Artistic Swimming

Full-time Head Coach, Lucie Svrcinova, began her synchro career in 1980 as a swimmer, coach, and judge, is a native of Brno, Czech Republic. She came to MAC in late August 2005. Lucie dominated Czech synchro from 1988 - 2000 as an undefeated national champion and represented the national team in many international competitions, placing as high as 9th in solo in the European Championships.

She participated in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and was selected again as a member of the Czech Olympic Team in 1996, although the team did not ultimately qualify for the event. She and her duet partner trained in hopes of securing the 2000 Olympic duet spot. Even though they were beat out by another Czech pair, she was named as the duet "alternate" for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. She earned many national and international titles with MAC Synchro Masters including, 2006 World Champion in Trio, 2014 World Champion in Solo and Duet, 2017 Silver medal in Solo at Worlds, 2019 World Champion in Mixed Duet, and 2022 Gold and Silver at Pan American Games.

As a coach, she worked with the Czech National Team and the Czech 8-12 age group squad. She also helped coach a Czech open water swimmer to a 4th place finish at Worlds. Besides Czech, Lucie speaks German, Russian, and English. She earned her degree in physiotherapy.

Lucie is a Level 3 Certified Coach and a Level 2F Judge and works with all levels of the Junior and Masters programs.

Erin King has been involved with USA Synchro more than 40 years; first as an athlete, then as a coach for age group and collegiate programs, as well as the Puerto Rican National Team in 2002. She competed as an age group and junior swimmer for the Northern Virginia Nereids. After high school graduation, she attended The Ohio State University from 1994-1997. There, she was a three-time All-American and Ohio State captured the National Championship in each of her four seasons on the team. She has been competing as a Masters athlete on and off since 2003. She has been a zone judge since 2005, a national judge since 2011 and a FINA judge since 2015. Erin served as the Oregon Association officials chair from 2005-2013 and again from 2018 to present. Erin is an independent contractor helping clients with environmental due diligence and compliance work when she isn’t busy taking care of her two children and husband in Wilsonville, OR.

Full-Time Assistant Coach M’Liss Stephenson is thrilled to be returning to the MAC family and the MAC Synchro team! M’Liss is originally from Indianapolis, IN where she was born to two professional ballet dancers. While her world revolved around dance, she also found an additional love for the water. M’Liss began her artistic swimming career with Indy Synchro at the age of 6. As she grew up through the sport, she competed and medaled in US Age Group Nationals, Junior Olympics and US Opens. Following her graduation from a performing arts high school she moved to New York, NY to train and perform with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. During her six years of living in the Big Apple, M’Liss was a guest coach and clinician for teams across the US as well as US National teams, bringing her unique blend of dance and athleticism. In 2002 she moved to Portland, OR to be a full-time coach at MAC. During those eight years of coaching, she also competed with the MAC Synchro Masters team in the 2006 World Championships where she won gold in Solo. Simultaneously, she was a founding member of Portland’s Polaris Dance Theatre, where she continued performing professionally, became the school director as well as directed and ran two pre-professional youth companies. M’Liss retired from performing full time and is looking forward to bringing her artistry back to the water. When M’Liss is not in the studio or the water, she enjoys spending time with her wife and two snuggly kittys.

Tuula Dubrawsky started swimming for the MAC Synchro junior program in 2017 alongside her younger sister Siiri. She competed for a total of seven years and has competed at numerous regional and national meets.

Her team placed top 10 at youth nationals and obtained two bronze medals at Junior Olympics. Tuula’s 2023 junior team was also a finalist for the MAC’s 2024 Celebration of Champions amateur athlete of the year award. She has been a synchronization technical controller since 2023 and was the 2022-2024 Oregon Association of Artistic Swimming senior athlete representative. She is a member of the St. Marys Academy class of 2026 where she is involved in numerous activities such as student council, student ambassadors, and CommuniCare. When not on the pool deck or at school, she loves hanging out with her friends and family, spending time outdoors, and volunteering at OMSI.

Aria Jeremiah has worked at the MAC since 2016. She attended and graduated from the Oregon Culinary Institute with an associate's degree in the culinary arts. Aria is an Oregon native who attended Corvallis High school. She played rugby all throughout high school and has always had a serious passion for health and wellness. Aria is a certified personal trainer through the American Council of Exercise. She specializes in strength training, weight loss and general fitness. With her experience as a chef, she has lots of insight into how to use food for fuel and for joy.