ALLEGHENY NORTH SWIM CLUB
Post Office Box 952, Wexford, PA, 15090

Head Coach: Patrick Wenzel

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Patrick Wenzel (Head Coach)


Most of his swimming career, he competed for the Michiana Marlins in South Bend, Indiana. In Indiana, Patrick won a state championship in the 500 freestyle as a high school sophomore. In two years at North Allegheny and ANSC, Patrick won the state championship in the 500 freestyle and led the Tigers’ Men’s Team to a championship in 1994. He held the school record in the 500 freestyle at North Allegheny until 2008 when it was broken by one of his own swimmers, and is still part of a record-holding relay team.

Patrick continued his education and swimming career at Ohio State University (OSU) where he set three OSU records in his freshman year. Patrick was named team captain during his junior season, and won the Steve Skilliken Spirit of Giving Award. Every year of his college career, he earned Academic All-Big Ten honors. In 1996, Patrick qualified for the Olympic Trials. He was ranked in the Top 16 and was ranked 51st in the world for the 1500 meter freestyle. He began his coaching career developing athletes at swim camps at OSU and the University of Michigan. During the summer of 2003, Patrick coached the senior group for ANSC, and has been an assistant for North Allegheny High School Tigers Swim Team.

Patrick holds Level 2 certification from ASCA. He has been an AMS Eastern Zone Team coach for the last two years. Patrick was inducted into the North Allegheny Hall of Fame in 2006. During 2008, Patrick coached two swimmers who qualified for Junior National Championships in Minneapolis and who qualified for Short Course Senior Nationals in December 2008 in Atlanta. Five ANSC swimmers qualified for individual events at Junior National Championships in Seattle in August 2009 plus two men's relays. He is married to Summer, and they have a son, Cayden and a baby girl, Macey Rose.


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Kirk "Corky" Semler (Senior Group Coach)

Kirk Semler ("Corky") began his swimming career in the Eastgate Swimming Pool in the early 1960s. He then joined Greater Pittsburgh Swim Club and trained under coaching legend, Dick Bowen. In 1970, while swimming for Gateway High School, he was on a 200 medley relay with a state record time and top 5 national finish.

At Kent State University, Corky earned all MAC conference honors with an NCAA Division I qualifying berth his senior year. In 1989, Corky began teaching and coaching swimming at North Allegheny. Over the past three decades, Corky has had 110 swimmers and divers who have attained All American status. NA teams have won over 500 dual meets, 48 section championships, 15 WPIAL championships, 14 WPIAL runner ups, 8 PIAA Championships and 6 PIAA 2nd place teams. Coach Semler's teams have finished in the top 6 nationally numerous times in the dual meet ranking and won a National title with the 1985 girls team. In 2009, Corky was inducted into the PA Swimming Hall of Fame on the same night the NA Men's Team won the State Championship.


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Brittany Jardine Glass (Age Group Coach)

Brittany began swimming with ANSC at age 5. She continued swimming for the club and became a member of the North Allegheny Tigers where she was an All-American, WPIAL and PIAA qualifier, and a member of a state championship team. She finished her career at Westminster College where she was an NCAA qualifier, Academic All-American, Varsity Record Holder, Team Captain, and a Marge Walker Award Recipient. Brittany is entering her sixth year of coaching, and looks forward to working with athletes from ANSC. Brittany works at North Allegheny and is married to Brian.


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Stacie Sloan (Age Group Coach)

Stacie began swimming with ANSC at the age of 5, and continued with the club until she became a member of the North Allegheny Tigers. She was a part of the 1997 WPIAL and State championship team. She also became an All-American as well as being a part of a pool relay record. Stacie has been coaching for ANSC since May 2005.







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Jaime Workman (Age Group Coach)

Jaime began her swimming career at the age of 10 at ANSC. Jaime won a state championship in the 50 freestyle as a senior in high school and was part of three state championship teams. During high school, Jaime qualified for the Junior National Championships her sophomore year and Senior National Championships her junior year. Jaime still holds the school record in the 50 freestyle at NA, as well as being a part of three school record-holding relay teams.

Jaime continued her education and swimming career at The University of Kentucky in 1997. As a freshman in college, Jaime placed 7th at the South Eastern Conference Championships in the100 Freestyle and was part of UK’s record-breaking 200 freestyle relay that finished 13th at NCAAs, qualifying her as an All-American. Jaime was named a captain for UK as a senior and won the MVP and most improved swimmer award that year. She also finished 3rd at SEC’s in the 50 free and 11th at NCAA’s also qualifying her as an All-American. Jaime was given Academic All-SEC honors in each of her four years swimming for UK. In 2000, Jaime qualified for the Olympic Trials.

Jaime began her coaching career coaching for the Hampton Dolphis for two summers after college. She then moved to Ohio and was assistant coach of the Olentangy High School team for one year and then two years as head coach of Olentangy Liberty High School. Jaime is married to fellow UK All-American swimmer Aaron Workman who is head men’s assistant coach at Pitt. They have one daughter, Molly.