Head Coach Dan Flack and Age Group Coach Brian Gill would like to announce the addition of two new part time assistant coaches to help out with the Raleigh Swimming Association age group program.  All of us here at RSA are excited about the addition of Coach Elizabeth Roady and Coach Teegan Bussey.  They will be assisting with the Minnow, Nova, Wahoo, and Dolphin practice groups.  Along with the responsibility of coaching, they will also be working with the RSA Swim and Stroke School Program and the RSA In May Swim Camp and Stroke Clinic.  Below are both coaches’ bios.  Please read them, and welcome them to the RSA program.

Coach Liz Roady 

Liz Roady began her competitive swimming career when she was just three years old at her summer recreation league inNewport NewsVirginia. When she was 6 years old she joined her first of three USS teams and began to swim year round.  She had the opportunity to work with many amazing coaches who helped her to master not only stroke technique but also her enthusiasm for swimming.  Liz was the captain of her high school swim team, which was the number two team in the state for girls and number one for boys.  Through her dedication to swimming for 14 years, Liz swam her way to the national level.  While she was a senior swimmer, Liz was often seen assistant coaching the age group swimmers on her team.  She was grateful not only for her achievements in swimming but for all the wonderful people she met along the way.
     When Liz started college at ChristopherNewportUniversity she was a nanny for a family with three children between the ages of 6 and 13 in Newport News for two years.  Her responsibilities included everything from getting the children off to school to getting them to their afternoon activities and back home to do their homework, eat and go to bed.  After Liz was a nanny, she moved to Arapahoe North Carolina to be a camp counselor at Camp Seafarer.  She lived with 14 girls in a single room cabin and worked at the swim lake teaching lessons and life guarding her way to a great tan and loved every aspect of it.  She loved watching the girls grow and learn to love themselves. 

     Liz is now a Raleigh girl and attends NC State and is majoring in Human Resource Psychology.  Her main goal when she gets out of school is unlike that of any of her peers; Liz wants to drive the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile!   She thinks it will be her opportunity to travel the country in style while
meeting children and people from all different backgrounds.
     Liz looks forward to working with RSA.  She is really excited to get back into the swimming scene and show off all she has to offer.  She loves children and their creative ways of thinking and cannot wait to work them and make them as enthusiastic about swimming as she is.

Coach Teegan Bussey

A recent graduate of Cary High School, I am now a student at NCSU in the First Year College Program.  My future college plans include studying communication and law.  My swimming career began when I joined the Cary Swim Club summer league team at the age of twelve, and in recent years, I have assisted the Cary Swim Club coaches with younger team members when needed.  I continued swimming throughout my high school career and was named captain and Conference MVP during my senior season.  I was also a member of the RSA program for a year and a half, improving my stroke and technique during the high school season.  Currently, I am a member of the NCSU Club swimming, crew, and ultimate frisbee teams.  I am excited about the opportunities that RSA has to offer and I am looking forward to getting to know the parents and interacting with the swimmers.