Cara Clifford (Head Coach)
Cara began her coaching career in 1993 and has been the proud owner of damp deck shoes and drying-out white board markers ever since. She has been coaching with OMSC for so long, she can’t remember what year it all began… we think it’s in the neighborhood of 13 years now! Cara’s approach to swimming emphasizes creating a fun, positive, and supportive training environment. Her goals as a coach include helping new-to-swimming members build confidence, keeping fitness swimmers challenged and engaged, assisting triathletes with building their strength and speed, and encouraging all swimmers to challenge themselves. Coach Cara believes that even adults need to play, so she strives to include a wide variety of workouts and theme days throughout the season. Ask about the Thanksgiving workout, Easter Egg surprise, and Star Wars days!
Cara is also Head Coach / Director of Swimming of the Highwood Current Swim Club.
When not doing swimming things, Cara can be found creating chaos in the kitchen – particularly in December, ahead of Coach Cara’s OMSC Christmas treat day (aka: bribing swimmers to do a hard workout on the last day before the holidays) or FaceTiming / texting / cyber stalking her 2 children who have now retired from competitive swimming and are both studying at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC.
Farewell to Coach Sharon Barr
It is with heartfelt gratitude that we bid farewell to our long-serving coach, Sharon Barr. For years, Sharon has dedicated her time, energy and expertise to our swimming community, helping us all improve and surpass our individual goals.
Her unwavering commitment, inspirational guidance and support will be sorely missed and we cannot fully express our thanks. Thank you Sharon, for everything! We wish you all the best in your future endeavors.
As we bid farewell, to Sharon, we welcome Tim Arnholz and congratulate him on his new role as OMSC Coach!
Tim Arnholz (Coach)
Meet Tim, our dedicated and passionate coach with a lifetime of competitive swimming experience. Tim has excelled not only as a swimmer but also as a coach and manager at the highest levels. He is eager to collaborate with OMSC members to help you achieve your swimming aspirations.