Linda Stanley Wilson,
Communication Director

Linda grew up frolicking in the California surf, and it’s still one of her favourite places to swim. 

Linda learned to formally swim in a mandatory Red Cross swim class in high school, which led her to join the swim, synchro, and water polo teams by the time she finished college, where she also obtained her coaching certifications and teaching credential.

In San Francisco, she swims with the SF Dolphin Swimming & Boating Club near Ghirardelli Square. Her favourite swims are Alcatraz to SF, the Golden Gate Bridge swim, the Maui Channel Relay, and the Trans Tahoe Relay.

Linda came to BC to teach at UBC, and when they weren’t teaching, she enjoyed swimming year-round in the old UBC outdoor pool with Jack Kelso. Jack and Ivan Szasz introduced Linda to masters swimming in BC and cajoled her into doing a few butterfly races for their relay teams. 

Depending on the season, you can find Linda swimming long, long, long course backstroke in Buntzen Lake and Kits pool or at Grandview in South Surrey. She wears many hats with White Rock Wave and especially loves working with swimmers who are new to competition and open water swimming. She is an ASCA Level 5 coach and is proud of the junior coach mentoring program she developed for White Rock Wave, as well as navigating all of the required paperwork involved in getting Betty Brussel's name on all those World Records!