Katlin Elizabeth Fuel
Lead Coach @ EAST
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Originally from Kansas, Katlin started swimming
competitively when she was 5 years old and continued to love the
sport for the next 13 years with Golden Belt Swim Squad in Western
Kansas and Great Bend High School swimming. She fell in loving
with coaching and teaching during her time as the Manager for the
Boys swim team in highschool and hasn't looked back.
Katlin has her degree in Recreation with minors in
both Coaching and Political Science. She was an Assistant
Coach for Golden Belt Swim Squad in Great Bend, Kansas and for
Capital City Swim Club in Topeka, Kansas, Assistant Coach for the
Emporia High School Girl's Swim Team and Head Coach of the Emporia
Aquatic Club in Emporia, Kansas.
Katlin
has been coaching for 6
years and teaching swim lessons for 10
years. This is her second year as the Head Coach for YDC United -
East.
Alayna L Gallegos
Lead Coach @ WEST
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Originally from Lakeville, MN, Alayna swam for a local
competitive swim team during grade school; then continued her
swimming career at Calvin College located in Grand Rapids, MI. She
started working with swimmers as a swim lessons instructor at age
16. After college, she coached for the club team at Calvin College
too. Afterwards, she decided to move to Madison to pursue her
Master's Degree in Social Work at UW Madison.
Tessa R Monroe
Assistant Coach @ EAST
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Born and raised
on the east side of Madison, Tessa began taking swim lessons at the
YMCA at age 4. During her first class, Lynn Stickels who was the
head coach of MEYO (Madison East Y Octopi) at the time, plucked her
out of the lesson and had her try out the swim team. There was no
turning back after that! From then on, Tessa swam nonstop all the
way through high school.
Tessa has taught swim lessons for 8 years and combine that with
swimming for 15+ years, she had a great base to start coaching. She
figured those who can’t do, teach! She has been coaching for
about 5 years and also works for an Architectural Company on the
west side of Madison.
Tyler M Moser
Assistant Coach @ WEST
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Tyler began competitively swimming in 2000 at the age of seven.
During the winter, he swam with the Green County Golden Gators
until 2006. Over the summers, he swam with the Monroe Area Swim
Team (MAST) until 2009. In his final summer of swimming, he started
coaching for MAST and continued to serve as an assistant coach
until 2012. In 2013 he served as the Co-Head Coach of MAST
alongside his mother, Linda. In 2015, Tyler began helping out with
the YDC United Swim Team, with this year being his second year of
coaching. Currently, Tyler also serves as the Assistant Coach of
the Monroe/New Glarus High School Girls Swim Team, where his
mother, Linda, is the Head Coach.
Chris President-Brown
Assistant Coach @ WEST
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Chris began swimming during his junior year at
Verona High School (VAMH). He fell in love with the
sport and continued through senior year. After graduation,
Chris returns to help out with his high school team
to gain more knowledge and experience of the swim world. He
has been coaching for the YDC for 4 year and he enjoys every second
of it!
Becky A Opheim
Assistant Coach @ EAST
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Becky swam competitively for 18 years through Club, High School and
College Swimming. She started swimming for the East Y (MEYO) when
she was 4 years old and continued to swim all year round. She has
been part of MEYO, Monona Swim and Dive, Sun Prairie Piranhas,
Mcfarland Spartan Sharks and Badger Aquatics Club. Once in high
school she swam for the Monona Grove Silver Eagles where she earned
a varsity letter all 4 years. After High School, she
continued swimming collegeiately at Carroll University,
located in Waukesha, WI, where she swam for 4 years and was a
captain her senior year. She has taught swim lessons for 9
years at the East Y and this will be her second year coaching for
YDC
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