Waldemar 'Valdi' Kolasa
Owner, Head Coach

Valdi has a B.S. Degree in Physical Education from Northern Illinois University. He competed for the National Team of Poland and NCAA Division I Team at NIU. Valdi participated and was a medalist in many national and international competitions. Currently, Valdi is a Professional Member of USA Gymnastics and a Certified Skill Evaluator. He has taught gymnastics since 1990. And coached many medalists on the State, Regional, and National Championships.

Ann Kolasa
Head Coach, Girls Team Program

Ann, a former competitive gymnast, has enjoyed working over the last two decades with gymnasts across several states and in the Caribbean.  Most recently she held the position Head Coach for the Chelsea Piers Girls' Team in Manhattan.  She has coached many gymnasts to State, Regional and National Championships and has coached multiple gymnasts to full athletic scholarships.   Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Ann's adventures in coaching took her to the Bahamas and then back to her hometown to work at Cincinnati Gymnastics with her mentor, Mary Lee Tracy, before returning to the East Coast.   Ann holds a B.S. in Psychology from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio and an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Teacher’s College at Columbia University.

Mary Ann Hawk
Instructor

Elaine Marques
Girls Developmental, Pre-Team, and Level 4 Coach
Elaine has been a competitive team coach for over ten years and has coached many individual champions at various levels, events and ages.  Most recently, Elaine head-coached the NJ Level 6 State Championship Team.  Elaine's experience began as a gymnast in Brazil where she also mastered various forms of dance.  In addition to her expertise as a gymnastics coach, she is also a skilled choreographer.

Wesley Marutani
Coach, Girls Team and JOGA

Born in Philadelphia. Attended Temple University. Majored in psychology, minored in sciences. Has been coaching professionally since 1976. Past accomplishments as a coach include Coaching sixteen elite level gymnasts. Four of these gymnasts were USAG International Traveling Team, one was USAG National Squad. These athletes were chosen after qualifying and competing in the championships of the USA (the top annual Elite competition in the country). At championships, the top ten are the national Team (international meets) and numbers eleven through twenty are the National Squad.

Patricia Supthen
Coach, USAG Girls Team

Patricia has over 30 years of coaching experience and joined Arena in 2006.  In  2007 & 2008 alone, Trisch coached many athletes at levels 7-10 to titles at the State & Regional Championships.

 

Michael Zack
Coach, USAG Boys Team

Mike has been involved in gymnastics for over 25 years as a gymnast, coach, and a judge. He was a co-captain on his high school team and competed for West Chester University until he suffered a career-ending injury.

Mike has been coaching for more then 20 years and has been involved with the Junior Olympic program for the past 13 years. He has coached State and Regional champions, in both all-around and individual events. He has also coached his Level 6 Boys Team to the State Team Champions title. In 2007, his level 4 team produced Regional Champions in All-Around, Floor, Pommel Horse, Still Rings, and Vault.

Mike is also a certified judge for the J.O. program, judging meets at all levels up to state championships.   Gymnastics also runs in his family. His son, a former  State and Regional All Around champion currently  competes for the Temple University Men’s Gymnastics Team.

Libby Vaughn
Front Desk
 

Kenny Yeh
Instructor

Melissa Greiner
Instructor