OUR CLUB
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Kelowna Springboard Diving Club has been around for 13 years. In the beginning it was a small club with about fifteen athletes and our founder Matt as Head Coach. Throughout the years the club as grow being able to develop a competitive team that has qualified and gone to 6 BC games and Novice Nationals!
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Our coaches
Head CoachChristina Unger
Christina has been with KSDC since day one. She was the first athlete to join the program back in 2009 and fell in love with the sport. Coming from a gymnastic background, the transition was natural for her. Over the years Christina has transitioned from an athlete to a Junior Coach to Head Coach, and she has been our Head Coach for the past 4 years. During her time as an athlete, she competed in multiple BC Games and won highest scoring dive, female in 2014. Christina is an NCCP Level 2 Certified Coach.
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JUNIOR COACHES
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Kaelen O'Rourke
Kaelen began diving with White Rock Divers in 2014 and has loved the sport ever since. She competed in the 2015 Novice Nationals and 2016 BC Winter Games in Penticton. Kaelen came to KSDC in 2016 and trained as a competitive athlete under Coach Christina. In 2019 Kaelen became an NCCP Level 1 Trained Coach and has only become more passionate about diving.
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Nyah Hedstrom
Nyah joined diving with a strong gymnastics background. She was in gymnastics most of her life but ended up getting injured and not being able to continue. She joined diving and instantly fell in love. She moved directly onto the competitive team where she dove for 3 years. Nyah is an NCCP Trained Introduction Coach who has been a coach for 6 months and is loving every minute of it. A highlight of her diving career was going to the 2020 BC Winter Games in Fort St. John.
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SuBstitute Coach
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Brady Diduck
- NCCP Level 1 Trained Coach
- Coaches REC and Learn to Dive level - Attended OKM, dual credit for Electrician - Silver medal on 1 meter in 2016 BC Games - Silver medal on 3 meter in 2014 BC Games - Original member of KSDC |
Cassandra Davis
- NCCP Level 1 Certified Coach
- Novice Junior Development Coach of the Year - Coaches athletes REC to Comp Intro - Attended UBCO for Kinesiology - Coached at Regina Dive Club and White Rock Dive Club - Competitive diver for Regina Dive Club - 2012 Novice National Diver |
Norah Bellerose
- NCCP Level 1 Trained Coach
- Dove with Coach Christina for 5 years - Competed in 2019 Kamloops Novice Nationals |
