Head Swim Coach: Kelly Shipley

Email: swim@smanet.org

Kelly has been coaching all levels of swimming since 2008. Her coaching background includes head girls swim coach for both Longmont High School and Erie High School (with a state championship title 2018). USA swim coach (and level 2 ASCA coach) for the Longmont Redtails as well as private lessons for many years. Kelly has been a competitive swimmer since she was 5 years old, and she is still swimming! She has competed on a year round team most of her life, enjoyed water polo, survived Ironman 2019, participated in Masters Swimming and several marathon swims. Kelly’s favorite aspect of swimming is sharing the love of the sport with others through coaching. She is happily married to her husband of 32 years, Toby and raised three grown children. Her hobbies include swimming, running, and snuggling with her dog, Marty.

Assistant Swim Coach: Jason Hubbard

Email: swim@smanet.org

Jason Hubbard is a seasoned coach and swimmer with over 13 years of head and assistant coaching experience. He has coached the full spectrum of levels and ages within the USA Swimming Organization, summer leagues and high school. Jason is a Colorado native and began swimming at the age of 12 with USA club teams CRST, ACES, and HRA. He swam at the Division I collegiate level for the University of Kansas and University of Wyoming qualifying for several national championships. Jason currently runs an on-demand cleaning company for Realtors and a kids limo company. He enjoys spending time with his family of 5 participating in their many sports and activities.

Assistant Swim Coach: Raquel Callahan

Email: swim@smanet.org

Raquel brings to SMA over 14 years of experience coaching. She has had the pleasure of coaching athletes of all levels. From one on one swim lessons, to club teams and master swimming, her knowledge of the sport is extensive. Raquel’s love of swimming began at a very young age, starting with swim lessons while living in Spain and continuing as being a part of club teams such as Swim Gym in Miami, FL and Whitewaters in Princeton, NJ. She attended North High School in West Windsor, NJ where she gained accolades such as “Best Freshman”, MVP her Junior and Senior year and was named Captain her senior year. During her time at North, Raquel set four school records in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free relay and 400 free relay.

Raquel pursued her degree at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ, while being part of their Division 1 Swim Team. As a rookie at the 2008 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), she placed 6th in the 100 freestyle and 10th in the 50 freestyle. She was also part of the winning 400 freestyle relay as Rider defeated MAAC-rival Marist and was a member of the second place 200 medley relay that helped the Broncs defeat conference rival Loyola. During her sophomore year her team won the MAAC championship, while she placed 7th in the 50 free, 10th in the 100 free and 14th in the 100 fly. Throughout her career at Rider, Raquel qualified for the 50 free at the Eastern Athletic Conference (ECAC), broke the Richard Coppola Pool record for the 200 medley relay and was listed on the Top 10 Times in Rider’s Records in the 50 freestyle.

Head Dive Coach: Lise Kafka

Email: dive@smanet.org