Danielle AndalorA

President, Coach of Niagara Aquatics Club

Danielle started swimming at the Boys and Girls Club in Jamestown, after nearly drowning in a neighborhood pool.  Since then, swimming and water safety have been her passion and Danielle has taught hundreds of children how to swim since the age of 16.  Danielle also swam competitively at the age group level with Star Swimming.  She won numerous awards, held records at Jamestown High School and was captain of her college swim team at the University of Rochester, where she had a full academic scholarship.  Since graduating from college, Danielle coached from 1996 to 2003 and assisted with the formation of the STAR Swim Club program in Jamestown.  In 2004, Danielle moved to Clarence to work as a Manufacturing Engineering Group Leader at Greatbatch.  She was an Assistant Coach at the Clarence Swim Club for 3 years.  Danielle got her MBA at St. Bonaventure University and speaks fluent Italian.  She worked as a Sr. Quality Aerospace Engineer for Avox, clearing Chemical Oxygen Generators for aircraft manufacturers such as Airbus and Boeing.  She currently works in Financial Planning at Equitable Advisors saving lives in different ways.  After a long break from swimming, Danielle returned to the pool and has competed at several National Meets in the backstroke with Nickel City Splash, placing 5th in the country in the 50 backstroke for her age group in 2022.  She is the proud Mom of her son, Joseph, who also shares her swim passion.  She loves her swim family and the comradery of being part of a team again.  She also has a love for golf and was the Class A Club Champion at the Lockport Town & Country Club.

Kelly SPURLOCK

Age Group & Diving Coach, Niagara Aquatics Club

Kelly Spurlock started her swimming career when she was in middle school and was a diver.  They needed a fourth for a relay one day so Kelly filled in and has been swimming since then.  At one point, Kelly held every single record for swimming for her High School, including diving, except one, the 500 free! She also swam for Clarence Swim Club.  Kelly was a 16 time All American swimmer at the University of Rochester. She was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Akron High School and at the University of Rochester.  Kelly earned a BA in Religion and a BS in Environmental Science while at the University of Rochester and went on to get her masters at the University of South Carolina in Chemical Oceanography.  But swimming drew her back in after her masters work was complete and she ended up coaching and teaching at the college level at the University of the South and Wells College, where she coached several All-Americans. Kelly also coached at the High School level for 6 years in both Virginia and California when she was also teaching high school math.  She coached several USA swim teams – one in South Carolina and then locally. Her and her husband Brian, have 3 boys who are all on the Niagara Aquatics Club swim team. Currently, Kelly is Branch Director for HUNT Real Estate overseeing 2 offices.  She is also a team manager for Destination Imagination.

 jasper adams

Diving Coach, Niagara Aquatics Club

Jasper Adams joined our team in May of 2021, after meeting Danielle at the Clarence High School Meets.   Jasper Adams began to swim and dive as a young man at the Lockport YMCA. The love of the sport continued throughout high school and college. He set pool records for the 200 IM, Medley/Free Relays and Diving in high school. Adams went on to attend Alfred State College in 1971, establishing school and pool records and earning an All-American status in diving and qualified for the Olympic trials in 1972. He also received an AAS degree in Automotive Technology. He continued his education at the University of Akron and Buffalo State College completing a BS/ED in Vocational Education.   Jasper Adams began his coaching career in 1971 at Lockport High School under Coach Bob Pauley. He trained his divers everything he knew from his experience as an award-winning diver. During this time Coach Adams was able to incorporate the inception of the women’s diving program at Lockport High School. In 1978, he formed the Lockport Athletics Club Diving Program and later the Sunbird Diving Club at Niagara Community College. During that time, he also coached the Niagara University divers. In 1989, Adams was recruited by the University of Buffalo to coach the collegiate divers as they transitioned through to Division 1 and also formed the Buffalo Aquatics Club Age Group Diving program at UB. He later served as a diving coach at Lockport High School for twenty years. Adams retired as an Automotive Instructor at the Orleans Niagara BOCES in 2018. Throughout his tenure as a diving coach, Adams had the privilege and honor to coach many Collegiate Division 1, 2 and 3 Conference and National Champions, All-Americans, High School Record holders, High School State qualifiers/champions, League and Section V and VI High School Champions and Record Holders.     Adams will continue his diving career with the Niagara Aquatics Club. The diving program is available for all ages/skill levels.

 

in memory of coach Janet FEDERSPIEL,

keep swimming