Drexel University Men's Swimming & Diving

Nathan Lavery was named the head men's and women's swimming and diving coach at Drexel University on Sept. 9, 2020. Lavery is the 11th coach to lead men's sw...

Drexel named Erik Ripley as an assistant men’s and women’s swimming coach in 2023. Ripley previously spent one year as the Director of Swimming at Chowan Uni...

Drexel Head Swimming and Diving coach Nathan Lavery has announced the addition of Kile Aukerman to the coaching staff. Aukerman joins Drexel after serving as...

Lana Christensen joined the Drexel swimming and diving coaching staff as a volunteer assistant diving coach in 2021. In May of 2022 Christensen was elevated to the role of head diving coach of the Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Teams. Before joining the Drexel coaching staff, Christensen was a volunteer for various swimming and diving programs, including Texas A&M and the Northern Arizona Diving Clubs. She has also coached gymnastics and swimming in the past. Christensen earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical microbiology with cum laude honors at Northern Arizona University where she was a diver on the Lumberjack's Swimming and Diving Team. As a collegiate diver she achieved WAC first-team all-conference appointments, received multiple team and conference awards, and was a NCAA Zone E qualifier and 3-meter finalist. She was recognized for her performance in the classroom by earning academic All-American and was a four-time WAC academic All-Conference recipient. Christensen earned a PhD in medical sciences from Texas A&M University in May of 2018.