Coaches

We are here to support your needs. If your questions are related to practice, meets, events, or other swimming related needs, please contact the head coaches at headcoach@tallgrasslightning.com before or after practice.  For all administrative questions, such as safety or policy issues, please contact us at info@tallgrasslightning.com.

We are thrilled to have new and returning coaches for the 2010 season.

 

2010 Coaching Staff

 

Co-Head  Coach Jenn

This will be Coach Jenn's third year with Tall Grass Lightning.  She was an assistant coach in 2008, an assistant head coach in 2009 and will be sharing head coach responsibilities with Coach Jackie this year.  She swam with the Park District from ages 8-17, was a member of the Fox Valley swim team for 9 years and participated on the Neuqua Valley High School varsity swim and water polo teams.  While Jenn no longer swims competitively, she could not imagine a summer that did not consist of Park District swimming and being on a pool deck every morning before the sun comes up.

Jenn is currently a junior pharmacy major at Drake University.

 

Co-Head  Coach Jackie

For the past four summers, Coach Jackie was an assistant coach for the Ashbury Aligators.  She started swimming for the Park District at the age of six and loved it so much she began swimming year-round.  She has contined swimming in college as part of the Michigan State University Triathlon Club.  Coach Jackie is really excited to begin at Tall Grass, and get to know and work with all of the swimmers.

Coach Jackie will be graduating from MSU in May and plans to attend Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in the fall.

Coach Emily, Coach Allie, Coach Brien, Coach Marissa, Coach Megan and Coach Natalie are excited to be coming back this summer and seeing all of their swimming friends.  They are working on new ideas for ways to have fun while swimming.

Coach Molly, Coach Grant, Coach Maddie and Coach Joe will be joining the coaching staff this year.  They are pleased to have the opportunity to work with Lightning swimmers and join in the fun planned for this season.

All of our coaches are accomplished students and swimmers and we are proud to have them working with our swimmers.

Coaching Staff