Zelienople Area Swim Club - ZASC

05/18/2021

New head coaches alert*****

James M Koval
Head Coach

Coach James comes to ZASC with nearly five years of coaching experience and over 15 years of total competitive swimming experience.

He is currently an assistant coach with Seneca Valley Swim Club, where he recently started after two years as Head Assistant at the Uniontown Area YMCA. He worked mostly with young and developing swimmers in Uniontown, guiding many to first-time qualifications for YMCA districts and states, plus two team relay records. Coach James was also Head Assistant at Laurel Highlands HS for the 2019-20 season, helping the Mustangs to 7 school records in just one season, and a 3rd place finish at Girls’ AA WPIALs just before PIAAs were rudely interrupted by COVID-19.

In his youth, James got his start on a summer league team much like ZASC. He eventually became an accomplished swimmer in his hometown of Mt. Pleasant, SC, primarily competing in long-distance races. He moved on to West Virginia University where he earned a silver medal in the 1650-yard free at the Big 12 Conference meet and was named Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2017. He is still ranked 3rd all-time for WVU in the 1000 and 1650 Freestyle. James graduated from WVU with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering in 2018, and a masters degree in the same in 2020.

James is excited to bring his energy, knowledge, and enthusiasm to the Zelie Pool deck this summer! Don't hesitate to contact coach with any questions, comments, concerns, or requests for advice!

Emily Tekelenburg
Head Assistant Coach

Coach Emily will be eagerly entering into her third season as one of the coaches for the Zelienople Area Swim Club and has recently competed in her first year of collegiate swimming on the Allegheny College Varsity team as a Freestyle, Breastroke, and Individual Medley swimmer. Although her season was abbreviated, she was able to continue to have the opportunity to participate, compete and add to her knowledge of swimming stroke development.

She qualified and was able to compete in Freestyle and Backstroke events at the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) meets during all four years of her Seneca Valley High School Varsity Swimming and Diving career.

Although this is only Emily's third year on the Coaching Staff, she has been a competitive swimmer since the age of 9, worked to motivate swimmers to do their best by instructing for the Seneca Valley Swim Club swim lesson program, and assisted her family with teaching swim lessons at the local YMCA Aquatics Department for numerous years.

Emily is looking forward to experiencing the growth of ZASC swimmers and to provide the same inspiration to swim as ZASC provided to her.

05/18/2021

We are looking forward to a wonderful season with new coaching, new equipment and hoping to see our ZASC family AND new faces!

Registration is NOW OPEN.....please take a moment to register as it will close by June 2.

05/08/2021

ZASC Family,

We are writing to let you know that we are excited to say that registration for our upcoming 2021 Summer Season is now OPEN.

Please inform friends, family, and neighbors that would enjoy the opportunity for fun summer evenings as we would be thrilled to have their company and shared enthusiasm for this healthy activity.

Enjoy your weekend and we will look forward to seeing our ZASC family and friends in the nearest future.

Happy Mother's Day!

The ZASC Board and Coaching Staff

Welcome to the Zelienople Area Swim Club Electronic Registration platform for our upcoming swim season! We are pleased to offer electronic payment processing and registration. The process is simple for both new and returning members. You'll get access to your own private account that will enable you...

04/08/2021

Good morning Swim Families,

There are many preparations that our Board is in the process of trying to determine on how tour 2021 season will look for our organization.

One of them, is a the finalization of diving block funding. Therefore, if you are one of those members that has been waiting to provide your generosity, please consider this opportunity today as we would enjoy the chance to install this equipment for our swimmers to use this season. You can do this by clicking on the below link provided or the tab from our home page.

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Likewise, please keep an eye out for future correspondence relating to registration as we are hopeful that this can be opened for planning your summer fun schedules in the near future.

Thank you for your continued patience and support of this healthy summer activity/club!

The ZASC Board

04/01/2021

Happy Spring ZASC Family!

For those of you that are trying to plan your Summer fun, we are writing to let you know that the A-K Valley Board has officially determined that we will be having an modified swim season this year.

Very exciting for the team and our community.

Knowing this, our Board is in the process of determining what this will look like for our club. Please keep a lookout for upcoming correspondence relating to registration and kickoff events as we are hopeful that our Board will finalize these items soon.

Thank you for your continued patience and support of this healthy community resource.

10/03/2020

This time, last Saturday, The Zelienople Community Park and The Zelienople Area Swim Club were preparing for the Bags for Blocks Co****le Tournament......

A huge thank you to all who either donated/sponsored, volunteered, came out to play or just stopped by to support this fun, successful Community event!

09/25/2020

Good morning weekend daydreamers,
Just wanted to reach out to those of you with busy schedules....
Even if you have commitments on Saturday 12-4pm, please come out and support our community by visiting us at the:

Bags for Blocks Co****le Tournament
https://myzeliepark.org/current-fundraiser-for-pool/Zelienople Community Park/ Mussigs Shelter
Saturday Pre-registration 11:00-11:30am
Bags thrown 12:00pm

Shubrew Food and Beverages
(Everyone needs Lunch...)

This that and the Other Thing Live music (Who doesn't enjoy live music?)

Raffle Baskets (Local dealers provided baskets)

50/50 (Who doesn't enjoy games of chance?)

Support your favorite Co****le Team (From a safe distance of course!)

All for a good cause and for all to enjoy the amazing weather!

09/09/2020

ZASC is excited about an upcoming activity to assist in our continued funding efforts to provide diving blocks for swimmers for years to come.

ZASC families and friends, please look at your calendars to mark the date to either play, volunteer(contact Anissa Tekelenburg at [email protected]), purchase a raffle ticket, or just cheer on your favorite co****le players.

Thank you, in advance, to the Zelienople Community Park for your support in hosting this fun Fall event!

05/18/2020

It is with a heavy heart that we must pass on the information that AK Valley Swim League has cancelled the summer swim season for 2020. Please watch for an email with full details shortly!
We will miss seeing each and every one of our swimmers and their families. We hope everyone stays safe and healthy while we manage through these hard time.
We will come back even stronger in 2021!!!!

05/07/2020

We are working hard behind the scenes to get you some answers on the upcoming summer swim season!

I wish we had good new or any news at this point to report!
We would love to think we would be seeing everyone's smiling faces, at the end of the month, but we are still waiting on direction from the pool and league!

04/29/2020

Hi everyone, we hope this is finding you and your families safe and healthy!
We just wanted to take a moment and give you an update on the summer swim season. As of now, we are waiting on the direction from the AK Valley League and the Zelie Park as to if/when we may have a summer swim team. We will be sure to keep you posted as soon as we have something definite from either of them!