Coaching Staff
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Nikki Whitlock
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Entering her sixth season at Bryn Mawr, Coach Nikki Whitlock looks forward to the newcomers on the team who will add more depth to the returning squad. “We have a determined team that is focused on personal improvement goals and breaking team records along with increasing our competitiveness in the Centennial Conference. We are expecting to have a squad of 24 athletes. This year, the Bryn Mawr swim team has two new opponents (Chatham & Juniata) on their schedule and look forward to the opportunity for new competition." Coach Whitlock was named the 2010 Centennial Conference Women’s Coach of the Year and since that season, she has continued to build a stronger program at Bryn Mawr. In her first five years at the helm, over 25 swimmers were named to the All-Academic Centennial Conference team; nine team records broken; three All-Seven Sisters athletes (2010 & 2011); and coached one 2011 Centennial Conference Champion in the 100-yard butterfly, Meredith Davis.
Coach Whitlock, a former Division I, full-scholarship standout at The George Washington University came to Bryn Mawr following a 15-year career in the aerospace industry. While at GWU, Whitlock was a four-year letter winner and co-captained in her junior and senior years. Her specialties were distance and butterfly. Along with being an athlete, Whitlock also served at the GWU athletic mascot for her last three years of her college career. Over several years, Coach Whitlock has coached several summer league teams, competitive age-group programs and also served as a technician at competitive swim clinics.
In May 2007, Coach Whitlock completed her masters in Sport & Athletic Administration at West Chester University in PA where she was the graduate assistant for the MSA Program Director. Whitlock is a native of Chester County, PA and lives on her family farm compound with her Mom, her brother and his family and her darling black cat named Harriette.
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Kelly Landman |
Kelly is a 2007 graduate of Franklin and Marshall College. She is currently a graduate student here at Bryn Mawr in the Clinical Developmental Psychology Program headed for her PhD. She was a competitive swimmer for 18 years, and finished her career with multiple Centennial Conference titles, 6 Conference records, All-American Honors, and Academic All-American Honors. Her highest placing was in 2007, finishing 4th at NCAAs in the 200 Butterfly. Ms. Landman has coached several summer swim teams, competitive swim camps, and lessons in all age groups.
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Francesca Kotey |
In her second year as assistant swim coach at Bryn Mawr, Francesca is a 2009 graduate from Smith College, where she received a degree in Neuroscience. She is currently a master’s student at the University of Pennsylvania receiving her BSN/MSN in Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Midwifery. In her four years at Smith, she served at varsity swim team captain and SAAC president. She was late bloomer to the world of swimming starting her competitive career in 2003 and has been teaching swim lessons since 2004.