Jack Fabian, Ph.D., begins his sixth season as head coach of the Keene State College swimming and diving program. Under the direction of Fabian and his hard-working staff, the Owls had enough highlights to fill the pool at Spaulding Gym.

The women's teams won five LEC titles, claimed the 2008, 2009, 2010 NEISDA championships.ast year they broke 22 of the 23 school records. The team had  swimmers qualify and compete in the NCAA championship in 2008, 2009, and 2010.  Last year 5 women competed in the NCAA championship meet and all five returned with All-America honors.

The men’s team won their first ever New England championship in 2009 and went on to win again in 2010.  The team placed a strong second at the ECAC Division III meet, and established 12 new team records.  For the first time in over thirty years, the men’s team had a swimmer qualify and compete at the NCAA championship meet.  Despite KSC's numerous accomplishments in the pool, Fabian feels the program has just scratched the surface of its potential.

Outside of college swimming, he has gained a great deal of experience working with elite nationally ranked swimmers as part of his involvement with the Greenwood Memorial Swim Club and USA swimming. The swimmers in Fabian's training group of Greenwood Memorial swim club have earned numerous Top-16  national times and have qualified and competed in USA Swimming's Junior and Senior National competitions.

Outside of college swimming, Fabian, has been the personal coach of an open water swimmer on the USA National team since 2007, and has been a member of the USA Swimming National team Coaching staff.  His national team athlete qualified and competed in the 10K and 25K open water events in the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Italy and in the summer of 2010, competed in the 5K and 10K open water events at the World Championships in Roberval Canada.  It was at World Championships in 2010 that  his athlete won the 5K at World Championships and became the World Champion in this event.  In August of 2010, she competed at the Pan Pacific Championships in California and won a silver medal in the 10K.  He has traveled with the USA National team athletes to FINA open water World Cup events in the UAE, China, Hong Kong, Argentina, Chile and the Cayman Islands. 

Fabian has had the opportunity to attend National Team coaching conferences and to train elite swimmers at altitude for the past three years at the Olympic Training center in Colorado Springs. By working with swimmers at the Olympic training center he has gained insight from working side by side with the best coaches in the nation.  He has brought his experience from working as a part of the National team coaching staff back to Keene State to develop swimmers to their physiological potential by incorporating cutting edge stroke mechanics, training and teaching.

Fabian is currently the open water coordinator for New England Swimming. Fabian, who also runs a master's swim program at KSC, graduated from Hobart College in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and earned a doctorate in molecular biology in 1992 from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He obtained his post-doctoral training at the National Cancer Institute and worked as an assistant professor at Penn State and as an adjunct professor at Keene State.

Fabian, along with his wife Claire and children Max and Eva, reside in Keene.

Known for her competitiveness and leadership during her recently completed four-year Owl career, Katie Allenson returns for her third season an assistant coach with the Keene State College swim team.

Assisting head coach Jack Fabian in preparing the Owls for a competitive meet and championships schedule, Allenson has played in a major role in Keene State's success that includes  a pair of LEC women's titles, two (M&W) NEIDA titles, six national qualifiers and five All-Americans.

Currently pursuing a master's degree in sports and recreation managment at New England College, Allenson, who has a lifeguard certification, served as a adjunct professor in KSC' physical education department and been a tour guide at the school. She is also an age group coach for the Greenwood Memorial Swim Club based in Keene and the head of Keene Masters which is a member of New England Masters Swimming.

Allenson, a native of Clifton Park, N.Y., was a top competitor for KSC in the 200 and 500-yard freestyle and relay events.  She was a six-time All-New England swimmer and a member of five Little East champion relay teams. Allenson was a member of a talented Keene State team that won three LEC titles and captured two NEISDA championships.

Allenson also played softball at Keene State, earning All-New England and All-LEC honors.

Prior to attending Keene State, Allenson competed for USS Swimming  and on a Shenendehowa (N.Y.) High School swim team that that won the Sectional championship her senior year.

A former head coach of the KSC swim program, David Mason returned to the Spaulding Gym Pool deck as the Owls' diving coach in 2006.

Mason, who spent eight seasons coaching the Owls (1987 - 1996), helped KSC build a successful dual meet record and qualify an increasing number of athletes for the New England championships during his tenure.

Originally from Erie, Pa., Mason attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where as a springboard diver he qualified for national competition in his final two seasons.

While working toward his master's degree at IUP, Mason began coaching the school's diving team. Upon graduation, he served as the swim coach at several high schools in Pennsylvania and New York, as well as the diving coach at Mercyhurst College.

Mason currently works in the physical education department at Monadnock Regional High School, where he also served on the football coaching staff for eight seasons. Mason resides in Swanzey, N.H., with his wife Colleen and daughters Kylie and Maura.