Coach Danny Artiga
Danny Artiga moved to the U.S in 1976 from El Salvador, where he played professional soccer. He was drafted by Division 1 Long Island University where he received his B.S. in Accounting and a minor in Health Science.

Upon retirement from playing soccer competitively, Danny needed a new activity to stay in shape. After being convinced by a friend to pick-up running, Danny decided to participate in his first Corporate Challenge in 1997. It was then he discovered his love for running and the many challenges the sport brings with it. Subsequently, he ran his first NYC Marathon in 1998. In 2004 after having completed 19 marathons, Danny wanted new challenges. Again, through the guidance of friends, he completed his first duathlon. While enjoying his experiences of competing in duathlons and triathlons, he also began enjoying helping others achieve their goals.

Danny has participated in several Running/Triathlon Coaching Programs for City Coach, Nike & Jack Rabbit and has coached Half and Full Marathon Programs for the last 5 years. The highlight of one of those programs was running alongside Lance Armstrong in through the city for Lance’s LiveStrong Foundation. Danny also donates his time as a Cycling Coach for JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) where he helps riders suffering from Type 1 Diabetes achieve their cycling goals. He has coached Type 1 riders to complete Century Rides in Montana, Vermont and Arizona.

He finds nothing more satisfying than helping individuals complete a goal that at one time seemed impossible.

Coach Joe Bachana
Joe has been competing in duathlons and triathlons since 1992, having been the founder and first coach of the Columbia University Triathlon team. Joe grew up as a track and field athlete as well as a basketball player, and so triathlon was a great way for him to continue his love of sports and competition.

In 1999, while playing in an Urban Professional basketball game, Joe tore his Achilles tendon 100% through. After repair, the surgeon told him he would never run again, and for about 5 years, Joe believed him. Then one day while wheeling his oldest daughter in her stroller past the route of the active NYC Triathlon, Joe turned to his wife and said "I'm going to do that again." Six weeks later, Joe modestly competed in what would be his first of many races since that time. A few short years later, Joe was able to begin placing in a number of age group and clydesdale category races throughout the United States,

Joe is a USAT Level 1 certified triathlon coach and a Level III certified cycling coach from USA Cycling. He maintains a great passion for age group sports participation as well as an enduring generosity of spirit when trying to help new, returning, and veteran athletes alike achieve their competitive goals in triathlon and duathlon. Joe will be coaching the cycling component of the team as well as helping support Coach Artiga in running sessions.

Coach Edel Borrero
Edel joined the ranks of Certified USAT Coaches in 2009, but his triathlon experience dates further back to 2005 when he completed his first Olympic length triathlon at the Westchester Triathlon. Ever since experiencing that wondrous feeling of accomplishment as he crossed his first finish line, Edel has been hooked on triathlon and on promoting the sport to his Latino community.

Edel is most fulfilled by seeing those athletes he’s worked with—especially the “first timers”—complete their races happy, healthy and strong. As any coach would, he emphasizes the importance of proper training, nutrition and rest with his athletes, but also stresses mastering the mental preparation that goes into the sport. “Visualization, positive affirmations and reinforcement are parts of an athlete’s training that all too often go ignored, but at times the difference between finishing a race and pulling out can come down solely to the belief that you have what it takes to complete the race”, says our Papa Bear.

When not coaching, racing or training, Edel enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, songwriting, and dabbling in graphic arts.

Coach Eamon Foley 
A former international-level swimmer, competing for Ireland's national swim team, Eamon holds records that have stood for over 15 years.

After a few years of being lazy he turned to triathlon and has raced in Europe and the US. Confined to a desk in a drab office during the day, he thinks nothing beats leaving the computer behind, shedding the suit and throwing on some lycra. Having pale Irish skin, there is potential he will get sunburnt from that computer monitor.

Eamon is a USAT-qualified Triathlon Coach, and is also an Assistant Coach with Team in Training. His coaching philosophy is one of enjoyment: enjoy your training and you will perform well. Mix a positive attitude with sound technique, balanced diet and a good work ethic and you will achieve your goals.

Coach Mike Galvan
Son of Dominican immigrants and a native New Yorker. He got his start in sports by playing in the concrete schoolyards of the Lower East Side. Mike then became a star High School distance runner until an injury ended his collegiate career early in his freshman year. Inactivity and his newfound love of the college lifestyle caused him to gain over 100 pounds in 5 years. At his heaviest, Mike maxed out at 235 pounds to go along with his two-pack a day cigarette habit.

Looking for a change of lifestyle, he was inspired when he witnessed a friend complete her first triathlon. With a mix of proper diet and exercise he completed his first sprint triathlon 3 months later. Smoking, eating and laziness were replaced with swimming, cycling and running.

Mike is now a USAT certified triathlon coach and is known for his enthusiasm while working with athletes of all levels. He is the Head Triathlon Coach at New York University. He is also an Assistant Coach with Team in Training, Asphalt Green Tri Club and Simply Tri. Since completing his first race, he has helped over a 1,400 athletes experience that wonderful finish-line feeling for themselves.

Coach Thaddeus Wojcik
Coach Thaddeus, TriLatino’s first coach, has been with us since our founding in 2008. Thaddeus was the first head coach for our TriLatino Junior Program, heading that South Bronx venture in 2011 and 2012 before handing the baton over to Coach Joe Bachana for the 2013 season. In 2013, Thaddeus is heading out “learn-to-swim” program for adults who have never before tried swimming.

“Coach T” first started coaching/personal training in the U.S. Army as remedial fitness instructor for his unit in Germany, training soldiers recovering from injury or struggling with weight or performance goals, and he began racing on his company’s cross-country team at the DOD’s Defense Language Institute. While Thaddeus holds several certifications—including USA Triathlon Certified Coach (Level 1), USA Triathlon Certified Youth & Junior Coach, NASM certified personal trainer, and FIST certified bike fitter—he believes that certifications are worth no more than the paper on which they are printed if he does not listen to and learn from athletes, in order to communicate with them and help them grow, conquer challenges, tap their inner strength and experience the barrier-breaking excitement of the multi -sport lifestyle.

Thaddeus first discovered triathlon while supporting a friend at an Ironman event. Immediately addicted to the challenge and camaraderie he witnessed, Thaddeus settled into his own training, and has since raced numerous sprint, Olympic, 70.3 Half Ironmans and Kona Hawaii Ironman World Championships, and twice completed both the S.O.S. Triathlon, a grueling 8-stage adventure race in the Shawangunk mountain range, and the Death Valley Marathon. Thaddeus has completed over one hundred running races from 5k to marathon, and various open-water swim events.

Outside of triathlon, Thaddeus practices law and proudly numbers TriLatino among his clients. After receiving his undergraduate degree in International Business from Temple University, Thaddeus graduated from Notre Dame Law School, and is licensed in New York and California.