Coaching Achievement for Coach Mike

 
(Santa Maria, CA) - Head Coach Mike Ashmore was awarded Level 5 status by the American Swimming Coaches Association on Friday. The Level 5 coaching status is given to coaches who represent the Top 2-5% of American Swimming Coaches and requires significant education and performance to be achieved. Course work includes Biomechanics, Physiology and Team Management. Performance criteria for each Level gets increasingly more difficult with Level 5 status conferred on those coaches placing athletes on International teams. Level 5 also requires a demonstration of leadership in the sport.

Ashmore has been Head Coach of the Santa Maria Swim Club for just over 12 years and a coach-member of ASCA since 1997. In twelve years with the Santa Maria Swim Club, Ashmore has had numerous Olympic Trials, National and Junior National qualifiers while sending a large number on to college scholarships.