Plainview High School Swim Team……
Plainview High School Swim Team….One the the nations best high school swim programs if it’s time, led by Coach Charlie Schlegal. Back in the 1970’s and 80’s this was the premier swim teams of high school swimming. I was fortunate to have all five of my children to be on this team and to be coached by such a great swim coach. I was also fortunate to work under Coach Schlegal as his JV Coach. Recently thanks to facebook, I was in contact with some of my old swimmers and it brought back some very fond memories….So, if any Plainview High swimmers are reading my blog….I would love to hear from you with some old stories about Charlie….Thanks Coach Pete
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About Coach Pete
Hi, this is Coach Pete Spagnuolo. I have recently retired from a long and successful career of over 40+ years of coaching. During those years, I have developed Junior Olympic, Sectional, and Zone Champions. I am an active member of the American Swim Coaches Association and am a Certified US Swim Coach.
I have recently relocated to Loveland, Colorado, leaving sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida where I was the head Age Group Coach for Team Weston Aquatics. I have coached national and international swimmers with world renowned U.S. Olympic Coach Jack Nelson at the Swimming Hall of Fame, Canadian Olympic Coach Nick Baker of Peak Performance Swim Camps, and Venezuelan National Team Coach, Tomas Victoria at Team Weston. I have extensive knowledge and experience in teaching stroke technique and stroke development.
In addition to being an age group coach, I am also a Masters swim coach and triathlete coach . I have coached three Hawaii Ironman Finalists and have been the personal coach of Jennifer Magnission, one of Florida’s top female triathletes.
I am writing this blog to share my wealth of experience and knowledge with fellow coaches, swimmers and swim parents. I hope you enjoy my posts and find them useful in your training and swimming careers.
To Contact Coach Pete go to : petespag@hotmail.com
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Coach Pete 
Hey Pete
What about the 60’s?
We had ten All Americans on my team of fifteen from 64-67, went undefeated in two hundred meets
and were the Eastern and state Champs every year.
Also, the class of ’67 produced two MD’s and four Ph.D.’s.
Charlie gave us the discipline and mental toughness to succeed.
Charlie always knew when were were out late at night partying.Our parents would get phone calls at 6 AM Sunday morning telling them to have us at the pool by 7 or we would be suspended from the team.
When we arrived we discovered that the pool was extra warm and we had to do sprints for an hour to get the “toxins” out of our system.
Michael O’Keefe, Ph.D ’67