Rene St. Aubin has been coaching for the Pickering Masters Swim Club for over three decades, bringing his wealth of swimming knowledge to the new as well as seasoned masters swimmer.

He began his coaching career in swimming in 1972 when he started teaching at Cedarbrae C.I. Five years later the Cedarbrae swimmers were O.F.S.S.A. champions and remained Scarborough champions for the next 25 years. More recently, Rene has also coached the Pickering Swim Club at the developmental level, adding to his stellar coaching resume.

Email: CoachRene@pickeringmsc.ca

Andy has held the position of president since Fall 2022.

A former club and varsity swimmer, Andy Manahan has been a member of PMSC since 2004. In 2008, he rekindled his interest in competitive swimming when other members of the club encouraged him to attend the Canadian Masters National Championships in Quebec City. Two years later, Andy participated in the FINA World Masters Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. He says that “swimming is a great way to meet new friends and training with others provides excellent motivation in the sport.”

Email: President@Pickeringmsc.ca

David has been a member of PMSC since 1989. Currently occupying position of  Acting Vise-President, treasurer and Registrar for the club.   A long time proponent of an active lifestyle. From Rafting the Nahani in the NWT to hiking the Grand Canyon,  he enjoys many outdoor pursuits, often in the company of my wife of twenty-five years and two sons.
A graduate of York University with an honours BSC in Physical Education David was a member of the York University varsity swim team. At that time and since, he has had the opportunity to coach both age group and masters swimmers. David has also been active in multi sport events over the last twenty years starting in 1985 with a bike/paddle/run event called the Bone Crusher Triathlon. Since then he has participated in the more conventional triathlon format since 1989, having competed in various distances up to and including the Florida Ironman  in 2003 and seven additional times since. With regard to running he has raced most distances up to and including the marathon distance.

Email: vice-president@pickeringmsc.ca

A true patron of the water: Ed has been a member of the club for over 20 years, is active under the water through SCUBA diving and is working on photographing the waterfalls of Ontario (10 down, 150 to go). His latest project is learning Spanish so he can converse with the senoritas of the sea. And he is a volunteer coach for 10,000 Trees for the Rouge.

He graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in bridge and from Laurier University with a degree in accounting. He obtained his CPA designation soon afterwards. Ed has worked with small businesses for decades providing advice and support on their accounting and taxation issues. He is also treasurer of the Scarborough Underwater Club Inc.

Email: treasurer@pickeringmsc.ca

   A “cottage swimmer,” Janet McMullan learned to swim at her family cottage, swimming about 500 metres to the local dam and beach area , and then further distances across the lake to the island. She joined the Club at her husband David’s urging in 20??. It was a shared interest, regular exercise, and an opportunity to extend swimming beyond the summer months at the cottage. She and David have many friendships through club, and enjoy the social activities including pub nights and Saturday breakfast. Janet’s swimming strokes have improved and each coached practice is enjoyed. She has completed several triathlon’s including a “Try a TRI,’ and a few SPRINT distances. She continues to swim at the lake each summer.

Email: Secretary@pickeringmsc.ca

Liz along with husband Barry are long time members of the club and are the parents of 3 active adult sons and 3 grandsons. 
In Liz’s younger years, she took swimming lessons like most young people, but never swam competitively. Liz spent much of her time in her teen and early adult years, participating in other sports, other than swimming. 
She was comfortable around water, whether it was swimming in a pool, swimming, canoeing, kayaking or skiing on a lake or playing in the ocean. 
Liz feels, since her and her husband spend a lot of time sailing each year, she should take the opportunity to  improve her swimming ability.PMSC’s workouts are structured, such as you swim with others with similar abilities. Liz has very much improved her Free-Style. Before joining PMSC, she would resort to swimming long distances while camping or spending time at a cottage, swimming Breast-Stroke. Since Liz is now swimming 3-4 times a week, her goal now is to try and learn to swim Butterfly. Who knows what her next goal maybe, with her swimming? 

Email: liz@pickeringmsc.ca

Mathura joined the club in 2023 after realizing that what she thought was “pretty decent” swimming technique was, in fact, very much not. She had done basic lessons as a kid and spent years swimming freestyle and backstroke with enthusiastic but questionable form. That confidence was quickly dismantled while training with a former competitive swimmer friend during a trip abroad, who pointed out just how much work there was to do.

Since joining the club, she’s been learning proper technique across all four strokes and has discovered that swimming is a never-ending series of small corrections — which she somehow finds very satisfying. She loves the challenge of the IM, has a soft spot for backstroke, and appreciates the sense of community and companionship within the club.

Outside the pool, she enjoys reading (anything astronomy or mystery fiction will catch her eye), long outdoor walks in any season, and the occasional low-key kitchen experiment.

Alexis is the new coach for PMSC at the TPASC facility. She was a competitive swimmer for seven years and has never lost her love for the sport. Her passion for fitness and self improvement has led her to become a coach to help others reach their goals while continuing to strive for hers. Currently she is studying to be a physiotherapist at Centennial College. With both school and her love of trying new things such as weight training, pilates and MMA, Alexis is always adding to her knowledge so that she can be a better coach. She has a mentality of ‘never stop learning, no matter your age or capabilities’.