Coaches
We are here to support your needs. If your questions are related to workouts, meets, events, goal setting, and other swimming related needs, please contact one of the Co-Head Coaches Yuki Nagao or Norah Rothman at [email protected]. Interested in one-on-one coaching with your child, contact a coach of your choosing found here or on the Palisades Pool website. For all administrative related questions, such as dues, safety, or policy issues, please contact Kim Penn, Patricia Balestra, Jason McCullough or Caroline Kreutzer at [email protected].
Yuki began swimming with JFD at the age of 11 and joined the Quince Orchard Otters at age 12. After graduating, Yuki became a coach for the Quince Orchard High School Swim and Dive team and expanded into club coaching at All Star Aquatics, where he currently coaches the NDG group. For the past three summer seasons, Yuki coached the Quince Orchard Otters, serving as an Assistant Coach for one year and Head Coach for two years. Outside of the pool, he is a 2nd grade teacher at Lake Seneca Elementary School. Yuki is beyond excited to join the Palisades community and looks forward to a great season - Go Palisades!
Norah is a rising senior at Tulane University and is thrilled to be back for her fifth year coaching at Palisades! She swam as a Palisades Porpoise for 14 years and loves getting to coach the team she grew up swimming on. Norah previously swam competitively for Nation’s Capital Swim Club, was a captain of the Walt Whitman High School swim team, and currently swims for Tulane University’s club swim team. She can't wait for this upcoming season and looks forward to all of the excitement of summer swimming!
Nomi is so excited to be back for her 5th year at Palisades. Before becoming a porpoise she swam with Long Branch Swim Team, Carderock Swim Team, and All Star Aquatics (ASA). She is now a rising sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill, and not only loves swimming, but waterpolo as well. She can’t wait to coach her favorite swim team this summer and is looking forward to crushing the upcoming season!