Juniors Program

Dianna Woods, Head Junior Coach

Dianna started rowing at the University of Puget Sound as a freshman, first learned to scull while completing her Masters at UC Santa Cruz, coxed and rowed with the mixed and women’s teams at the Texas Rowing Center in Austin, and started rowing and coxing at ZLAC shortly after discovering the club during strolls along the Mission Bay boardwalk. She became a member of ZLAC in January 2015, and though she never wanted to leave again, necessity brought her to Virginia for a short time. During her brief stint there, Dianna coached the Novice Junior Girls at TC Williams in Alexandria, while coxing with the masters women's team, Alexandria Community Rowing. Dianna began coaching with the Masters team at ZLAC after she returned to San Diego in 2018, and is truly honored to have the opportunity to return to Junior rowing. In addition to her rowing experience, Dianna brings 10 years of teaching and advanced degrees in Education to her coaching practice.

Savannah Kratz, Strength and Conditioning Coach

Savannah has always had a love for the water. While growing up in Northeastern Pennsylvania, she worked alongside her father learning to operate his local kayaking business, along with water safety, while still having fun.

At 18, she moved to San Diego to embrace the healthy, active lifestyle she was seeking. Not long after settling in, she earned her Yoga certification where she learned and instituted the power of sequencing breath to the flow of body movement. This foundation strongly influences her overall instruction style, integrating body mechanics within different physical activities.

Shortly thereafter, Savannah became a Certified Personal Trainer (C.P.T.), and is also a Certified Nutritionist (C.N.) and a certified Specialist in Strength and Conditioning (S.S.C.), qualifying her as an Elite Trainer through the International Sports Science Association (I.S.S.A.). She is eager to continue her professional career as a trainer for ZLAC, and looks forward to supporting their athletes as they continually improve.

Tracey Falkenthal, Assistant Junior Coach

Tracy started rowing in 1982 at Berkeley High. Subsequently she has rowed at Boston University, NBRC, Marin, Coeur D’Alene, Chinook, Texas Rowing Center, and Endeavor Rowing Alliance, and she is a Level 3 USRowing coach. She lives in San Diego, where she rows and coaches full time. Tracy coached her TRC Varsity Men to gold at the 2022 USRowing Youth Nationals (U17 2x) and bronze in 2023 (U19 4x). As a masters rower her winnings include: UK Henley Masters, FISA WorldsMasters, 4x Head of The Charles, and Masters National Champion. Additionally, Tracy won the IFBB Pro (International Federation of Body Building) in Physique & Figure in 2016. In addition to being a rowing coach, she is also a personal trainer. Tracy is looking to promote rowing for all by adding culture and diversity to the sport. She believes "changing the 'elitist' attitude and appearance of rowing will help our sport grow and thrive."

Demi Good, Assistant Junior Coach

Demitra “Demi” Good began rowing at ZLAC in her sophomore year of high school. She had fallen in love with the sport during a summer Learn to Row class, and that passion only grew stronger as she practiced, learned, and competed. Demi transitioned to being a coxswain for the UCSB Men's Rowing team in college, where she learned how to see the boat from a different perspective. In 2015, she earned her undergraduate degree in English and won the Men's Collegiate Club V8 race at San Diego Crew Classic - a goal she'd had for seven years, ever since the first time she attended the regatta with ZLAC. After college, Demi began coxing with Chinook Performance Racing as a standing member of their men's team. Coach Demi's favorite thing about rowing is finding the peace in the chaos, whether it is the quietness in the morning, the focus during an erg piece, or the intense stillness between "Attention" and "GO!”