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I began volunteer coaching with the younger groups while a swimmer for the Rochester Swim Club during my junior & senior in high school.  After a 12 year career as a club and high school swimmer, I hung up my goggles but decided to stay on the deck.  In my freshman year in college I was fortunate to earn a work-study position as an assistant coach for the Ames-ISU YMCA team. After 3 years, I took the head coach position at the Marshalltown YMCA.  After college, I moved back to Rochester and was the Head coach for the Mayo Girls swimming team for 2 years and then the Boys assistant coach for 2 years.  In 1994, I was hired as a full-time assistant coach with the Rochester Swim Club Orcas and soon became the Director of Developmental Programs in charge of the Learn to Swim School, 8 & Under swimmers, and developmental 10 & Unders. I also shared responsibility for the Masters program and assisted with the Senior, Junior and Elite Age Group programs.  In 2000, I left the Orcas and started Med-City Aquatics as an alternative club in Rochester and served as the Program Director and Head Coach.  In the first year MCA won the Class A State Championship and qualified 9 swimmers to Sectionals.  I left full-time coaching in 2002 and worked part-time with the Rochester Family Y for 2 seasons. I left coaching completely after taking a “grown up” job with Schwans Home Service and no longer had time.  I current work for BauerBuilt in Rochester which allows me the time to coach. I am a Lifetime Member of the American Swimming Coaches Association and was awarded a Level 3 Certification in 2002.

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I started swimming in Joliet, IL, with the Jets swim club. My favorite practice was the 6 am Saturday. I always loved dry land and yoga. I swam with them all the way through til high school, when I transferred to WI. I swam with Horlick high school sophomore through senior years. I raced the 200 IM, 100 and 200 Breast, and Fly sprint in relays. In high school, coach made me swim the 500 and I loved it (I hated it at first but then I loved it).

I started coaching in Winona, MN with the Winfins. When I moved back to Milwaukee after college, I coached with the JCC, and with Shorewood Swim Club before I came to join Red Wing Swim Club. I coached high school preseason and age group. I focused on technique for all swimmers and rehabilitation for injured swimmers. I worked with athletes of all abilities, novice to junior national level.

I have taught in special education for the past 9 years (while coaching) and have taught swim lessons and lifeguarded for-ever (20 years now). I continue to teach swim lessons and lifeguarding at the YMCA in Red Wing. I am starting with a company in the cities as a Behavior Analyst and Independent living skills specialist, supporting adults with continuing needs after high school. Working with people and helping them live their best life and swim their best swims is what I strive to do.

Bio coming soon!