Kate Johnson

Kate (Matusiak) Johnson is the Head Coach of the Westfield Aquaducks. She has been a member of the coaching staff since 2003. Kate was a former synchronized swimmer for the Aquaducks from 1991-1999. While on the Aquaducks she earned many national placements along with her teammates, including 1997 US Open Trio 2nd place, 1997 AG Nationals Trio 3rd place, 1998 AG Nationals Duet 3rd place, 1998 Sr. Zone Duet Champions, 1999 Sr. Zone Trio Champions. She then went on to swim on scholarship for Canisius College where she helped her team earn two third place and two fourth place national titles while also coaching for the Orchard Park Penguins. Kate was named to the All-American team in 2000 and was an Academic All-American from 2001-2003. She was team captain from 2001-2003 as well as the team representative for the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. She was voted team MVP in 2003. After college, Kate came back to the Aquaducks both as a swimmer and coach. She competed at Phase 3 and 4 of the National Team II trials in 2004. Kate has a BS in Elementary Education and Special Education with a minor in English. She currently works as a Special Education teacher in a local high school.

Leah Lojo

Leah Lojo is the Aquaducks Team Manager. She has been a member of the coaching staff since 2000. Leah, a former synchronized swimmer for the Westfield AquaSprites*, swam competitively for 6 years. She coached the AquaSprites for a couple of seasons while in college and later dabbled as a Master’s swimmer at two Garden State Games. Leah returned to the coaching scene when her daughter Brianne became interested in synchronized swimming and joined the Aquaducks in 2000. Brianne now swims at the collegiate level for the Keuka College Synchronized Swimming team and plans to return to the Aquaducks as a coach after graduation.  Leah has a BS in Computer Science and is a Project Management Professional working as a Software Release Manager for a major telecommunications company in NJ.

Diane Hunsinger

In 1985 Diane Hunsinger took over the synchronized swimming at the Westfield Y.  She was the founder and head coach of the Aquaducks.  She has qualified teams for many National competitions, placed swimmers in collegiate programs at Canisius, Wheaton, Ohio State, University of Richmond, University of Michigan, Keuka College, University of Florida and University of Alabama. She was a member of the U.S. Synchronized Swimming Board of Directors, National Rules Chairman, and Chairman of East Zone Synchronized Swimming.  She has a Bachelors Degree from Douglass College, continuing education courses in Sport Psychology, Physiology, Pedagogy and she has attended the Coaches College at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado. The Aquaducks have been a major interest in her life.  Her assistant coach Leah and former swimmers Kate and Rochelle have made it possible for her to move on to new experiences with her husband and family. She has continued to stay involved but at a very different level.  Her passion and fire for this sport cannot be extinguished.  She has just lowered the flame.

ASSISTANT COACHES

Rochelle Ross

Rochelle Ross is the newest member of the Aquaducks coaching staff, joining the team for the 2008-2009 season.  Beginning her love of the water as a competitive swimmer, Rochelle joined the team as an 11-year-old duckling, competing for 7 years alongside her younger sister, Jaime.  After graduating from the team in 2004, Rochelle chose to swim for the University of Michigan because of the school’s academics and growing synchronized swimming team.  She began coaching for the Ann Arbor Aquarians while in college and also became an active judge in the North Zone.  She is excited to return home to the Aquaducks and hopes to share her love for the sport with young enthusiastic swimmers.  Rochelle recently graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing & Strategy and a Spanish minor.  She works as a marketing consultant for Rosetta, an interactive marketing agency in NYC.

Stephanie Kolterjahn

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Marie Matusiak

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Brianne Lojo

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Amy Johnson

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