 John Coffman Head Coach Head of Operations Dryland and Weight Training Coach and Cyclone Group Coach
John Coffman has returned to NAAC
after two years in Florida! John joined NAAC as our dryland coach in
2001. He continued in that capacity during a time of continued growth
in our high school groups. He joined the coaching staff on deck in 2005
and was instrumental in coaching the many high school and sectional
champions that trained full time with NAAC as well as the National
Record setting 200 medley relay team of Scott Martin, Marshall Sherman,
Brian Barrett and Michael Lopresti in 2008.
Additionally, John served as the Head Coach of three sports at Whetstone High School (Swimming & Diving, Track & Field, and Cross Country) for almost 20 years, with over 50 total League Team Titles in a 16-team League. John coached his teams to a 12-year League Championship win streak in Swimming and a 14-year League Championship win streak in Cross Country. He has coached multiple HS All-Americans, State Qualifiers, State Champions and a State Record Holder, as well as National Qualifying individuals and relays while at Whetstone. Along with his extensive and successful High School Coaching, John’s experience includes five years coaching with GCSTO and more recently 2001 through 2008 coaching here at New Albany Aquatics Club. Along with former NAAC Head Coach Brad Burget, John has authored and co-authored several books on swim training, strength and conditioning for FasterSwimming.com and has presented on these topics nationally. John also has 12 years of experience as a Head Club Track Coach, and has been a Certified Personal Trainer and Performance Coach since 1991. John has
worked with Olympic Qualifiers and Professional Athletes in multiple
sports (Track & Field, MMA, PGA, WTA, and NFL) and prides himself on
being able to keep up with his athletes in any type of strength,
conditioning or speed work and practices as he preaches in regard to
training, nutrition and recovery. He has been a Sailing Instructor since
1991 and hopes to one day sail around the world with his wife, Sacha. As a successful Coach with well over 100 seasons of practical experience across several sports, a veteran personal trainer and performance coach, and a competitive athlete himself - John has a true understanding of elite athletic performance. |
Stephanie is coaching the the Hurricane, Tsunami, and Ripples groups.
Stephanie Donley 
 Jen Bernsdorf Jennifer Geschke Bernsdorf has strong roots in the field of swimming dating back to her childhood. Jen graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in the College of Human Ecology majoring in Child and Family Development and then earned a Bachelor’s Plus degree in Education with a concentration of grades one through eight at Ashland University. During her early years, Jen was a competitive swimmer in the summer league with Highlands Swim Club. Swimming also in USSA swimming for the Greater Columbus Swim Team and Westerville Aquatic Club she excelled in the Backstroke and the Individual Medley. Jen was recruited by a number of Ohio colleges to swim but decided to concentrate more on her studies at the college level. During her college years, Jen continued her love of swimming by coaching her alma mater, Westerville South High School swim team. After graduating she expanded her coaching abilities by coaching the summer league at Highlands Pool in Westerville. In recent years, Jen worked for the City of Westerville as an Aquatics Manager for a multi-million dollar facility. She continued to stay certified with her CPR, First Aid and Water Swimming Instruction qualifications. Currently Jen is an Assistant Coach for the New Albany Aquatics Club and a Coach for the New Albany Country Club summer swim team. She is also very active with volunteering in her children’s school and does the bookkeeping for her husband’s business. Jen’s family includes her husband, Chad, and together they have three children, Matthew, Andrew and Alaina, all of whom are excellent swimmers and continue to exhibit her love of the sport. Jen is coaching the Tsunami Training Group. |
 John Sands John Sands has been involved in competitive swimming since the age of seven when he started swimming at his local YMCA. John later began swimming year round and eventually swam for Brad Burget at NASC where under Brad’s tutelage he became a seven-time All-America selection and the fastest high school 50-yard freestyler in the country in 2003-04 with a time of 20.19! John was the Ohio High School State Champion in the 50-yard freestyle his senior year, and became the first high school male to become an Ohio State University pool record holder, breaking the 50-yard freestyle record (at the old pool). As a club swimmer, John was a Junior National Champion in the 50 free, and a part of the 17-18 year old age group national record holding 200-meter freestyle relay. John was also a part of relays that won multiple Junior National titles, and qualified for Sr. Nationals both individually and as a member of relays. John graduated from Granville High School in Granville, Ohio in 2004, where he was high school team captain and four-time high school team MVP. John continued his swimming and academic career at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a two year letter winner and member of the ACC scoring team. John was forced to retire after his sophomore year at UNC due to an ankle injury. He graduated from UNC in 2008 with degrees in Political Science and History. John is currently attending Otterbein. John has been coaching competitive swimming since 2002; coaching at Little Turtle Country Club, New Albany Country Club, for the Chapel Hill YMCA Swim Club as well as at NAAC. He has coached all age groups and abilities and enjoys working with John Coffman and the rest of the staff who have taught him so much. John is coaching the Cyclone and Waves Groups. |
 Angela KruplemanAngela Krumpelman is the mother of NAAC swimmer Jordan and NAAC graduate Ben. Angela has been actively involved in swimming as a parent for the past 10 yrs. She is also a Red Cross Certified Swim Instructor. This spring Angela worked with both Ripples and Jr Ripples groups. She teaches swim lessons during the summer at Northwest Swim Club and has been coaching and teaching lessons with the Worthington Pools for the past four years. Angela also practices with the NAAC Master’s Team. Angela is the Marketing Director at Polaris Fashion Place. |
 Megan Geers Labuhn Megan coached at the Bloomington Swim Club while at IU from 2000-2004. She was the assistant coach at Marshall University from 2004-2009. During her time at Marshall, she coached two NCAA division I qualifiers, coached a Canadian Olympic Trials Finalist at the 2008 Trials in the 100 Breaststroke. She also traveled throughout the United States and Europe recruiting athletes to come to Marshall University. Megan created a swim lesson program for the city of Huntington, West Virginia. This past summer, Megan was the head coach for the Plain Township Gators. Megan is married to Patrick
Labuhn and is actively involved in Big Brothers and Big Sisters. |
 Ross Hartley Ross Bio on Fast Forward Triathlon Ross is a getting his masters at The Ohio State University majoring in Education. Ross is a premier triathlete! In 2009, he placed second in the Best of the US Triathlon in October 2009 and plans to shoot for the title this October. Ross was the 5th place American finisher at Nike 2012 Olympic I.D. Race earlier this year and is the the Ohio State Triathlon Champion, TriNation Online National Champion,One of Inside Triathlon's Athletes of the Year. In 2009 Ross won eight races and set all eight race records. In 2008 Ross was awarded Collegiate All American Triathlete, USA Triathlon First Team All American and won all six races he competed in setting all six race records.
Ross is from Pickerington, Ohio and was a wrestler and Cross Country runner when he was in high school. Ross swam summer league for the Huntington Hills Frogger team in his formative years and this past summer he helped coach the Chevington Woods Kingfish to their sixth straight Tri County League Championship. Ross will coach the Breakers and Junior Ripples training groups. On the right is a video on his daily training program in his quest to qualify for the 2016 Olympic team! |
Christine Parey
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Born and raised in Euclid Ohio, an east suburb of Cleveland, I started swimming competitively at the age of eight for a local summer swim team. That continued until I aged out of the league at 16. I then swam for Euclid High School where I lettered all four years and was a team co-captain my senior year. My specialties included backstroke, butterfly, and I.M. events. After graduating high school in 1995, I started attending Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea Ohio where I swam mostly middle distance events. My usual OAC championship meet lineup consisted of the 200 fly, 200 I.M. and 400 I.M. At B-W I was a four year letter winner and the Women’s team captain my senior year. I graduated from Balwin-Wallace in 1999 with a B.A. in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting. In the summers of my high school and college years I was a lifeguard and taught swim lessons. Also, the summer before my junior year of college, I was an assistant swim coach on the team I swam for in my youth. I coached the 9-10 year old age group. After college I started working full-time for The Sherwin-Williams Company at their corporate headquarters in Cleveland in the Consumer Division Accounting Department. After several promotions in Cleveland, I transferred to the S-W Columbus Plant in 2004 to be their Financial Analyst and Systems Administrator. In January 2010 I made the decision to start swimming again and joined the New Albany Masters Team. I forgot how much I loved the sport and enjoyed being a part of an athletic team. I swam in the Masters Spring National Meet in Atlanta in May 2010 and am currently training and looking forward to my next meet. |
 Becky is a
senior at The Ohio State University majoring in exercise physiology with
a minor in disability studies. After graduation, she hopes to attend
physical therapy school to receive her Doctorate of Physical Therapy.
Becky has been swimming competitively since age 11. She swam on a summer
team in her hometown of Avon Lake, OH until she was 18. She began
coaching the team at age 15 and has been coaching for the past seven
years. This past summer, she was the assistant head coach of the Avon
Lake Storm Team which has close to 300 swimmers.
In high school
Becky swam varsity for four years and was the team captain her senior
year. Her favorite events were the 100 breaststroke, 500 freestyle, and
200 IM. She continued her swimming career in college by joining the Ohio
State Triathlon Club. She has been doing triathlons for three years and
has competed in three national championships with the Ohio State team.
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