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Roger Kehrt, Head Coach
Coach Roger
is in his 14th year
as a USA certified coach. He
has spent the last 4 years
coaching swimmers in the
Versailles and local area. He
also has been the Danville
Country Club coach for the past
7 years. Here he took his team
from an 8th place
finish the year before his
arrival to a 3rd
place finish. As Head Coach
for Lansdowne Club, he led his
team from a 5th place
finish to their only Conference
title in 1997.
He was Head
Coach for Lexington Y Dolphins
from 1994-1999 where he led LYD
from an 18th finish
in USA State Championships to a
3rd place finish his
last year there. His swimmers
have ranged from novice to
Senior National Champion and
2008 Olympic Team member, Elaine
Breeden. His swimmers have also
held titles as Top 16,
Y-National qualifiers, Jr.
National qualifiers and a 9-10
year-old National Champion.
Many have continued swimming on
scholarships at various colleges
and universities.
Roger swam
for Brookhill Swim Team and
Wildcat Aquatics. He was on a
High School State Championship
relay team and swam and lettered
in Varsity Swimming at Western
Kentucky University. He
continues to swim for Wildcat
Masters and ultimately hopes to
set some records in his favorite
event, the 200 butterfly.
Roger is
currently the Health teacher at
East Jessamine Middle School.
He lives in Lexington with his
wife, Laura, and their six
children. He brings a passion,
enthusiasm, and wealth of
knowledge to Bluegrass Swim Team
and we are excited to have him
as our head coach.
Laura Kehrt, Assistant Coach and
Team Administrator
Laura will
be an assistant coach and is the
team administrator for USA
Swimming registration and all
meet entries. She grew up in
Lexington and as an age-group
swimmer, ranked
Top 10
in the
nation over 6 seasons. She was
Jr. National qualifier at 13 and
Senior National qualifier at 14
years old. She competed at both
NJO's and Sr. Nationals in
individual events. She broke
over 20 State Records and was
State Champion in at least one
event from 9-10 through 13-14.
She won every State Championship
title as a 12 year-old in SCY.
As a Master's swimmer she swims
for Wildcat Masters, she
currently holds 12 state records
and was ranked Top 10 in the
country in SCM in the year
2000.
In terms of coaching and
administration experience, Laura
has been involved with the
Versailles swim team for 6
years, where she has been head
coach and team administrator.
Prior to this, her experience
has included assistant coach for
Lansdowne, Lexington C.C. and
head coach of Lansdowne for 2
years. She is currently the
meet director for the Central
Kentucky Swim Conference (1200
swimmers) and past meet director
for Kentucky Short-Course
Championships. She has served as
Officials chair for Wildcat
Aquatics and is a certified
officials trainer. She is
involved with her own children’s
swimming having been past
president or a board member of
the Hartland Swim and Dive Team
and Wildcat Aquatics Parent
Association.
She is a
graduate of the University of
Kentucky where she received a
degree in Mechanical
Engineering. She currently
teaches 4th grade at
Woodford Christian School in
Versailles. Laura lives in
Lexington with her husband,
Roger, and six children, Kaitlyn,
Benton, Christian, Landon, who
all swim competitively, and
Harrison and Carson - who are
enjoying their bath time (when
mom finds time to bathe them). |
