RSA Coaching Staff

Kit Raulerson - Head Coach

Kit Raulerson was named Head Coach at RSA in August of 2006. Since his arrival, three more athletes have made Olympic Trial cuts in that time and the seven qualified RSA athletes have 15 different cuts between them. During the '06-'07 and '07-'08 seasons, more than 70 RSA records were broken. In addition, Coach Raulerson was chosen by his peers as the Frank Ann Bell recipient for 2008. This award is given to the NCS Senior Coach of the year and is given in honor of exceptional performance and contribution in the area of senior swimming. Here are some team highlights since coach Raulerson arrived at RSA: 2006-2007scy RSA became the first team other than MAC to win the NCS Senior Championship in 2007. Melanie Roberts and Sarah Henry led the way for the RSA women, each finaling in 7 events. Melanie won the 100 breaststroke and the 100 & 200 butterflies while Sarah won the 200 breaststroke and the 200IM. Chuck Bartel won the 400IM for the RSA men. The men were extremely deep with 8 different men scoring points for RSA. The RSA women finished second at the Spring 2007 Junior Nationals. Melanie Roberts won the 100 breaststroke in 1:01.30 and also won the women's high point award at Juniors while Sarah Henry won the 400IM in 4:14.69. Ryan Cox was the lone male scoring swimmer at Juniors for RSA. RSA finished 6th as a team at the 2007 Spring Juniors. Andrew Henry was high point winner for 11-12 boys at both the 2007 scy JO's and the 2007 Age-group Sectionals. Melanie Roberts set NCS records in the 100 and 200 breaststroke (2:13), while Sarah Henry set NCS records in the 200 breaststroke (2:13) and the 400IM. 2007LCM RSA was the highest-placing NCS women's team (6th) and the second-highest placing overall NCS team (7th) at the 2007 summer Sectionals at Auburn. RSA was also the 3rd-highest placing NCS women's team at the 2008 Summer Nationals in Indianapolis. Many RSA athletes had outstanding summers in 2007: Melanie Roberts qualified for the US National Team delegation to the International Grand Prix in Chiba, Japan. Melanie set NCS records in the 100 breaststroke (1:09.68) and the 200IM (2:17.45) while also setting RSA records in the 200 breaststroke (2:31.85) and the 100 fly (1:02.01). The 100 fly was a 4th Olympic Trial cut for Melanie. Sarah Henry qualified for the US National Junior Team with a 2:19.33 in the 200IM and swam very well at her meet in Australia, earning multiple swims in finals and semi-finals. Sarah added a second Olympic Trial cut in the 200 breaststroke (2:34.47). Hannah Caron added a second Olympic Trial qualifying time with a 2:19.98 in the 200IM. Will Dove earned his first 2 Olympic Trial qualifying times in the 200 free (1:52) and the 400 free (3:59). 2007-2008scy (with some LCM from Juniors as well) RSA finished 3rd at the 2008 NCS Senior Champs and 11th at the 2008 Spring Juniors, while also improving to 5th at the 2008 NCS JO Champs. Torrey Bussey, Hannah Caron, and Sarah Henry led the female RSA charge at Senior Champs with 23 scoring swims between them. Andy Lamb won the 50 free for the RSA men and the men's A and B 400 free relays placed 1st and 5th at the meet with times of 3:08 and 3:11. Henriette Stenkvist was the 2008 scy JO high point winner. 2008 Junior Nationals was another great meet for RSA. Torrey Bussey earned her first National Cut and then her first Olympic Trial cut in the 100 meter breaststroke (1:11.95). Henriette Stenkvist made her first National cut with a 2:19 200 meter backstroke. Sarah Henry earned another National qualifying time in the 200 freestyle. The women's relay of Bussey, Caron, Henry, and Stenkvist also combined to set NCS records and earn National cuts in the 400 medley (3:46scy and 4:18LCM) and the 800 free relay (8:27LCM). The men were led with scoring swims from Phil Arve and Andy Lamb. Hannah Caron set NCS records as well in the 100 and 200 butterflies (54.74 and 1:59.96). Tucker Dupree became RSA's first Paralympian with his qualifying swims in the 50,100 and 400 freestyles. Tucker set numerous American and Pan-American records in his disability class and will represent the US at the 2008 Paralympics in China this fall.   Prior to his arrival in North Carolina, Kit was the Associate Head Coach at Longhorn Aquatics in Austin, Texas from 2002-2006. Longhorn Aquatics received the USA-Swimming Gold Medal as the Top Club in America for three consecutive years. Kit was responsible for coaching, program development, communication, practice schedules, dryland and weight training, and parent volunteer activities. During his time in Austin, Longhorn Aquatics placed over fifty athletes on USA-Swimming National teams. Coach Raulerson has produced over 19 Junior National and 14 Senior National qualifiers and has placed over 45 athletes on the National Reportable Top-16 lists. Coach Raulerson's athletes have set or currently hold 99 Texas State Records and 191 South Texas LSC Records. Most recently Longhorn Aquatics won their first Texas Age-Group Swimming title (14& under) in July of 2006. From 2000-2002 Coach Raulerson was an Assistant Coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology. At Tech, Coach Raulerson produced the school's first NCAA qualifiers since 1989 and helped lead the men's team to a 2nd-place finish at the 2002 ACC Championships. Coach Raulerson produced seven NCAA qualifiers and three NCAA All-Americans in his two seasons at Georgia Tech. Coach Raulerson worked as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan from 1998-2000, helping the men to a Big Ten Title in 2000. Additionally, Michigan placed eleven athletes on 2000 Olympic Teams. Coach Raulerson began his career down US 1 in Southern Pines, NC with the Sandhills Sandsharks from 1995-1998. Coach Raulerson served as Head Age-Group coach and Senior Assistant and also taught physics, biology, and chemistry at The O'Neal School in Southern Pines. Coach Raulerson also taught at the American International School in Mallorca, Spain from 1994-1995 while also playing semi-professional water polo. Kit graduated from The Johns Hopkins University in 1994.

Dan Ohm - Assistant Head Coach

Dan Ohm comes to RSA from Ann Arbor, Michigan. From the fall of 1996, Dan worked at Ann Arbor Swim Club. Spending two years as an age group assistant, he moved into the roll of Head Age Group Coach in 1998 and into the Head Coach position in 2000. While under his direction, AASC were NCSA Junior National Runner-Ups in 2005 and NCSA Junior National Women's Team Champs in 2005 and 2006. AASC received recognition as a Silver Medal club for 2005 and 2006. Dan was awarded coach of the meet honors at the 2003 SCY YMCA Nationals and the 2005 Junior Nationals. Dan was an important part of the reunification of the teams in Ann Arbor to form Club Wolverine. He helped with the original planning, as well as with the final bylaw and logistical issues that helped finalize the organization of 450 athletes. He was a Michigan Zone Team coach in 1998 and 1999, and Michigan Camp and Clinic Coordinator from 1998-2000. During his time as Head Coach, AASC was Michigan Long Course Champions 4 times, 13 & Over State Champs 4 times, and never finished out of the top 3 at the 12 & Under State meet. As AASC/Plymouth YMCA, Dan led them to three straight YMCA women's team titles (SCY 2003, LCM 2003, SCY 2004) and overall runner-ups in the summer of 2003 and spring of 2004. Athletes Dan coached were responsible for 56 Top-16 times (including 4 #1 rankings and two NAG records), 20 YMCA individual or relay titles (including 2 YMCA national records), 6 Junior National individual or relay titles, 99 individual and 48 relay Michigan LSC titles (including 27 Michigan state records). This past summer, he helped put Allison Schmitt of Club Wolverine on the National Junior Team and earn a spot on the 2007 Pan American Games Team. In 2003, Dan helped coach Kara Lynn Joyce to a Dual in the Pool victory in the 50 Free. Between the years of 1998-2000, he helped Richard Mazur to 6 American S-14 disability class records. From 1996 to October 2006, in addition to this coaching duties, Dan worked for Ypsilanti Public School as the Aquatics Director for the district's therapy pool at Estabrook Elementary. While at Estabrook, he was responsible for the water therapy and swim lessons for both special needs and public education students. Dan began his coaching career as a summer club coach at Ann Arbor's Buhr Park during the summers of 1993 and 1994. While at Buhr, the team size increased from 70 to 150. During the winter of 1994-1995 he also helped coach the Willow Run High men's team. Prior to his coaching, he was a lead swim instructor and facility director at numerous pools in the Ann Arbor parks and recreation system. A competitive swimmer since the age of 5 with the Wyoming Wahoos, Dan was an All-American at Jenison High School, and was a varsity swimmer for Eastern Michigan University where he earned his B.S. in Telecommunications in 1995. Dan was brought to North Carolina when his wife, Sarah, rejoined the Army and was stationed in Fort Bragg. Captain Ohm is a mid-wife at Womack Army Hospital. They have one son, Ian, and a dog named GI Joe Joe. They enjoy scuba diving, exercising, and travelling - they went to Alaska in the summer of 2005, and New Zealand and Fiji in 2006.

Tammy Minyard - Head Age Group Coach

Coach Tammy Minyard has been coaching in Raleigh since 2001. Her mission as a coach is to help build self confidence, self respect, and self discipline in young individuals, while teaching them the fundamental tools to succeed in swimming and, more importantly, life. She teaches with enthusiasm and believes positive motivation goes a long way. She encourages all kids to have fun and to succeed at every level in swimming and in school. Coach Tammy joined the RSA Staff in May of 2007. She is the lead coach for RSA's Dolphin Group and Shark Group. She's also the coordinator for the RSA Stroke Clinics. From 2001-2007, Coach Tammy assisted in building the Marlins of Raleigh Swim Team Age Group Program. She was the teams Head Age Group Coach for six years. While spending time there, the team grew from 6 swimmers to 322. She coordinated many stroke technique clinics and developed there swim lessons program. In 2003-04, Coach Tammy served as a manager and coach on North Carolina Swimming Zone All Star Teams. She was the Head Coach at Cary Academy in 2001-02. She's been the head coach for Prestonwood Country Club, Regency Riptides, and the Olive Chapel Otters. Coach Tammy coached numerous swimmers to reach multiple: Top 16, Top 5 in NC, Junior Olympic Qualifiers, Individual State Champions, Age Group Sectional Qualifiers, and Zone All-Star Team Selections. Coach Tammy was a high school All American in cross-country and swimming. She went on to swim for the University of Alabama were she was a four time NCAA All-American. She is a member of the American Swimming Coaches Association Level 3 status. Coach Tammy resides in Cary, NC and lives with her husband Scott and her best buddy, Gypsy, a golden lab!

Andrew DeSorbo - Age Group Coach

Andrew DeSorbo joined RSA in December 2007 and has been working primarily with two of our age group teams, the Dolphins and the Sharks. Andrew grew up in Salisbury, NC and swam for Rowan Aquatic Club there as an age group swimmer. Andrew attended the George Washington University in Washington, DC where he swam all four years and was also Men's Team Captain. Andrew has coached throughout his swimming career and this is his first coaching position in the Triangle Area.

Robert Norman - Assistant Age Group Coach Coach

A senior at NCSU majoring in psychology, Robert has been involved inswimming since the age of 6. He first started swimming competitivelywhen he joined the Lochmere Swim team and continued swimming there until he graduated from Woodberry Forest School in 2001. He has swum competitively for RSA since the fall after his first summer with Lochmere at age 6. He lettered all 4 years that he swam for Woodberry and was the team captain his senior year. He helped lead the Woodberry Forest tigers to 3 State High School championships and a second place finish his 9th grade year. He swam at Middlebury College in Vermontbefore transferring back to NCSU and helped them win the NESCAC championship his freshman year in college. Each year during the summer when Robert returned home from Woodberry or Middlebury College he always came back and practiced with RSA. Coach Robert worked as an assistant coach with the Regency Riptides for 2 year and also has coached for MacGregor County Club. He is very excited about being a part of RSA, and looks forward to sharing his love and enthusiasm for the sport of swimming with the RSA family!

Kenan Hunt - Assistant Age Group Coach
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Amy Walters - Assistant Age Group Coach

Amy is currently a special education teacher in the Wake County Public School System. Growing up in Cary, Amy swam at Kildaire Farms, RSA, and Cary High School. Going on to UNC Chapel Hill, Amy continued to swim while majoring in History. Amy also has a Masters in Education from NC State University. Most recently serving as the Head Coach for the Regency Reptides, Amy also has coaching experience at Kildaire Farms, RSA, Apex High School, and the New Wave Swim Team. Amy is excited be back at RSA, where she grew up swimming! Amy lives in Cary with her dog Rory, the cutest black lab ever.

JD Dove - Assistant Age Group Coach

JD Dove launched his swimming career at the age of 7 at Scottish Hills swim club in Cary. He later moved to Cary Swim Club where he swam for almost a decade. JD joined RSA in the seventh grade at the age of 12 and continued swimming with the Wahoos until he graduated from high school in the spring of 2004. Coach JD is currently a junior at NC State University. He also swam four years on the Cary High school swim team. JD achieved the Tri-Seven conference men's swimmer of the year award two years in a row and as a senior captain, and led the Cary Imps to their first conference and regional titles. JD has participated in leadership activities such as Boy Scouts, Rotary Youth Leadership, and Youth Legislative Assembly. He has three younger brothers that all swim for RSA. He believes this to be the reason why he loves working with age group children. He looks foward to helping the swimmers achieve their goals, and also forming great friendships along the way. Go Wahoos!

Teegan Bussey - Assistant Age Group Coach

Coach Teegan Bussey began her swimming career tearing up the lanes of Cary Swim Club at the ripe old age of 11. She eventually made her way to RSA and ultimately found herself captain and MVP of the Cary High School women?s swim team. In addition to achieving all-Conference MVP honors in swimming, she was an all-state runner, all-region soccer stand-out and was recognized as Cary High School?s 2002 Female Athlete of the Year. Teegan joined RSA?s coaching staff in 2003 and spent four years with the program. She also spent two summers coaching at Cary Swim Club. Her goal as a coach has always been to help swimmers achieve their goals and improve their strokes while creating a fun practice environment. After receiving a BA in English Literature from NCSU in 2006, Teegan headed to the slopes of Breckenridge, CO where she spent most of her time skiing and snowboarding. After a brief stay in NYC, she has returned to North Carolina and is currently exploring various graduate school opportunities. She is thrilled to be back at RSA! Go Wahoos!

Allison Meyers - Assistant Age Group Coach

Allison Meyers is originally from South Florida. In 1999, her family (mom, dad, younger sister and brother) moved to Greenville, NC. She started swimming at Greenville Swim Club a few years later, and swam for 4 years for the DH Conley High School swim team. Allison now lives in Raleigh and is pursuing an English degree from NC State. In the fall of 2007, she began her junior year by spending a semester studying abroad in Florence, Italy. Allison started swimming before she could walk and is excited that RSA is her first coaching job. She loves being a part of the RSA family and getting to know all the swimmers, coaches, and parents that make RSA an awesome swim team. She loves coming to work everyday and feels she is learning from some of the best coaches! Allison is also a swim instructor for the Triangle Swim School.