Stan Crump
HAST Head Coach, Sr. Gold Coach
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Cell Phone #801-362-8626
Coach Stan Crump has coached and been successful at
every level in competitive swimming, from the summer leagues to the
NCAA 1 level. He comes to HAST from BYU, where he spent 31
years as Head Women's Coach and Assistant Head Coach for BYU
Swimming (men's and women's combined). At BYU, his teams won
17 conference championships, and he coached numerous NCAA
All-Americans, National finalists, and Olympic
qualifiers.
A nine-time coach of the year in the collegiate ranks, Stan
has also been named a Master Coach in 1994, and a Distinguished
Coach in 2004 by the Collegiate Swim Coaches of America. In
2002, he earned the Level 5 designation from the American Swimming
Coaches Association, and has also received 13 ASCA Certificates of
Achievement.
He directed the Cougar Swim Camp at BYU for 23 years, and has
directed or presented at many clinics, including an assignment from
USA Swimming in Amman, Jordan, at the University of
Jordan. Previous to BYU, he was Head Coach for Timpview High
School, and for the Utah Valley Dolphins. His first coaching
assignment was at Pleasant Grove, in the summer league in 1975.
Stan is married to the former Holly Ann Daughtrey. They have
been married for 36 years, and have five children: Maggie, Jacob,
Susannah, Wesley, and Eliza. They reside in Lehi, Utah.
Kirsten Buker
Sr. Gold & Sr. Bronze Coach
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Cell Phone #801-889-3200
Kirsten began swimming for the Y- Spartaquatics Swim Club in
Spartanburg, South Carolina when she was 10 years old before moving
to Utah at age 13. She set many state and YMCA National records and
was ranked National Top 16 in the 100 breaststroke. After high
school she swam for #7 ranked Arizona State University. Her
coaching career began in Idaho Falls as a volunteer age group coach
for the Idaho Falls Cutthroats and later as the interim Head Coach,
helping swimmers prepare to compete at the collegiate level and
earn college scholarships. Kirsten has been coaching at HAST for 2
years and was an interim Senior Gold coach for the 2012 long course
season. She is currently one of the Senior Bronze coaches. Kirsten
believes that hard work can be addicting and fun. She encourages
kids to be the best they can be regardless of their swimming
level.
Zachary D Barber
Sr. Bronze Coach
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Cell Phone #801-361-7570
I grew up swimming in Dallas, Texas starting at 8 years old
until I was 18. I swam club for Texas Ford Aquatics and for
McKinney Boyd High School. I have faced much adversity in the sport
of swimming that I believe, has made me a better person. That
adversity included having a disease that inhibited my ability to
eat food. For the majority of my swimming career I was only allowed
to drink medical formula(3 meals a day) as my only source of
calories. Despite not being able to eat food for many years I was
able to break records in the 200 IM and 100 Breaststroke for
McKinney Boyd High School.
I love this sport, I love sharing my story to motivate people,
and I love mentoring and teaching kids to be a better person in and
out of the pool.
Suzie Shepherdson
Age Group Head Coach, Dolphin Coach
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Cell Phone #801-369-9669
Coach Shepherdson began her coaching career as a summer league coach. After 7 years in the summer league she coached at Lehi High School for 9 years. She started coaching for HAST in 2005 as the Stingray coach and then moved on to the Dolphins. She is currently coaching the 11 & 12 year olds in the Barracuda/Dolphin group. She really enjoys working with the age groups swimmers, and loves seeing their eyes light up when they start to understand stroke mechanics and start to really swim fast. "When this happens, the swimmers get really excited about swimming and that makes my job fun!!"
Janet Oles
Barracudas Coach
Email
385-498-2238 (cell)
Coach Oles has been coaching since 1992 and
is now our Barracuda coach. She started at OTAC and moved to HAST
when the pool was first opened in 1993. Janet has been involved
with the development of Hilltop from day one. Janet envisioned a
team that cities from all around would feed. Thus the name Hilltop,
a team set on a hill which the community would look to. Janet is a
Level 5 ASCA coach and has been an assistant Zone’s
coach for the State of Utah twice. Janet’s daughter
(Sonrisa) swam at BYU so she understands the long range development
of a swimmer from a parents’ point of view. Janet was named
Utah Swimming Age Group Coach of the Year for 2001, but feels her
biggest honor came when the kids honored her after their State
Championship win in March 2001. Janet says that the kids’
examples have taught her courage, the importance of a good
attitude, and the determination to never give up (even when you're
tired) in her own personal life.
Celeste Tiffany
Piranhas Coach
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Cell Phone #801-362-9333
Coach Tiffany has been a coach at HAST for many years. She has been our Senior Coach and has also been the American Fork High School Swim Coach. BYU recruited Celeste as a backstroker and was the captain of the BYU swim team her junior and senior year. She and her husband Steven have two sons and one daughter. She loves to see the improvement and the excitement of the swimmers as they learn to love swimming.
Brady Karratti
Riptides Coach
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Cell Phone #435-703-0401
"Koach" Brady Karratti has been near a pool for over 15 years, 7
of which he has also coached. He favors breaststroke and the IM as
he swam those both Nationally and Internationally.
But while coaching he focuses on technique and perfecting "the
basics", BEFORE working on speed. "You have to learn to ride with
training wheels, before you race down a hill" Having been the
personal coach of swimmers that won High Point Award in Utah State
Age Group Championships, in 2016, 2017, and 2018, and the 10 and
Under Boys team that broke the State record for the 200 Freestyle
relay in 2018; he's very passionate about this sport. He hopes to
continue coaching and being near a pool for the rest of his life
and looks forward to how else he can help swimmers achieve their
goals.
Elizabeth M Grant
Sharks & Starfish Coach
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Cell Phone #801-318-0425
Coach
Beth Grant coached with our team before moving with her
husband to California several years ago. Now she has returned, and
we are so glad to have her back!! Her many years of coaching
beginner through high school level swimmers makes her an all around
great coach.
