Kingsley Coaching Staff 2012

 Swim Staff  

 

Krista Wolk  – Head Coach: 
 Krista Wolk is originally from Savannah, GA, where she was a captain for The Savannah Country Day School swim team and also swam with GCAT.  She graduated from Franklin and Marshall College after 16 years of swimming and stepped right onto deck to begin coaching.  Her USA Swim Coaching experience includes the Aiken-Augusta Swim League and the MJCCA Sharks here in Georgia, as well as Pearl Harbor Aquatics and Hickam Hurricanes in Honolulu, Hawaii.  Krista currently coaches for the Zaban year round swim team and is an Elementary School teacher.  She is looking forward to a FUN and SUCCESSFUL summer season with Kingsley!

   

Kelly Dwyer - Assistant Coach
Kelly Dwyer swam for DNDC for 7 years and was a member of the Dunwoody High School swim team for four years until graduating in 2009. She currently attends the University of Georgia where she studying Math and Math Education. She has been a lifeguard since 2006 and now guards as well as supervises at the Marcus Jewish Community Center. Last summer, she was an assistant coach for the MJCCA sharks. She can't wait to meet everyone and have an awesome season!


 Asha Parian: Assistant Coach
Asha Parian is originally from Savannah, GA where she swam summer leagues and year round for 10 years. She began instructing swimmers during her high school swim team experience. Asha graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S in Textile Management and then from Georgia State with a M.S. in Urban Policy Studies. She worked as a lifeguard, swim instructor, swim team coach, and Aquatics Manager from 2006-2010 at the MJCCA. Asha is also a certified high school swim and dive official. She currently teaches high school math part time and nanny's
   Mary Ann Piper: Junior Coaches Head Coach
Mary Ann has been swimming and diving for Kingsley for 8 years.  She also swam for DNDC 7 years. She is a graduate of Dunwoody High School where she also swam on the team.  She has been working for Dynamo since 2009 as a lifeguard.  She assists with the swim team and was a Junior Coach in 2010. Mary Ann is now a student at the University of Dayton where she is studying education. Mary Ann's responsibilities will be to develop our Junior Coaching program.
   
 Junior Coaching Program
Junior Coaches: Members of the Kingsley Swim Team between the age of 14 and 18 that are interested in learning the skills needed to coach a swim team.  They will be working with the younger members of the team, coaching the blue and bronze team.  The members of the Junior Coaching staff will be expected to be the leaders of the swim team, attending meets, full participation in practice and leaders of the Mini meets.  If you are interested in participating in the Junior Coaching program please contact Mary Ann Piper.  
 
 Dive Staff  
 

HEAD DIVE COACH:  Lexie Ciaciura

Lexie is a Senior at Northview High School and has been diving for 4 years.  She has loved every minute of it!  She has competed in numerous meets during her school's dive seasons, including the past 4 State Diving Championships.  She will be attending the University of Georgia in the Fall where she hopes to continue her diving career.  She is looking forward to working with everyone and can't wait for the season to begin!

  

   
  ASST. DIVE COACH:  Lindsay Panther

Lindsay is a junior at Wesleyan School.  She is a consistent merit list student and is interested in nursing as a possible career.  This past fall she ran x-country, and currently is playing golf at Wesleyan during the spring season.  In the winter, Lindsay dives.  She just finished a very successful season finishing 20th in the State.  Over thesummer and in her free time she enjoys being outside and water skiing.    When she has time to relax she enjoys "Modern Family".  She is very excited about coaching at Kingsley and looks forward to coaching the dive team this summer and can't wait to met the kids. 


   
Jr. Asst. Dive Coach:  Dillon Briggs

Dillon has been a member of Kingsley and the dive program for the last 7 years.  He is a rising sophomore at Mt. Vernon Presbyterian school.  Dillon was recently cerified as a Lifeguard and in CPR training.  In his spare time he enjoys fishing, lacrosse and most recently Ultimate Frisbee.