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1984-2010

 

CBST Coaches

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 Stu
Assistant Coach Jeff FaikishJeff 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 by the late John A. Pidgeon.

Assistant Coaches

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 distance events.

 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. Click here to email Dr. Sun.
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.
 		 
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.
 
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 butterfly. 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 CBST/SWAC.
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. 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.

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.