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2024 Frostbite Coaches

Andreea Ghizila (SCKC) started canoeing in 2015 with Kenmore-Cascade Canoe and Kayak Club. Her first international race was 2016 OHR and she is still racing on the national team. She has made four world A-finals, won three Bronze medals at Pan American Championships, and most recently placed 13th at the World Cups. She started coaching development at Cascade and then moved to Seattle to attend UW in 2019. Now, she works for the ACA, coaches for SCKC, and trains on Green Lake.
Joe Harper (San Diego) is a 1996 Olympian in sprint canoe. He currently is the Olympic and National Team coach. Over the last four years the national canoe program has seen improved results at all levels , including medals , and finals at OHR, Junior, U23 and Senior World Championship and ultimately a silver medal at the 2024 Olympics. Coach Harper was awarded the Medal of Ikkos for coaching excellence at the Olympic Games.
Alyson Morse (Gig Harbor) started paddling at 12 years old with Gig Harbor. She competed at the Olympic Hopes Regatta, Junior Worlds, and U23 Worlds in kayak. She paddled the first 1.5 years of college in Oklahoma and rowed the last 2.5 years while she earned a bachelor's in Human Performance and helped coach the OKCRS canoe/kayak team. She has coached the sport of canoe and kayak as well as strength and conditioning since 2014 until now. She has ICF Level 3 and a Bachelor's in Human Performance(2018). She is currently Head Coach for GHCKRT and serves in many volunteer positions in various organizations including Chair person of the ACA Sprint Committee.
Mark Parrish (SCKC) started paddling at the Ventura Olympic Canoe Club, where he helped win several age-group and overall Nationals club titles. He went on to race on the Junior and Senior National Teams, including the Junior Pan American Championships, 4 Olympic Festivals, and US Olympic Team Trials. Mark has won over 50 national championship medals in both canoe and kayak, and in every age category from Bantam to Masters. As a coach at the Seattle Canoe and Kayak Club, he has helped coach several Junior athletes go on to be successful Seniors and Olympians. He was the Team Leader for the 2003 Pan American Games and the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Most recently, he has been working with the Senior National team athletes who train on Green Lake, including the 2 athletes of the US Olympic Kayak Team who made the Final A in Paris.
Eli Holmes (SCKC) is a masters coach at SCKC and has organized the Frostbite camp since 2017. In addition to coaching kayaking, she coaches nordic skiing. She is the technical director for the Summit Nordic Ski School. She likes to paddle sprint kayak, marathon canoe, outrigger canoe, expedition canoe, and surf ski.
Guest Lecturers
David Lahaie from Hyperbolix Performance Academy gave a guest lecture on mental training for competition. David coaches mental training for elite junior rock climbers who compete at international level and works with many of the local climbing teams.
Dan Henderson (Cascade) is head coach for the Cascade Canoe and Kayak Racing Team. He was a member of the USA Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team 1982-88 and won bronze medals in canoe at the 1983 and 1987 PanAm Championships. Dan raced and trained in Hungary from 1981-85. He was the SCKC head coach 1989-93, the US National Development Coach 1993-96, and Cascade Canoe & Kayak Racing Team head coach 1997 to present. He was the US World Championship Team Leader in 1995 and 2003, Jr World Championship Team Coach in 1993, OHR Team Leader in 2008, and the Jr Worlds Women's Kayak and OHR Men's Kayak Coach in 2019. In addition to coaching, he teaches ICF/ACA Level 1 & 2 Coach Certification courses and co-authored the ICF Level 1 Coaching Manual, 1st Ed.
Ryan Grady is a canoe athlete from Gig Harbor, who competed at Olympic Hopes, Junior and U23 World Championships, Senior World Championships, and Pan American regattas over his career. In addition to paddling, he swam in college as a NCAA all American. He currently lives in Denver with his wife Jamie, and 2 dogs. He still paddles in his free time in addition to skiing, biking and other outdoor activities.
Jonas Ecker (Bellingham) has competed at every level of domestic and international competition, representing both the Bellingham Canoe and Kayak Sprint Team and the U.S. National Team. He first joined the U.S. National Team as a junior in 2018 to compete at the Olympic Hopes Regatta. Since 2018, Jonas has represented the U.S. National Team at the Junior, U23, and Senior level at numerous world and continental championships. Most notably, he competed at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in the MK2 500m (with Aaron Small) and MK1 1000m in addition to winning his first world title at the 2024 U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in the MK1 1000m. Jonas loves being on the water whenever possible, but when he isn’t training he can be found studying Marine Biology and Chemistry at the University of Washington.
Sadie Hanks (Gig Harbor) is the Team Manager and Head Development Coach for GHCKRT and has coached with the team since 2018 and has paddled with the team since 2011. Sadie started kayaking with her dad at 2 years old and fell in love with the water and paddling. She joined Gig Harbor in 2011 at 9 and has been a canoist every since.