David Allen Perchinske Jr.
Head Coach; Lead SR 1-3
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Coach Perchinske is
entering his fifth year as Head Coach and Director of the Solon
Stars Swim Club. In addition to these duties, he teaches in
the Solon City Schools District and serves as the head coach of the
high school program and pool director. Previously, Coach
Perchinske worked for six years with the Shaker Sharks and two
years with the Dublin Sea Dragons, as well as several high school
swim Teams (South Columbus, Shaker Heights, and Cuyahoga Heights
High Schools). Coach Perchinske graduated from John Carroll
University with a BA in History and a minor in Education. He
also holds an MEd in Social Studies and Global Education from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an EdS in
Administration and a Ph.D. in Leadership from the University of the
Cumberlands. As a competitive swimmer, Coach Perchinske swam
for the Solon Stars, Solon High School, and John Carroll University
swim Teams. In his spare time, he enjoys lifting, playing
banjo, RVing with his wife and dog, and attending music
festivals.
Christopher Marquiss
Head Age Group Coach
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Chris started his swimming career
at age 6 on a recreational team in Jacksonville, Florida. At age 9
he moved to Brookfield, Wisconsin and joined his first
competetive swim team. At this time his main events were
sprint freestyle and backstroke,which were good enough to qualify
him for the Wisconsin Zone Team. At 14 he moved to Ohio
and swam with the STARS through high school. During this time,
he transitioned into a mid-distance swimmer then back to
sprint freestyle and butterfly. He qualified for the Junior
National meet at 18 just before going to Case Western Reserve
University where he would swim for two more years.
He ended up joining the STARS as a coach in 2013 and
has coached just about every group since.
Grace Perlberg
Lead Pre-Comp.
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Grace Perlberg started
coaching in 2021 and has been teaching at Goldfish Swim School
since 2020. She is a current student at Solon High School who will
be graduating in 2023 and is planning on going into Physical
Therapy for college. She also has been swimming for Stars since she
was 8 years old and her favorite event is the 200 IM. She is
currently a 2x state qualifier and GCC swimmer of the year for 2022
along with holding a multitude of Solon Stars Records. She plans to
continue her swimming career in college and in her free time she
enjoys baking and coloring.
Nicole Iselin
Lead Dev 1 Coach
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Nikki started swimming at
the age of 5, and competitively swam for LESD until leaving for
college. She also swam for Hawken School, and was a 4x state
qualifier in breaststroke and IM events, as well as being a 2x
state champion on medley relays. Nikki continued to swim at
Bucknell University, where she swam for four years, and graduated
with a BS in Elementary Education.
Nikki began coaching in
the summer of 2003, and coached the Richmond Heights Sharks until
2008. After graduating college in 2009, Nikki moved back home for a
year, and served as the assistant coach and head middle school
coach at Orange. Nikki and her husband moved to Washington, DC in
2011, and she coached for the Maret School, and was the head coach
for Falls Church High School from 2014-2017. Additionally, Nikki
spent nine summers as an assistant coach for the Arlington Holy
Mackerels.
Nikki and her family
moved back to Ohio in 2020, and she recently completed her second
year as the head coach at Laurel School. She lives in Shaker
Heights with her husband and young son, and she is a fourth grade
teacher in Beachwood Schools.
