SIA Coaches and Board of Directors

Board of Directors

President: Brian Witt
Treasurer: Teresa Gumiran ([email protected])
Coach Representative: Lauren Cox ([email protected])
Gold Parent Representative: Jeanetta Penniston
Silver Parent Representative:
Bronze Parent Representative:
Copper Parent Representative:

Coaching Staff
Lauren Cox Head Coach & Silver Coach
Coach Lauren has been with SIA since 2018. She graduated from Roncalli High School, where she swam all 4 years. While in high school, she taught swim lessons at IUPUI and Carefree. She transitioned to coaching in 2008, and has coached for Warsaw Community High School, Roncalli High School, and JAGS, prior to SIA. She is also currently the head coach for Perry Meridian High School. She has coached swimmers of all ages and abilities, including state and zone qualifiers. She graduated from IUPUI with a degree in Health Information Administration. Lauren is married and has three children.
Tricia Mangila Gold Coach

Tricia has been coaching for SIA since 2019. Along with being the gold group coach, she is the Southport High School Head Coach. Throughout the years, Tricia has coached athletes to divisional, state, and zone qualifications. Her time as a high school coach led athletes to county, conference, sectional and state finalists.

 

When Tricia is not on the deck coaching, she is a full-time Mechanical Engineer. Tricia has earned two bachelor degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Human Biology. Tricia interlocks her technical expertise with an analytical proficiency to formulate a foundation that allows athletes to succeed in all aspects of swimming. 

 

Tricia's swim career started at the age of 8 in her home town of Orland Park, Illinois. Swimming for her club, she competed at divisional, state and zone levels. She then continued swimming throughout high school where she placed top 12 in the state for 100 backstroke. Tricia joined the University of Indianapolis Swimming and Diving team and fell in love with Indiana. One of Tricia's favorite things to do is weight lifting and pushing kids in the pool.

Emily Metheny Bronze Coach

Emily has been swimming since she was nine when she first joined the LaPorte Turbos Swim Club in La Porte, Indiana. She continued to swim for La Porte High School where she named an Academic All-American her senior year. Thanks to her coaches, Emily fell in love with the sport and began coaching for her club team while teaching swim lessons in the summer. Emily joined the first recruiting class for Franklin College swimming in 2011 and swam distance freestyle and the 200 fly for the Grizzlies. During the spring, she taught lessons for Franklin Parks and Rec until she went home for the summer and coached for Turbos. After college, Emily coached three seasons for Whiteland Hypersonics Swimming, and she began as the Copper Coach with SIA in 2017. Emily married her high school sweetheart Anthony in October 2016.

Deanna Ford Copper Coach
Deanna started coaching in 2018. Originally being an athlete for SIA, Deanna became part of the SIA coaching staff in 2021. Along with being the swim lessons coordinator, she is an assistant coach for Southport High School. Deanna has expertise in coaching all levels and ages. She loves to help athletes find their passion for swimming by creating fun and interactive practices and sessions. Deanna has helped grow the swimming community in Perry Township.
 
Deanna graduated from Perry Meridian High School in 2014, where she earned two sectional titles in the 100 butterfly. She holds the 50 fly record for Perry Meridian Middle School till this day! She continued her swimming career at the University of Indianapolis and earned her degrees in Social Work and Business. Outside of the pool, she loves to run and bug her cat, Chip.