Coaches
All of our skating programs are instructed by Professional Skate Canada Coaches. Skaters will receive instruction from a team of high quality club coaches.
Tomi Morris
Skating Accomplishments:
Quadruple Gold Tests (Free Skate, Dance, Skills, Interpretive), current Adult Masters Free Skate competitor; Competitive Synchronized Skating experience; National Bronze Medalist with Black Gold Open at the 2022 National Synchronized Skating Championships; 4x National Synchronized Skating qualifier.
Coaching Accreditation/Education:
NCCP Provincial Coach Trained, NCCP Certified CanPowerSkate Coach; recipient of the 2020 National Synchronized Skating Coaching Apprenticeship Program; 12 years of coaching experience; currently coaching STARSkate, CanPowerSkate and private lessons.
Accepting new students: Yes
Crystal Dreyer
Skating Accomplishments:
15 years skating experience; Jr. Silver (Skills); 3 years synchronized skating experience with Black Gold Synchronized Skating Club.
Coaching Accreditation/Education:
NCCP Regional Coach Certified; NCCP CanPowerSkate Certified; NCCP Hockey Canada Skating L1 Trained; 11 years coaching experience; currently coaching CanSkate, STARSkate and private lessons
Accepting new students: Yes
Geerthana (Geeta) Somas
Skating Accomplishments:
Gold Test (Free Skate); CompetitiveSkate Athlete Award recipient in 2013; Alberta Select team member; Skate Canada Challenge competitor in Pre-Novice and Novice Women Singles; competed at the Junior Women Singles level before turning coach.
Coaching Accreditation/Education:
NCCP Regional Coach Trained; currently coaching CanSkate, STARSkate and private lessons.
Accepting new students: Yes
Jamie Kosonic
Skating Accomplishments:
2x Junior Canadian Synchronized Skating Champion, 2x Senior Canadian Synchronized Skating Champion, Senior British Synchronized Skating Champion, 2x Open Canadian Synchronized Skating Champion, Silver Junior World Synchronized Skating Medallist and a Bronze Senior World Synchronized Skating Medallist.
Coaching Accreditation/Education:
NCCP Provincial Coach Trained; currently coaching CanSkate, STARSkate and private lessons. As well as a Sectional Technical Specialist.
Accepting new students: Yes
Megan Lye
Skating Accomplishments:
Triple Gold Tests (Dance, Skills, Interpretive), Diamond Dances, Competitive solo dance experience, Competitive Synchronized Skating experience; Member of Team Canada for 2020-2022 with Nova Senior, National Bronze Medalist with Nova Senior at the 2022 National Synchronized Skating Championships; 5x National Synchronized Skating qualifier.
Coaching Accreditation/Education:
NCCP Regional Coach Trained; currently coaching CanSkate, STARSkate and private lessons.
Accepting new students: Yes
Kelly Clements
Skating Accomplishments:
Quadruple Gold Tests (Artistic, Dance, Freeskate and Skills), Adult competitor in Masters Freeskate and Artistic (competing in Skate Canada and ISU Adult International Competitions). Previously competed in Lake Placid Adult International 2019 and Winter World Masters Games 2020 in Innsbruck, Austria. Currently training for ISU Adult International in Oberstdorf, Germany in May 2023 and Winter World Masters Games - January 2024 in Lombardy, Italy.
Coaching Accreditation / Education:
NCCP Regional Coach Certified; 8 years of coaching experience; currently coaching CanSkate, STARSkate, Adult and private lessons.
Accepting new students: Yes.
Kiersten (Kiki) Mailhot
Skating Accomplishments:
Triple Gold Tests (Dance, Skills, and Interpretive)
Coaching Accreditation / Education:
NCCP Regional Coach Certified; 7 years of coaching experience; currently coaching CanSkate, STARSkate and private lessons.
Accepting new students: Yes
Lexi Horon
Skating Accomplishments:
Double Gold Tests (Dance, Skills); Competitive Synchronized Skating experience, 4x National Synchronized Skating qualifier.
Coaching Accreditation/Education:
NCCP Regional Coach Trained; 5 years coaching experience.
Accepting new students: Yes
Lauren Gillespie
Skating Accomplishments:
Triple Gold Tests (Freeskate, Dance, Skills); placed 13th overall of all STAR 10 Women in the Alberta/NWT/Nunavut Section in the 2020 STARSkate Leading Edge Series.
Coaching Accreditation/Education:
NCCP CanSkate Coach In Training; currently coaching CanSkate.
CJ Kmiecik
Skating Accomplishments:
Triple Gold Tests (Dance, Skills, Interpretive). Competitive Synchronized Skating experience; National Bronze Medalist with Black Gold Open at the 2022 National Synchronized Skating Championships; 5x National Synchronized Skating qualifier.
Coaching Accreditation/Education:
NCCP CanSkate Coach Certified; currently coaching CanSkate.
Lauren Coombs
Skating Accomplishments:
Rhumba Diamond Dance, Gold Skating Skills, Silver Interpretive Singles and Senior Bronze Freeskate.
Competitive Synchronized Skating experience; National Bronze Medalist with Black Gold Open at the 2022 National Synchronized Skating Championships; 7x National Synchronized Skating qualifier.
Coaching Accreditation/Education:
NCCP CanSkate Coach In-Training; currently coaching CanSkate.
Lily Sharma
Skating Accomplishments:
Junior Sliver Dance and Skills
Coaching Accreditation/Education:
NCCP CanSkate Coach In-Training, currently coaching CanSkate
Joan Cascadden
Coaching Accreditation/Education:
NCCP CanSkate Coach Certified with 12 years of coaching experience. Specialized in coaching PreCanSkate and CanSkate for all ages: toddlers, teens and adults. Over 40 years coaching experience with skating, volleyball, badminton and field hockey; currently coaching CanSkate.
Alexis Willberg
Skating Accomplishments:
Triple Gold Tests.
Coaching Accreditation/Education:
NCCP CanSkate Coach Certified; currently coaching CanSkate.