University of California - San Diego Women's Swimming

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Falcon has served as the recruiting coordinator for both the men and women's teams and as the director of UCSD swimming camps and clinics. She coached former Triton standout Alex Henley, who won three NCAA titles (400 IM in 2010, 200 butterfly in 2010 and 2011) and holds seven school records. Since Falcon's arrival, Tritons have won 17 national crowns, broken two NCAA Division II and over 47 school records, produced 121 All-America performances and earned more than 77 conference titles. In 2015-16 Falcon guided the Triton men and women each to an eighth consecutive Pacific Collegiate Swimming and Diving Conference (PCSC) title. In 2011-12, the Triton women posted a third-place NCAA finish for the fourth year in succession and 10th time in 12 appearances at the Division II event. The UCSD men also took a fourth PCSC crown in as many seasons before turning in a second straight national runner-up effort. The Tritons sent their largest contingent to the NCAA Division II Championships for the second year in a row, at 31 after qualifying 30 student-athletes in 2011. Henley broke the UCSD record in the 200 IM (2:01.41, 2nd) and also contributed individual points in the 400 IM (4:19.29, 2nd), 200 back (1:57.58, 2nd) and 100 back (55.13, 4th). Anji Shakya swam to second-place finishes in the 200 free (1:48.45) and 500 free (4:51.14), the latter mark a new school standard. An all-time high of eight Triton swimmers, including Henley, then competed at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, Neb., ahead of the 2012 London Games. In her final turn as assistant coach in 2010-11, Falcon helped the Tritons put together one of their finest seasons. UCSD won its third consecutive PCSC title on both the men and women's sides and went on to post a tremendous showing at the NCAA Championships. The men were second, the team's highest finish to date at the Division II level, while the women took third. The 2009-10 campaign also featured plenty of impressive performances from the UCSD squad. Henley and Daniel Perdew were crowned as NCAA champions twice each, with the men's squad finishing seventh for the third year in a row and the women placing third. UCSD sent a total of 28 student-athletes, 14 men and 14 women, to the national meet. Prior to coming to UCSD, Falcon was the head coach at San Diego Mesa College in 2006-07. In 2005-06, she founded Falcon Swim Clinics in Perth, Australia. Falcon has coached with the Bristol Penguin Olympic Swimming Club in England, as well as at her alma mater. As a competitor on the national scene, Falcon won a pair of U.S. titles - one in the 400 IM (1996), the other in the 800 free relay (2000). She swam in two World University Games (1999, 2001) and was a multiple-event finalist at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Trials. A 2002 graduate of USC, Falcon was named the Trojans' Most Valuable Swimmer in 1999-2000, and was runner-up in the 400 IM at the 2000 NCAA Division I Championships. Falcon earned a degree in communication while minoring in psychology at USC. Falcon enjoys surfing, open water swimming and yoga. She and her husband, Ian, welcomed their first child, son Kai, in July of 2014, and daughter Isla in September of 2016.

Walling, a former standout swimmer at USC, is in his fourth season as an assistant coach on the University of California San Diego swimming and diving staff in 2016-17. In addition to his duties in La Jolla, Walling is a fourth-year head coach in the Coronado Navy Swim Association (CNSA) club program. A native of Manasquan, N.J., Walling spent two seasons at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, Fla., before swimming for the Trojans in 2009-10 and 2010-11. Specializing in sprint freestyle and breaststroke events, he served as a senior co-captain after placing 16th in the 100-yard breaststroke (54.02) at the 2010 NCAA Championships as a junior. Walling was part of Indian River's 34th and 35th straight National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) crowns in 2008 and 2009. He broke NJCAA records in 2009 in the 50 free (19.43) and the 100 breast (53.83), earning Swimmer of the Meet distinction. Walling majored in human performance at USC, graduating in 2011. He previously spent 10 summers as an open water lifeguard, and is an avid surfer.

Djordjevic is in his third season as the top assistant coach of the University of California San Diego men's and women's swimming and diving programs in 2016-17, after being named to the post in July of 2014. He aided the Tritons in a volunteer capacity during the 2013-14 season. Djordjevic has prior coaching experience at San Diego club programs North Coast Aquatics and Pacific Swim, as well as having held numerous posts at the international level, primarily for his native Serbia. He is a 2007 graduate of Serbias University of Novi Sad.

Casillas is in the sixth year of her second stint as the diving coach at UC San Diego in 2015-16. She previously served in the same capacity for two seasons from September 2004 to March 2006. Both the UCSD men's and women's squads won their seventh consecutive Pacific Collegiate Swimming & Diving Conference (PCSC) titles in 2015. Casillas took four of her divers, three men and then-sophomore Allyson Cohen, to the 2014 NCAA Championships. Senior Luke Calkins advanced to the main draw and became a first-time All-American with an eighth-place effort in the three-meter event. Adam Springer earned a return trip to the 2015 NCAA Championships. Prior to the 2014 national meet, Calkins was the NCAA's recipient of the Elite 89 award for having the top grade-point average of any male swimmer or diver participating in the championships in Geneva, Ohio. Calkins also left the program as a three-time Capital One Academic All-American, and earned a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. In 2011-12, the Tritons duplicated their second- and third-place showings, respectively, at the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships in Mansfield, Texas. Casillas qualified three men's divers to the NCAA meet, after Tyler Runsten had won a third straight PCSC crown in the three-meter event. She was named PCSC Men's Diving Coach of the Year. In 2010-11, Casillas coached Runsten, then a sophomore, to a second-place finish on the three-meter springboard at the 2011 NCAA Championships in San Antonio, Texas. He also took fifth in the one-meter. With Runsten winning from three meters at the 2011 PCSC meet, Calkins, a freshman at the time, placed third, and Patrick Cohen was seventh. In the one-meter event, Runsten took second while Calkins was fourth and Cohen was sixth. Since Casillas has been with the Tritons, UCSD produced the first two NCAA All-American divers since the program moved up to Division II for the 2000-01 season. Casillas served as a master trainer/manager at Guaranteed Fitness, a health coach at StayWell Health Management, a gym director at The Little Gym and a personal trainer at Snap Fitness prior to returning to UCSD. Certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Casillas has nearly eight years of training and coaching experience. Casillas competed as a varsity diver for the University of Nevada from August 1997 to January 2000, earning All-Big West Conference honors four times. She then joined the varsity diving team at Florida State University, where she competed from August 2000 to March 2002 and was a three-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference performer. She graduated from Florida State in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in sports management. Casillas resides in Temecula with her husband and two children.