Coach Profiles
HEAD Coaches and business directors

Mat TippetT
Nickname: Matty
D.O.B: 21 December, 1972
Place of Birth: Sunshine, Melbourne
Academic Background:
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Bachelor of Art, Sport Administration (VUT)
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Master Practitioner Neuro Linguistic Programming
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MBA (Swinburne University)
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Level 2 Triathlon Coach
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Level 1 Strength and Conditioning Coach
Coaching Highlights:
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“20 years of coaching”
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Coach of multiple Professional Triathletes
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Coach of over 400 individual IM finishes and 100 first timers
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Coach of Australian, Asia Pacific, Oceania and World Champions.
Career Highlights (Pro and AG):
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Busselton Ironman, 17th overall
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Busselton Ironman, 3rd in AG
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Half Ironman Yeppoon 3rd overall, Tasmania 5th overall
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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:
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Bachelor of Science (Melbourne Universoty)
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Master of Applied Science (Victoria University)
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PhD (Victoria University)
Coaching Highlights:
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ACSTA Silver License (Performance Coach)
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Owner and Manager of Elite Swimming
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Owner and Manager of Essendon District Aquatic

Darren Franken
Nickname: Daz
D.O.B: 20 September, 1968
Place of Birth: Geelong
Academic Background:
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Advanced Certificate in Automotive Development
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Level 1 Triathlon Coach
Coaching highlights:
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Coached 70.3 AG World Champion
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Coached Multiple athletes to Ironman 70.3 AG world championships
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Coached Multiple athletes to World Long course Championships
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Coached Multiple athletes to Ironman World Championships (Hawaii)
Career Highlights (Pro and AG):
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Busselton Ironman 8th, Ironman Japan 6th, Ironman China 16th
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Northern Territory long course 2nd
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Cairns Half Ironman 2nd, Yeppoon 3rd, Gold Coast 4th, Tasmania 6th
ASSISTANT COAChes

AMANDA WILSON
Nickname: Manda Pants
Place of Birth: Leongatha, VIC
Academic Background:
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Level 1 Triathlon Coach
Career Highlights: (Current)
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Ironman Asia Pacific Championships Cairns 2018 - 8th Professional female
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Ironman 70.3 Taupo 2018 - 5th Professional female
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Ironman Dublin 2017 - 3rd Professional female
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Ironman 70.3 Pescara 2017 - 5th Professional female
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Stephanie Demestichas
Nickname: Stephy D
D.O.B: 26 August, 1994
Place of Birth: Melbourne
Academic Background:
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Bachelor of Creative Arts, Visual Arts (Deakin University)
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Level One Triathlon Coaching Course
Career Highlights (Elite & Pro):
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Ironman 70.3 Geelong 2016 – 15th Professional female
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Ironman 70.3 Ballarat 2016 – 11th Professional female
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Challenge Shepparton 70.3 2016 – 7th Professional female
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Ironman 70.3 Western Sydney 2019 – 8th Professional female
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Ironman 70.3 Geelong 2020 – 12th Professional female
Program coach

corey webster
Junior program Coach
Nickname: Corza
D.O.B: 09 November, 2000
Place of Birth: Carlton, Melbourne
Academic Background:
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Studying a Bachelor of Exercise Science – Sports Practice (VU)
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Foundation level triathlon coach
Career Highlights:
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2019 Australian World Champs 15-19 AG team
Swim coaches

Marcus Blake
advisory swim coach
Nickname: Cus / Marco
D.O.B: 28 December, 1993
Place of Birth: Sunshine, Melbourne
Academic Background:
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ASCTA Bronze Licensed Swim Coach
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Currently Completing a Double degree Bachelor of Law/Bachelor of Commerce
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International Baccalaureate Diploma
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ACT Certificate of Secondary Education (with Honours)

Dom Scholtes
head swim coach
Nickname: The Big D
D.O.B: 13 September, 1994
Place of Birth: Melbourne
Academic Background:
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ASCTA Bronze Licensed Swim Coach
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Bachelor Exercise Science and Sport Performance
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6 Years High Performance Swim Coaching
Career Highlights:
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Top 20 in Australia 50m Freestyle and Breaststroke
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100m Breaststroke PB 1.03.24
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100m Free PB 52.18
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200m Free PB 1.56.94
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400m Free PB 4.07.3
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Competed Commonwealth Games/Olympic Games/World Championship Trials
ETPA AMERICA COACHES

Raeghleigh Harris
Academic Background:
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Honors Degree in Human Movement/Sports Management
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Certified Triathlon Coach in Australia and the USA
Mitchell Reiss
Academic Background:
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BS in Kinesiology
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USAT Level 1 and
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ASCA Level 2 Coach

Mike Davis
Academic Background:
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USAT Level 1 Certified coach