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Fran Crippen
1984-2010
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CBST Coaches
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Stu
Kukla is
the Head Coach of CBST with over 16 years of coaching experience in a
variety of locations and levels. He is an ASCA level 4 coach (American
Swimming Coaches Association)
that has worked with Olympic Trial qualifiers and Olympians as well as
numerous Senior National and Junior National level swimmers. As head coach
of CBST he as overseen the development of the team from its infancy, in the
fall of 2005, to a team of 160+ senior and age group athletes which include
Olympic Trials, Senior National, Junior National, Sectional, Zone, and
Junior Olympics qualifiers. Prior to taking over at CBST Stu was an
assistant coach at Germantown Academy under nationally recognized coach Dick
Shoulberg, for 3 years. While at GA he was an assistant for the woman’s
team that won the 2005 National Championship. Prior to that he was head
coach of the Upper Moreland High School boys, where his swimmers earned
All-State honors in multiple events. Before beginning CBST Stu coached the
Upper Dublin Aquatic Club (UDAC) in the Suburban Aquatic League for 9 years
taking that team to its first and only league title in his final year. Stu
earned his bachelors degree from Ursinus College, with a major in History
and a minor in Elementary Education, while earning his Masters from Arcadia
University, in Education. He is dual certified in Elementary Education and
Secondary Social Studies. Stu is married to his wife Amanda and they have
two boys, Seaton and Bryce.Click here to Email
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Jeff
Faikish
has been
involved in swimming his entire life. Having swam in the Bux-Mont summer
swim league (Nor-gwyn) and in the Suburban Aquatic League (North Penn) as a
kid, Jeff continued his career at North Penn High School where he was named
an All-American in both swimming and water polo. He briefly attended the
University of Connecticut after receiving a swimming scholarship, but later
transferred to Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) where he earned a
degree in Sports Psychology with a minor in Sociology. His coaching career
spans 14 years and has included a variety of positions in the Bux-Mont, SAL,
PIAA, NCAA, and USA swimming. Currently Jeff is a USA certified and an ASCA
(American Swimming Coaches Association) Level 1 certified coach and
holds the lead assistant coach title with CBST. As the head coach of
Lansdale he has increased team membership from 68 athletes to 175 and
improved the team's success over the last nine years. In the past Jeff
worked as an Aquatic Director at the North Penn YMCA and as an assistant
coach at North Penn High School for the boys' swimming and diving team.
Before working at North Penn, he was the head coach of the boys' swimming
and diving team at Methacton High School. In addition to high school
competition, Jeff had a lot of success at the NCAA level. When he was the
sprint team coach for IUP, he helped 11 athletes qualify for the NCAA
Division II National Championships. He was also a key member in the effort
to raise $650,000 to support the IUP swimming programs, which was headlined
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Assistant Coaches |
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Mike Carroll
graduated from Pennsylvania State
University in 2009 with a B.S. in Finance. Mike is in his first year
coaching for CBST. Prior to joining CBST, he served as a coach at Manorlu
Swim Club for 4 seasons, and helped lead them to 2 league titles. Mike
also coached for one year at UDAC with the age group program. As a
swimmer, Mike was a Junior National qualifier while swimming IM and
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Dr.
Yan Sun is a Pharmaceutical Chemist at
Glaxo-Smith Kline. She has been involved in competitive swimming for
over 30 years. She swam for 4 years (two as team Captain) at Beijing
University, where her team won the Chinese National Collegiate
Championship each year. Dr. Sun is also an USA Swimming Official.
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Levi Schy graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in
May of 2011 with a double major in Government and Anthropology. At F&M,
Levi was a four year member of the varsity swim team and in his Senior
year was awarded the George McGinness award for leadership, team spirit,
and dedication. As a part of three Centennial Conference championship
winning teams he was a finalist and consolation finalist in the 100 and
200 Breaststroke as well as the 200 and 400 IM. Levi graduated from
Hatboro-Horsham High School and prior to working with CBST coached
Hideaway Swim team for four years.
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Krystle Eberwein is a former Penn State graduate,
where she was on the varsity swim team. She
was a distance swimmer, Academic All-American,
and Big Ten Champion with the PSU Women's
Swim Team. She is a teacher and loves helping
others. She grew up in Upper Dublin and learned
how to swim with Stu at Maple Manor. Krystle
has been an assistant swim coach at MM, UDAC,
GAAC, Big Cat, Ida Baker High School, and now at CBST.
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Tim Jones graduated from the University of Connecticut with a
double major in Sport Promotion and Communication Sciences in 2006. He was
a four-year varsity letterman in swimming and team captain his senior
year. Tim previously coached at The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida
and University Aquatic Club in Storrs, Connecticut. As a swimmer, Tim was
a U.S. Open qualifier and Big East Consolation Finalist in the 100 and 200
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Chris Skabla started swimming at the age of five and swam for
various club teams until the age of 18. In college he swam for West
Chester University and was on the 1999-2000 PSAC Champion team that was
ranked in the top five nationally of all division 2 schools. He studied
Psychology at West Chester University. He has been coaching/teaching
lessons for 11 years. His first coaching job was at ACST/ACAC where he
coached all age levels but specialized in developmental training. He spent
2 ½ years there and was the longest tenured coach when he left. He coached
for Neshaminy CORE from 2005-2009. He coached and wrote clinics at all
levels of the program including Masters. In his final season he was Lead
Coach of the Senior Group. In the summers he is the head coach of
Springhaven Country Club and runs his own swim lesson program. Springhaven
has broken 21 team records during his 4 year tenure. He currently
specializes in intensity based sprint training. This is his Second year at
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KYLE ROONEY was introduced to
swimming at the age of 7 when he signed up for the Maple Manor swim team
coached by Stu Kukla. At Upper Dublin High School he was a 3 time all
American. He was team captain his senior year, and led the squad to the
PIAA District 1 title. Kyle joined the CBST staff in January 2010. He is
currently studying to be an elementary school teacher and plans to
graduate in the spring of 2012.
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Katie Magee graduated from Duke University in May 2011
with a degree in Statistical Science. She started swimming when
she was 7 for CBAC then continued on swimming for GAAC. She
attended high school at Germantown Academy and swam for their
varsity program. She competed as a varsity swimmer for Duke all
four years and served as team captain her senior year. This is
Katie’s first year coaching for CBST.
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JACK MCCAFFREY has been in or around
a pool for the last 19 years. Starting swimming at age 8, he loved every
second of it. Success at both the Crestmont Clippers (Liberty League) and
the Abington Dolphins (SAL), both of which he has coached for the last 4
years, led him to Germantown Academy. He attended high school there and
was one of the captains, along with the late great Fran Crippen, his
senior year. After highs school he attended La Salle University where
received his bachelor's degree in Business Management. His senior year he
also received the highest honor of the team, the John J. Lumsden Award,
given for Loyalty, Dedication, and Spirit. Also at La Salle he was a
finalist at conferences in the 400 IM, 200 IM, 200 breaststroke, and 200
backstroke.
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