Billy Doughty
Head Coach
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Billy Doughty is an ASCA level 4 certified coach who moved to
Davis in the fall of 2009. Billy was recently awarded the
honor of 2011 "SENIOR COACH OF THE YEAR" for Sierra Nevada
LSC. Since his arrival the team is beginning to head to new
levels. In his short time in Davis, the program has an
Olympic Trials qualifier, multiple senior national qualifiers, new
JR national qualifiers, and a large number of sectional
qualifiers. The program has also had a run of success with
winning the 2010 SCY & 2011 LCM JR Olympic
Championships for the Sierra Nevada LSC. The Aquadart program
have been awarded the "Bronze Medal" status in 2011 and 2012 from
USA Swimming. Davis senior swimmers have finaled at JR
Nationals and won multiple Sectional HS championships in
2011. Six senior swimmers have signed to compete in college
programs in the last two years.
Billy served as the CEO/Head Coach for City of Mobile Swim
Association August 2006 - August 2009. During this time
the team has seen dramatic success in the pool, in the classroom,
and in the community. CMSA earned the
USA Swimming
Bronze Medal Excellence Award from USA Swimming all
three years. In 2009, CMSA swimmers won multiple AHSAA
state champioships, multiple junior national individual titles, and
have consistently placed top 5 in Southeastern Swimming
team scoring. CMSA currently has multiple swimmers
ranked in the top five in Southeastern Swimming and ranked in the
top ten in USA Swimming. CMSA sent swimmers to the 2008
Olympic Trials and had an athlete on
the USA National Youth Team.
Before joining CMSA, Billy worked as a Head Site Coach for
Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics running the University Club site for
six years. The University Club site grew from non-existent in
2000 to a site of 140 swimmers. At PASA, Billy worked with
all levels of swimmers from Junior National qualifiers, Pacific LSC
record holders, to beginners.
Billy swam at Clemson University and for Huntsville Swim
Association. He is married to Jen "Davis" with two young boys
(JT & Will).
Bill Henderson
Head Age Group Coach
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Bill Henderson is the Head Coach of Age Group Swimming for the
Aquadarts. The Sacramento native returns to the area after serving
as Head Coach of the University of Wisconsin at River Falls from
2002 through this past spring.
Bill's resume includes experience at just about every level of
competitive swimming, from summer recreation to Olympic Trial
qualifiers and from high school junior varsity to NCAA Division I.
He brings over thirty years of coaching experience to the Darts and
is very excited about the team's potential for growth and
improvement.
As a competitor, Bill swam for Arden Hills Swim Club where he
was an age group national champion. He was an all-american at Rio
Americano High School and American River Junior College. Bill
finished up his collegiate swimming career at Cal State Sacramento
where he was team captain and qualified for the Division II
nationals.
Coach Henderson lives in Davis and enjoys disc golf and has
recently returned to the pool and is training with the plan of
returning to competition soon.
Oliver W Spees
Senior Coach
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Oliver Spees joined the Aquadarts coaching
staff in January of 2010. He’s coached every single
group on the team, but settled in as the Senior Coach at the start
of the 2010/2011 season. He’s had a blast coaching in
Davis and looks forward to being a part of the Aquadart’s
very bright future.
Before coaching with the Darts, Oliver coached
the ‘Advanced Competitive’ group for DACA in the Bay
Area from 2006 to 2008.
During that time, he was personally responsible for the training
and development of eighty 11-14 year olds. Before moving to California,
Oliver was the technique coach for the University of Colorado from
2003 to 2006. While
coaching for CU, the club grew from 55 members to over 150 despite
receiving no funding from the university. Although CU’s swim team had
no NCAA sanction, they regularly competed against (and often beat)
Division II and Division III schools.
Oliver has been swimming since he was
three. He grew up in
Colorado where he swam summer club and USS with
Aces/Hill-Topers. He
was an All-American at Cherry Creek High School and won Colorado 5A
State Championships in the 100 backstroke and 50 free. Oliver swam in college for the
University of Colorado and went undefeated at ASA nationals,
winning 8 titles and setting 6 national records. After graduating, Oliver moved to
San Jose to train with the Santa Clara International Swim
Club. With the help of
legendary coaches Dick Jochums and John Bitter, Oliver qualified
and competed in the 2008 US Olympic Trials in the 50 free and 100
backstroke, earning him a world rank.
Oliver still swims and competes, but at the
Masters level. Oliver
is married to fellow CU swimmer Alanna O’Leary who is earning
her PhD in immunology at UCD. They enjoy hiking and
backpacking with their two dogs.
Carolee B Gregg
Age Group Coach & Head Summerdart Coach
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Carolee began coaching with Aquadarts as a UCD student in
1984. Her initial coaching career began at age
16, when she was an assistant coach with her hometown swim team
in
Quincy
for
six years. Carolee swam on
summer swim teams throughout her youth, and competed for the UCD
swim team in college. After
graduating from college, Carolee was the head coach of the
Greenhaven Swim Team in
Sacramento
for three years, and also
coached the Kennedy High swim team. She has been
coaching regularly with the Aquadarts since 1993 as an assistant
coach. Carolee has been the Head Coach of the
Davis Summerdarts for the past 16 years.
Carolee is married to Bill Gregg (her
former swim coach!). Bill works at the Foundation for Teaching Economics and is
also the Davis High School Cross Country and distance track coach.
They have four children: Kaitlin, 25, Brendan, 23, Kallie, 16, and
Bryce, 11. All of the kids swam/swim for Aquadarts throughout
their youth, and also participated in water polo, track, cross
country, skiing, soccer, and baseball. Kaitlin graduated from UCD,
where she competed on the Cross Country and Track teams. She now
lives and works in SF, and is also a professional runner. Brendan
recently graduated from Stanford, where he ran Cross Country and
Track. He too is pursuing professional running. Kallie is a
senior at DHS, and Bryce is in 6th grade at
Willett.
In her spare time, Carolee enjoys
photography, reading, skiing, camping, running, watching sports
(especially her own kids!), and spending time with her
family. She also coaches fitness running with Fleet
Feet’s Running For Women program. Her most favorite
thing to do is enjoying family reunions with her family
in
Quincy
and her husband’s
family in
Chico
.
Jamie Owen
Age Group Coach
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I swam for the Aquadarts for ten years. Have coached summerdarts
for the last 11 summers. I have a
bachelors degree in Child and Family Development
with a minor in History from San Diego State
University. After taking a year off, working
at Club Med. I
went to Sacramento State and got my
Masters Degree in Social Work with an emphasis
in
School Social Work.
Katie B Swensen
Junior Group Coach
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Katie joined the Aquadarts as the Junior
Group coach in the summer of 2011. Her coaching and swimming
experience comes from over a decade of training with Steve Morsilli
and the Pleasanton Seahawks. As a distance swimmer, Katie has
trained at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs and
competed at both pool and open water nationals. In 2004, she
finished 2nd at Open Water Nationals in the 5km....talk about a
long swim! Although school and coaching take up most of her time,
Katie hopes to start training again for a 10km open water swim. Her
hobbies, besides swimming and coaching of course, are reading,
hiking, playing tennis, and riding horses.
Chris T Stoner
Age Group Coach
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| Chris swam with the
Aquadarts for seven years where he competed at the sectional level.
In addition to swimming for the Aquadarts, Chris competed in both
high school swimming and water polo. He also has been coaching
Summerdarts for the past seven years, as well as the
Aquadarts for the last two years. Currently, Chris is in his fourth
year at UCD, studying International Relations. He competes in
swimming with the Davis Aquatic Masters and rides for the Aggie
cycling team. In his free time, Chris enjoys hiking, backpacking,
reading, and music.
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Ellen Curry
Age Group Coach
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Ellen’s swimming
career began at the age of six at the Hamilton YMCA in Ohio. After
moving to California in 2002, Ellen swam with teams including the
Fairfield Aquatic Club, the Solano Aquatic Sea Otters, the
Vacaville Swim Club, and the Davis Aquadarts. While swimming with
the Fairfield Aquatic Club, Ellen had the privilege of being
coached by the well-respected age group coach Bob Southward. Most
recently, Ellen swam for the Davis Aquadarts in head coach Billy
Doughty’s senior group. Ellen also swam for the varsity swim
team all through High School, where she was team captain and named
“Most Valuable Swimmer” three years in a
row. In addition to competitive
swimming, Ellen also participated in cross country and soccer.
Ellen graduated from Will C. Wood High School in Vacaville in 2012,
and is currently attending Solano Community College, where she is
completing her general education. Ellen plans on transferring to UC
Davis where she will double major in education and history to
become a history teacher, and would also like to persue her career
in coaching. Ellen’s interests and hobbies include drawing,
listening to music, reading, and being with her friends and
family.
