Coaches and Directors

Coaches and Directors
Coaching Staff
Carson Bowes Head Boys Coach
Coach Carson is a lifelong Marlin, first joining the team when he was in second grade. After swimming at Franklin & Marshall College, he came back to coach for the Marlins in 2012. Since 2015, he has served as head coach. He also is a head coach of the Upper Merion High School Swim Team, and spends his summers coaching with the Picket Post Swim Team. Now, with a brand new pool, he is excited to kick off a new era of Marlins swimming.
Michaela Kiczula Head Girls Coach

Michaela started swimming at the age of 5 with Marlins and the KOP swim club now the township pool, home of the Stingrays. From the ages of 12-14 she swam for NAAC and Markley Farms before coming back for her high school years, where she swam as a Marlin, Stingray and for the Upper Merion High School team. Michaela is a graduate from Bloomsburg University and is so excited to come back to enjoy her love of swimming as a coach for the Marlins. Michaela has been coaching the Marlins since 2017. She looks forward to teaching a new era of swimmers in our gorgeous new facility and sharing her love of swimming with them.

Paige Dunlap Assistant Coach

Paige started as a Minnow at the age of 5 and spent 13 years as a dedicated Marlin. She continued swimming through high school, where she served as captain her senior year. Paige’s strokes were backstroke and butterfly. Her earliest memory of swimming is testing how long she could hold her breath on the side of the middle school pool at a minnows practice. When she’s not on the pool deck, Paige is a professional gardener and spends her weekends as a proud employee of Muffins, owned and operated by Coach Paul. Paige is excited to finally be a Marlin again!

Kyle Greene Assistant Coach
Kyle Greene began swimming competitively at the age of 6 for the West Philadelphia Serpents. He continued his swim career with Germantown Academy Aquatic Club and Upper Merion High School. When at Upper Merion he was a member of the water polo, swim and crew team. Kyle later concluded his swimming career at Bloomsburg University where he specialized in sprint fly and free. He also serves as an Assistant coach for Arcadia University. Kyle joined the marlins in 2018. Now, with a new swimming facility, he is super excited for the new era for the Marlins.
Sarah Kelly Assistant Coach

Sarah began swimming at age 5 in the Marlins Minnow program, and continued swimming until senior year of highschool. In addition to being a former Marlin, Sarah also swam for Markley Farms and Upper Merion Stingrays during the summers growing up as well the Upper Merion High School team. She is currently a sophomore at Villanova University, studying Secondary Education. She is also a proud employee of the Hedgehog Grill owned by Coach Paul. Sarah is super excited for this season and to be a part of the Marlins community!

Paul Salamy Assistant Coach
Coach Paul first started swimming as a minnow and swam for the Marlins through high school. Paul a.k.a Paulie, also swam for the KOP Swim Club which later became the Upper Merion Stingrays, and the Markley Farms Sharks. In high school, Paul was a part of the swim, water polo and lacrosse teams all four years. He then went on to play water polo at Boston University, where he studied business finance and strategy. You might see coach Paul around the community in The Hedgehog Grill Food truck or flipping pancakes in his restaurant, Muffins.
Board of Directors
Darren Hardel President
Corey Besz Sr. Internal Vice President
Drea Gordon Treasurer
Masu Baicoianu External Vice President