Lansdowne Lightning

Coach Getis is excited for the season and looks forward to continuing to focus the team on having fun, achieving self-improvement, and displaying great sportsmanship throughout the season. Coach Getis is the head swim coach and a math teacher at Riverside High School.

Email:  [email protected]

Fun Facts

How long have you been teaching at Riverside?
This fall will be my 10th year at Riverside.

When did you start swimming?
My first swim team was the West Laurel Wahoos when I was 7 years old.

What is your favorite stroke?
I was a breaststroker. Now, I mainly swim freestyle.

What do you like best about being a LL swim coach?
The fun we have and seeing everyone have a great time while improving throughout the season.

Favorite junk food.
I prefer salty over sweet, so chips, etc. are my favorites, but I try to stay away from junk food as much as possible. I eat a lot of almonds and fruit.

Fun Facts

What grade will you be in this fall?
I am a rising Senior

When did you start swimming?
I first started Lansdowne Lightning when I was 6 years old and have been on the team ever since

What is your favorite stroke?
My favorite stroke is backstroke (because I get to breathe the whole time).

What do you like best about being a LL swim coach?
My favorite part about coaching LL is seeing the swimmers improve on their strokes and having fun racing against their friends.

Favorite junk food.
My favorite junk food is sour patch watermelon!

Fun Facts

What grade will you be in this fall?
12th

When did you start swimming?
Kindergarten

What is your favorite stroke?
Butterfly

What do you like best about being a LL swim coach?
Seeing the kids learn, progress and have fun.

Favorite junk food.
Cheezits

Fun Facts

What grade will you be in this fall?
Going to Senior Year!

When did you start swimming?
I started swimming when I was 5. (12 Years Ago)

What is your favorite stroke?
I love Freestyle! For high school I love the 500 and for Lightning I love the 100IM.

What do you like best about being a LL swim coach?
I love being able to hang out with the other coaches and having fun with the swimmers and seeing them go best times!

Favorite junk food.
Brownies and Swedish Fish

Fun Facts

Where will you be going to college in the fall?
Freshman at Virginia Tech

When did you start swimming?
6 years old

What is your favorite stroke?
Butterfly

What do you like best about being a LL swim coach?
Meeting all the incredible teammates

Favorite junk food.
Protein

Fun Facts

What grade will you be in this fall?
I’m a rising senior

When did you start swimming?
I’ve been swimming since I was 7 (swimming for 9 years)

What is your favorite stroke?
My favorite stroke is freestyle

What do you like best about being a LL swim coach?
I like hanging out with the kids

Favorite junk food.
My favorite junk food is Swedish Fish

Fun Facts

Where are you attending college in the fall?
I will be attending the University of Georgia in the fall

When did you start swimming?
I started swimming as a baby and have been a LLST swimmer all 12 years

What is your favorite stroke?
My favorite stroke is freestyle

What do you like best about being a LL swim coach?
My favorite part about being a swim coach is the relationships I get to make with each swimmer while getting to work with such an amazing group of coaches

Favorite junk food.
I LOVE red sun chips or gummy bears!

Fun Facts

What grade will you be in this fall?
12th

When did you start swimming?
When I was 6 I joined LLST

What is your favorite stroke?
Backstroke

What do you like best about being a LL swim coach?
Helping out the kids

Favorite junk food.
Sour patch kids

Fun Facts

What grade will you be in this fall?
Senior

When did you start swimming?
I started swimming in kindergarten, this marks 11 years on the team

What is your favorite stroke?
My favorite stroke is breaststroke but i love to swim the IM (individual medley)

What do you like best about being a LL swim coach?
I love interacting with the kids and I always dreamed of being a coach and now that dream has come true!

Favorite junk food.
Salt and vinegar chips

Fun Facts

What grade will you be in this fall?
I am going into my senior year

When did you start swimming?
I started swimming when I was 6 on Lansdowne Lightning

What is your favorite stroke?
My favorite stroke is backstroke

What do you like best about being a LL swim coach?
I like watching the kids improve from the beginning to the end of the season and have fun while doing it

Favorite junk food.
Favorite junk food is definitely sour skittles

Fun Facts

What grade will you be in this fall?
I am a rising Junior.

When did you start swimming?
I started swimming at Lansdowne Lightning in 2017

What is your favorite stroke?
My favorite stroke is Breaststroke

What do you like best about being a LL swim coach?
What I like best about being a LL swim coach is that it is fun to hang out with everybody and I love to swim.

Favorite junk food.
Raising Canes