Coach's Bios
Mark McCombs, Head
Coach
Coach
Mark has been a Shady Hollow Stingray since his family moved to Shady Hollow in
1998, and started swimming in summer league at age 4. Everybody knows Breaststroke is his
favorite stroke. He was High School
All State in the Medley Relay and All State and All American in the 100
Breaststroke. He was captain of the
Bowie High School swim team. Mark swam for Randy Reese at Circle C and Longhorn
Aquatics and for the University of Incarnate Word.
Mark
started coaching Special Olympics swimmers at the age of 14. He has also coached Lost Creek USS
swimmers and served as an assistant coach the past two years for Shady
Hollow. His love of swimming is
evident in his enthusiasm around a pool.
His coaching philosophy is that summer league should be fun because a
happy swimmer is a fast swimmer.
Chris
Bily
Chris
grew up in Shady Hollow, spending countless summers at the pool and swimming for
the Stingrays. In school, Chris ran track and played football for the Bailey
Bears and Bowie Bulldogs. After graduating high school in the top five percent,
Chris enrolled at Texas A&M studying mechanical engineering. Continuing his
involvement with the Stingrays, Chris started coaching and lifeguarding in 2007.
At Texas A&M, Chris served as President of Pi Tau Sigma, Vice-President of
Tau Beta Pi, and a Spring Leadership Delegate to Doha, Qatar. In summer 2009,
Chris spent his free time beach side living in Galveston, Texas, interning at a
sulfur facility. Graduated with his bachelor's, Chris is returning in the Fall
to pursue his master's. Chris is excited to return as a coach and lifeguard for
his third year.
Kaitlin
Heikes
Kaitlin
Heikes is so excited to be coaching for the 2010 stingray swim season. She is a
high school student and will be a lifeguard at the Shady Hollow pool this
summer. Kaitlin has been swimming for the Stingrays since she was six years old
and plans to be a Stingray until she is eighteen. Throughout Kaitlin's swimming
career she has swam for Longhorn Aquatics, West Austin Aquatics, and is a member
of the HAYS club. Kaitlin is also a member of the Bowie High School varsity swim
team. At Bowie she in the top 10% of her class, is a member of Spanish Honor
Society and she is an active volunteer in our community. During the past three
summers Kaitlin has been a volunteer coach with the Shady Hollow Stingrays and
has given several swim lessons. Kaitlin’s plans for the future consist of going
to a four-year college to study nursing. She would love to attend Texas State or
UT Dallas. To top it all of, she is an experienced and competitive swimmer that
enjoys teaching people the sport she loves. This summer is going to be amazing
and she can’t wait to work with each and every swimmer!
Stephanie
Rohlfs
Stephanie
will start her fourth year at Texas State University in the fall as Public
Relations major with a minor in Music. During the summers, she is a general
counselor, and coach, for ten year old boys at a camp in Copake, New York.
Stephanie has always loved working with kids, but working at this camp has
helped her find her passion for coaching. She swam with the Stingrays for four
years in elementary and middle school and has since continued swimming
recreationally. She is very excited to be back on the team again and see all of
the swimmers improve throughout the season!
Coach
Chandra
Chandra
graduated from Bowie High School in 2004.
Attended Brigham Young University and graduated in 2008 with a degree in
Chemistry. She is currently
certified to teach elementary and middle school. Chandra has loved swimming ever since
age 3 when she started swimming lessons. She swam with the Shady Hollow
Stingrays for 2 years before becoming a coach. She coached the SAA Barracudas for four
summers before coming to Shady Hollow.
Other favorite past times include playing the violin, reading,
participating in church activities, and spending time with her 6 brothers and
sisters, 3 of whom are currently swimming with the Stingrays. Go
Stingrays!
