John Burke joined the Pearland Aquatics staff in March of 2008. An ASCA level 4 USA Swimming and Age Group coach, John is the primary coach of the Gold group, but helps with most aspects of the program. Previously, John was an age group coach in Maryland with the North Baltimore Aquatic Club and age group coach and founder of the Annapolis Swim Club. In Maryland, he coached swimmers who placed in the top eight and won events at the Maryland All Star and the Eastern Zone meets. His swimmers have also been ranked in the USA Swimming top 16, and top 10 lists. He also served on the Maryland Swimming Board of Directors as the Age Group Chair.

John moved to Texas in August 2006 to be the Head Assistant Coach with Aquastar where he also helped in most aspects of the club.  Since being in Texas, John has coached swimmers who have qualified for Sectionals, NCSA Junior Nationals, Winter Juniors, Long Course Juniors, Olympic Trials, won TAGS, have been finalists at the Southern Zone Age Group and Senior meets, and have been ranked in the USA Swimming top 16, and top 10 lists.

John coached Adriel Sanes who represented the U.S. Virgin Islands at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, and the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungry. Former PEAK swimmer Madyson Morse, Illinois State University, represented Team USA at the 2023 World University Games in Chengdu, China. Madyson was the 2021-2022 Horizon League conference Scholar Athlete of the year for swimming, and 2022-2023 Swimmer of the Year. 

Several of his swimmers have gone on to swim in college where they have been conference finalists and champions, and NCAA qualifiers. 

John is the Coaches Rep on the Gulf Swimming board of directors. 

John met his wife Ann while they were coaching at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club.  The Burkes resides in Pearland with their children Klara, Anna and Jack. John and Ann's oldest daughter, Emma, lives in Fairfax, VA and is a student/athlete at George Mason University where she is a member of the swim team.

Coach Jeannine started her swimming career at the age of 7 swimming for the Michiana Marlins in her hometown of Mishawaka, Indiana. She was a state runner-up in the 200 and 500 Freestyles while swimming for Penn High School. She then traveled to West Virginia to swim at West Virginia University where she held the school record for the 500 Free for a couple of years. While at West Virginia University she earned her Bachelors of Science degree in Chemistry. She worked with Dow chemical for 15 years in both Midland, Michigan and Freeport, Texas. She started coaching theAngleton Aquatic Club that was associated with TAAF in 2007. In 2015 the Angleton Aquatic Club was turned into the USA swim team, Angleton Pacesetters. Since 2007, Coach Jeannine has coached swimmers from ages 5 to 18. Coach Jeannine enjoys working with swimmers and helping them to reach their goals in both swimming and life skills.

Coach Thuc started swimming at the age of 4 when he lived in Vietnam. He swam through high school at high levels of competition (somewhat equal to state level here). At the age of 20 he moved to the United States with his family. Prior to coaching with PEAK, he was employed as a head lifeguard at Pearland Natatorium. While working as a lifeguard during PEAK practices, Thuc realized he wanted to share his passion for swimming with PEAK swimmers.

Coach Thuc joined PEAK in summer 2016 and works with year-round team, clinics and summer team programs. Coach Thuc also certified as Lifeguard Instructor Trainer and helped keep PEAK coaches up to date with their safety certifications.

Coach Charyl joined PEAK in 2012 as a 12 and under development coach. From nervous and crying 6-year-olds to TAGS finalist 10-year-olds, Coach Charyl puts the FUN in fundamentals while she prepares development swimmers for competitive swimming.

Coach Charyl has been swimming since the age of 3, and along with 4 siblings, swam competitively. At 16, Charyl started her professional career in aquatics as a lifeguard, summer league swim coach, and Water Safety Instructor.  Founder and owner of The Aquatic Academy, LLC Coach Charyl teaches the Pearland community how to swim. Coach Charyl has worked for the City of Columbus, Easter Seals of Ohio, The Ohio State University, Heritage Park Wahoos, and the YWCA of Columbus. She coached several Swimming and Diving teams, certified numerous lifeguards, and has taught well over 1000 people how to swim.

In addition to swimming, Coach Charyl is an avid Star Wars enthusiast and enjoys the role of "cool" mom to her teenage kids. Her son Alex also teaches lessons at The Aquatic Academy, LLC, and her daughter Leia swims and Jr. Coaches with PEAK.

I’m Haleigh Weiss, and I’m excited to be a part of this fantastic team. With more than 11 years of personal swimming experience and 5 years of coaching, I have a strong passion for helping others realize their full potential in the sport. I’m especially looking forward to working with the Red group and can’t wait to see the incredible goals we can accomplish together!