Nancy Denenberg
Head Coach
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Coach Nancy is
the Head Swim Team Coach of the Glen Ellyn Gators. This will be her
fourth year as the Head Coach of Gators. Coach Nancy swam
competitively in her youth, coached a large park district swim
team during college, and continues to promote and enjoy the sport
of swimming in many different capacities. Within Gators,
she has been a parent committee member and swimteam
volunteer for over ten years. She also served as a volunteer
and board member for the B.R. Ryall YMCA swimteam. She was
instrumental in the Glen Ellyn Aquatics Initiative, organizing
and implementing a successful Starts and Turns Clinic and Swimathon
fundraiser. Her tremendous passion for the sport of
swimming brings the spirit and dedication we love to the Glen Ellyn
Gators Swim Team. The Glen Ellyn Park District recently
published this article about Coach Nancy - click this link
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https://gepark.org/2018/05/meet-gator-swim-coach-nancy-denenberg/.
Jane Denenberg
Assistant Coach
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Jane started swimming for the Gators at age six! This
will be her third summer coaching Gators. Coach Jane
swims year round for B.R. Ryall YMCA Swim Team and Glenbard
West/South High School Swim Team. She will be a freshman
at The University of Massachusetts this fall, where she
will continue her swimming career. Coach
Jane is
famous in Gatorland for poolside dancing, making
up catchy swim technique songs and bringing a lot of
laughter
and team spirit to the team. Contact Coach Jane via
email jmdenenberg@gmail.com, or
text 630-414-7155.
Kate Kissane
Assistant Coach
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Coach Kate
started swimming for Gators when she was seven years old and swam
for the team for seven years. She recently finished her
swimming career where she swam on the B.R. Ryall YMCA
swim team and the Glenbard West/South high school swim
team. This will be Kate's third summer coaching Gators.
For the past two years she has also been coaching
at the B.R. Ryall YMCA Swim Team. In the fall,
Kate will attend The University of Nebraska to study
sociology and political science. Kate can’t wait for
another summer in Gatorland! Contact her at kateekissane@gmail.com
or at
1-630-715-8122
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Grace Schwieters
Assistant Coach
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Coach Grace started swimming on her park district swim team when
she was six years old. She has also been swimming on the BR
Ryall YMCA Swim Team for six years and has helped coach the Y team
in the past. She will be continuing her swimming career at the
University of Chicago this fall. Grace loves watching swimmers grow
and is excited for a fun Gator summer!
Kate Morris
Assistant Coach
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Coach Kate started her swimming career with Gators at six years
old, and has been swimming ever since! She started club
swimming for BR Ryall at seven. Kate has coached the Junior Gators
and taught swim lessons at Sunset for the past two years. Coach
Kate loves working with kids and seeing all of their hard work pay
off through amazing improvements all while having fun!
