Meet the coaches

 

Aron Nakama, Head Coach 

Aron is from Wisconsin , where he had a very successful high school and club career. He was a 6-time Wisconsin State Champion, and 1998 High School State Champion in the 100 free. He attended 7 Junior National Championships 1996-99. Aron competed in one Senior National Championships in the summer of 1996. As a letter winner at Iowa State , he was a Big XII Conference Finalist in 2001. He also was Academic First Team Big 12 Conference. Aron has been the Head Coach of ACAC since 2002. He also is the site supervisor for the local Swim America program. Aron has served as the 2003 Commissioner of Iowa Games Youth Swimming and as an Iowa Zones Coach from 2003-2005. Aron has also coached in the International level. In 2004, Aron served as the Head Coach for Team Uruguay at the 2004 Short Course World Championships in Indianapolis.

Recently, Aron has coached 2 athletes to Junior Nationals. His athletes have won numerous state titles and have won several Age-Group divisions at the state championships.

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Kristina Cox, Head Age-Group Coach

Kristina comes to us from Des Moines. Kristina was a state qualifier in high school and broke 4 school records. As a student at Iowa State, Kristina is majoring in Criminal Justice and Sociology. She will graduate in December of 2008. After college, Kristina will go to graduate school and receive her Masters in Criminology.

Kristina started with ACAC in Fall of 2006. Through her expertise, ACAC has qualified many swimmers for the state championship. Kristina also works with the local Swim America program as a site supervisor. She has been with Swim America for fours years.

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