Stonegate Stingrays

Hi everyone! My name is Rylee Kerekes. I am 18 years old and I have just finished my first year at Northern Arizona University(NAU). This will be my third year coaching, now as one of the new co-head coaches for this season! Stonegate Stingrays was the very first swim team I ever joined at the age of 4 years old and have loved every year since. I have also swam on club, swam all 4 years on the Chap swim team, and continue swimming club at NAU. I’m so excited for this new swim season because it gets more and more fun every year, making the best memories with these kids and other coaches!

Hi everybody! My name is Bella Byington. I am 19 years old just finishing up my freshman year of college studying nursing with an emphasis on pediatrics! This upcoming summer will be my third and final year coaching for the stonegate stingrays! This year as the position of co-head coach and I could not be more excited! I started swimming for stingrays when I was 6 years old and fell in love ever since! Stingrays inspired me to continue my swimming career on a club swim team and through out high school until I graduated! I’m so excited for the season!

Hello Stonegate Stingrays swimmers and families! My name is Kiley and I look forward to coaching 6 and unders this season! I am currently finishing up my Freshman year at Chaparral high school where I participated in the Swim and Dive team as well as Girls Flag Football. I have swam for the Stingrays since i was five and junior coached for two years and I cannot wait for another amazing season!

Hey. My name is Maddie Fisher and I am one of the 6&under coaches this season. I had swam on the team for 12 years and aged out last year and I am now onto my second year as an age group coach. I am currently attending college in Hawai’i but come back to visit the stingray family every summer. I am so excited to coach this season again and can’t wait for a season filled with fun & love from the stonegate team.

Hello everyone! My name is Salem Sherman, I am 15 years old, a freshman at Chaparral High School and am so excited to be one of the 6 and under coaches this summer! A little bit about me is I play competitive and high school basketball, I played flag football for Chap, I participate DECA, and love to be hanging out with my friends in my free time. I have swam on the Stonegate Stingrays since I was five years old and junior coached the previous two years. I will also be lifeguarding at the Stonegate pool as well! So excited for the summer!

Hey Stingrays! My name is Max Fraser and I'm super excited to be the 7-8s Coach this summer! I am 16 years old, an incoming Junior at Chap, and have been swimming for the last 8 years. I started swimming on Stingrays in 2016, where I found my love for this team and the sport; since then, I’ve swam club and high school swim for Denver Swim Academy and the Parker Co-Op, respectively. Since my first practice 8 years ago, Stingrays has been, and will continue to be the highlight of it all; some of my best memories are from this team and I’m looking forward to coaching, having fun, and being a part of this team for another year. Go Stingrays!!

Hi Stingrays! My name is Ryan Stewart and I’m really excited to be the 9-10 girls coach this year! I’m 17 years old and I will be graduating in 2025 from Chaparral High School.

I am a competitive swimmer and was an active participant on club teams. Since my freshman year, I have been swimming with the Parker High School Varsity Swim & Dive team.
I have been a part of the Stonegate Stingray family since I was 6 years old, where I found my love for swimming. During my time on the Stingrays, I was a swimmer, a junior coach and now a coach - which taught me respect for each position.
I can’t wait to see everyone! This year’s going to be great, I can already feel it!!!

Hi Stonegate Stingrays! My name is Addy Thie, I am going to be the 9-10 boys coach! I will be 18 soon and I am graduating from Chaparral High School this May. At Chap I have been a part of the Swim and Dive team for all 4 years, Soccer for 2 years, Track for 2 years, and Flag Football my senior year (which was the first year it was a high school sport in the State of Colorado). This year I have taken aviation classes through Denver Metropolitan State University. In the fall I plan on attending Arizona State University Polytechnic Institute of Engineering to study Professional Flight. In the future I hope to become either a commercial or corporate pilot.

I am beyond excited to be coaching again this season. My goals for this season include: getting every swimmer to be comfortable in the water, have a bunch of swimmers make it to Finals at the end of the season, and above all have fun! I cannot wait to meet all of you soon and get to know you over the summer! Go Stingrays! 

I am Riley McManus and I am so excited to be the 11-12 Age Group Coach. I have been a Stingray since I was 6 years old. I was a Jr. Coach for 2 years and last year I was the 11-12 Age Group Coach. I was a Varsity swimmer for Chaparral High School Swim Team for all 4 years of High School. I swim competitively also. I am currently swimming for Colorado Athletic Club. I have also swam for Lifetime, DSA and ROCK Swim Clubs.

Hello all, my name is Brodie Salzbrener. I am grateful that I have been given the opportunity to coach the 13 to 18 age group. I have been swimming on this team since I was 7, and this will be my first year as a coach. I swam at a state level, sectional level, and now collegiate level. As the summer rolls around I will be finishing my first year at Whitwan College in Walla Walla, Washington. I look forward to yet another summer filled with fun memories and fast swims!