Meriza Werenski
Meriza Werenski
Title: Assistant Swimming & Diving Coach
Phone: 413-538-2314
Email: mwerensk@mtholyoke.edu

Werenski joined the Lyons swimming and diving staff as the assistant coach in September 2017.

A former standout at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Werenski competed for the Minutemen and served as a captain in her senior season. A top finisher in the Atlantic 10 Conference numerous times, she also competed at the 2012 Olympic Trials.

Werenski, a South Hadley, Mass., native also taught swim lessons as a lifeguard at the Greater Holyoke YMCA for a year before working as a camp counselor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Championship Swim Camp from 2014-2016. Additionally, she served as a teaching assistant for anatomy and physiology as well as a physical therapy aide for Pioneer Spine and Sports Physicians.

A 2017 graduate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a bachelor’s of science degree in kinesiology, Werenski is set to receive her Masters of Science from the same institution for in business and analytics.