Leadership
Melanie McKula — President and Chief Executive Officer
(Our fearless leader!) Current President and Chief Executive Officer for The Capitol Sea Devils. She is originally from Maryland and went to Penn State University. She currently lives in Great Falls, VA and also works as an office manager for a Title and Abstracting company in Fairfax. She has been with Sea Devils since 2004, first as a clinic coach then in the Developmental and Age Group programs.
Contact: admin@seadevils.org
Ian Handerhan — Director of Coaching, Select/Gold/Senior coach
Ian has been with SDS since 2008 and has worked at every level of the program and currently coaches the Select and Gold Training programs at the St Albans site. Ian also serves as the Head Swim Coach at Army Navy Country Club (10+ years) and formerly of Thomas Jefferson HSST girls and boys teams (8 years). At the latter he has coached 6 individual All-Americans (achieving over 25 All-American times) and 9 All-American relay teams bringing home 11 Conference, 5 Region, and 2 State titles. In his free time he teaches Latin and Math classes at St. Agnes School in Arlington.
Contact: Ian.handerhan@gmail.com
Peter Karl – Holton-Arms Site Coach: Age Group 3, Silver
From New Jersey and went to Ohio Wesleyan and University of Maryland. He currently lives in Silver Spring and is an avid youth program, security, and building maintenance volunteer at his Church. He is formerly a coach at Army Navy Country Club, St. John’s College High School, and B-CC High School. He Currently coaches Age Group 3 and Silver programs at Holton and St. Albans. Peter has 40 years of coaching experience and has been with the Sea Devils since 1977.
Jared Diallo — South Run Site Coach, Select and Masters.
From Alexandria VA. Jared started with SDS in 2019 and has coached every group from AG2 to Gold. He is currently the Select coach at South Run. Additionally, He is entering his fourth summer as Head Coach of the Fox Hunt Splash (NVSL), and has concluded his second season as the Assistant Coach with Robinson Swim and Dive (VHSL).
Contact: coachjared18@gmail.com
Program Coaches
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Theresa Vaghi - Program Coach, AG2
This is Theresa’s first year coaching SDS. Previous to SDS she’d coached for multiple teams including serving as the head coach at Bethesda Country Club for 8 summers. She is also, currently in her second year as head swim and dive coach at Walt Whitman High School, where last year she coached multiple All-American swimmers and divers, as well as bringing home a Boys Maryland State Championship. When she is not on the pool deck, she is a special education teacher with MCPS. In her free time, Theresa loves traveling, concerts, and relaxing at the beach! She is an avid DC sports fan and loves Xavier basketball.
Chelsea Hubble -
Holton-Arms
Reiley Adelson - Program Coach, Age Group 2
From Saratoga Springs, New York, Reiley is a former collegiate swimmer at Saint Michael’s College. Reiley works at the American Council of Life Insurers, and enjoys spending her evenings on the pool deck. She coached this past summer with Army Navy Country Club, and has loved to see the progress swimmers make throughout the season. Reiley is thrilled to be back for her second season with SDS!
Allie Brown - Program Coach, Age Group 1
From Springfield, PA, Allie is excited to be back for her fifth season with SDS. She is currently a second grade teacher with DCPS and a summer coach with Army Navy Country Club. She has coached every level of swimming, from learn to swim to collegiate swimming with Arcadia University. When not coaching, Allie enjoys running, swimming, and traveling.
South Run
Doug Kraemer - South Run Program Coach - AG2 and AG3 AM
From Fairfax VA, attended and swam for Robinson Secondary way back in High School. After serving in the Marines for 5 years he started coaching the Glen Cove Pirates summer team (13th season just finished up). Formerly a Math teacher at Robinson secondary and served as Head Coach for Robinson Swim & Dive for the 23-24 season. He’s excited to be back on deck with TCSD.
Ricky Veatch - South Run Program Coach, AG1 and AG3 PM
From Springfield VA, Attended and swam for West Springfield High School. Ricky is excited for his second season with TCSD. Before coaching with us he was the Head Coach at Commonwealth (NVSL) and also taught lessons and classes at South Run for Parktakes. Currently an Instructional Assistant at Annandale High School where he also served as the dive coach last winter.
Emilee Hayward - South Run Program Coach, Silver.
From Stafford, VA. Emilee is excited for her third season with TCSD. She is a Film Major at GMU.
St Albans
Ingrid Cross - Program Coach, Age Group 3
From Centerport, NY and went to High Point University. She lives on Capitol Hill and works for the American Medical Association in Political Affairs. She is the Pool Coach at St. Albans as well as a coach for Age Group 2, Age Group 3, and our H.S. Conditioning group. She has been with the Sea Devils since 2017.
Kelsey Magill - Program Coach, Age Group 3B, Silver
From Ocean View, Delaware and went to George Washington University. She grew up swimming and then coaching for the Sea Colony Sharks. She has been coaching with SDS since 2013, and has coached for DC’s MVP Dolphins swim team. Outside of the pool, she lives in Glover Park and works full-time as a non-profit fundraiser for a local organization called Martha’s Table. Most importantly, she is a proud at mom to her 12-year old rescue tabby, Dewey.
Chelsea Rowell - AG3 C
Reese Samuel - Assistant Program Coach/Resident Hype Man
From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and attending Howard University. He grew up swimming for Upper St Clair Highschool and eventually Howard University. Winning a state championship and Conference Championship respectively. He lives in Brookland, DC and coaches the Howard University swim team as well. He also plays competitive Call of Duty for the University, in which he also won a championship. Being captain of two swim teams, he is very adept to being a leader.
Paige Sass - Program Coach, Age Group 1
Paige grew up in country club swim leagues. She has been coaching and teaching youth swimming since 1987, the past 7 years with the Sea Devils program. From 2006-2018 she was clerk of course for the CCSDA. She lives in Alexandria and works for the USPS OIG
Holden Shatouhy - Assistant Program Coach
Board
Sam Brownell, CFO
Chairman for The Capitol Sea Devils. Sam is from Silver Spring, MD and went to Loyola University in Maryland. He lives in Washington, DC and he runs a wealth management firm focused on providing family office services to high net worth families. He began swimming with the Sea Devils at age 8 and has swam under the direction of current coach Peter Karl and former coach Rory Lewis. He currently coaches Gold and Senior groups at our Wilson Location. He has coached for the Sea Devils in two different terms starting in 2006.
