President

Matt Langford is a science teacher at Columbine High School and an Adjunct Professor in History at Arapahoe Community College. He played water polo at Bowling Green State University in Ohio for four years. After having kids, he was looking for a way to keep his children active and found water polo in Colorado. In need of refs, he became a ref in 2011 for one of the local teams. Ever since, he has reffed in national tournaments for USA Water Polo, leading the local tournaments as the head ref. In addition to USA Water Polo, he also refs for the Collegiate Water Polo Association for the last 7 years, including being the head ref for numerous events in the Rocky Mountain Region. He earned the opportunity to ref at the National College Club Championships for both men and women. Matt has been with the Colorado High School Water Polo since the inception as the Head Ref.

Matt has 3 kids that have played water polo. His oldest has become a coach for the Boulder team. Matt has taken a step into the coaching arena, by helping start the S.Jeffco/Heritage water polo team in 2023.

Treasurer

Jennifer joined the Colorado HSWPA Board in 2022 as the Treasurer. Her previous volunteer experience include positions at the Antelope Ridge Elementary PTCO, Eaglecrest HS Swim Booster, Colorado Water Polo, and the Cherry Creek HS Water Polo team. She currently works at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus as a Practice Facilitator.

Jennifer did not grow up playing water polo, her son found water polo while watching the 2016 Olympics and wanted to give it a try. He loved it from the first practice, his twin sister tagged along but was adamant that she was a swimmer and not a water polo player. After her second practice, she declared she was a water polo player and not a swimmer.

Secretary

A Colorado native, Kyle grew up swimming and playing basketball. He found water polo in college.

Head Referee

Chris Adams is an attorney with Frontier Law where he practices criminal defense and litigation matters involving SafeSport and Title IX. Chris is an active official with USA Water Polo traveling the country for various events to officiate tournaments. He is a common face at the Rocky Mountain Zone’s Rocktober 12&U event and can be seen at various events in Colorado, Utah, and his native Southern Pacific Zone. He is a current board member for the USA Water Polo Mountain Zone.

In addition to USA Water Polo events, Chirs has been an active official with the Collegiate Water Polo Association since 2012. He has officiated college water polo extensively in the northeast including D1 tournaments hosted by Brown, MIT, and Harvard. He has also enjoyed officiating the smaller NESCAC leagues and tournaments where there was a raw love for the sport and constant learning by all athletes when he was living in Boston. He now is an active member in the Rocky Mountain Zone where he is one of the head referees in the zone.

Not only is Chris an active water polo official, he has been an active coach for the past 20 years. He coached high school water polo in Southern California for three years and has been a swim coach since 2006. Athletes he has coached have achieved success in age group, high school, and national level events.

Chris is thrilled to be working with Colorado High School Water Polo Association as its head referee to help grow a sport that has been so fundamental to his life. Chris lives with his wife and 2 labradors in Parker.