MAVERICK COACHES

Mark Townsend, Head Coach/Genesis Coach/Lead Senior Coach
Mark began swimming competitively at the age of 8. He competed for the Cress Creek Country Club in the Naperville Park District, the Naperville YMCA,Naperville North High School, The University of Iowa, and North Central College. He was a four-time high school All American and thirteen-time NCAA D3 All American. Mark captained both the Naperville North and North Central College Swim Teams. He has earned Bachelor Degrees in Management from North Central College (’91), and in Elementary Education from Benedictine University (’97). Mark has been coaching swimming since 1985. He was a three year assistant coach for the Cress Creek Country Club and a two year assistant coach for the Downers Grove Area Swim Team. Mark was the head coach of the Huntington Estates Swim Team for 9 summers. Mark is the original head coach and one of the founding members of the Maverick Swim Club (est. 1994). Mark resides in Aurora with his wife, Katie, and son, Logan.

Doug Helm, Head Age Group Coach/Genesis Coach
Doug competed from the time he was nine years old until he turned 30. He swam competitively for Hobson West of the Naperville Park District, the Naperville YMCA, Naperville Central High School, The University of Iowa, and the Maverick Swim Club. Doug’s coaching experience includes 1 year as the Iowa City Boys HS Coach, 1 year as a NCHS Assistant Coach, 2 years as a NCHS Volunteer Coach, and coaching with Maverick Swim Club since 1997.  Coach. Doug earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Iowa. He is a Project Manager for General Mills in his career away from the pool. He resides in Naperville with his wife, Marsha, and their two daughters, Penelope and Nadia.

Megan Mau, Precore Lead Coach
Megan swam competitively from the age of 5 to 17, mainly for the Cress Creek Rebels in the summer and the Mavericks in the winter. She has coached for Cress Creek since 2000. Megan attended the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign where she graduated with an Elementary Education degree. During her final two years at school, she coached the local YMCA club team, the Champaign Aquachiefs/Heat. She has been coaching for Maverick since 2008. Away from the pool, Megan works at Mill Street Elementary School as an assistant and substitute teacher.

Missy Hines, C1 Lead Coach
Coach Missy started swimming at the age of 5. She swam in the Naperville Park Distict, the Naperville YMCA, B.R.Ryall YMCA, and Naperville Central High School. Missy received her bachelors degree in Elementary Education from Eastern Illinois University and taught for 5 years. She began coaching with the City of Plano Swimmers in Plano Texas in 1998 until moving back to Illinois in 1999 where she started coaching with Maverick Swim Club. Missy has been with Mavericks for 12 years, and this year will be her sixth year as lead coach for the Core 1 group. She also founded the Mighty Mavs group four years ago. Missy’s husband Jay is also a Maverick coach.

Mike Hubbard, C2 Lead Coach
Mike started swimming on the Cress Creek swim team when he was four years old. He joined Mavericks the first year that it began at the age of 9. Mike swam for Naperville North in high school where he was the team captain his senior year. He began coaching at the age of 15 for the Cress Creek Rebels. He coached there for seven seasons. Mike attended college at the University of Illinois where he received a bachelor’s degree in Advertising. He coached the Champaign Aquachiefs in Champaign, Ill during college. Mike has been coaching the Maverick Swim Club since 2007. Mike also works full-time at the Naperville Magazine as the Director of Advertising.

Mike Adams, C3 Lead Coach
Mike’s experience includes coaching tenures at theCincinnati Pepsi Marlins, theNaperville YMCA, and Naperville Central High School. He is currently the head coach of the NCHS boys swim team and the C3 lead coach of the Maverick Swim Club. Mike is an ASCA Level 5 certified coach.

Frederick Wennlund
Frederick started swimming at age 8 for the Cress Creek Commons Cobras.  He swam there and with the Cress Creek Country Club Rebels until the age of 16.  Frederick also swam from 2002-2004 at Marmion Academy.  During the summers, Frederick has been working as a lifeguard and assistant manager at Cress Creek Country Club.  Frederick attended Grove City College in Grove City, PA and graduated in May 2010 with a B.A. in History and a license to teach grades 6-12.  Frederick is currently working as a substitute teacher in Naperville and began coaching for Mavericks in 2010.

Tony Senkevicius
Tony started his swimming career at the age of 9 for the Farmstead Flying Fish; he swam for the Flying Fish until his senior year of high school. Tony swam on the Maverick Swim Club from 2003-2005 and for Naperville Central High School 2003-2006, the last three years at the varsity level. Tony has been a volunteer coach for the NCHS boys swim team since 2008. Tony coached at Farmstead in summer of 2003. He then embarked on a lifeguarding career, which included guarding at Farmstead, Tall Grass, Centennial Beach, and Sea Lion Aquatic Park in Lisle, where he was a head guard in 2008. Tony was an age group coach for the Lisle Sea Lions in 2009 and head coach of the Maplebrook II Blue Dolphins in 2010. He is A.S.E.P certified (American Sports Education Program), which qualifies him to coach any sport at the IHSA level. In 2010 Tony received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History as well as teacher certification for grades 6-12 from Illinois State University. He is currently pursuing a Mathematics endorsement and substitute teaching in Naperville.

Lauren Hosimer
Lauren started her competitive swimming career at the age of 8 in the summer at Centennial Beach. That fall she began swimming for Mavericks. Lauren continued her career with the Beach until 2001 but stayed with Mavericks through her senior year of high school. She swam varsity for Naperville Central all four years and was part of the 2005 State Championship Team. Lauren attended Valparaiso University from 2006 to 2010 where she studied sports management, business administration and public relations and received a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education. Lauren was a varsity swimmer at Valparaiso.  Lauren returned to the Beach as a coach in 2005 and coached through the summer of 2008. 2010 was Lauren’s first year coaching Mavericks.

Chris Saxtan
Chris Saxtan is a former Maverick Swimmer, starting at the age of 13 in 1994. He swam competitively for 14 years starting at his neighborhood pool, Maplebrook 1, at the age of 5. Chris coached Maplebrook 1 for 3 years while in high school as well as being one of the co-captains of the Naperville Central Boys Swim Team his senior year in 2000. He earned a Bachelor’s in Marketing at the University of Missouri in 2004 and has been coaching with the Maverick Swim Club since 2009.

Erin Albright
Erin Albright began swimming at 7 years old on the Maplebrook II Blue Dolphins, a member of the Naperville Park District. She began swimming year round in 2000 with the Naperville YMCA and then with B.R. Ryall and the Wheaton Swim Club. She began her coaching experience in 2006, coaching 2 years with Wheaton Swim Club and 1 summer with Stonebridge Country Club. She also works at Kiefer Swim Shop and is at Trinity Christian College studying math.

Kelly Foster
Kelly graduated from the University of Illinois earning a BS in Math and has her Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education. She started swimming at the age of 5, swimming on summer league swim teams for twelve years. She swam for Rockwood Swim Club out of Chesterfield, MO, as well as Marquette High School. Kelly coaches for the Stonebridge Sharks in the summer and has been with the Maverick Swim Club since 2009.

Stephanie McHale
Stephanie began swimming competitively at the age of 9. She competed for the Naperville YMCA, Pine Crest Swim Club in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Hobson West Swim Club, Waubonsie Valley High School and Purdue University. She was a high school All-American and ranked within the top 10 for 100 backstroke and 200 IM. While at Purdue, she earned a Bachelor Degree in Health and Kinesiology and became a certified Personal Trainer, specializing in endurance and strength training. Stephanie coached one of the first Maverick senior teams in the summer of 1994 and coached one summer with the Hobson West swim team. Stephanie lives in Naperville, with her husband Geoff and their 2 kids.

Kelle Lalko, Breakout Lead Coach
Kelle has 14 years of swimming experience. She swam for Naperville North High School and the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse where she held honors as MVP, team captain, and record holder. Her coaching experience includes 4 years in the Naperville Park District Swim Conference, 4 summers as assistant coach for the Oakhurst Swim Team, and 2 summers as head coach for Oakhurst North Swim Team. Kelle started coaching with Maverick Swim Club in 2008. Outside of the pool Kelle is a physical education teacher at Granger middle school in district 204. She also coaches track and enjoys competing in triathlons.

Jim Lullo, C1 Assistant Coach/Senior Assistant Coach
Jim began swimming competitively at the age of 4. He swam in the Naperville Park District, for the Maverick Swim Club, and for Naperville Central. Jim competed in the state finals and was part of the 2002 state championship team. He swam for 4 years at Ball State University and majored in Elementary Education. Jim teaches 2nd grade at Steeple Run School in District 203.

Lauren Carpenter, C3 Assistant Coach
Lauren started swimming with the Maverick Swim Club when it began in 1994 when she was in 5th grade. She continued swimming with the club through high school. Lauren was a 4-year varsity swimmer at Naperville North High School. Her favorite and best event was the 200 butterfly. She graduated from Naperville North in 2002. Lauren earned a bachelor's degree in Speech Communication and History at Augustana College. She started coaching for Maverick Swim Club in the fall of 2006.

Marsha Helm, PC Assistant Coach
Marsha has been either swimming competitively or coaching for 26 years. Marsha swam her age-group and high school years in Newcastle, Wyoming and went undefeated at the state championship meet for 4 years. Marsha started her college swimming career at the University of Iowa. After two uneventful years, Marsha transferred to Colorado State University where she became an NCAA Division I All-American through her swims on Colorado State’s 200 Medley and 400 Medley relays. Marsha began coaching in college as an assistant coach for Colorado State University’s summer swim camps. She has been head coach for two park district swim teams - Heritage Village Swim Team (Littleton, CO), and Hobson West Swim Team (Naperville, IL). Marsha has been coaching with the Maverick Swim Club since 1997. As a Maverick coach, Marsha has worked with every age group and swimmers at all skill levels from novice 8 & unders to college-aged competitive swimmers. Marsha, her husband Doug, and their two daughters live in Naperville, IL.

Karen Snyder, C1 Assistant Coach
Karen grew up in Naperville and started swimming competitively in the summers when she was 5 years old. At the age of 8, she joined the Naperville YMCA Swim Team for winter swimming. In high school, Karen swam for Naperville Central and placed top 4 at State in the 100 breaststroke all 4 years. She went on to swim 4 years at the University of Michigan. Karen was an assistant coach at Centennial Beach for 3 summers and head coach for 1 summer. She also spent a summer as the head coach at Sea Lion Aquatic Park in Lisle. Karen has been coaching with Maverick Swim Club since 2007. Karen has earned a B.S. in Kinesiology from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Physical Therapy from Northwestern University. She lives in Naperville with her husband and 4 children.

Nora Schroedter, C2 Assistant Coach
Nora swam for Centennial Beach, Cress Creek and Naper Carriage Hill in the Naperville Park District Swim Conference. She also swam for the Naperville YMCA, Naperville North High School and North Central College. During high school and college, Nora coached at Naper Carriage Hill and Centennial Beach. After college she coached for the Lyons Swim Club, the Downers Grove Area Swim Team and the College of DuPage before starting the Maverick Swim Club along with Mark Townsend and Sue Hubbard. She currently is Vice President of Swimming Pool Management Systems, Pool Guards Inc. and DuPage Swimming Center. Her children Riley and Jack are members of the Maverick Swim club

Bill Lavery, C2 Assistant Coach
Bill began swimming for the Hornet Swim Club at the age of 7 and competed until he was 14. He is currently coaching his seventh year with the Maverick Swim Club. Bill also coached for the Lockport Homer Swim Club for one year. He is also affectionately known as “Coach Sir”.

Liz Dillmann, C2 Assistant Coach
Liz started swimming at age 9 in Sydney, Australia, where she held national age group and open records and competed internationally. She continued to swim at the University of Illinois in Champaign, where she earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Exercise Physiology and taught competitive swimming and learn to swim classes, weight training and nutrition. She also coached the summer swim programs at  Uof I. Liz currently competes in U.S. Masters Swimming, a National Champion in pool and Open Water events. She has 4 children that swim and has been a Maverick parent since 2003, and an assistant coach since 2008 .

Mike Rigali, C3/Genesis/Long Course Assistant Coach
Mike is a former Maverick swimmer who joined the club in 1994 when he was 13 years old.  He graduated from Naperville Central High School in 2000 where he was an All-American his Junior and Senior year and from Michigan State University in 2004, where he was team captain his final year.  He earned a B.A. in Criminal Justice from MSU and earned his Masters in Arts of Teaching through Aurora University in December of 2008.  He is now a middle school math and history teacher.  He had served as head coach for the Benet Academy Boys' Varsity Swim Team in Lisle from 2005 through 2010.

Mark Schmitt, Senior Assistant Coach
Mark swam competitively from age 8 to 22 with the Naperville Racquet Club, Naperville North High School, The University of Iowa, North Central College, Sun Devil Masters and Mavericks Swim Club.  Along with graduating with a B.A. in Psychology from North Central College, he won the DIII National Championship in the 200 backstroke, and took 2nd in the 100 backstroke.  Mark also teaches swim lessons at DuPage Swimming Center, and is the Assistant Swim Coach for North Central College.  Mark began coaching with Mavericks in the summer of 2008.

Jay Hines, Senior Assistant Coach
Jay started as a summer swimmer at age 8 and swam competitively for Burkwood Swim Club of Mechanicsville VA, Hobson West of the Naperville Park District, the Naperville YMCA, Naperville Central High School, and Bradley University. Jay’s coaching experience includes 1 year as the Bradley Bourbonais Head Coach, 1 year as a NCHS Volunteer Coach, and over a decade as a Maverick Swim Club Coach. Jay earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Bradley and is a partner in Thruput Inc. and GreenCells Inc. away from the pool. He resides in Aurora with his wife, Core One coach Missy, and their two sons, Jamey and Justin.