th overall

• Swim course record Busselton

Dr Chris Stathis

Nickname: Staph (as in the bacteria)

D.O.B: 16 March 1968

Place of Birth: Coburg, Melbourne

Academic Background:

• Bachelor of Science (Melbourne Universoty)

• Master of Applied Science (Victoria University)

• PhD (Victoria University)

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Coaching Highlights:

• ACSTA Silver License (Performance Coach)

• Owner and Manager of Elite Swimming

• Owner and Manager of Essendon District Aquatic

Darren Franken

Nickname: Daz

D.O.B: 20 September, 1968

Place of Birth: Geelong

Academic Background:

• Advanced Certificate in Automotive Development

• Level 1 Triathlon Coach

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Coaching highlights:

• Coached 70.3 AG World Champion​

• Coached Multiple athletes to Ironman 70.3 AG world championships

• Coached Multiple athletes to World Long course Championships

• Coached Multiple athletes to Ironman World Championships (Hawaii)

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Career Highlights (Pro and AG):

• Busselton Ironman 8th, Ironman Japan 6th, Ironman China 16th

• Northern Territory long course 2nd

• Cairns Half Ironman 2nd, Yeppoon 3rd, Gold Coast 4th, Tasmania 6th

AMANDA WILSON

Nickname: Manda Pants

Place of Birth: Leongatha, VIC

Academic Background:​

• Level 1 Triathlon Coach

Career Highlights: (Current)

• Ironman Asia Pacific Championships Cairns 2018 - 8th Professional female

• Ironman 70.3 Taupo 2018 - 5th Professional female

• Ironman Dublin 2017 - 3rd Professional female

• Ironman 70.3 Pescara 2017 - 5th Professional female

Stephanie Demestichas

Nickname: Stephy D

D.O.B: 26 August, 1994

Place of Birth: Melbourne

Academic Background:​

• Bachelor of Creative Arts, Visual Arts (Deakin University)

• Level One Triathlon Coaching Course  

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Career Highlights (Elite & Pro):​

• Ironman 70.3 Geelong 2016 – 15th Professional female

• Ironman 70.3 Ballarat 2016 – 11th Professional female

• Challenge Shepparton 70.3 2016 – 7th Professional female

• Ironman 70.3 Western Sydney 2019 – 8th Professional female

• Ironman 70.3 Geelong 2020 – 12th Professional female

corey webster

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Junior program Coach

Nickname: Corza

D.O.B: 09 November, 2000

Place of Birth: Carlton, Melbourne

Academic Background:

• Studying a Bachelor of Exercise Science – Sports Practice (VU)

• Foundation level triathlon coach

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Career Highlights:

• 2019 Australian World Champs 15-19 AG team

Marcus Blake

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advisory swim coach

Nickname: Cus / Marco

D.O.B: 28 December, 1993

Place of Birth: Sunshine, Melbourne

Academic Background:

• ASCTA Bronze Licensed Swim Coach

• Currently Completing a Double degree Bachelor of Law/Bachelor of Commerce

• International Baccalaureate Diploma

• ACT Certificate of Secondary Education (with Honours)

Dom Scholtes

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head swim coach

Nickname: The Big D

D.O.B: 13 September, 1994

Place of Birth:  Melbourne

Academic Background:

• ASCTA Bronze Licensed Swim Coach

• Bachelor Exercise Science and Sport Performance

• 6 Years High Performance Swim Coaching

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Career Highlights:

• Top 20 in Australia 50m Freestyle and Breaststroke

• 100m Breaststroke PB 1.03.24

• 100m Free PB 52.18

• 200m Free PB 1.56.94

• 400m Free PB 4.07.3

• Competed Commonwealth Games/Olympic Games/World Championship Trials

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Raeghleigh Harris

Academic Background:

• Honors Degree in Human Movement/Sports Management

• Certified Triathlon Coach in Australia and the USA

Mitchell Reiss

Academic Background:

• BS in Kinesiology

• USAT Level 1 and

• ASCA Level 2 Coach

Mike Davis

Academic Background:

• USAT Level 1 Certified coach