Allen Gilchrest
Allen Gilchrest is an American pool and open water swimming coach at Emmanuel College in Georgia, originally from Rahway New Jersey.
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Coaching Career
With collegiate coaching stops including Hamilton College, Bethany College, Washington College, University of Maryland, Limestone College and the University of Wyoming, Gilchrest has coached 34 NCAA All-American's, 13 Olympic trials qualifiers, 4 NCAA national champions, 1 NCAA national record (NCAA Div. II 200 free relay), and 1 national collegiate open water swimming champion, Stanislas Raczynski at the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) National Collegiate Open Water Championship in 2016.
With USA Swimming club and high school coaching stops including the Clinton Cudas Aquatics (New York), Shomen Aquatics (Maryland), Maverick Aquatics (Maryland), Badfish Aquatics (North Carolina) and Charlotte Country Day High School (North Carolina), Gilchrest has coached hundreds of age group swimmers, including 2 high school state championship teams.
Athletic career
Gilchrest swam competitively 4 years for Rahway High School and the Rahway Rapids YMCA swim team, breaking 7 high school and 7 YMCA swim records. In College, Gilchrest swam competitively 2 years for Kutztown University and 2 years for Rowan University, breaking 2 Kutztown school swim record and 3 Rowan school swim records.
Education
He earned his bachelor's degree in Political Science from Rowan University (1999) and his master's degree in U.S. History from Washington College (2003).
Coach Allen Gilchrest on Stanislas Raczynski
Emmanuel College coach Allen Gilchrest discusses national collegiate open water swimming championship winner Stanislas Raczynski with Shelley Taylor-Smith
Men's Finish at 2016 National Collegiate Open Water Championship
Stanislas Raczynski outsprints Marcelo Figueiredo at the 2016 National Collegiate Open Water Championship in Lone Star Lake in Kansas, video by Shelley Taylor-Smith
External links
- Stanislas Raczynski Wins Collegiate Open Water Champs
- Allen Gilchrest Emmanuel College bio
- Kansas Wins First National Collegiate Swimming Champs
- College Swimming Coaches Association of America
- NCAA Agrees Triathlon Is Emerging
- College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association
- It Is Only A Matter Of Time For Triathlons And Open Water
- It Was Only A Matter Of Time, Collegiate Open Water
- Let Equality Ring, Cashing In On A College Scholarship
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim round-up
- Marathon Swimming
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- 2016 CSCAA National Collegiate Open Water Swimming Championships
- Kansas Eyes On Libby Walker
- Coach Allen Gilchrest Discusses Stanislas Raczynski
- Close Finish At 2016 National Collegiate Championships
