Saint Vincent College Men's Swimming

Gillie joins the Saint Vincent men's and women's swimming programs as an assistant coach for the 2013-14 season. A 2011 graduate of NCAA Division III Wheaton (MA), Gillie competed four years for the Lyons' swimming and diving team. While with the Lyons, he broke three different school records (500 free, 200 fly, 800 free relay) and posted 12 top-10 times on the school's all-time list. Prior to his arrival at Saint Vincent, Gillie gained several years of experience at various levels throughout the coaching ranks. He began his career with Magnus Aquatic Group in southern Massachusetts in 2009 before joining the Bluefish Swim Club. Gillie spent the 2011-12 campaign in the Division III ranks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While he was at MIT, both the men's and women's teams were among the top teams in the nation. Most recently, he assisted with Phoenix Swimming in Haverhill, MA. A native of Haverhill, MA, Gillie earned his degree from Wheaton in Psychology.

Saint Vincent College alumna Marissa (Frollo) Bartha joined the men's and women's swimming team coaching staff in July 2022.  A 2017 SVC graduate, Bartha returns to her alma mater after spending the past five seasons on the swimming coaching staff at Division I Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland.   From 2018-22, Bartha was the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at the Mount, after serving as the team’s graduate assistant coach during the 2017-18 campaign. She assisted in all day-to-day operations of the men’s and women’s swimming programs, including designing and managing practices and training sessions, overseeing all recruiting and coordinating travel.   At the Mount, she coached one qualifier for the 2021 Paralympic Trials, two CSCAA National Invitational Championships qualifying teams and saw a number of swimmers set school records throughout her four seasons. Additionally, both the men’s and women’s teams from the Mount were perennially recognized as CSCAA Scholar All-America Teams.   During her time at Saint Vincent, Bartha was a standout for the Bearcat women’s swimming team. A two-year team captain and four-year All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference honoree, she remains arguably the top sprinter in program history.  As a senior in 2017, she helped the Bearcats to runner-up finishes at the PAC Championships in the 200 and 400 medley and 200 and 400 freestyle relays, while she placed third in the 50 freestyle. She was a part of three consecutive PAC championship-winning 200 freestyle relay teams from 2013-16 and was a two-time conference champion in the 50 freestyle. She remains the Saint Vincent team record-holder in both the 50 and 100 freestyle.   Bartha earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from Saint Vincent College, before earning a master’s in sport management at Mount Saint Mary’s. She is a native of Pittsburgh and graduate of Penn Hills High School. She and her husband, Alex, reside in North Versailles.   

Gurekovich is the first and only swimming coach at Saint Vincent College. In 2013, he was honored by his peers, named Women's Coach of the Year in the Presidents' Athletic Conference. In 2016, Gurekovich led the Bearcat women to their best finish in program history, tying for second place at the annual PAC Championships. Prior to SVC's joining of the NCAA, Coach Gurekovich qualified 13 swimmers for the NAIA national meet. As members of the NCAA and the Presidents' Athletic Conference, both the men's and women's squads continue to perform well, setting many new school records each season. Gurekovich came to Saint Vincent after coaching two powerful NCAA Division III teams, Westminster (Pa.) and Colby Colleges. While at Westminster, he helped guide three swimmers to the NCAA national meet where they placed in the top 16 in each of their respective events during the 1999-2000 season. He then went on to Colby College where in the first year he helped the womens team to their highest finish in the NESCAC Conference meet placing fourth. They also had multiple national qualifiers. He then returned to Westminster for the 2003-04 season, and the Westminster women finished the year with the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship while the men finished a close second. Gurekovich has coached 27 national qualifiers in NCAA D-II, D-III, and NAIA during his coaching career both as an assistant and head coach. He has also worked with 8 All-Americans and one national champion. In addition to these coaching accolades he is a two-time NAIA National qualifier, an All-American in the 800 Free Relay, and a member of the 1999 GLIAC Conference Champion swim team. A 1999 graduate of Westminster College, Gurekovich earned his degree in History with a Secondary Education minor. He and his wife Chrissy reside in Irwin with son, Connor and daughter, Emily.