Meet the team
Sebastian Paulins (Head Coach)
Sebastian Paulins was part of the Western Mustangs Swimming Team since 2016. In 2020, Paulins placed first in all four of his competitions at the OUA Championships, and at the U Sports Championship, he placed eighth in the 400 free, seventh in the 1500 free, fourth in the 200 fly and fifteenth in the 400 IM competitions. Sebastian has moved to Montreal with the goal to continue beating records, and to hone his coaching skills.
Cindy Bassel-Brown (Assistant Coach)
Cindy Bassel-Brown is a master’s swim coach, a deep-water fitness instructor, and a certified nutritionist/dietitian, her experience includes coaching school swim teams, and competing herself.
Cindy has been coaching Master Swim and offering deep-water exercise classes at the CSL Aquatics Centre since the centre’s opening in 2011. As a part of the CSL swim team, she is in tune with the needs of those in the master swim program.
Beyond the pool, Cindy practices as a nutritionist, leveraging her degree in Nutritional Science to council food service, corporate health teams, and private clients. She is passionate about combining healthy eating with movement and strives to help others become their best selves.
Contact info: cbasselbrown@gmail.com
Spencer Howard (Coach)
Passionate about swimming and ex-CSLA swimmers, Spencer brings a lot of swimming experience to his practices.