Caleb McSorley
Head Coach
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Coach Caleb has recently been promoted to Head
Coach of the Hurricanes. Graduated from Westwood High
School. Lettered four times in swimming. Swam at the state
championship as a junior and senior. Helped boy’s team to
ninth consecutive time. Was a three-time all-district award
winner. Selected All-American in the 200 yard medley as a
junior, while earning the same honor as a senior in the 50 yard
freestyle, 200 yard freestyle relay and 200 yard medley relay.
Graduated with a 4.0 GPA. Currently he is a Junior at
Centenary majoring in Biochemistry. Besides swimming for
Centenary as a free style sprinter, he plans to become a
veterinarian after college.
Sarah Wiese
Assistant Coach
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The Hurricane Swim Team has been a part of my
life for as long as I can remember. I began swimming with the team
at the age of 7, and continued until I was 17. The team
always meant a lot to me, and I always looked forward to swimming
every summer. When I hit Middle School I began swimming with a Club
Team as well, first I swam for Texas Gold, then Lonestar Aquatics
and finally found the Club Team that seemed to fit, Cedar Park
Swimming. I never wanted to stop swimming, and by joining these
teams I was able to do just that. In High School I swam for the
McNeil Swimteam, and was delighted to find that many of its members
were former Hurricanes. I am currently swimming for the
Longhorn Aquatics Club at UT.
Cassie Cunningham
Assistant Coach
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I have been swimming
for about thirteen years. I swam for Pflugerville High School,
Texas Gold, and now I am currently swimming for the University of
Missouri. I have been coaching for four years now and love being
around kids. I have great experience in helping swimmers develop
their stroke and becoming faster with in the season. I can't wait
to see what this summer has in store for the
Hurricanes!
Abbey Nilson
Assistant Coach
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My name is
Abbey Nilson. I have swam with the Hurricanes from age 7-17 and
then swam for McNeil for four years. I am currently attending Texas
State University in San Marcos.. My major is Pre-Physical Therapy.
Swimming has always been apart of my life and I am so happy and
honored to be back coaching with yall!
Ben Parker
Assistant Coach
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This is my
first season coaching and I am very excited to have a summer filled
with hard work and fun. As far as swimming experience goes, I have
earned national rankings of 14th, 16th and 20th for the 100m
butterfly and 18th, 24th and 26th for the 200m butterfly. The
highest national ranking I have recieved is 3rd which I achieved
twice on the 800m freestyle relay. I swam and lettered all for
years for Westwood High School but was plagued with injuries
ranging from a broken humerus requiring 6 different operations, to
bronchitis days before high school regionals, to a deep cut on two
fingers while warming up at regionals that almost disqualified me
from the meet due to the severity of the bleeding, all in different
years.
I swam one
season for Stony Brook University in New York and made it to the
finals of the conference championships in the 100 & 200 yard
butterfly and the 100 yard backstroke. I transferred to the
University of Tennessee and continued the Army ROTC training I had
began at Stony Brook but due to a scholarship mishap that created
too much financial strain, I returned to Austin and enrolled in
Austin Community College for the Spring 2010 semester. I am
currently attempting to transfer to the University of Texas at
Austin where I hope to continue my ROTC training and the pursuit of
my degree in molecular biology.
John O'Gorman
Assistant Coach
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Coach John just got onboard with
the Hurricane Swim Team this past week. He has swam summer league
for 13 years, swam on GHST and Capital of Texas Aquatics for about
5 years and was on the Westwood Swim team for 4 years. He has
also competed at Regionals in the 100 Breast and the 50
Free. He
will be a Junior
at St. Edwards University, majoring in Finance. John
also enjoys riding road
bikes and BMX bikes in his spare time.
