Future Supers - Aaron Swail & Landen Huculak

We are very fortunate to have two aspiring Superintendents on our Turf Care team here at Quilchena, Aaron Swail and Landen Huculak.

Aaron joined our team in the spring of 2011 in an Assistant-in-Training role, or AIT, shortly after graduating from University of Guelph's 2-year Turf Management program.  Stepping into this role afforded Aaron the opportunity to be involved in all aspects of our operation, right from pushing a rotary mower to being a meaningful voice and opinion of many key decision-making conversations and meetings.  Aaron was able to gain some valuable experience as AIT and has since moved into an Irrigation Technician position.  Along with the many added responsibilities of being our Irrigation Technician, Aaron still plays a big role in our turf health programs as one of our "go-to guys" for spraying and fertilizer applications.

Aaron Swail

Aaron continues to increase his turf maintenance knowledge by spending time each and every day asking as many questions as he can, providing feedback and bringing forth suggestions; something we've encouraged him to do from his first day on the job here.  We are proud to be a part of Aaron's career development and look forward to continuing to help groom him along the way to becoming a Superintendent!

Landen joined our team in the spring of 2008 and has been an extremely valuable part of our operation ever since.  Landen brings a very strong work ethic and positive attitude to our team and has excelled at every role he has been in here at Quilchena.  His knowledge of the game, determination, willingness to continue to learn and desire to move up the ranks motivated him to enroll in the 2-year Turf Management Program at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and he set to graduate in the spring of 2014.

Landen Huculak

Oh yeah, Landen is pretty much a scratch golfer too so don’t get suckered into playing him for cash!  We are extremely proud to be able to assist Landen with achieving his goals along his career path and greatly look forward to having him continually work alongside us.  Please join us in congratulating Landen on his upcoming graduation!

Like I said, we are very lucky to have these two aspiring Superintendents on our team and we look forward to following their continued success in the Turf Management industry!