Rowan University Men's Swimming

Bowser is in his third year as head mens and womens swimming & diving coach at Rowan University. Last year, he guided the Profs to an 11th place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships and they won the Metropolitan Championships.  Jesse Novak earned All-America in the 50 and 100 freestyles while John Morris received All-America honorable mention in the one and three-meter diving.  The men were All-Americans in the 200 freestyle relay and All-American honorable mention in the 200 and 400 medley relays and the 400 freestyle relay.  Bowser was named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Mens Coach of the Year for the second straight season. Bowser came to the University after three years as an assistant head coach at Machine Aquatics Swim Club and head site coach at Audrey Moore Recreation and Tysons Sport & Health in Virginia. Bowser oversaw the development of age group to national team swimmers. He was responsible for the daily managing of all programming at two of the clubs locations and 10-12 coaches. Bowser planned and implemented the development of the quadrennial and annual training plan, dry land and weight programs. He also enhanced programming to recruit and maintain swimmers in the Northern Virginia area. Bowser has mentored 10 national team and multiple sectional team members. He has guided numerous Potomac Valley Swimming Senior & Junior Championships and 14U Junior Olympics winners and qualifiers. Bowser also served as Senior Swimming Chair for Potomac Valley Swimming and represented the club in the USA Swimming House of Delegates. Bowser was previously an assistant head coach for the Jersey Wahoos Swim Club in Mount Laurel, NJ from 2001-2011. He assisted in the development of high school aged swimmers and renovated the program to encompass water training, dry land and weight instruction for all levels. Bowser coached five Middle Atlantic Junior Olympics champions, four Star Invitational champions, seven Olympic Trial qualifiers, nine 18U Summer US National qualifiers and 36 National Collegiate Scouting Association (NSCA) Junior National qualifiers. He also helped lead four teams to top-10 finishes at the NSCA Junior National Championships. In addition, Bowser was an assistant manager and certified pool operator for the club. He was responsible for hiring and scheduling all lifeguards, managing the facility and overseeing pool maintenance. Bowser served as a Middle Atlantic board member from 2005-2011. He had tenures as Age Group Coaches Representative, Technical Planning Chair and Senior Swimming Chair. Bowser is an American Swimming Coaches Association-certified Level III Coach. Bowser is a 2001 graduate of North Carolina State University. He was a nine-time Atlantic Coast Conference finalist and two-time US national qualifier. In 2000, Bowser qualified for the Olympic Trials. He was a two-time All-American at Shawnee High School. Bowser has a bachelors degree in parks, recreation and tourism management with a concentration in sports administration.  

Elise Fisher was named Rowan’s head coach for women’s swimming and diving starting with the 2019-20 season, after serving as an assistant coach with both the men’s and women’s programs for six years.   Since taking over the women’s program, Fisher has guided the Profs to two NJAC crowns, and one Metropolitan Conference Championship, including during her head coaching debut in the 2019-2020 season. In her five years thus far, the Profs have compiled an 24-16-1 record. During the 2024-25 season, Fisher helped guide Ella Pennington to three All-American honors as well as the NJAC Women's Swimmer of the Year as the Profs finished third at the conference championships. A total of seven Profs earned all-conference honors from the NJAC.   In 2023-24, Kaitlyn Crouthamel became the third freshman in a row to be named the NJAC Rookie of the Year under Fisher's tutelege as the Profs finished fourth at the inaugural NJAC Swimming Championships. Additionally Pennington represented Rowan at the Division III Championship for the second-straight season and earned All-America accolades. The 2022-23 Profs finished second at METs and saw Pennington become the Profs’ second consecutive swimmer to receive the NJAC Rookie of the Year award, while also earn All-America honors. In 2021-22, Rowan rebounded after the previous season was canceled due to the pandemic and won its second straight conference title, finished third at the Metropolitan Championships and was ranked 10th in the region, while Bella Stefanowicz was named the NJAC Rookie of the Year.   She made her head coaching debut in the 2019-20 season and was named the Coach of the Year in both the NJAC and the Metropolitan Conference as she led the Profs to their fourth straight NJAC crown and their third consecutive METs title. She also saw Corinne Finkbinder earn METs Diver of the Meet honors and Jordan McChesney named the METs Rookie of the Meet, while both student-athletes also earned the respective NJAC awards. Abigail Brous became Fisher’s first Prof to earn All-America honors as she qualified for the NCAA Championships in the season shortened by COVID-19.   As an assistant with both the men’s and women’s programs working with head coaches Brad Bowser and Tony Lisa, Fisher was instrumental in helping both teams capture three consecutive NJAC titles and two Metropolitan Championships. Among the highlights of that six-year period was Kevin Gillooly earning All-American honors with his sixth-place finish in the 100 freestyle at the 2018-19 NCAA Championships, while as a team, the Profs placed 17th at the 2018 NCAA meet and took ninth in 2016-17. On the women’s side, Carlee Timmins received All-America Honorable Mention in the 1650 freestyle at the 2019 NCAA Championships.   Fisher, formerly Blaschke, swam at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and was a five-time America East Conference finalist. At the time of her graduation, she held four UMBC all-time Top 10 performances in the 100 and 200 backstroke as well as the 100 freestyle and 200 individual medley. She earned All-Conference honors in 2012-13 and was a two-time selection to the America East Honor Roll.   During her collegiate career at UMBC, she coached the Retriever Aquatic Club in Catonsville, MD, before joining Rowan’s staff in 2013.   A native of Washington Township, NJ, Fisher earned her bachelor’s degree from UMBC in 2013 and completed her master’s degree from Rowan in 2018.   She and her husband Colin are proud parents of a newborn daughter.   COACHING RECORD Season Record NJAC Notes 2024-25 3-5 -- 3rd place NJAC | 19th place NCAA 2023-24 3-5 -- 4th place NJAC | 35th place NCAA 2022-23 5-3 4-1 2nd place METS | 35th place NCAA 2021-22 6-0-1 4-0-1 NJAC Regular Season Champs | 3rd place METS  2020-21 -- -- Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2019-20 7-3 5-0 NJAC Regular Season Champs | METS Champion   (Starting with the 2023-24 season, the NJAC held its first-ever swimming and diving championship meet to determine the conference champion. Prior to that, the NJAC Champion was determined by conference head-to-head meets during the regular season)          

Parsley is in his eighth season with the Rowan University softball program. This is his fourth year as an assistant coach, serving as the primary pitching instructor. Prior, Parsley was a student assistant from 2009-2012. For the past three seasons, the pitching staff has compiled an earned run average (ERA) that ranked among the top 10 lowest in all of Division III softball (1.66 ERA - 2015; 1.03 ERA - 2014; 1.12 ERA - 2013). In addition, pitchers LeAnne Miller (2013), Krysti Maronski (2014), and Beth Ann Hyland (2015) were honored as New Jersey Athletic Conference All-Conference first team and National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) East Region first team recipients.  During his seven-year tenure, Parsley has been on the Rowan staff for two NJAC Championships (2012, 2014), six NCAA appearances (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) and one NCAA Regional Championship (2014). Parsley competed collegiately in swimming at Rowan University from 2008-12. He was a two-time recipient of the Rowan Swimming & Diving Rob Sorelle-Craig Naylor Scholar-Athlete Citizen Award (2011, 2012). In 2012, Parsley was a member of the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team. He was the chair of the Rowan Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and served on the New Jersey Athletic Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Parsley received his bachelors degree in education, with a specialization in Health and Physical Education in December 2012. Parsley was a four-year state qualifier at Milford High School. He was a two-time state finalist in the 100 backstroke and 200 individual medley.  In 2008, Parsley was a Delaware state finalist for the Wendys High School Heisman Award. Parsley is currently pursuing a masters degree in Higher Education Administration at Rowan and will graduate in the spring of 2016. He is a graduate assistant for the College of Biomedical Science and Health Professions.  Parsley is a member of the NFCA and is a coach for the Delaware Magic 16U program in in Bear, DE.    

Gerardo González Ruiz begins his first season on the Rowan Women’s Swimming coaching staff in 2025-26. González Ruiz was recently an assistant at the University of Florida Gators Swim Camp where he worked under the guidance of head coach Anthony Nesty, Alex Dehner, Jack Szaranek, and former Olympic medalist Annie Lazor. Prior, he was an assistant coach at Buchanan High School in Clovis, CA for two seasons and as an volunteer assistant coach at Fresno Pacific University. A four-year member of the swim team at Division II Edinboro University of Pennsylvania where he was an All-PSAC selection as well as a CSCAA Scholar All-American earning his degree in business administration in 2023. From there González Ruiz used his final year of eligibility at Fresno Pacific in 2023-24, completing his master’s in business administration (2025). In the pool, he was a two-time Pacific Collegiate Swimming and Diving Conference (PCSC) all-conference pick in his one season with the Sunbirds.  

Rowan alum Erin Quay enters her third season in 2025-26 on the men and women’s swimming coaching staff and second as an assistant coach. A former team captain, Quay graduated from the university in 2022 with a degree in biological sciences. After graduation, the Cherry Hill East grad was on staff for the Fox Hollow Swim Club and at the South Jersey Aquatic Club. Quay resides in Cherry Hill.  

Former Prof Julie Myers joins the Rowan Women’s Swimming Coaching staff for the 2025-26 season. A four-time All-NJAC swimmer, the former Julie Sheehan was also a Rowan Scholar Athlete, a NJAC All-Academic Honorable Mention (twice), and a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society. As a senior, she was a first-team All-NJAC as a member of the 400 free relay and earned second-team honors in the 200 free relay. Her junior season saw her named all-conference in four relay events: the 200, 400 and 800 free relays and the 400 medley relay. Myers has a degree in psychology with concentration in child behaviors and a minor in education. She then obtained her Master's in applied behavior analysis in 2020 from Rowan.  

Blaschke is in her fourth year and second as a full-time assistant coach for the Rowan University men's and womens swimming & diving teams.  Blaschke recently concluded a three-summer stint as head coach of Greenwood Park Swim Team, a team with which she was previously the assistant from 2009-11. Blaschke compiled a record of 10-4 as head coach. From 2010-13, she was an assistant age group coach for the Retriever Aquatic Club (RAC) in Catonsville, MD. Blaschke worked with children ages 4-9 and specialized in stroke mechanics, technique and development. Blaschke swam collegiately at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). She was a five-time America East Conference finalist and ended her career with four UMBC all-time top-10 performances in the 100 and 200 backstrokes as well as the 100 freestyle and 200 individual medley. Blaschke was a member of the 2011-12 and 2012-13 America East Honor Roll as well as the 2012-13 America East All-Conference Team. Blaschke was a four-year varsity swimmer and state finalist at Bishop Eustace Preparatory School. She swam for the Jersey Wahoos from 2005-09 and was a three-year NCSA Junior National Qualifier. Blaschke graduated from UMBC in 2013 with bachelors degrees in media communications and American studies. She is currently pursuing a master's in higher education administration at Rowan.   Elise Blaschke Assistant Coach Updated 10/12/16 Elise Blaschke is in her fourth year and second as a full-time assistant coach for the Rowan University men's and womens swimming & diving teams.  Blaschke recently concluded a three-summer stint as head coach of Greenwood Park Swim Team, a team with which she was previously the assistant from 2009-11. Blaschke compiled a record of 10-4 as head coach. From 2010-13, she was an assistant age group coach for the Retriever Aquatic Club (RAC) in Catonsville, MD. Blaschke worked with children ages 4-9 and specialized in stroke mechanics, technique and development. Blaschke swam collegiately at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). She was a five-time America East Conference finalist and ended her career with four UMBC all-time top-10 performances in the 100 and 200 backstrokes as well as the 100 freestyle and 200 individual medley. Blaschke was a member of the 2011-12 and 2012-13 America East Honor Roll as well as the 2012-13 America East All-Conference Team. Blaschke was a four-year varsity swimmer and state finalist at Bishop Eustace Preparatory School. She swam for the Jersey Wahoos from 2005-09 and was a three-year NCSA Junior National Qualifier. Blaschke graduated from UMBC in 2013 with bachelors degrees in media communications and American studies. She is currently pursuing a master's in higher education administration at Rowan.  

Lyman is in his third year as the mens and womens diving coach at Rowan University. During Lyman's tenure in Glassboro, John Morris has earned All-America honorable mention three times at the NCAA Championships, with his highest finish (10th) coming on the three-meter board in 2016. Morris is also a three-time winner of the Diver of the Meet award at the Metropolitan Championships and the school-record holder in both one- and three-meter diving. Lyman has been named the Diving Coach of the Year twice at Mets. Lyman has 10 years of club coaching experience and runs a club diving team, Top Spin Diving, based at Rowan. He has also guided athletes at Barclay Farm Swim Club (2014), Tiger Aquatics (2010-2013), and Downs Farm and Old Orchard Swim Clubs (2006-2009). Lyman was a four-year Division I diver at Louisiana State University (LSU). He was a two-time NCAA Regional qualifier and had career bests of 329.78 (one-meter), 332.95 (three-meter) and 252.20 (platform). A Cherry Hill High School East graduate, Lyman placed third in the state and helped the Cougars to a conference championship in 2009. Outside of coaching, Lyman is the Director of Marketing for the Professional Diving Coaches Association and the CEO of Getta-Gripp, an athletic grip for athletes. Lyman graduated from LSU with a degree in history education and a minor in political science.