OUR COACHES
This is the team responsible for delivering the synchro program and helping you reach your goals.
CAITLIN MENCZEL
Head Coach
Caitlin is a 3rd year student at Dalhousie’s Schulich School of Law, originally from Ontario. She started swimming synchro at age 7 with the Burlington Synchronized Swimming Club and have since been a swimmer and/or coach at Ottawa Synchro, GeeGees Synchro (the University of Ottawa), GO Capital, and of course, Dal Synchro. She has been coaching for ten years now, and judging in the sport for 6. She sits on the board of directors for Nova Scotia Artistic Swimming as the Vice President of Technical Development. As Head Coach, Caitlin runs double duty as both a coach, and a member of the Dal Synchro executive.
GRETEL PARK
Novice Program Coach
Gretel is our Novice Program coach. She recently graduated from SMU with a BA in Sociology, Criminology and a Minor in Psychology, and is currently studying for her MA in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University.
JORDAN EATON
Coach
Jordan has recently joined our coaching team and will be assisting delivery of both our novice and experienced programs. Currently she is a graduate student at SMU, and just finished an undergrad from Dal this past Spring! She is originally from Riverview, New Brunswick. She has been involved in Synchro for 17 years as a national level swimmer, and as a judge for the last 5 years. She started swimming with Aquasouls Synchro in NB, and now swims for the Atlantis Masters Synchro team. She can’t wait to meet all the new swimmers this year!
OUR EXECUTIVE
This is the team responsible for ensuring the Club can run smoothly.
CAITLIN SCHROPP
President
Caitlin is in her third year of Law at Dalhousie and is originally from Ajax, Ontario. As president, she is in charge of finances and administration of the club, and is our team’s CUASL representative. If you send an email to the club email, she is the one who you will hear from. Caitlin has been swimming synchro for 12 years now, first with Durham Synchro growing up, and then with the University of Waterloo during her undergrad. This is her 7th year swimming in the CUASL. Please don’t hesitate to reach out and ask her any questions you may have!
JULIA MALEK
Vice-President
Julia is in her third year studying a double major in Oceanography and Sustainability. She swam for 6 years at Mississauga Synchronized Swimming Association and this is her third year swimming with Dal Synchro. As vice-president she supports the President in administration of the club. She also serves as our club's PEO and ensures our on-campus events and fundraisers run safely and smoothly.
KAYLA MOZILL
Marketing & Communications
In her role, Kayla runs the social media and marketing for the club. She is currently going into her 3rd year in Marine Biology with a minor in Business. She is from Calgary and has swam for over 10 years now, 3 of which were with Dal.
VALENTINA MARINI
Uniform & Equipment
Valentina is in her 4th year of psychology and neurotechnology. She has been doing synchro for 10 years and this is her 3rd year being on the Dal team. She is also from Italy! Apart from being part of the experienced team she is also the uniform director for club. She is in charge of collecting and placing uniform and equipment orders for our teams.