Coaches and Directors

Coaches and Directors
Coaching Staff
Timothy Layer Head Swim Coach

Tim graduated from Grand Valley State University and studied Sports Management and Hospitality.  He has his Masters in Elementary Education and is currently teaching.  He began swimming before he could walk and swam for 14 years for the Roselle Racers and Lake Park Swim Team, attended numerous summer swim camps, swim clubs, and Tim even started a swim and dive club at Grand Valley.  He is a swim coach at Lake Park High School and is ready for his 10th season of coaching for Roselle this summer.  He loves to motivate his swimmers to swim fast, improve their strokes, stay motivated, stay focused, and drop times.  He is excited to continue to work with the Roselle Racers and Roselle Racer families for another successful summer!

Danielle Alley Swim Coach

Danielle is currently a student at Butler University studying health sciences and psychology with goals of beocming a physical therapist.  She swam for thirteen years starting in grade school with Palatine Park Disctrict, switching to Academy Bullets while in high school.  She graduated from Schaumburg High School in 2002, swimming and playing water polo for all four years.  Her senior year, she was one of the team captains, helping her team break the 400 free relay record and place at state.  This will be her first summer coaching, and she is excited to meet the kids and help them grow both in and out of the pool!

Sarah Montgomery Swim Coach

Coaches Abby Piper and Sarah Montogmery will primarily be working with the 8 and under swimmers.  They are both longtime Roselle Racers, each swimming on the team for over 10 years.  Sarah was on her high school swim team and has been a swim instructor at Kemmerling Pool for 2 years.  Sarah is studying elementary education at Bradley University and is a student teacher and counselor at Spring Hills. 

Abby Piper Swim Coach

Coaches Abby Piper and Sarah Montogmery will primarily be working with the 8 and under swimmers.  They are both longtime Roselle Racers, each swimming on the team for over 10 years.  Abby was a varsity swimmer in high school and has been a swim instructure at Pro Swim Academy for 2 years.  She's enrolled in a PharmD program at Duquesne Univerity. 

Jacob Bojan Junior Racers Coach

Jacob will be coaching Junior Racers for the second summer this year.  He was on the Roselle Racers Swim Team for eight years and the Lake Park High School Swim Team for four years.  During the off season, he was on the gymnastics team.  He has been a lifeguard for Kemmerling Pool since 2018.  During his free time, he likes to volunteer at the Roselle Police Department in the Explorers Program.  In 2020, he graduated from Lake Park and is now a Junior at Northern Illinois University studying biochemistry.

Board of Directors
Amy Pena President
Monty Guevara Treasurer
Jennifer Ohlson Volunteer Coordinator