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HEAD COACH:
Barry Neville cph: 563-343-4665 e-mail: bettswim@yahoo.com
Bio:
Barry Neville came to
BETT in September, 2002. Barry coaches the Junior and Senior Team
Training Groups. He’s an American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) Level 4 (out
of 5)
Coach, ranking him in the top 8% of coaches in the country. He has been awarded
ASCA’s
Excellence in Coaching Certificate. Barry has an extensive background with all
levels of
swimming. Barry also serves as the coach with Bettendorf Middle School.
Starting his junior year in high school, Barry coached his home club, the
Anamosa Swim Club
(1981-85). Both while attending and after college, Barry was an assistant with
the University of
Iowa Women’s Swim Team from 1983-90. During the summers of 1986-88, he served as
the
head age group and assistant senior coach with the Rock Island Family YMCA (IL);
Bowman
Wood’s Swim & Racquet Club Manager, Lesson Coordinator, and Swim Coach in Cedar
Rapids,
Iowa from 1987-88; and as a coach at the University of Iowa Swim Camps from
1988-90. From
1988-92, Barry was the Aquatics Coordinator of the Coralville, IA Parks &
Recreation Dept.
During this time, he founded and coached the Coralville Swim Club and served as
Coach of the
Northwest Junior High Team.
From 1992-96, Barry was the head coach of the Y-Huntington Swim Club and
University of
Charleston Aquatic Team in Huntington, West Virginia. During the four years in
Huntington, his
teams placed in the top 20 at YMCA Nationals including his girl’s team placing
National Runner
Up and an overall National team place of 8th in 1993. From 1996-2001, Barry was
the Head
Coach of the STAR Swim Club in Buffalo, NY and from 2001-02, the Head Coach of
the
Champaign County (IL) Aquachiefs. His Champaign team finished 5th at the YMCA
National
Championships. Barry has coached 28 YMCA National qualifiers, 83 Junior National
and
Sectional qualifiers, 22 Senior National qualifiers, and 3 Olympic Trial
qualifiers, and 1 Olympic
Swimmer.
In his years as Bettendorf Head Coach, Barry has brought BETT the
Iowa Senior Team
State Championship.
BETT, Barry has been named State Coach of the Year and currently is the Senior
Vice-Chair for
Iowa Swimming Inc. and President of the Iowa Swim Coaches Association. He also
served as the
head of Technical Planning in Iowa. He has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in
Sociology from the
University of Iowa and maintains membership in the American Swimming Coaches
Association
and the United States Swimming, Inc.
Assistant Coaches:
Judy White - AG2 (information forthcoming) e-mail: legweak2@aol.com
Tara (Hanson) Christensen- (Incoming Coach) e-mail: arat112@hotmail.com
Sue Clark - Silver (Information forthcoming) e-mail: sdc603@mchsi.com
Megan Lonergan - AG1, Silver, PC's, e-mail: meganlonergan87@gmail.com
Bio:
Megan started coaching at BETT swim club this past summer (2008). She currently coaches the Silver and the PC groups. Megan is one of BETT swim clubs most distinguished alumni. Megan still holds many club records (see club records), as well as, Midwest all-star records. Additionally, she was a state champion, Midwest all-star champion, Central Zones champion and Speedo Series Champion for the club. Recently, Megan swam for the University of Kansas. With the Jayhawks she swam to the fifth fastest spot on the Kansas 2006-2007 top time’s list. While at Bettendorf High School, Megan was a four-year letter-winner in swimming. Her team won the Iowa State meet in 2001 and 2002. She is the only swimmer in Iowa History to win the 500 freestyle four consecutive years. Megan also was a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American in 2003. Additionally, she was a member of the National Honor Society in 2004 and District Swimmer of the Year in 2003 and 2004. She still holds Bettendorf school records in the 200 and the 500 free and the 200 free relay. Megan was also her team MVP in 2001, 2002, and 2004. She also was featured in 2004’s Sports Illustrated faces in the crowd. Megan and her family has had ties with the BETT swim club for years as her brother John swam for the club and then at Iowa and her other brother Mike swam for the club and Evansville College as well.
Stacey Zapolski - Silver, e-mail: indianazaps@comcast.net
Bio:
Stacey will be starting her first season with BETT in 2008-09. Stacey was a 1986 graduate at Burlington High School (Iowa). She then went on to become a four-year letter-winner at Pepperdine in Malibu, CA. Following graduation, Stacey served as the Aquatics Director and Age Group coach at the Newport-Costa Mesa YMCA for two years. Here she mentored Hailey Piersol and her brother Aaron, who went on to earn 5 Olympic Gold medals and future world record holder. While living in California, Stacey taught 3rd grade for 7 years. For the past 2 years, Stacey was an assistant coach at the Yorktown Swim Club (Indiana), and served as head coach from 2005-08 at Anderson Country Club (Indiana). Stacey has a master’s degree in education, and is also a Mary Kay representative. Her husband, Mike, serves as the Director of Athletics at Augustana College. They have three children- Haley, Luke, & Noah.
Clay Graft - AG1, e-mail: claygrafft@hotmail.com
Bio:
Started coaching with BETT in 2007. Swam high school for Cedar Rapids Washington. He was a captain of his high school team which won the National Championship High School Team title. He was a varsity member of 3 Iowa High School State Championship teams and a 4 year High School All-American. He specialized in the breaststroke. He also swam for the Cedar Rapids Aquatic Association. Clay works with the AG1 group. He received his B.B.A. in Finance at the University of Iowa.
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