COACHES AND STAFF
The people working with ReadySetSplash are handpicked for their background and experience in teaching, training, and athletic activities, and hold the highest standards in excellence and professionalism.
Want to teach with us? Get in touch via our Contact Us page and we’ll reach out so you can submit your resume!
Ali Meeks
Founder
Coach Ali swam with USA Swimming club Dayton Raiders as a youth and swam for NCAA Division 1 Miami University in college. She later joined the exciting world of multisport, completing over 10 marathons, triathlons in the distance categories of sprint, Olympic distance, and half-Ironman, and three full Ironmans, plus two 10 mile river swims, and one 7 mile ocean swim. Her contagious energy led to a career in helping people of all types achieve their unique goals. She has coached several Ironman finishers and many first-time triathletes, as well as taught many children and adults to swim for the first time.
Beth Purvee
Administrative Coordinator
Beth Purvee has 9 years of studio administration experience and 4 years with JackRabbit software. She is a graduate of Augusta State University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. She has been married for 18 years and has 2 daughters, a 16 year old and a 6 year old. While she has no competitive swim experience (yet!), she enjoys a lifetime of memories spent swimming with her family.
Tami Scott
Class Continuity Specialist
Tami Scott is a multi-talented wife, mother, baker, and office assistant for both Ready, Set, Splash and Kane and Co Dance Studio. She is a graduate of Augusta State University with a BA in Psychology. She worked in Property Management for 16 years before becoming a full time stay at home parent and professional. She has been married for 17 years and has four amazing daughters: Olivia, Ruby, Libby, and Harley. In her spare time, she makes and sells custom treats with her business, Sweet TES Treats! Tami loves the water and hopes with us that her girls will become lifeguards one day!
Cindy Gray
Client Recruitment Specialist
Max Zillier
Swim Instructor
Coach Max is a decorated swimmer and gifted water polo player, accomplished lifeguard, and avid fitness enthusiast. He spends his free time maintaining his loving relationship with physical fitness and expressing himself artistically! Coach Max loves to have fun, especially in the water, and is excited to cultivate the next generation of swimmers!
Adriene Weller
Swim Instructor
Coach Adriene grew up around water and still claims it as her happy place. She swam for Eastern Illinois University and coached for both the St. Peter’s Rec-Plex Sharks as well as the Mid-Missouri Aquatic Club. She has taught swim lessons for over 15 years. She is also a high school history teacher in Limestone County!
Whitney Crumbough
Swim Instructor
Coach Whitney has been a swimmer since her toddler years and has never stopped loving it. She is a former swim team member who got her start teaching family and friends. She has taught swimmers of all ages and enjoys spreading her love for swimming. Coach Whitney’s main objective is to assist parents in ensuring their children as well as themselves will not only begin to HAVE FUN in the water but feel more safe in the process!! Whitney is especially proud of her son who excels on his club and highschool teams!
Wendi Scott
Swim Instructor
Coach Wendi has lived her life in and around the water and has been teaching swim lessons for over 20 years. She has certifications in Red Cross Water Safety Instruction (WSI), and is certified to teach lifeguarding, CPR, and First Aid Classes, and has a degree in Aquatic Management. Wendi coached USA Swimming and YMCA swim teams for 5 years and in all her free time (??!!) is an accomplished sailor, SCUBA diver and instructor, and kayaker to boot! In addition to being a master of the water, Wendi has several active kids that keep her hopping!
Karlie Owen
Swim Instructor
Coach Karlie is a lifelong swimmer with 20 years of teaching experience. She is a certified lifeguard instructor, water safety instructor, aerobics/exercise instructor, and coach, and is also SCUBA certified! Her favorite teaching memories involve guiding fearful swimmers to put their toes in the water and then one day join the swim team! Coach Karlie has three children herself, 18, 16, and 3, who all know that swimming is a mandatory sport in her house! She firmly believes that the world is full of water for everyone to enjoy. The water is her playground and she welcomes anyone to come on in … the water’s fine!
Heidi Martinez
Swim Instructor
Coach Heidi began swim lessons at a young age and enjoyed many fun years of swim competition on both summer and year-round teams. In fact, her first job was lifeguarding and coaching swim team! Since then, she has taught lessons for many years, including teaching her own children. Swimming is a family affair at the Martinez household – her kids competed on swim team and became lifeguards, and her husband is also a lifeguard! One of Heidi’s favorite things is passing on her confident and safe swimming skills to other kids and families!
Daniel Luttrell
Swim Instructor
Coach Daniel has a positive and magnetic teaching personality that has kept him in demand as lifeguard and swim instructor all his life. In his “free” time, he is the Athletic Director and Safety Coordinator at a science and foreign language academy, excelling at assisting students in developing their physical abilities, but his favorite thing is teaching swimming! He is a gifted swimmer, having swum for 25 years for fun and fitness!
Jordan Hickerson
Swim Instructor
Coach Jordan has spent her whole life swimming, and the water is still her happy place! She swims and free dives in the Marine Corps as a reservist, having completed her water safety training in the military. She loves teaching and training others, from beginners to advanced swimmers. Coach Jordan is passionate about swimming, and her goal is for everyone to build safety skills and confidence while having loads of fun!
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