OLD FARM DIVE TEAM

Dive Clinic- Sunday August 25

  3:00-4:00pm

$10 per diver

REGISTER HERE for Clinic.  Registration is required.

Try diving for the first time, work on a new dive, or brush up on your skills!  Head Coach Katie Young will be on deck to coach divers of all levels.  This event is open to all members of Old Farm Pool and is a great way to try the sport of diving before next season.  Registration is required.

Congratulations Old Farm divers on a great 2024 season!

MAKE A BIG SPLASH AT OLD FARM THIS SUMMER.

JOIN THE DIVE TEAM!

The team offers a great opportunity for children to learn new skills, experience the excitement of competitive diving, bond with other kids in the community, and above all HAVE FUN!!

No dive experience necessary! If you can swim the length of the pool, jump off the diving board you can make it! Any pool member between the ages of 5 and 18 who has successfully completed the swim test required by our pool operator can join the Dive Team. Children of all ability levels are welcome, no prior diving experience is required.

We look forward to seeing you at the diving well this summer!

Check out our highlight reels from previous years:

2024 Team Video

2022 End of Season Recap

2021 End of Season Recap

Meet Our Coaches: 

Head Coach – Katie Young  

Katie has served as our head coach since 2017, with great results!  We have moved up TWO divisions during her time with us.  During the fall, winter, and spring seasons, Katie can also found coaching for Montgomery Dive Club.

Previously, Katie coached at Old Georgetown Swim and Tennis Club, where she achieved success as both a diver and a coach.  She was a perennial All-Star for Old Georgetown during her diving days, and coached them to a second place finish in MCDL’s highly competitive Division I in 2016.  Katie also competed as a member of Montgomery Dive Club’s National Team and Walter Johnson High School’s dive team (Captain) until her graduation in 2014.

Assistant Coach – Maggie Menard 

This is Maggie’s 13th season as an Old Farm diver and 4th season as a beloved Assistant Coach.  Maggie excels at building relationships with each diver and challenging them in the ways that work for them.   She is passionate about diving and warmly encourages divers to keep trying new skills.  Maggie also leads our spirit committee, planning Fun Friday events and keeping our team spirit up!

Assistant Coach – Oliver Forrest

Currently coaching his 4th season of Old Farm divers, Oliver started as an accomplished diver himself.  Diving year round with Montgomery Dive Club, Oliver received excellent training in the technical aspects of the sport.  This training enabled him to compete in 2019 in the Dutch national diving championship, where he earned the gold medal on platform and bronze on the 1 and 3 meter springs.  Oliver has also been a diver for Walter Johnson High School, where he is in the top 10 all time high scorers for the school.

Assistant Coach – Colin Brannan

After 10 years as an Old Farm diver, Colin is now passing his knowledge on to new divers as an Assistant Coach.   Colin has been training year round with Montgomery Dive Club for the past 2 years, and is a member of their 2024 Junior Olympic team.  Colin enjoys sharing how diving has helped him manage his ADHD, and especially loves encouraging other neurodivergent divers.  He is teaching this year’s team the stretches and training exercises that have helped him the most.  Colin can often be found challenging the team to a planking contest on deck.

Junior Coach – Yahel Cohn

A highly skilled diver himself, Yahel is mentoring younger divers this year as a Junior Coach.  He strives to be a friend to every diver on the team.  Yahel can be found assisting our other coaches with whatever they need at practice and at meets.

Assistant Coaching is an opportunity for experienced Old Farm divers to teach younger divers the fundamentals of diving.  In addition to being dedicated members of our team, our Assistant Coaches have received training from Montgomery Dive Club and other year-round diving programs.  Contact OldFarmDive@gmail.com for an application.