JILL LOVELAND
Jill
started swimming at the age of six with the Levittown Swim Association and on
the St. Bernard's
CYO team, and continued swimming through high School on the Hicksville Varsity
swim team. She also
swam at Queens College while completing her Master's degree in Science
Education. Jill has attended
American Swimming Coaches Association clinics and brought her competitive
swimming experience to
the pool deck in a variety of coaching positions. Jill first coached the
Lynbrook Girls Middle and High
School swim teams before moving on to coach both the Hewlett Middle School Girls
and Boys swim
teams. She currently serves as Head Coach of the Hewlett High School Girls
Varsity swim team.
Jill
has completed the challenging 5.5 Mile Maggie Fischer Memorial Cross Bay Swim,
along with
countless other open water events. Her athletic endeavors aren't just limited to
swimming. She is an
active member of Long Island Tri Coach, and an accomplished runner and
multi-sport athlete who has
been competing in triathlons since 2005 from sprint up to Ironman distance
races. Her recent triathlon
accomplishments include second place overall female at the Montauk Lighthouse
Sprint Tri, 10th place
overall female at the S.O.S. Triathlon, and first place overall female at the
Huntington Sprint Triathlon.
Jill
also loves giving back to the sport of triathlon. She guided a non-verbal
autistic man in the Boston
Marathon in 2015 and 2016, and also guided him through the 2017 NYC Marathon. In
2022 she guided an autistic
man through the 2.4 mile open water swim portion of the Lake Placid
Ironman race. Jill is a USMS Level 1 certified
swim coach, holds CPR, AED & First Aid certifications, has been a lifeguard for
20 years & is currently a Grade 3
ocean lifeguard at Tobay Beach for the Town of Oyster Bay. As a long-time member
of our Excel swim team, Jill
enjoys
bringing her diverse experience and enthusiasm to the pool deck to coach and
motivate our swimmers.