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Conversations With Coach
by Lewis Anderson
Coach Page was an age group and high school swim coach for over 30 years in Tell City, Indiana. This is a podcast of our phone conversations, where we discuss what it means to be a coach, husband, father, and mentor
Episodes
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#36 Aaron Weatherholt
In this conversation, recorded on September 24th, 2020, Coach and I talk to past swimmer and 2-time Sectional Champion in the 100 Free, Aaron Weatherholt. Coach referred to Aaron as the "Silent Killer," and many past swimmers commented during the live session about Aaron's many attempts to skip...
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#35 Michelle, Sally, and Laurie
In this conversation, Coach and I talk to past swimmer's Michelle Heitkemper, Sally Mills, and Laurie Dreyling. These three joined Coach in 1981, his first year at Tell City, and by the time they were Seniors, joined with Karen Ludwig, were on Coach's first state relay, the 400 Free Relay. These...
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#34 The Dickman Brothers
In this conversation, Coach and talk to brothers Neal, Andy, Tyler, and Grant Dickman. All four brothers swam for Coach, which practically spanned his entire career at Tell City. Enjoy the conversation.
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#33 Tami and the Jasper Cousins
In this Conversation, Coach and I talk to his nieces, Teri, Jayma, and Tracy, and his daughter Tami. Coach's nieces all swam for Jasper and he had the opportunity to watch them all compete against his team. Enjoy the Conversation
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#32 Eric Wilcher and The Pipe Dream
In this conversation, Coach and I talk to another member of the 1995 and '96 Sectional Championship Teams, and 1996 Tell City Graduate, Eric Wilcher. Eric swam the 200 and 500 freestyles all four years of high school, but during Sectional his Senior year, Coach made a surprise move and pulled him...
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#31 Kristen, Lydia, and Beth
In this conversation, Coach and I talk to Kristen Mansfield, Lydia Butler, and Beth Godthaab. These three were members of the three consecutive 1997, '98 and '99 Sectional Championship Teams, and all three got the opportunity to swim in the State Meet their Senior Year.
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#30 Golden China with Scott Godthaab, Bryce Stath, and Jeff Simpson
Coach and I talk to three members of Tell City's record 200 and 400 Freestyle Relays and 1997 graduates, Scott Godthaab, Bryce Stath, and Jeff Simpson.
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#29 2003 PAC Championship with Steven George and Phil Simpson
In this conversation, Coach an I talk to Steven George and Phil Simpson on the 2003 Boy's PAC Championship.
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#28 Ryan and Calvin discuss Team antics
Ryan Oberhausen and Calvin Cash, 1996 graduates, discuss being on the back to back sectional title teams and team antics they played on Coach during their four years on the team. Enjoy the conversations.
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#27 A Coach's Strategy
Coach and I talk to his past UofE teammate and past University of Hawaii swim coach Bruce Kennard on strategies to get athlete buy-in.
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#26 The Swim Parent, Cindia Ress and her daughter Courtney
In this conversation, Coach and I talk to past swim parent Cindia Ress, who had two children swim age group and high school for Coach. Enjoy the conversation.
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#25 Cara and Kate
In this conversation, Coach and I talk to sisters Cara and Kate Ziegelgruber. Cara was a 2000 graduate and Kate was a 2004 from Tell City. Enjoy the conversation.
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#24 What it takes to swim the English Channel
Coach and I talk to 1985 graduate Eric Bradley. In 2017 he attempted to swim the English Channel solo. Listen to his story here. Enjoy the Conversation.
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#23 What it takes to be an Ironman
In this conversation, Coach and I talk to 2004 Tell City graduate, Casey Rapsky. Casey was a 3-month a year swimmer for Coach, but recently picked up the sport of triathlon. Last year she placed 6th at Ironman Chattanooga and was only 30min from nabbing a qualifying spot for the Ironman World...
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#22 The Difference Between Coaching Girls and Boys
In this conversation Coach and I talk to Mr. John Hayes, who has been either a boys or girls basketball coach for over 30 years. We discuss what excellent coaching looks like in his opinion and we get into some of the major differences between approaching boys and girls when it comes to coaching....
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#21 What it Takes to be a Good Coach
In this episode Coach and I talk to his long time friend, co-worker, and fellow Coach, Mo Harpenau. We discuss the qualities of a good coach, and what makes excellent Coaching.
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#20 Happy Hour with Coach
This episode is the audio recording from the Facebook Live event Coach and I conducted on April 30th. I asked Coach questions from podcast listeners. Head over to the Facebook Group, Conversations with Coach to see the video.
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#19 Ryan, sectional titles, locker room antics, and the mustache
This week Coach and I talked to Ryan Oberhausen. Ryan is the kid in the below picture shaving Coach’s infamous mustache after the Boy’s 1995 Sectional win. Ryan said that every time he saw Chris, Coach’s wife, after this, she thanked him! Although he only swam three months out of the year, he was...
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#18 Sheena Kahle Seger
In this Conversation, Coach and I talked to Sheena Kahle Seger. Sheena swam for Tell City’s age group program, but went to Southridge High School. If you listened to the podcast with Beth Godthaab, Sheena was the Freshman who beat Beth in 200IM her Senior year. During the summer, Sheena…
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#17 Davin & Drew
Coach and I talked to past swimmer Davin Harpe who held the 100 Fly and 50 Free records at one time. However, Davin’s High School accomplishments are nothing compared to his career accomplishments as a Principal, where in 2016, he was recognized as the Indiana State Principal of the year, and in...
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#16 Abby, Sectional Titles, & Crushes
Coach and I talk to Abby Lawerence McKinney. Abby was on three sectional championship teams as well as State qualifying relays. Abby owns her own retail business and we talk about the obstacles she’s facing today, as well as a past crush she and other girl swimmers had on a particular boy...
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#15 Ed Walsh
In this conversation, Coach and I talk to Ed Walsh. Ed still holds the 500yd free record. Amazingly, Coach found Ed in Freshman PE. His first time swimming the 500, he went a 6:47, four years later, he’s swimming under 5min and winning Sectional Titles.
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#14 My Other Coach
Coach andI talk with Dave Goffinet, who was a student, a teacher, a Coach, and administrator while Coach was at Tell City.
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Short Story - Aaron Weatherholt kicks some butt
Coach describes one of the best sectional performances he’s ever seen.
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#13 Beth Godthaab
Coach and I talked to Beth Godthaab, current 200IM record holder, member of the 200 Free Relay record, past 100 Breast record holder, which she finished 8th in the State in 1999.
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Short Story - Passing the Torch
In this short story, Beth Godthaab discussed meeting Beth Carlson as a young swimmer. I think this shows the impact a person has, even when he or she doesn't realize it.
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#12 The Multi-Sport Athlete
Coach and I talk to my teammate and friend, Nick Tharp, who at one time held the 50free record, but is still on the record board in the 200medley and 400free relays.
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Short Story - Queen Mary
Coach and Bruce tell a story about how they got separated from the Team during a tour of the Queen Mary.
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Short Story - Is Ms. Weather Holt Present
This is a short story of the first time Coach met Mrs. Jennifer Hall as a student.
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#11 UofE Teammate Bruce Kennard
Coach and I, we’ll mainly Coach, talks to his UofE Teammate and long time friend Bruce Kennard. There are tons of funny stories in here that left me rolling.
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Short Story - Taste the Rockies
Coach’s friend tells a story about the team returning from a meet in Denver
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#10 Ms. Weather Holt
In this conversation, Coach and I talk to Jennifer (Weatherholt) Hall. Jennifer was Coach's Assistant Coach from 2001 to 2010. During her time with the swim program, the Boys won one Conference Title and the Girls won two. Jennifer's brother Aaron was a sprint freestyler for Tell City. Coach…
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#9 Tell City Coach Stacy Marion
Coach and I talk to Tell City Swim Coach Stacy Marion on the Girl's Sectional Performance, where Coach was in attendance. She discusses some great performances, and areas where she would like to work on next year. Tell City will return to the State Championship Meet for the first time in 8 years....
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#8 Beth and Molly
This is another light hearted conversation with lots of laughs between Coach, Beth (Carlson) Hibbard, and Molly (Kleaving) Pies. Beth is a Tell City Hall if Fame Member, still holding 3 TC swimming records. Today she’s a stroke analysis Coach for triathletes. Molly still holds the 500 free record...
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#7 Coach’s Coach
Coach and I talked to his UofE Coach this week, 76yr old Dr. Paul Jensen. In this light hearted conversation Coach Jensen discusses the type of swimmer and student Coach Page was, and about his visit to Tell City during the Schweitzer Fest.....it entails a lot dancing in the beer garden.
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#6 Michelle
As Coach would say, “Michelle was special.” Michelle (Evrard) held so many firsts for Coach’s swimming career, she was the first state age group champion, the first to get a Junior National Cut, and the first to get a full swimming scholarship to swim at Ball State University.
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#5 Discipline and Expectations
This conversation is between Coach and his younger brother Rusty. The two discuss growing up in a military family, where they learned to swim, and what life was like swimming on the same teams together.
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#4 1988
In this episode, Coach and I talk to Eric Kleaving, a member of the 1988 Boy's Sectional Championship team, and 3 time Sectional Champion in the 200 and 500 Freestyle. Eric discusses how swimming still impacts his every day life, with endurance taking center focus. Coach and Eric discuss some of...
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#3 In Coach We Trust
Today we talk to Jasper Coach, Kristy Vaughn. She shares with us some Tell City Swimming history from her unique perspective, as well as some of Jasper's traditions over the Christmas break. I even get some advice on how to be a swimming parent, and lastly, Coach and Kristy give some advice to...
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#2 The Birth of a Tradition
Christmas is coming, everyone get ready for the 1000 Butterfly!! This week Mr. Tim Reed, current holder to the 6 and 11 dive 1 meter records at Tell City, and long time dive coach joins me and Coach. We discuss the early stages in Coach's career at Tell City, and the traditions he instilled along...
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#1 Who is Coach?
This is my first conversation with Coach in over a year. After petitioning to get the Tell City Junior/Senior High School pool named in his honor, we discuss what Coaching, Family, and Tel City means to him.
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Coach Page was an age group and high school swim coach for over 30 years in Tell City, Indiana. This is a podcast of our phone conversations, where we discuss what it means to be a coach, husband, father, and mentor
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Conversations With Coach is created and hosted by Lewis Anderson.
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