Suzanne Patras, Head Site Coach
suzanne@machineaquatics.com
As Head Site Coach of Claude Moore for Machine Aquatics, Suzanne Patras draws upon more than 16 years of experience to oversee age group and senior swimming. Nominated several times for the Fitter and Faster ASCA Age Group Swim Coach of the Year, Suzanne Patras has coached Masters National champions, international record holders, and Junior National team swimmers.
Suzanne Patras joins Machine Aquatics after serving as the Head Coach for SNOW Swimming until the merger of the clubs in August 2022, before which she acted as the coach and Director of Competitive Swimming at the New Cannan YMCA and owned and functioned as the head coach of the Phoenix Swim Team in Plymouth, Minnesota. She also coached Minnesota high school programs and served two years as the business manager and head age group coach with Twin Cities Swim Team. Moreover, she is a certified Level 5 ASCA coach, nutritionist, and personal trainer and maintains an active membership with the American College of Sports Medicine and the National Association of Swim Coaches.
Complementing her coaching experience, Suzanne Patras holds an MBA and a BBA in sports management and accounting from St. Leo University.
Ross Hawks
ross@machineaquatics.com
Ross Hawks started swimming competitively while attending Morse High School in Bath, Maine (Class of 2006). Following an impressive campaign during his freshman year at MHS, Ross took his swimming up a level & joined the year-round USA Swim Club at the local YMCA, Long Reach Swim Club (LRSC). Pairing up Ross' gritty work ethic & determination with the accomplished coaches at LRSC really paid big dividends: by his senior year in high school Ross was 9th in the 100 Backstroke and 15th in the 200 Free, leading his team to a formidable showing at the Maine State Championships. Ross started coaching for LRSC in 2007, bringing all the enthusiasm & determination he shared with his teammates, to the pool deck. Showing a deft hand for his coaching as well as his swimming, Ross developed LRSC athletes who qualified for the 2010 YMCA National Championships.
Ross moved to Virginia in 2013 to begin coaching with SNOW, and has used the same savvy approach to develop JO qualifiers and Team Record Holders as the Head Site Coach at Ida Lee. He has taken on an additional training group each season and created a real stronghold for the club in Leesburg as the club has shown considerable growth from year to year. Ross has also coached the Stone Ridge Sharks summer league team in the ODSL (2014-2015) as well as the Greenway Gators summer league team in 2016. Ross is excited for the opportunities our student-athletes will have in the post-pandemic swimming world, and eager to help everyone on Machine achieve their highest goal.
Office Contact:
Billing and Registration, Virginia Locations:
Alison Galbraith, Team Administrator
Tel. 703-281-1500
Email: alison@machineaquatics.com
