My name is Keely Graettinger and I’m excited to coach the Barracudas this season! I’m a busy mom of three who loves playing and watching sports. I grew up in Stevens Point as a competitive swimmer in the 90s and early 2000s and began teaching swim lessons/lifeguarding in 2004. In 2010, I was hired in Pulaski, Wisconsin as a Family and Consumer Science teacher and the head boys varsity swim coach. While there, I also coached the youth club swim team. We moved to the Madison area in 2011 after I was hired to teach in Verona, where I also coached Freshman and JV softball. When my husband and I decided to start a family in 2013, I retired from coaching to have more time to raise my kids. Now that they are getting older I’m excited to coach them and help other young swimmers gain confidence in the water!

My name is Barb Statz. I live in Black Earth with my husband, Cody, our 11 year old daughter, Lila (who is a Cuda herself), and our two cats, Bucky and Walter. I’m so excited to be joining the coaching staff this year! I enjoyed my time competing as a Barracuda from age 7-18 and I couldn’t be happier to be back. I’m especially looking forward to us building relationships with one another, working hard to improve our swimming skills and most importantly, having a lot of fun!

I am attending Wisconsin Heights High School. I have been competitively swimming since I was 5 years old. In the winter I swim for the Suak-Heights Co-op. My favorite stroke is freestyle and my favorite event is the 500 Free. This is my first year coaching and I’m excited to try new things and see the swimmers grow! My advice to every swimmer is to just keep going, even when it gets hard. I am super excited for this swim season!

I am in going into 10th grade and will swim on the Co-Op High School girls swim team in the fall. One of my favorite strokes is breast stroke! I’ve been swimming since I was 3 years old and have been with the Cudas for 5 years. My three favorite things about summer swim are: hearing people cheer for me while I swim/cheering for other kids; treating the younger kids like they’re my siblings, and watching the kids get excited to swim and their improvements. I am extremely excited for the swim season to show all of the improvements I’ve made and to finally be old enough to coach the younger kids!

I will be a freshman at Wisconsin Heights High School this upcoming fall and I will be apart of the Co-Op High School girls swim team. My favorite stoke is butterfly. I enjoy swimming but what makes it even better are the tight bonds with other swimmers that I made along the way. As I continue to swim, I have learned cheering on teammates through practices and meets are essential. I’m so excited to be a coach this season and I’m grateful to be apart of others swimming journey. I hope to be a good role model and an inspiration for younger swimmers.