Sebastien Locteau

Two athletes coached by Performance Coach Sebastien Locteau will represent Ireland at the CELTIC TRI-NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP Friday 10th Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th May 2013 .  The two Girls will swim part of the Irish senior Team. Sarah kelly from Comans Swimming Club will swim the 200Fly and Niamh Kilgallen from Claremorris swimming club will swim the 200m Breaststroke.  Sarah Kelly brought a silver medal last year for Ireland and after her 8th place at the European Junior Long Course Championship and 12th at The European Senior short course Championship is expected to perform at the meet. Swimming between 52 to 58 000m a week her coach as been pushing her to step up this year. Her coach said "She has the perfect parent as an athlete. Collette her mother brings her everywhere, support her without been pushy and has a major role in her preparation. The key of her success is trust, honesty and great communication".  Niamh Kilgallen who will repr...

Coaching in the last few weeks has been amazing but the cherry on top of the cake happened in one day! 1 European Junior & 1 European Youth Olympic qualification achieved in Limerick, 15miler won in Cork & 5th place in Seville Marathon. Finally being nominated as one of the High Performance Coaches of the Year really made that weekend exceptional.  Those 4 people from 4 different clubs, some from different sports are certainly some of the most talented athletes I have been working with. I have been asked many times by Performance Directors who coached Olympic Medallist and world champion like Chris Jones or Peter Banks to consider specialising. I have been thinking about it over the years and remember Steve Trew support in my career. His autograph on his book says “from here to the stars” and always thought if he believed in me like my athletes do and did, I have something in me which can help me to succeed. One of my weaknesses as I have been told many ...