Roxanne Mefford
Head Coach
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Roxanne Mefford has been coaching at Glen Oaks
for 30 years! In addition to coaching the Sea Lions,
Roxanne coached for several years at Del Campo High School and
also for the Sierra Marlins and Rancho
Arroyo (year round club
teams). She has also taught private swim lessons for 30 years
in locations throughout the area. Roxanne grew up swimming
for the Arden Hills Swim Team and she graduated from Del Campo High
School. She went on to swim at UC Santa Barbara, American
River College and Sac State! She holds a degree in Criminal
Justice from Sac State. Roxanne lives in El Dorado Hills with
her husband Scott (also a swimmer) and her 3 Sea Lion children
(Mikala, Bryce and Colby).
Primary Age
Groups: Head Coach
Best Event: 200 free, 200 back
Gary McGlaughin
Coach
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Gary McLaughlin
has been coaching since the dawn of time (35+ years). He is
the king of summer league coaching having spent time with
Rosemont, Del Paso and who knows where else. He is currently
in his 13th year at Glen Oaks. He also coached a few high
school swimming and water polo teams including St. Francis, El
Camino and Loretto. He swam for Arden Hills as kid and
then at Sac State. For the past 30+ years,
Gary has patrolled the streets of downtown Sacramento on a
bike as a Sacramento Police Officer.
Primary Age Group
: 13-18
Best Event
: Backstroke
Lisa Williams
Coach
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Lisa Williams
is in her 14th season with the Sea Lions. Prior to Glen Oaks
she coached in the bay area for 3 summers. She also spent a
year coaching year round at Rancho Arroyo. Coach Lisa swam
summer league and year round in Walnut Creek as a kid and then went
on to swim at Diablo Valley College. Lisa has a degree in
Physical Education from Sac State and currently teaches PE at
McClatchy High School. Lisa and her husband Tim have 2
children.
Primary Age Groups:
10 and Unders
Best Event: 500 free
Nancy Hastie
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Coach Nancy
is in her 7th year at Glen Oaks but has many years of summer, year
round, and high school coaching experience. Among other places,
she’s coached at Fulton El Camino, Loomis Dolphins and Mira
Loma High School. Nancy swam year round as a child then swam for 4
years at UCLA. She was a finalist at Nationals in the 1650yd
Freestyle. Coach Nancy was ranked 5th in the WORLD in 1974 for the
mile!!! Nancy holds a Masters degree and teaches 3rd grade in
Roseville but still finds time to be a mom to 4 children (all are
Sea Lions).
Primary Age Groups
: 10 and Unders
Best Event: 1650 free (THE MILE!)
Brian Botsford
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Coach Brian
is in his 6th year with the Sea Lions. He comes to us with
years of previous coaching experience with the Cordova Blue
Marlins, Cordova High School and other teams back in
Wisconsin. Brian grew up swimming for year round club teams
back East and then swam in college at the University of Wisconsin,
Steven’s Point where he was a national finalist. He
also swam the 200 fly and 200 back at the 1976 Olympic Trials and
placed 27th in both races! Brian teaches History at Cordova
High School and has 2 boys, Evan and Bryce, who swim for Glen Oaks.
Brian’s wife Ann is a counselor at Folsom High
School.
Primary Age Groups
: 13-18s and 11-12s
Best Event: 200 fly, 200 back
Pamela Roberts
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Pam Roberts
is the Glen Oaks yoga and dry land coach. Pam coaches the
13-14’s and the 15-18’s Monday, Wednesday and Friday
mornings. Pam is licensed yoga instructor with many years of
experience. This will be Pam’s 7th year leading the
older kids in AM yoga and stretching. Pam has 2
children (David and Jackie). Pam is an esthetician and
operates out of Total Beauty Experience on Arden Way.
Primary Age Groups
: 13-18 yoga
Best Event: Can’t Swim!!!
