Meet the Instructors - 2023 Season

Allison McCombie

 

Allison is super excited for another season at FPCC! She just finished her first year at the University of Arizona studying biology! She has been a member of the Tsunami swim team since she was nine, and she has worked as an assistant swim coach, swim instructor, and lifeguard for the past four seasons. In her free time, Allison enjoys listening to music and going for drives — feel free to give her your favorite song to add to her playlist! Allison is very excited about her fourth season and can’t wait to see everyone on deck! Go Tsunamis!

Anna Juul

 

Adam Lingscheit

 

Anna McCombie

 

Aranya Reddy

 

Arwen Hirsch

 

Arwen is delighted to return for her third year as a swim instructor and fourth year as a lifeguard this season. This fall, she will be a freshman at UC Davis studying linguistics and Spanish. Her favorite sports are swimming and wrestling, and she loves music. She plays trumpet in her band and a rose gold flugelhorn in jazz. Arwen has really enjoyed learning how to swim at FPCC for many years, and she can’t wait to help all levels of swimmers feel the same way!

Bridget Juul

Bridget can’t wait for another season at FPCC! She is a rising junior at Archbishop Mitty High School. She has been a member of the Santa Clara Swim Club since she was 7 years old, and a member of the Tsunami swim team since she was 12 years old. She has also been a part of Mitty’s waterpolo and swim team for two seasons. In her free time, she loves going on drives to the beach with her friends and playing club waterpolo. Bridget was a lifeguard at FPCC last season, and she is super excited for another great one this year! Go Tsunamis!

Bridget Prince

Bridget is so excited to be back for her sixth year of teaching lessons and her second year as an Assistant Manager in charge of the Lesson Program at FPCC. She is about to begin her third year at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is studying communication. Bridget is eager to study abroad in London in September, and loves to travel and explore new places! You’ll never see Bridget without a cup of iced tea in the summer. Bridget can’t wait to meet all of the new swimmers!

Emily Wood

 

Emily is back and ready to jump into some new lessons. She finished up her first year at the University of Oregon studying Sustainable Business and is ready to feel the California sun! Emily started swimming on the Tsunamis when she was 7, and she has worked as an assistant coach, lifeguard, and lesson instructor for the past three years and loves it! Now Emily is an Assistant Manager at FPCC. She’s gotten the opportunity to stay in the pool and play on the University of Oregon’s Women’s Waterpolo team (go ducks) and has been playing waterpolo for 6 years. You’ll never see her without a coffee in her hand, and in her free time, she loves to workout and spend time with her friends and family. Feel free to come say hi to her around the pool deck, she can’t wait to meet you all!  

Gabi Soterwood

Gabi is so excited to be teaching lessons again here at FPCC! This will be her second year as a lifeguard and swim instructor. In the fall, Gabi will be a junior at Santa Clara High School, where she is part of the school’s marching band. During her free time, she likes to bake and read. She can’t wait to meet all of the returning and new lessons this summer!

 

Holly Sidford

 

Holly Sidford just started working at FPCC but has previous experience as a swim instructor and lifeguard. She is a sophomore at Santa Clara High. Holly loves to dance, sing, and do makeup art. She loves learning new things like new dance moves and new words and phrases in Spanish. A fun fact about Holly is that she brings food to school every day to share with her friends because she always likes to make sure everyone is full before their next class; her friends consider Holly 'the mom' of the group because she loves to take care of them! 


 

Katrina Suprenant

 

Maddie Schmitt

Maddie is thrilled to start her first year at FPCC as a swim instructor and lifeguard. She is an incoming junior at Santa Clara High School. She loves being in the water and has been competitively swimming since she was seven. Maddie has been on many teams —including the Tsunamis— and she has loved every team she has swam for. She has also been swimming for her high school team for two seasons now. Maddie loves to listen to music and talk with friends whenever she can. She is very eager to be apart of the Forest Park community and have a great summer helping out at the pool and in the water! 

   

Marie Ryan

Marie is happy to be back for her third year as a swim instructor and lifeguard at FPCC! She is just finishing her senior year at Archbishop Mitty High School and will be studying civil engineering at Northeastern University in the fall! She has spent the last four years at Mitty on the swim and water polo team, and started swimming with the Tsunamis when she was five. In her free time, she enjoys reading, baking, and going for walks. She can’t wait to start lessons this summer!

   
   
 

Presley Perez

 

Presley is so excited to be teaching lessons this year at FPCC! This is her first year teaching lessons and is eager to meet everyone! She will be a sophomore at Santa Clara high school in the  fall. In her free time she loves spending time with her siblings and competing on her swim team! She is on the varsity for her high school swim team and her favorite stroke is butterfly!

 

Tessa Williamson

 
   

Riyana Guerrero

 

 

Riyana is thrilled about returning to FPCC for another season as a lifeguard and swim instructor. She just finished her first year at Oregon State University with a major in mechanical engineering and a minor in Spanish. In her free time, Riyana loves going on bike rides, hiking, and doing puzzles. She’s a huge sports fan and cheers for the Giants, Sharks, Warriors, and 49ers. She can’t wait to begin the 2023 season!