CHRISTINE MILLER
Christine Miller was born and raised in Riverside, California. She realized at a young age that she loved swimming, whether it was in the ocean or in her backyard swimming pool. Racing her older sister from one side of the pool to the other was beginning to get too easy, so she joined her high school's swim and water polo team. She was on the varsity swim team for 2 years but th
en she moved to Hereford, TX in the summer of 2006. Soon after she became a lifeguard at the Hereford Aquatic Center. This is where her love for teaching and coaching swim developed. As a lifeguard, she gave many swim lessons and loved the feeling of teaching people things that they could use for a lifetime. Christine is working on getting her level one coaching. Cody Hudson
CODY HUDSON
Cody Hudson was born in Amarillo. Growing up he played soccer and baseball, though they never really stuck. In seventh grade he joined the swim team and fell in love with the sport. He swam through high school and went to states in 7th grade. His freshman year in high school he had an amazing coach who inspired him to coach. Cody’s favorite stroke is breast stroke and he hopes to join a master’s team soon and compete. Coach Cody is currently sophomore at West Texas A&M, where he is studying Sports Exercise Science. He is currently certified as a Lifeguard and has his level one coaching. He has coached for Canyon and here in Hereford. MEGAN KAHLICH
Coach Kahlich was born and raised in Pennsylvania where she comes from a long line of Swimmers and Coaches. Her Grandfather was the head Water Safety Instructor for their chapter of the American Red Cross and was influential in the building of the high school pool. He also coached the elementary and middle school swim teams. Her mother was her high school coach and is currently an Aquatic Expert Witness for a law firm on Pennsylvania and the Beach Director in Eagles Mere PA. Coach Kahlich took her first stroke at 6months, joined her first team at 6 and at 8 she was the age group champ at Eagles Mere Lake for the Lake Swim. By the time she hit middle school she was overall champ for Eagles Mere Lake. She was ranked statewide in the 500Free, 200Free, and the 100IM all four years of high school. Her senior year of high school she was awarded a full ride to Berea College and where her swimming went to a national level. She was team captain in both high school and college. She is currently a member of Master Swimming and will start competing again this summer. After college Coach Kahlich got a job as an Aquatic Coordinator which combined her love of the water and her love to teach. She started coaching for the Williamsburg Aquatic Club in the fall of 2005 as a stroke coach. She has been teaching swimming and water safety for the American Red Cross for 13years and has been a lifeguard for 15years and a LGI for 12. She is currently certified as a Level 3 coach, an AFO, an EMT. She is currently on sabbatical for 3months to finish her nursing degree and she plans on heading back to the panhandle to get the club sanctioned and develop a love for swimming among the people of Hereford.
