Liv Lyons– Head Coach
At age 4, Liv started her swimming career for a small rec team in Lafayette and later swam for Pleasant Hill Dolfins. She swam for Terrapins Swim Team for 9 years, including 4 years at College Park H.S. and qualified for NCS each year. While in high school, Liv managed and taught lessons for the Terrapins Swim Team Lesson Program in Concord. Liv swam 4 years at the collegiate level where she specialized in 200 Breast, 200 Fly, and 400 IM. While in college, she taught private swim lessons to youths and adult tri-athletes. In 2006, she trained with AS Piscina in Rome, Italy. She is currently a law student and is training with Irvine Nova Aquatics swim team. Liv is returning for her 5th season at Round Hill!
Sheena Wellman
Sheena began swimming rec in Alameda, and then switched to the Terrapins Swim Team where she competed for 7 years and was a Nationally Ranked swimmer. Sheena swam for Deer Valley H.S. where she qualified all 4 years for NCS. She later swam for Walnut Creek Aquabears for 4 years. Sheena competed for DVC in 2001-2003 and was named Conference Swimmer of the Year in 2003. She then went to San Jose State on a swim scholarship in 2003-2005. Sheena taught lessons for Carson Swim School for 8 years and was an assistant coach for Walnut Creek Aquabears for 1 year.
Rolandas Gimbutis
Rolandas is Cal veteran from Lithuania. Rolandas competed for Lithuania at the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. He placed 19th in the 200-meter free, finished 2nd in his heat of the 100m free, and finished 3rd in his heat of the 50m free. Rolandas is an All-American and Pac-10 Champion. Rolandas was a Lithuanian national champion in the 50 and 100 free from 1998-2002 and was part of the Lithuanian Olympic team in 2000, 2004, and 2008. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, he placed 14th in the 100 free, 21st in the 50 free, and swam the led-off on Lithuania’s 4x100 free relay. Also in 2004, Rolandas placed 5th in 100 free at the World Championships. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he competed in the 50 free. Rolandas has been coaching for a few years for Oakland Undercurrent Swim Team (USS). He also coached for a small team, Plumas Swim Team, in Quincy and for Orka Swim Team in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Colin Hanna
He began swimming when he was 4 years old for a local rec team in Walnut Creek. Though Colin calls California home, he lived 11 years in Hong Kong where he was a Hong Kong national record-holder in 200 IM. In high school, Colin was a two-time All-American honoree in the 200 IM and 500 Free and NCS Champion in the 200 IM. Colin has been swimming for Terrapins Swim Team for about 7 years. He is currently a sophomore at Princeton University where he swims on the Varsity team. Colin swam the 200 IM in the U.S. Olympic Trials last summer. Colin actually went to Beijing with the U.S. Olympic Swim Team as a translator and got to be on the pool deck with the team at the 2008 Olympics!
Katie Cartmell
Katie grew-up swimming for the Pleasanton Seahawks where she competed at Nationals in relay events and at Junior Nationals individually. While in high school, Katie coached for Briarhill Cabana Club in Dublin. Katie continued on as a collegiate swimmer for University of the Pacific. Katie taught swim lessons during the summers she was in college, and coached swim groups for the Tiger Aquatics USS team in 2004-2006.
Lauren Braswell
Lauren coached the past three years for Sycamore Stingray Swim Team. She began swimming at age 4 for Indian Valley Swim Team and for Walnut Creek Aquabears. She was a 4 year varsity swimmer for Las Lomas H.S. and team captain her senior year. She swam 1 year at DVC where she was a California Community College State Champion. She is currently swimming for San Diego Mesa College and attending San Diego State University.