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.
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