Jose Palma

Head Coach

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• Recently moved from Venezuela with his wife Alejandra and two children. 

• 20 years of coaching experience and has taken divers from their beginning stages to an international level with medal results

• Head Coach of Venezuela national competitive junior and senior divers 

• University degree in education and previously taught kindergarten

• Currently Level 1 (Comp Intro) certified and will soon work on his Level 2 (Comp Development)

• In the last 2 years he has taken several divers to the Canadian Junior Development Nationals with medal results

Bev Boys

Founder

 

• Assistant Coach of all levels and Level 2 (Comp Development) Certified

• Represented Canada for 16 years in National and International competition

• 34 time National Champion, 3-time Olympian, 4-time Olympic Judge

• Member of Canadian Sports Hall of Fame

• Received the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia

• Member of High Performance Officials Committee

• International Level Judge and currently mentor for International Judges

Igor Kopecky

Technical Director

 

• 16 years competitive diver

• Represented Canada in National and International competition

• Spent 5 years as head coach for Dive Calgary, coaching at every level of diving from learn to dive to senior national medalists

• Built a national diving team for Peru

• Currently the High Performance/Technical Director of BC Diving and has been a facilitator and evaluator for the NCCP competition introduction and development courses

• Degree in Kinesiology, an Education degree and he is finishing his masters at UBC in High Performance coaching and technical leadership

Tori Kennedy

Coach

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• Competed Internationally on both the junior and senior team for Canada

• National Champion on platform 

• Coached with Dive Calgary developing young divers by instilling a love of the sport, discipline and the strong basics 

• Coached several divers to national medals

• Nearly half of the Canadian national team is originally from Calgary, in large part formed by Tori's patient, persistent and technical eye

Kim Lotnick

Coach + Recreational Program Coordinator

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• Provincial Team Member

• Provincial Champion 1m + 3m,  Junior national finalist, Senior National Competitor Syncro Finalist, 1m + 3m Competitor 

• Previous Head Coach of The Coquitlam Sharks summer diving program for 2 years  

• BC games champion 2x on 1m/3m and Coach 2014, 2018

• Comp intro trained 

• Coaches all levels with white rock divers

Greg Cox

Head Coach Fraser Valley

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• Member of WRD from 2005-2011

• 2007 qualified for Junior Nationals

• Competed at Senior Nationals in 2009.

• Attended Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton from 2011-2015, diving for the University

• 2013 qualified to compete in the Canadian Olympic Trials on the 10 meter platform

• 2014 conference USA Champion and Diver of the Meet after taking first in the three meter and platform event, and second in the one meter. 

• Currently coaching WRD Competitive group several days per week 

Carlyn McNeely

Coach

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• Past White Rock Diver

• Provincial champion on 1m and 3m

• Top 12 at Nationals

• Competed in 2013 Canada Games

• Studying Health Sciences Pre-Medicine at James Madison University in Virginia and been a member of there swim and dive team.

• CSCAA Scholar All-American Honourable Mention

• CAA Rookie Diver of the Year

• JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete Award

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Coach Carlyn will be assisting with all of our Recreational Programs as well as helping out on occasion with Competitive Teams.

Catalina 

Coach

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• Born in Colombia-Pereira

• Competitive athlete for 12 years in national events 

• Member of the National Team three times.

• Level 1 Certified Coach (Comp Intro)

• Fina Judge

• 7 years of experience

• Assistant Coach in The Peruvian National Team and National coach of group D and C, from 2014 to 2017. 

• Assistant coach (volunteer) in White Rock club since 2017