PAQ spends an exciting week at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado - home of the US Olympic Committee and USA Swimming! Post-grad athlete Julie Stupp and Coach Kathleen were honored to train at the esteemed "OTC" - gaining valuable altitude training, and swimmer support at the National level. Check out the photo of Julie with the "Orca", the OTC state-of-the-art underwater video camera!

Congratulations to Daniela Gomez, who brought home an incredible THIRTEEN medals from Guadalajara, Mexico this December, earning career best times and multiple wins in an exhausting yet successful Nationals!

FROM THE CLARKS SUMMIT TIMES TRIBUNE - September 11, 2011 At the age of 40, most Olympic dreams are flaming out. For a Clarks Summit native, they are burning stronger than ever. Former Scranton Prep swimmer Kathleen (Klein) Prindle, a 1989 grad, has started her own high performance aquatics club near her current home in Boca Raton, Fla. "I've had two main mentors in my life," said Prindle, who with the late Michael Lohberg coached eight Olympians. "My grandmother, Jule Igoe, who taught me how to coach, and Michael. Both...

PRESS RELEASE Olympic Coach’s Former Apprentice Honors His Memory: Starts Own Team Boca Raton/Deerfield Beach, FL Who: After the April death of six-time Olympic swimming coach Michael Lohberg (former coach for Olympian Dara Torres), his six-year apprentice, Kathleen Prindle, has founded an elite USA-Swimming competitive training program. The team will launch with several top athletes, notably 25-year-old post-graduate (Arizona) Julie Stupp, four-time Olympic Trials qualifier and finalist and 12-time NCAA All-American. What: Performance Aquatics, a year-round, competitive USA Swimming club, addresses the individualized training needs of highly motivated athletes. Through...

FROM SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE BOCA RATON, Florida, April 4. ACCORDING to several sources, South Florida Aquatics' head coach Michael Lohberg, 60, has passed away after a lengthy battle with a blood disorder. Lohberg was first diagnosed with aplastic anemia back in July 2008 as his swimmer Dara Torres was preparing for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Lohberg had lived with the illness since then, as Lohberg was first quoted as saying he might not live through the weekend when he was first diagnosed. At the end of February, Lohberg was hospitalized...

FROM SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE NCAA All-American Swimmer Julie Stupp To Make Another NCAA Championship Appearance ... In Track and Field -- Updated with Historical Perspective -- May 26, 2010 PHOENIX, Arizona, May 26. NCAA All-American swimmer Julie Stupp will join a relatively small list of aquatic athletes who excel at two sports when she competes Thursday at the NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships – West Preliminary in Austin, Texas. Stupp was an All-American in the IMs and breaststroke events at the University of Arizona, making the championship finals...

FROM THE SCRANTON TIMES March 23, 2008 Auther: Chad Jennings PREP GRAD BACK IN POOL AS COACH She takes the picture everywhere she goes. Takes it to practice. Takes it on the road. Takes it to international swimming meets where Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps is just another competitor. She takes the picture because without the woman in it, there would be no practice, no need to go on the road, no chance to roam pool decks next to Olympians. Kathleen Klein Prindle was 8 when that photo was taken....