2023 Dive Team Welcomes Back Head Coach - Christopher Lane
Christopher Lane returns to the Whomping Turtles for his third year as the head diving coach after leading the team to undefeated seasons in 2022 and 2023.
Christopher has an impressive coaching background that spans 20 years. As a junior diver he was a USA diving junior national qualifier. Lane dove 4 years in college finishing his career at the University of Arizona as a Pac-10 finalist and an NCAA zone qualifier. As a coach, Christopher has worked alongside over 25 different Olympic divers and coaches from all over the world. Since moving to D.C. in June of 2019 to pursue his MPH at GW in Epidemiology, Christopher has worked at Montgomery Dive Club, Monumental Dive Club and currently coaches for both Alexandria Dive Club and Dominion Dive Club. Starting in August of 2021, Lane was named the head diving coach at George Washington University where the divers have had a record setting season breaking 3 school records and qualifying 3 divers to NCAA zones (the most in the schools history). One of the highlights of Christopher’s coaching career was October 2021 when he was selected to represent Team USA as a coach for the Junior Pan American Games. The trip was huge success, his junior athlete won 2 Golds, a Silver and a Bronze as well as the High Point diver of the meet and Team USA won the Junior Pan American title.
Christopher is very excited to be rejoining the team this summer.
Let's Whomp!
Christopher has an impressive coaching background that spans 20 years. As a junior diver he was a USA diving junior national qualifier. Lane dove 4 years in college finishing his career at the University of Arizona as a Pac-10 finalist and an NCAA zone qualifier. As a coach, Christopher has worked alongside over 25 different Olympic divers and coaches from all over the world. Since moving to D.C. in June of 2019 to pursue his MPH at GW in Epidemiology, Christopher has worked at Montgomery Dive Club, Monumental Dive Club and currently coaches for both Alexandria Dive Club and Dominion Dive Club. Starting in August of 2021, Lane was named the head diving coach at George Washington University where the divers have had a record setting season breaking 3 school records and qualifying 3 divers to NCAA zones (the most in the schools history). One of the highlights of Christopher’s coaching career was October 2021 when he was selected to represent Team USA as a coach for the Junior Pan American Games. The trip was huge success, his junior athlete won 2 Golds, a Silver and a Bronze as well as the High Point diver of the meet and Team USA won the Junior Pan American title.
Christopher is very excited to be rejoining the team this summer.
Let's Whomp!