Women's Swimming
 

last updated 10/09/2009

Zack and Fowler join Kutztown swimming staff

KUTZTOWN, PA (October 6, 2009) – Kutztown University women’s swimming coach Tim Flannery has added Cindy Zack and Stephen Fowler to his coaching staff.

Zack is returning to Kutztown to serve as assistant swim coach. Zack spent four years (2002-06) as the Kutztown assistant swimming coach before moving on to Rutgers University to serve in the same capacity. Among some of Zack’s responsibilities will be working with athletes on stroke technique and training, recruiting, and working with athletes to set and obtain goals. 

Meanwhile, Fowler will be responsible for on deck coaching and assisting with the dryland training program. Fowler was a volunteer to the Kutztown swimming program during the 2005-06 season.  In addition to that brief stint, he brings a wealth of additional coaching experience to the Kutztown University swim team. 

During her first stint at Kutztown, she worked primarily with the stroke and IM groups. At Rutgers, Zack worked with the freestyle and backstroke groups and served as women's recruiting coordinator. She coached five women who swam at the NCAA Division I National Championships.
 
Prior to KU, Zack spent three years as Assistant Swim Coach at Montclair State University while obtaining her Masters degree in Physical Education/ Coaching and Sports Administration. Zack also graduated from Montclair State University with a Bachelors degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. A four-year member of the varsity swim team, and captain her senior year, Zack was an All-Conference (NJAC) selection in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly, winning the Metropolitan Conference title in the 200 butterfly her sophomore year. She was also named the New Jersey Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (NJAIAW) Woman of the Year in 2000. She received the William Dioguardi Award for her contributions to Montclair State and the sport of swimming.

Fowler’s coaching experience includes five years with the Red Hawk Swim Club, two years each with the Westfield YMCA and Elizabethtown Aquatic Club, and a total of seven summers coaching competitive swim teams in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.  He also spent the 2002-03 season as the dive coach at Montclair State University and the following two summers as the dive coach for Minisink Swim Club, coaching that program to its first ever league championship.  In 2003, Fowler was selected to represent New Jersey Swimming as a member of the 2003 USA Swimming Eastern Zone Championship coaching staff.

Collegiately, Fowler swam for Elizabethtown College from 1990-94, during which time he accumulated seven team records and served as team captain for his final three seasons with the program.  His senior year, Fowler earned three individual and two relay titles at the Middle Atlantic Conference championship meet, including a conference record and provisional national championship qualifying time in the 100-yard backstroke.  During his collegiate career, Fowler was honored as the Elizabethtown College Winter Scholar Athlete and was the recipient of the Dr. Clair R. McCullough Award in recognition of being the most improved student-athlete over a four-year career. 

Fowler graduated with honors and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics Education and Computer Science from Elizabethtown College in 1994.  He obtained his Master of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Montclair State University in 2001.  Fowler has been a Kutztown faculty member since 2004 and is currently pursuing his Ph.D.

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