OUR COACHES AND STAFF

 Al'x Pierre started diving competitively at the age of 8 in his hometown, London Ontario, Canada. At the age of 13, he set a provincial record with his club team. Two years later, he placed 2nd at the Canadian Junior National competition with his coach Luda Zakharenko. He also had the opportunity to travel internationally to countries like Cuba and China for training camps. At the age of 18, Al'x decided to continue his diving career as a Division I college diver for Eastern Michigan University under coach Buck Smith. In his Freshman year, he was able to win his conference meet and be named Freshman Diver of the Year. Unfortunately, Eastern Michigan discontinued their Men's Swimming & Diving team, which turned Al’x towards coaching club and collegiate diving. In school, Al’x did his bachelor’s degree in psychology and recently graduate from a master’s in teaching English as a Second Language. Al'x will be starting a new graduate program in Educational Leadership in the Fall of 2023. 

Lauren grew up in Minnesota as the oldest of six kids, and graduated from the University of Wyoming with a Bachelor of Science in physiology. She started diving at age 11 and enjoyed competing in the USA Diving and AAU Diving regionals, zones, and age group nationals throughout junior high and high school. She earned a scholarship to continue competing at the division I level, and retired after competing at zones her senior year of college. Lauren and her husband moved to Madison 2019 and has loved coaching at some of the local pools during the summer.

By growing up in a variety of states with a deep passion for freestyle trampoline and flips in general, Krishna was naturally led to diving during his high school career. He dived for two years and thoroughly enjoyed it, representing Fishers (Indiana) dive team and Madison Memorial High School. Now his mission is to help others engage in their passion within the sport and garner self confidence and trust. He also wished to facilitate the same sense of community that he received while diving that helped him reach new levels.

Anna grew up in Madison and was introduced to diving through the All City League where she competed for 10 years and started coaching. After sustaining an injury in her first year of college diving, she decided to move back to Madison and get back into the world of coaching. She is currently a student at UW-Madison studying nursing and fine arts with a passion to serve and give back to the community.