We are excited to welcome back Ryne Quinlan as the 13&Up Age Group Coach and as the acting Head Coach of Trails for summer 2025! He has been the head coach and previously volunteered to coach the 13&up dryland and evening practices for several summers. He will be on deck every day with the 15&up as well as at evening practices and meets. He will be consulting and coordinating the coaching team. Ryne originally started as a Trails swimmer at age six in 2000. He swam with Trails for 12 consecutive summers. You will see his name in the Trails recordbook! Ryne swam on the varsity swim team at Jacobs High school for four years and served as Captain of the team as a sophomore, junior, and senior. His senior year, he qualified for the IHSA High School State Meet in the 100 Breaststroke and 100 Freestyle, as well as the 200 Medley and 200 Freestyle Relay.
 
After high school, Ryne attended the University of Notre Dame, where he participated in Army ROTC and received a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Accounting as well as his Juris Doctor degree in 2022. Ryne is now a licensed attorney in the State of Illinois and works full-time as a lawyer at a consulting firm in Chicago. Additionally, Ryne recently retired as a Captain in the Army National Guard after 12 years of service.

Coach Mary is returning from last year and is excited to be the 11/12 age group coach.
Mary Jost is a Trails Alumni who swam for 12 years with Trails since age 6. She also had many
successful seasons with Sage YMCA in the winter, including swimming in high-level meets and
several State meets. She has particular expertise in Butterfly. In addition, Mary is also an
accomplished ballerina with 13 years of dance experience and many solos in numerous ballets.
She developed extensive knowledge of muscles and anatomy due to ballet training in
conjunction with expertise in stretching and recovery, which she applies to swimming in many
ways. Her extensive cross-training experience in both swimming and ballet has given her a
unique combined understanding of the discipline, tenacity, perseverance, and hard work it
takes to be a successful athlete. While Mary pays serious attention to form and believes in
inspiring dedication and determination, she knows how important it is for swimmers to
accomplish goals while having fun! She looks forward to sharing her knowledge, teaching the
love of swim, and having great fun with swimmers.
Mary is taking a gap year and plans to attend college in the Fall. In addition to her love of
swimming, she enjoys reading, art, and the great outdoors.

We are excited to have coach Gabe return this summer as the 9/10 Age Group Coach for 2025! Gabe has also been an Assistant Coach and Junior Coach for Trails. He has been swimming Trails since age 9 and Dundee Dolphins for almost as long. Gabe will be a heading to college in the Fall. He swam on the D300 boys high school team and was team Captain. 

We are excited to have Coach Kaitlyn return as an Age Group coach this season! Kaitlyn was the 8 and under Coach for the 2024 and was a jnior Coach for 2 years before that.  She is a long-time Trails and Dundee Dolphins swimmer. She is a rising Junior at Jacobs HIgh School and she swims for the D300 girls high school team.

Coach Fiona will be back for 2025 as a volunteer Mentor Coach! This is her fifth year as a coach for Trails, and her experience will be an asset to the coaching team. Fiona started swimming in 2011 with the Dundee Dolphins and swam varsity with Dundee-Crown High School. After high school, Fiona attended Carroll University for a year and swam at the collegiate level for the 100 free and 200 free. She currently attends University of Illinois at Chicago, graduating with a degree in chemical engineering in December. Fiona is looking forward to sharing her love for swim and encouraging swimmers!