Janet Risser
Head Coach
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Coach Janet has been
coaching for more than 30 years in the Austin area, at Longhorn
Aquatics, Texas Gold, Circle C, and in Lake Travis. She is the head
coach for Lost Creek Aquatics at Lakeway, the Lakeway Masters team,
and the Lakeway Lakers summer team. She too, grew up
swimming in Nashville and in the Austin area. She was a high school
All-American and Collegiate All-American. Her love of swimming
continued and coaching became her passion. Janet has been a South
Texas Age Group Chairperson and a Zones coach, serves on the
South Texas Swimming Board of Directors, and has coached
many Top 16 swimmers, national record holders, and so
much more. Janet works with all levels of swimmers from the
beginner to the national elite. In 2012, she took four swimmers to
the 2012 Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. Janet has three
children.
Cooper Robinson
Assistant Coach
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Coach Cooper has been involved with swimming for 10 years. He started swimming when he was in 8th grade and has continued to love the sport ever since. He swam for Texas Christian University where he was able to qualify for the US Olympic Trials and NCAAs. He finds it extremely rewarding to teach young swimmers to have fun and help improve their swimming while loving the sport.
Brittany Lile
Assistant Coach
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I've been in the water
since I was eight months old and have continued my swimming career
with multiple swim clubs and teams from California to Texas. I
have been on the Lake Travis High School swim team for four years
and have been swimming with Lost Creek Aquatics for almost two
years. During my swimming career I was able to gain the
opportunity to become a lifeguard at the Lakeway Swim Center and am
proud to be a returning guard for my third summer season. I
look forward to meeting many new faces and supporting the Lakeway
Lakers in any way I can.
Emmie Knutson
Assistant Coach
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I have lived in Austin my
entire life and have swam for head coach Janet Risser at two
different club teams for over 10 years. I have had the opportunity
to work as a lifeguard and a swim lesson instructor at the Lakeway
Swim Center for the past three summer seasons so I’m very
familiar with the facility and the people here. Swimming has always
been a passion of mine. I competed on my club team, Lost Creek
Aquatics, for six years and the Lake Travis High School Swimming
and Diving team for four. I am so excited to be involved as an
assistant coach this summer for the Lakeway Lakers being that I am
a retired Laker myself! I look forward to a fun summer of with the
team and will be attending Texas A&M University in the
fall.
Jessica Evans
Team Manager
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Jessica became a "Swim
Mom" when her daughter, Hannah, joined the Lakeway Lakers swim team
in 2004. She started as an age group parent for the girls 7-8 age
group. During her daughter's five summers on the Lakers swim team,
Jessica worked in every volunteer position on the team, including
being the team's lead volunteer. After Hannah left the summer swim
team to focus on year-round competitive swimming, Jessica continued
volunteering to manage the Lakers team and also became
certified as a USA Swimming official as a stroke and turn judge,
starter, administrative referee, and meet referee. She is also
certified as a UIL official for high school swimming in Texas.
Jessica started swimming several years ago at the Lakeway Swim
Center and is a member of U.S. Masters Swimming, and also manages
the Lakeway Masters swim team. Jessica has also served on the South
Texas Swimming board of directors and the Austin Hills Swim
League board of directors, and coaches Special Olympics. After a
great career writing and editing college-level textbooks for
computer disciplines, in 2016, Jessica joined the staff of the
Lakers' USA Swimming partner club, Lost Creek Aquatics, as its
General Manager.
