Feb. 1, 2002
Bak to attend 2002 Short Course
Worlds
Youngstown - Youngstown State University
head swimming coach Jackie Bak has
been selected to travel to Moscow,
Russia, as an assistant manager with
the 2002 Short Course World
Championship Team, March 27 to April
7.
Bak will be accompanying a team of 26 athletes
and four coaches. Among the athletes
she will be coaching are 13 Olympic
medallists from the 2000 Olympic
Games in Sydney, Australia, three
2001 world champions and several
members of the 2001 Goodwill Games
and World University Games teams.
Bak, who his in her third year as head coach of
YSU’s swimming and diving team, has
been involved with USA Swimming
since taking a position as business
manager with USA Swimming’s National
Team Division in 1998. Bak also has
worked with the National Distance
Camp at the Olympic Training Center
in Colorado Springs, Colo., and was
a part of the National Distance Team
staff in 2001. Currently Bak is in
her second year as head coach for
Penguin Swimming, an USA Swimming
club. |
