Coaching Staff

Alexa Siciliano has been coaching with Neshaminy Swimming for seven years. She is a graduate of Neshaminy High School where she swam and was captain of the girls swim team. Upon graduation, she attended Rider University and received a dual degree in elementary and special education. She has recently returned to Rider to receive her Masters in Special Education. Currently she teaches second grade special education at Orchard Hill Elementary School in Montgomery Township School District which is located in Skillman, New Jersey. During the summer months, in addition to Neshaminy Swimming, she is also the head coach of Phoenix Swim Team. Swimming, coaching, and teaching are passions in which she enjoys greatly. Alexa is a member of the American Swim Coach Association and has been to multiple Eastern State Clinics.

Chris Skabla started swimming at the age of five and swam for numerous Bucks County club teams until the age of 18. In college he swam for West Chester University and was on the 1999-2000 PSAC champion team that was ranked in the top five nationally of all division 2 schools. He graduated from West Chester University with a degree in Psychology. His first coaching job was at ACST/ACAC where he coached all age levels but specialized in developmental training. He spent 2 ½ years there and was the longest tenured coach when he left. He started coaching for CORE in April of 2005 and has coached at all levels of the program. This past season he coached the Junior Group. He specializes in intensity based sprint training.

Tom graduated from Neshaminy High School in 2007 and was a member of the NHS swim team for three years. In his senior year he was a co-captain of the boys team and qualified for districts in the 100 butterfly and both the 200 and 400 freestyle Relays. Tom had no prior swimming experience before 10th grade and learned everything from the Neshaminy CORE Swimming program. Now he is a coach for the Neshaminy's CORE program and teaches the Mini CORE group how to swim. Currently he is attending Bucks County Community College in Newtown and is majoring in high school science education. After two year at BCCC, Tom plans to attend Temple University and earn his degree there. He hopes to become a high school science teacher and work for one of the surrounding area school districts.

Christina started swimming in 7th grade under the Neshaminy CORE program. She has been a member of the high school swim team for four years. Christina has qualified for districts in the 100 butterfly her sophmore, junior, and senior years. Her senior year on the team she was elected captain along with Alyssa Boeggeman and Kasey Campbell. Christina plans to attend California University of Pennslyvania this fall with a major in secondary education history. She also hopes to continue her swimming career there.