Ohio Zone Team Coaches

Coach JR Leahy
Club Affiliation: UASC
Years Coaching: 9

JR is in his ninth year as an assistant coach with Upper Arlington Swim Club. He has extensive summer league coaching experience, having served as coach of Northwest Swim Club for seven years and at Scioto Country Club for one year. JR swam with Upper Arlington Swim Club for five years. He is a 1991 graduate of Bishop Watterson High School, where he captained the swimming team in his senior year. JR received his BA in Economics from Ohio State University in 1997.

Coach Heather Grubb
Club Affiliation: DR
Years Coaching: 9

Heather is originally from Huber Heights, Ohio and began her career with the the Raiders in 2002. Heather was a coach for the 2004 Ohio QUAD "All-Star" Team. For 6 summers Heather coached Wayne Swim Team in Huber Heights and she also swam 4 years for Wayne High School. She formerly swam for the Dayton Raiders and Wright Patterson Flying Fish. Heather graduated from Miami University in 2001 and is currently the Principal at Emmanuel Christian Academy in Kettering. In her free time, Heather plays rugby for the Cincy-Dayton Women’s Ruby Club. Heather assists with the all age groups.

Coach Rob Brown
Club Affiliation: COPS
Years Coaching: 9

Rob, the 2005 Ohio Age Group Coach of the Year, is the Head Age Group Coach for the Central Ohio Premier Swim Club. During his first 3 seasons he helped build an age group program that has consistantly produced top age group swimmers. During COPS short history, Coach Rob has produced the 9-10 girls 2005 short course high point state champions, several top 16 time achievers and numerous individual state champions and relay champions. He has more than 9 years experience coaching all ages and abilities. During the 1999 Age Group State Championships, one of his athletes was voted the Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet for achieving the most top 16 times. Rob coached for the Sycamore Flying Fish in Cincinnati, OH from 2000-2002. In the summer of 2002, his girls 9–10 Age Group won the State High Point Award at the Age Group State Championships. In college, he swam for Colgate University graduating in 1993 with a B.A. in English. Rob is a certified 1-8 teacher and currently works as a school administrator.

Coach Brent Peaden
Club Affiliation: DR
Years Coaching: 16

Brent is the Coordinator Coach for Team Ohio. He became the Dayton Raiders Head Age Group Coach in 1999 after three years as the Raiders Senior Assistant. From 1989-1996, Brent was the Head Age Group Coach for the Wright-Patterson Flying Fish at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. Brent has coached swimmers to more than 200 National "Top 16" times and more than 30 National "Top 3" rankings. Brent also helped guide the Dayton Raiders Age Group program to an Ohio State Championship title during the summer of 2004 - the first time any swim program outside of greater Cincinnati has won the state title since sanctioned competition began in 1960. Brent was awarded Ohio Age Group Coach of the Year in 1999 by the Ohio Coaches Association. Brent began his swimming career in San Pedro, CA in 1979 and in 1983-1986, he swam at Torrejon AB, Spain in the European Forces Swim League (EFSL). Brent earned a Bachelor's Degree in Human Factors Engineering from Wright State University and is employed by General Dynamics in Dayton (OH). Brent was married in 2000 to his wife, Ann, and had their first child, Connor, in Aug. 2003; they reside in Beavercreek (OH).

Kris Moellenberg
Club Affliliation: UN
Years Coaching: 22

2005 Ohio Zone Team Head Coach Kris was born and raised in Sylvania, Ohio.
He is married to his wife Kathy of 18 yrs and have one son who will be a sophomore in HS. He swam competitively for 18 yrs, the last 4 at the University of Toledo. Kris began coaching at the age of 18. He spent 7 years in Dunedin Fla, coaching the mens/womens HS swim team. During his tenure in FL, he had numerous state qualifiers and top 8 finishers. Kris moved
back to Sylvania in 1992 and became head coach at Sylvania "Tsunami" Swim Club. He served 7 years as head coach and under his guidance the team produced numerous state, zone and junior national swimmers. The club also won 3 small team Ohio championships. Kris recently moved to Colorado for 4 months then moved back to Sylvania and started coaching again at Great Lakes Swimming. Unfortunately due to an untimely death of coach John Lunsford, the team had to be closed. Kris then started coaching at the Fort Meigs
YMCA in Perrysburg, Ohio and the team has grown to over 110 swimmers during the winter training season. Kris is also the Unattached coach of 30+ swimmers during the summer months.

Coach Jen Hazel
Club Affiliation: GTAC
Years Coaching: 5

Jen began her swimming career as an accomplished competitor at St Ursula Academy in Toledo and in area club programs. Early on, she coached at Laurel Hill Swim Club before starting with GTAC. Coach Jen is the coordinator for the GTAC Swim Lessons program and GTAC's Boys & Girls Club Outreach program and also has served as a volunteer assistant coach for the University of Toledo women's team. She has undergone the Total Immersion Training as well as numerous ASCA coaching clinics. After graduating from the University of Toledo with a double degree in Creative Writing and Mathematics, she earned her Masters degree in Literature from Eastern Michigan University. Jen serves as the Ohio LSC Club Development Liasion for Ohio Swimming, Inc., and was an assistant Zone coach for the 2004 Ohio Zone Team. She has also served as the assistant Midwest Quad coach in 2004, and is the Quad Coaching representative from Ohio. She assisted with the coaching at the U.S. Senior Nationals in Ft. Lauderdale in 2002, and with GTAC's Paralympic champions in 2003-2004. She is certified as an ASCA level 3, and has coached at every age-group level. Coach Jen's age-group competitors have achieved the following: Top-16 Times Midwest Quad Meet Finalists Central Zone Meet Finalists Ohio Northwest Regional Champions Ohio Mini-Meet Champions Ohio LSC (AA) Champion 1st place 10 & under Boys Ohio AA Champions (Small Team)

Coach Ralph Brodbeck Club Affiliation: OHST Years Coaching: 10
Coach Ralph has been the Head Coach at Oak Hills Swim Team since 1995. Ralph has coached swimmers to all levels of swimming from Age Group Championships to National level. Ralph is owner and chief operator of the world famous "Philo" bungee straps for goggles and bag tags.