Coaching Staff

Jeremy Gregory

Rogue Rapids Head Coach

Jeremy Gregory, one of the nation’s top swimming coaches, relocated to Southern Oregon in Jan. 2024 to serve as Head Coach of the Rogue Rapids Swim Team.

Jeremy grew up in the Pacific Northwest and is a proud member of the Makah tribe. He was a standout distance freestyle swimmer who was recruited to Auburn University, where he was a member of Auburn’s NCAA Division I Championship-winning swim team in 2007. He later continued his collegiate career at Queens University of Charlotte, North Carolina, where he served as team captain in 2011. Also an accomplished open water swimmer, Jeremy competed in the World Championship Qualifier Open Water 5k in 2005 and was a U.S. Open Water National Team Member from 2005-2006. He is the only swimmer of Makah descent who has represented the United States in international competition.

In his coaching career, Jeremy has coached all levels of swimmers, from novice athletes to Junior National champions, Senior National finalists, Olympic Trials qualifiers, and 18 & under swimmers ranked Top 100 in the world. He placed swimmers on the United States National Junior Team. His athletes have been successfully recruited to top 25 NCAA Collegiate swimming programs, including Michigan, Ohio State, University of California, Berkeley, North Carolina State, and Princeton, among others. Jeremy was named North Carolina Swimming Senior Coach of the Year in 2018 and 2019, and was a nominee for North Carolina Swimming Age Group Coach of the Year in 2016 and 2017. He has given talks to American swim coaches at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, and served on the USA Swimming Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.

Jeremy enjoys helping kids develop, excel, and find joy in competitive swimming. He is known for his skill and speed development, engaging workouts, analytical skills, and understanding of exercise physiology. He loves to share his expertise and enthusiasm for swimming and looks forward to building the Rogue Rapids into a center of excellence for competitive swimming in Oregon, the Pacific Northwest, and the United States.

Jeremy is married to his better half and loving wife, Madeleine Wallmon, who is from Sweden. They are excited to lay down roots in Southern Oregon.

Laurel Naversen Geraghty, MD

Rogue Rapids Assistant Coach

Laurel Naversen Geraghty, MD, found her love of swimming in Southern Oregon. As an age group athlete for Southern Oregon Swim Association (SOSA), she won 15 individual titles at the Oregon State Swimming Championship. She won races at the Pacific Northwest Regional Championship and Far Westerns Championship. She still holds South Medford High School Swim Team freestyle records from 1991 and 1992. Laurel was a Junior National qualifier and competitor.

Laurel was recruited to Brown University, where she became a top Ivy League freestyler, competing in events ranging from the 100 yard freestyle to the 1650 yard freestyle. She was elected Team Captain in 1995-96 and 1996-97 and led her team to consecutive NCAA Division I Eastern Women’s Swimming Team Championship titles both years. She was awarded First Team All-Ivy league and Academic All-American Honorable Mention. Laurel was the Women’s Swimming Team’s nominee for the Brown Athlete of the Year Award in 1996.

Laurel first began coaching age group swimmers for a USA Swimming team in 1990. She has coached multiple Oregon state champion swimmers. She recognizes how rapidly the sport of swimming evolves and understands the need for continual learning. She has studied advanced technique with U.S. Olympic Coaches, including Matt Kredich and Gary Hall Sr., and some of the nation’s most acclaimed age group coaches.

In 2023, Laurel co-founded the Rogue Rapids Swim Team and nonprofit organization to help expand opportunities for the kids of Southern Oregon to participate in competitive swimming. She loves sharing with athletes all of the lessons that competitive swimming can offer: discipline, goal-setting, friendship, mindset, stress management, leadership, confidence, purpose, joy, sportsmanship, and managing life’s challenges, failures, and successes.

In her day job, Dr. Geraghty, is a board-certified dermatologist and co-medical director at Dermatology & Laser Associates of Medford. She completed her medical degree at New York University and her dermatology residency at Stanford University. She loves dermatology, swimming, her husband and kids, and her two Cavapoos.

Sarah Reierson

Rogue Rapids Assistant Coach

Sarah was born and raised in Medford, Oregon, and graduated from South Medford High School. At age 7, she learned to swim at Medford’s Jackson Pool and found an early passion for the sport. She joined USA Swimming, and traveled to state and regional meets, where she excelled in backstroke, butterfly, and IM events, posting Oregon Top 5 times in multiple races.

Sarah qualified for and competed at several national championships, including Futures, Junior Nationals, and Senior Nationals. In high school, she set four school records, and in 2011, won gold in the 200 IM at the OSAA 6A/Oregon High School State Championships.

She was recruited by the University of San Diego, a NCAA Division 1 college, where she was a stand-out performer in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. She set four school records, including two in the backstroke. She graduated with a political science degree, and a few years later, earned a master’s degree in special education at Southern Oregon University.

Today, Sarah is a special education teacher at the Phoenix-Talent School District and assistant swim coach at South Medford High School and the Rogue Rapids. She loves sharing her extensive knowledge and enthusiasm for swimming with children and teenagers. She is passionate about water safety and committed to ensuring that everyone in the community has access to aquatic opportunities. Sarah’s motto: Swim Strong!

Kaylee Cooper

Rogue Rapids Assistant Coach

Kaylee Cooper is one of the most tenacious swimmers to come from Southern Oregon, known for her strength in butterfly, backstroke, and distance freestyle events. At South Medford High School, Kaylee was district champion in the 500 yard freestyle, and was named Team Captain and Most Valuable Player. She qualified for the OSAA 6A / Oregon High School State Championship every year of high school.

Kaylee was recruited to swim NCAA Division II for Fresno Pacific University, where she shined as a distance freestyler. She posted top five fastest times in Fresno Pacific history in the 1000 yard and 1650 yard freestyle. She finished eighth in the 1000 yard freestyle and 1650 yard freestyle at the Pacific Collegiate Swim & Dive Conference Championship, and eighth in the 1000 yard freestyle at the NCAA Division II Championship. Kaylee was named Scholar All-America Honorable Mention by the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America.

Kaylee lives in Medford and works in Grants Pass as a third grade teacher. She loves teaching young swimmers everything from the fundamentals of competitive swimming to advanced technique.

Jamie Buckley

Rogue Rapids Assistant Coach

Jamie Buckley was born and raised in Medford, Oregon. As an age group swimmer, she won races at the Oregon State Championship Meet, and also took gold in the 50 yard freestyle at the Northwest Regional Championship. Jamie excelled as a sprint freestyler, holding Oregon Top 5 times. She was a member of multiple Oregon All-Star teams and represented the state of Oregon at the Western Zones Championship Meet. Jamie was also a member of the South Medford High School swim team.

In her sophomore year of high school, Jamie became a certified lifeguard and swim instructor and spent her summers teaching swimming at the Rogue Valley Country Club. After graduating, she moved to Portland, where she taught swim lessons at Nike World Headquarters while attending college. She earned a Bachelor’s of Business Administration focused in Accounting from Southern Oregon University, and is currently a Senior Accountant at Dutch Bros Coffee.

Jamie’s love for the water has continued to develop over the years. She has continued to teach swim lessons, follow collegiate and professional swimming, and kept up with the continual innovations in the sport. Jamie is forever grateful to swimming for creating lifelong friendships. Her primary objective as a coach is to help create a positive and fun environment for youth swimmers in Southern Oregon. She is passionate about helping athletes prevent burnout and injury so that they can experience longevity in the sport and work toward their goals. Jamie also cares deeply about the mental health of her athletes and strives to help make sure that athletes are enjoying themselves.

Jamie loves spending time with her daughter, her cat, and her golden retriever. In her free time, she enjoys reading, watching sports, and attending concerts (she is a major Swiftie!).

Daniel Olson

Rogue Rapids Assistant Coach

Daniel Olson, a Southern Oregon native, was an accomplished age group swimmer who was the Oregon state champion in the 50 meter freestyle as a 14 year old. He attended North Medford High School, where he was an OSAA Scholar Athlete and two-time high school district champion in the 50 yard freestyle. He was awarded Swimmer of the Year for North Medford High School all four years.

Daniel is a 2024 graduate of Linfield University, where he was a two-sport athlete in swimming and track & field. He was a top sprint freestyler and butterflyer for Linfield, placing 5th at conference in the 50 yard freestyle in his junior year. He was also a member of Linfield's conference-winning 200 yard freestyle relay team.

He is an experienced swim instructor, who worked as a lifeguard and taught swimming lessons at the Rogue Valley Country Club during high school and summers during college. He is very happy to see some of his former swim students on the Rogue Rapids Swim Team! Like all of the Rogue Rapids coaching staff, Daniel is a certified USA Swimming Coach.

Outside of the pool, Daniel was a two-time state champion and national finalist in technical drafting at the SkillsUSA Championships. He majored in Digital Art.

Daniel is excited to be back in the Rogue Valley and to share his knowledge and enthusiasm for swimming with the Rogue Rapids.

Alli Bergland

Rogue Rapids Assistant Coach

Coach Allison (Alli) Bergland is a longtime swimmer and coach who began competitive swimming for a USA Swimming club and city team in Nebraska when she was 5 years old. She continued in competitive swimming until her teenage years, qualifying for the Nebraska State Games and the Midwestern Championship. She has fond memories of traveling with her family to swim meets and invitationals. 

Alli is a certified USA Swimming Coach who began teaching swim lessons when she was 15. Over the years, she has instructed all ages of swimmers, from infants to adults, and taught all levels, from beginners to advanced. As an undergraduate at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, she worked as a competition pool lifeguard for the women’s swim team. She assisted the swim coach for U.S. Masters Swimming in practice and in meets. She was assistant director for the Cornhusker State Games in open water swimming in 2006 and 2007. 

A teacher for over ten years, Alli is currently a first grade teacher in the Medford School District. She and her husband, Carl, are very proud of their two daughters, Hazel and Fern, who are Rogue Rapids swimmers. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, going to the beach, and being outside with her two huskies, Raffi and Nova.

Madison (Madi) Cate

Rogue Rapids Assistant Coach

Madison (Madi) Cate is originally from Southern Oregon. During part of her childhood, she lived in Hawaii, where she was a competitive surfer. When her family returned to the Rogue Valley at age 12, she found a new way to explore her love for the water: competitive swimming. She loved swimming because of the friends she made and the focus and drive it gave her. It taught her that good things come from hard work. Her favorite strokes were freestyle and backstroke, and her favorite events were the 100 and 200-yard backstroke and the 200 and 500-yard freestyle.

Although the Covid 19 pandemic disrupted Madi’s competitive swimming career during her high school years, she has continued to stay engaged with the sport. She has always had a love for teaching, and is currently working to become a high school math and physics teacher. She is able to combine her love for teaching and swimming as assistant coach for the Rogue Rapids and the North Medford High School swim team. Madi is excited and motivated to help young swimmers not only grow, learn, and develop within the sport, but help them grow as people as well. 

In her free time, Madi loves playing guitar, hiking and going for walks, and traveling to see her long-distance friends.