"The water is your friend. You don't have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move." ~Aleksandr Popov
Coaches
Coach Wendy brings energy, passion, and a love for the water to every practice. With a lifelong background in swimming, she believes that the pool is the perfect place to build confidence, resilience, and teamwork!
Wendy began swimming at a young age and quickly developed a deep appreciation for the sport. After years of competitive swimming, she transitioned into coaching to help the next generation of swimmers discover their potential and enjoy the journey just as much as she did.
As a coach, Wendy focuses on creating a positive and encouraging environment where swimmers of all levels can grow. Whether athletes are learning their first legal stroke or chasing personal best times, Wendy loves helping each swimmer reach new milestones. She is especially passionate about building strong team culture, celebrating progress, and reminding swimmers that hard work and fun can go hand in hand.
When she’s not on the pool deck, Wendy enjoys staying active and finding new ways to make practices engaging, challenging, and fun for her swimmers. During the off-season, she is a teacher with Prince William County Schools and serves as the head coach at Osbourn Park High School, where she continues to share her love of swimming with student-athletes.
Coach Wendy is excited for her 11th season with the Dolphins and looks forward to helping swimmers grow, race fast, and have plenty of fun along the way!
Coach Abby is excited to return for her sixth year as a Dolphins coach. Coach Abby has proudly been part of the team for 16 seasons, dedicated to helping swimmers grow and achieve their best in and out of the pool. Outside of Wellington, Coach Abby grew up swimming year-round and was the captain of her high school swim team. During the off season, Coach Abby coaches for Prince William Swim Club, Endorphin Fitness, and the Prince William Aquatics Center. One of her proudest moments was winning Best Swim Instructor of Prince William in 2024. Coach Abby is also a rising senior at George Mason University, where she is majoring in Occupational Therapy.
Her philosophy for coaching is kids need to have fun while learning good stroke technique and a love for the sport of swimming. Even though swimming is an individual sport for the most part, she tries and stress the importance of being a good teammate and sport. It is really important that her swimmers to treat each other with kindness and care. She loves to use stroke progressions and drills to teach good technique. You will hear Coach Abby correcting a lot from the deck, because she believes it is extremely important to do stroke drills correctly. She strives to provide individual feedback while swimmers are swimming so swimmers can correct their technique immediately, rather than practice incorrect form. We celebrate little wins in the water that may not seem like a big deal, but little wins add up to big improvements in the water. Her hope for the season is that swimmers will improve their times, learn new strokes or turns, improve stroke technique and most importantly have fun while feeling confident!
Feel free to contact me about the team or private lessons: [email protected]
We love Coach Ryan! He's so much fun.
I'm a second-year coach and been with Wellington Dolphins for four years. In addition to coaching, I swim and attend Osbourn High School, where I'm on track to graduate in 2026. I'm really excited to continue ccoaching and working with everyone! Looking forward to another awesome and fun 2025 season! - WHOOSH
Annie has been swimming with the dolphins for 13 seasons!
Annie is a competitive rower for her school and her club team.
Coaching brings her so much joy and she loves watchinng mini dolphins become competitive swimmers!
My name is Reagan and i have been a Wellington Dolphin for 12 years. This will be my second year as a coach, but I was also an intern for two years helping with the mini dolphins. When I'm not swimming, I'm a student at Patriot High School who competes on the varsity soccer and track teams. I'am looking forward to this summer and excited to help younger swimmer. GO DOLPHINS
