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Dan Peck
Dan Peck is now in his eighth full year as the founder and head of Swim Smarter. Since founding it in 1999, he has been helping swimmers with stroke technique in San Diego, as well as online. He is currently running private lessons and clinics for all levels of athletes including triathletes, fitness swimmers, and elite competitive swimmers. In addition to his lessons, he is the Head Senior Coach of Pacific Swim, a nationally recognized competitive swim team, and is the Head Coach of local powerhouse Mt. Carmel High School.
With Pacific Swim as the Senior Gold Coach, he has coached and elevated swimmers to the national level placing multiple swimmers at the Junior and Senior National meets as well as the US Open and Short Course Nationals. He had a swimmer chosen for the “National Select Camp” in 2007 as one of the top 30 young swimmers in the country. Swimmers in his group have also set numerous team, high school records, CIF section records and most have gone on to college on scholarship.
Since he took the program in 2003, Mt. Carmel has won the CIF Team Championships with both the women(2005) and men(2007) and Dan was selected as “San Diego Coach of the Year” by the Hall of Champions, Union Tribune, and North County Times in 2007. He has coached 3 separate people to “CIF Swimmer of the Year” and his swimmers have set 3 individual CIF section records as well as 1 relay record. His swimmers and relays have made All- American numerous times and have been ranked as high as 1st in the country. Mt. Carmel has selected his swimmers 3 times for “Overall Athlete of the Year” and selected 6 others for “Outstanding Athlete of the Year”. The Mt. Carmel record book has been rewritten with 9 total individual records and 3 relay records being set since 2004.
From 2000-2005 he also coached the University of California San Diego varsity swim teams as the head assistant. In his tenure, UCSD was top-4 in the country 6 times between the men and the women and had multiple All Americans, National Champions, and National Record Holders and school record holders.
Beginning in 2003, Swim Smarter ran the masters group in La Jolla known as Swim Smarter La Jolla Masters (SSLM) before pulling out in 2007. In that span, SSLM ranked 14th in the country at Masters Nationals in 2005 and at the 2006 World Championships SSLM had multiple top-10 finishes, a World Champion in the 200 Free, and a relay that was within tenths of a World Record. The program also was part of a record setting Double English Channel crossing and hosted the 2006 Regional Zone Championships
Dan Peck and Swim Smarter also founded the Wind N’ Sea Swim Team in 2004. Currently Wind N’ Sea is a stable USA swim team in San Diego teaching developmental as well as competitive swimming to all ages in the La Jolla area. They are currently under their own management and can be found at www.windnseaswimteam.com.
Dan has also taken the time to train and learn from the USA triathlon coaches at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado. He was a certified USA Triathlon Coach in 2002 and has used this background to effectively coach triathletes in their swimming today. Dan also competed in triathlon at age 16 and 17 in-between swim seasons. In 2000, Dan completed Ironman California and won a swim premium in the process.
Dan grew up swimming in New Jersey and was a standout swimmer for Rancocas Valley High School where he set numerous school records and was team captain and MVP for 3 straight years. In college, he swam competitively for the University of Massachusetts where he helped the Minuteman to 3 straight Atlantic-10 team championships as a middle distance and distance swimmer.
Dan has worked hard to be able to coach all different people from kids, to adults, triathletes, masters swimmers, fitness swimmers, and college elite swimmers. He has developed a unique successful coaching technique based on the most recent scientific findings of the swimming and triathlon world. His knowledge of stroke correction as well as the ability to train swimmers competitively has gained him respect in the swimming and athletic community of San Diego. Dan currently lives in San Diego, California with his wife coaching full-time. He prides himself on being easy to talk to and wants to keep a personal touch with his readers and swimmers. With Swim Smarter, he would like to bring his talents to triathletes, masters swimmer, competitive swimmers, and fitness swimmers in the US and around the world. For an in detailed list of Dan's swimming accomplishments and background see below. Coaching Experience
Swim Smarter 1999- Present
Coach Swim Smarter Private Lessons
2003-2007 Owner/Head Coach Swim Smarter La Jolla Masters (SSLM)
2004-2007 Owner/Manager Wind N' Sea Swim Team
Mt. Carmel High School 2003-Present
Head Swim Coach
2005 CIF Champions – Girls
2007 CIF Champions – Boys
2007 CIF Coach of the Year
Numerous National Ranked Swimmers and Relays
12 School Records - 4 San Diego Section Records
Pacific Swim 2005 - Present
Head Coach Senior Gold
Senior National, Junior National, US Open Qualifiers
2007 National Select Camp Invitee
San Diego Record
Numerous Team Records, HS and JO Champions,
University of California, San Diego: Sept 2000-2005
Assistant Coach - varsity men's and women's team 6 Top-4 Finishes between men and women University of California, San Diego: April 2000-October 2002 Masters Coach USA Triathlon Level I Certified Coach Sponsored by USA Triathlon as a regional coach for triathletes Swimming Background
Masters Swimming: 1999-present 2006 Masters World Championships
2005 Masters National Championships - Mission Viejo, CA
5 -Top 10 Finishes / 3 Relay - Top 10 Finishes
2000 Master's National Championships - Indianapolis IN 5 Top-5 Finishes 4 San Diego Records
1999 Long Course Regional Championships - Irvine, CA
5 Time Champion 1999 Master's National Championships - Santa Clara, CA
5- Top-10 Finishes 1- San Diego Record
Collegiate Swimming: 1994-1998 4-year varsity swimmer University of Massachusetts at Amherst - (1994-1998) 3-time Atlantic-10 conference champions (1995-1998) UMass Minuteman Award (1996) UMass Pool Record - 800 Free Relay (1998-2001) 1996 New England Championships - University of Connecticut, CT 3rd - 200 Freestyle 4th - 500 Freestyle 5th - 1650 Freestyle Triathlon Experience
Isuzu Ironman California 2000 8th Place Seal Mask Swim Challenge Wildflower Triathlon Festival Long Course 2000 1st out of water - Open Relay Division 3rd Place overall relay team - Dan Peck (swim), Jeff Nichols (bike), Jean Cordalis (run) San Diego International Triathlon 1999 3rd out of water - Open Relay Division 6th Place overall relay team- Dan Peck (swim), Wolfrum Ruf (bike), Graham Parry (run) Wildflower Triathlon Festival Olympic Course 1999 7th out of water Bud Light Triathlon - Norfolk 1994 1st out of water Bud Light Triathlon Festival - Delaware 1993 3rd out of water
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