Christa Saunders - Assistant Swimming Coach - Women's Swimming and Diving Coaches

Christa Saunders

Title:
Assistant Swimming Coach
Email:
christian.saunders@westpoint.edu
Phone:
5928

Christa Saunders joined the Army West Point swimming and diving staff as an assistant coach and the women's recruiting coordinator on July 1, 2020 and is entering her second year with the program.

Saunders arrived at West Point following a one-year stint as an assistant coach at East Carolina.

In her lone year with the Pirates, she helped the men’s team capture the 2020 American Athletic Conference (AAC) title. ECU won five individual conference events and four relay championships en route to claiming the team title with 18 athletes earning all-conference accolades in one or more event. Three athletes qualified or the NCAA Championship meet and received All-America honors with her assistance. In Saunders primary group that she worked with, there was one men’s AAC champion and seven total AAC podium finishers.

Prior to her time with the Pirates, Saunders spent two seasons as an assistant coach at UConn. While in Storrs, Conn., she helped the Huskies post 395 personal best times, 26 NCAA ‘B’ qualifying marks and 27 school records in addition to registering 149 top-10 all-time performances and four AAC Championship event victories.

Before joining the UConn coaching staff, Saunders served as a graduate assistant for two years at Gardner-Webb. She helped coach the Bulldogs’ first male NCAA qualifier in three events who additionally was named the 2016 Elite 90 Award winner.

During her time in Boiling Springs, N.C., the Bulldogs had 12 individual Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) champions and posted 11 NCAA ‘B’ cuts with 370 personal best marks to go along with 38 school records.

Saunders was a two-year letterman at William & Mary before she suffered a career-ending shoulder injury and served as a student assistant coach for her final two seasons (2013-15), while obtaining a Bachelor of Science in kinesiology.

The Tribe won the 2015 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) men’s championship in 2015 after ending UNCW’s 13-year championship run. The William & Mary women placed third in both 2014 and 2015. The Tribe posted 45 school records, five CAA Championship records and 45 NCAA ‘B’ qualifying times during Saunders time in Williamsburg, Va.