Swim Coaches

Mara Abbott

Member of the RallySport Family since 2012

Bio:

Coming Soon

Jacqueline Dayton

Member of the RallySport Family since 2008

Bio:

Jacqueline started on swim team at the age of 5 for the year around Boulder Poseidon's. In college, when she wasn't teaching swim lessons, Jackie swam with the CU Club team and Boulder Master's. Teaching and coaching is a passion of Jacqueline’s. She has been teaching swim lessons for over 10 years and was Head Instructor for the City of Boulder swim lesson program for over 4 years. While working on her Master’s in Health and Exercise Science, she was the Head Coach for the Boulder Barracudas for three seasons and now looks forward to coaching Manta Rays and running the Youth Aquatics at Rally. During her free time she enjoys being with husband and sons Pierce & Coulter, as well swimming, running and biking.

Cameron Dye

Member of the RallySport family since 2000

Bio:

Cameron has been swimming for as long as he can remember. From the days in the pool behind his house to starting year round swimming at the age of eight. Cameron has always excelled in the water. Numerous age group state titles as well as success with the RACE team on the national level led Cameron to take a swimming scholarship at The University of Iowa. There he was named captain of the team in his senior year and graduated with a BBA in Finance. After graduation Cameron returned to Boulder to pursue a long time dream of becoming a professional triathlete. Now entering his second year as a pro Cameron is well on his way to making a career out of the demanding sport.

Currently he is the head coach of the Manta Rays summer swim team, as well as coaching for RACE and the masters groups at Rallysport.

Allen Gardner

Member of the RallySport Family since 2010

Bio:

Allen began his swimming career at the age of 15 with a summer league team before moving to year around swimming at the age of 17 with the Carrollton Bluefins and Swim Atlanta. His Collegiate swimming career began at Vincennes University where he was Captain both years and had All-American honors. He then transferred to University of Hawaii finishing his senior year as co-captain. Allen went on to graduate with a BA in Sports Management. Allen has always had a passion for swimming, surfing, diving, really anything with water.
Allen moved to Boulder in the summer of 2009 in pursuit of life and dreams. He is currently entering his first year as a Professional Triathlete on the Breeze Bars Pro Development team coached by Grant Holicky and Neal Henderson. He currently coaches stroke school, the U-12 swim team and Masters at Rally. In his spare time Allen enjoys hiking and exploring.

Grant Holicky

Member of the RallySport Family since 1999

Bio:

Grant got his athletic start in swimming, and began competing at the age of five. He went on to set several Zone swimming records in New York and was a State finalist in bth Junior and Senior years of high school before attending Washington and Lee University on a Swimming and Water Polo scholarship.

While earning a degree in Biology, Grant was the swim team captain and Cy Twombly Award recipient (MVP) in my senior year. After graduating college and suffering what seemed to be a career ending shoulder injury, he moved to Boulder, CO and began his triathlon career racing professionally on the Xterra circuit from 2000-2003.

Grant started the club swim team upon arriving at RallySport in 1999 and in that time the RACE has produced Olympic Trials and National Championship qualifiers, numerous state and Sectional champions and multiple national champions. The most recent being Christine Jennings the reigning National Champion in the Open Water 10k event. Grant is currently a United States Swimming National team coach for open water. In addition, Grant continues to be active in the triathlon community and coaches several professional and age group triathletes both in Boulder and across the country..

Eney Jones

Member of the RallySport Family since 2008

Bio:

Former U.S. National Team member. NCAA Champion, 20 time finalist in US Nationals (including Olympic Trials) First woman out of the water in 6 Hawaiian Ironman Championships. Masters National Champion 100-200-400-500-1000-1500-1650. World Masters Champion in the 5k.

Jonathan Modine

Member of the RallySport Family since 1986

Bio:

Coming soon...

Taylor Nelson

Member of the RallySport Family since 2010

Bio:

Taylor comes to us from Decorah, IA where he was a four year letter winner on his high school and college swim teams. While attending Luther College he set numerous pool and school records, and qualified for the NCAA Division III National Swimming and Diving Championships in '08, '09 and '10. At Nationals Taylor competed to become a four time Honorable Mention All-American and missed being five time by one one-hundredth of a second. Taylor has been teaching children to swim since he was 15 years old and was a coach at Luther College swim camp for three years. He loves coaching young athletes and he strives to make them better swimmers everyday.