Coaches and AQ Leaders

Coaching Staff
Alexa Baldwin Head Coach, Westminster

Lexi Baldwin is the new Head Swim Coach for the Westminster Life Time club. Lexi has spent most of her experience using her professional and personal life to help support and develop the skills of young athletes seeking to improve their abilities in swimming and water polo. While her focus growing up was on swimming and water polo in recent years she has had the opportunity to expand her knowledge and expertise in body mechanics, proper techniques, and management. She knows there is no single approach of training that works for everyone, she continues to educate herself and provides comprehensive training programs that assists athletes individual goals. She received her Bachelors of Science at University of Northern Colorado in Sports and Exercise Science, Clinical Cancer Exercise Specialist certification, Group Fitness instructor, and Personal Training certification. Lexi looks forward to working with Life Time and excited to work with the swimming athletes!

Dalton Tainter-Paar Head Coach, Parker

Dalton Tainter-Paar is coaching his second season as the Lead Coach at LifeTime- Parker. Tainter-Paar was named Lead Coach in 2021, after coaching 3 years as an assistant coach in Parker, 2 years coaching LifeTime in Minnesota, and 5 years coaching in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

Prior to Being a Head Coach at Parker: Dalton Tainter-Paar started swimming competitively in high school as a way to get in shape for other sports, but quickly his focus shifted. Concluding high school with being named a Captain and the 2011 National Army Scholar Athlete, Tainter-Paar swam at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire. After graduating with a BS in Organizational Communication and a Minor in Psychology, Tainter-Paar returned to his home town and coached several swimmers at the Speedo Zones level. Seeking change Tainter-Paar moved to Minnesota, started coaching for LifeTime, and after winning the National LifeTime Artistry Award, Tainter-Paar moved to Colorado for a new challenge. 
Favorite Events: 100 Free, 200 IM, 50 Free, 100 IM, 400 Free Relay

Collin Cagle Head Coach, Flat Irons
I grew up playing all sports. Besides swimming, some of my favorite sports that I've competed in is: basketball, trail running, rock climbing, baseball, triathlons, and football.
Some of my accomplishments are:
  • In my 4 years of high school swim, I received 3 awards.
  • My favorite swim was the 50 freestyle where my fastest time was 21.43.
  • I've placed top 3 in my age group in 2/3 of the triathlons that I've competed in.
 
My coaching philosophy emphasizes the equal importance of mental and physical performance. I integrate mental training techniques to help swimmers overcome obstacles and unlock their full potential. I believe the best environment for this, is a fun and silly one!
I love coaching for many reasons but one reason is because it is an opportunity to inspire and create strong habits in the next generation(s) of athletes and people.
Ally Green Head Coach, Boulder
Gail Laurence Head Coach Denver West
Coach Gail Laurence was brought onto the Life Time Denver West Swim Team as Head Coach this fall to head up the USA Swimming team and build the program into a well-rounded competitive force.
Coach Gail spent the early part of her life in Montreal, Canada, and watched the inspiring gymnast, Nadia Comãneci at the 1976 Olympics achieve her perfect 10 in the bars competition. This was her inspiration to compete in the Olympics. She believed she would be a gymnast and found her early athletic career competing in a variety of sports including gymnastics, swimming, running, soccer, volleyball, basketball, and more!  
After moving to Colorado at the age of 13, she swam on the very competitive Cherry Creek High School swim team and continued to swim for the University of Colorado's club swim team. Her lifelong dream of competing in the Olympics was a driving force after college, so she put her career on hold and took up the new sport of triathlon. Gail raced in the pro ranks of triathlon for 15 years and was on the US National Elite Triathlon Team for 9 of those years. Some of her racing career achievements include: US National Team Member; 1995 Pan American Games, Silver Medalist Team USA; 1996 Female Overall 2nd place ITU World Cup Triathlon Series; 1998 Goodwill Games, Team USA Member; 1999 US Olympic Trials, Triathlon, Dallas, Texas; 2000 US Olympic Trials, Sydney, Australia. 
After the Olympic trials in 2000, Coach Gail studied the human body and how to help support athletes to excel in their sport of choice. She eventually settled on bodywork and supporting athletes and people in their healing journey. And because she felt she had a tremendous knowledge basis to bring athletes of all ages to their highest potential, she came back to coaching in 2018 as the Head Swim Coach for the Golden High School girls swim team. And in 2019, she took on the Head Coaching position of the Golden High School boys swim team. Both girls and boys swim teams have risen in the Colorado State rankings since Coach Gail began coaching and both her girls and boys relays broke onto the podium for the first time at the 2024 CHSAA State Meet, placing 2nd in their respective 200 freestyle relays. 
Gail loves teaching and coaching our up-and-coming inspired athletes and she was asked to be the assistant coach of the Golden Marlins Summer Club Swim Team in 2020 and she has been coaching ages 4 to 18 ever since. Gail has been inspiring all ages in swimming for many years and is excited and motivated to continue her passion with the Life Time Swim Team!
 
Alex Hart Head Coach, Cherry Creek
Coach Alex Hart grew up swimming competitively in Michigan with the Flint YMCA Falcons, where he developed a lifelong passion for the sport and a love for the toughest events in the pool—namely the 200 Butterfly, 400 IM, and the 1650 Freestyle. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a former member of the USMA SCUBA Team, he brings a unique blend of discipline, endurance, and technical focus to his coaching.
Now leading the year-round program at Life Time in Cherry Creek, Coach Alex trains swimmers across all ages and skill levels. His coaching style emphasizes character development, stroke efficiency, and building a resilient mindset—drawing on his experience across leadership and engineering roles.
Outside the pool, Alex appreciates triathlon and cycling.
Ayden Cotton Head Site Coach - Colorado Springs
Colin Browning Development Coach - Colorado Springs

Coach Colin Browning brings disciplined leadership, multisport expertise, and a team-oriented approach to coaching, shaped by competitive achievements in swimming, rowing, sailing, and soccer, alongside extensive experience developing young athletes across disciplines.

A member of the high school 400-yard freestyle relay team that set pool and school records while qualifying for state championships in 1999, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy (Class of 2003), competing as a plebe on the Men’s Heavyweight Crew team—building resilience, strategic focus, and collaborative excellence.

Colin further refined his coaching through roles guiding youth athletes: as sailing team coach for a New England high school and the University of Washington ROTC Sailing team, and as an AYSO 8U soccer coach in San Diego, where he emphasized fundamentals, teamwork, and joyful participation for beginners.

Now an assistant swim coach at Life Time, he works primarily with the Development team, applying USA Swimming’s Athlete Development Model and its 4 Cs—Confidence, Competence, Connection, and Character—to foster collective growth, strong technical foundations, and a supportive environment that helps young swimmers thrive long-term in the sport and beyond

Aquatics Leaders
Ellen Nollenberger Swim Team Administrator
Sarah Meany AQ Leader - Cherry Creek
Caiden Johnson AQ Leader - Flat Irons
Hannah Todd AQ Department Head - Boulder
Marissa Webster AQ Leader - Colorado Springs
Meredith Bagenstose AQ Leader in Training - Westminster
Gabrielle Holbrook AQ Leader - Centennial
Lacey Leebrick Assistant AQ Leader - Denver West