We are excited about the 2009 dive season and are pleased to announce Maureen Simpson and Alex Coletta as the North St. Johns dive team coaches!

Maureen (Mo) Simpson: Maureen graduated from Saint Bonaventure University with a degree in Elementary and Special Education. She earned her master’s degree in school counseling at Loyola College in May 2006, and has obtained a counselor position with Sparrow’s Point High School in Baltimore County. Maureen is a former gymnast of ten years that converted to competitive diving in her senior year of high school. Maureen was a member of the St. Bonaventure Dive team for four years, and has won many awards and honors. She was named the 2004 Atlantic 10 Conference Diver of the year and has received the gold medal in the three-meter diving competition and the silver on the one-meter board. Maureen has just completed her fifth year as the head dive coach at Loyola College. In addition, she has four years experience coaching a summer league at the Mill Creek Towne Swim Club in Montgomery County.

Alex Coletta: Alex is a rising senior at Loyola College majoring in both Psychology and Writing. Upon graduation, Alex plans on attending graduate school to receive her masters in Child Clinical Psychology. Alex is a former gymnast of thirteen years and has been competitively diving for the past seven years, most recently for the Loyola College Greyhounds. She has taken medical leave for the past year due to spinal surgery but will return to the sport in the fall of 2009.