Rebecca Story enters her fifth season as Wheaton's head synchronized swimming coach in 2011-12 after pushing the Lyons to a top-10 finish at the U.S. Collegiate Championship for the 23nd consecutive season last year. After placing ninth in 2008-09 and seventh in 2009-10, the Lyons placed sixth this past season, marking the third-consecutive year the team has improved upon the previous year’s finish.

In addition to the Lyons success as a team last year, Story also saw one of her student-athletes named to the U.S. Synchronized Swimming squad as Christiana Butera became one of 12 athletes selected to represent her country at the 14th FINA World Aquatics Championships this past July.

Currently the collegiate chair for U.S. Synchronized Swimming, Story also serves as the education chair for the New England Synchronized Swimming Association (NESSA). She previously served on the NCAA subcommittee for the sport.

A four-year synchronized swimmer at regional rival Keuka College in Keuka Park, NY, Story was an assistant coach with the program in 2006-07. Among her main tasks at Keuka were structuring practices and implementing new workout routines. She also coached and choreographed routines for the Keuka Kokanees Age Group squad from 2002-07 and began designing routines for Keuka as a freshman.

A three-year captain at Keuka, Story advanced to the third phase of tryouts for the U.S. Senior National team in 2007. She also coached a team at the Empire State Games in Binghamton, New York, in 2006.

Story was the Keuka program's recruiting coordinator during her freshman and sophomore seasons and, after just her freshman year of college, she served as the communications director of Keuka's synchronized swimming camp in the summer of 2003.

She was among the top seven soloists in the nation at the U.S. Collegiate Championship each of her final three seasons and half of a top-11 duet on three occasions. Keuka recorded a top-10 finish each of her four years, placing as high as fifth during her senior campaign.

Story made an appearance at the U.S. National Championship as both a junior and senior. She was voted Keuka Athlete of the Year by her peers following her senior season. An organizational communications major, Story graduated from Keuka in May 2006.

Sarah Swinkin enters her fourth year as an assistant coach with her alma mater in 2012. A 2007 graduate with a degree in history, Swinkin competed with Wheaton for four years, helping the Lyons to four top-nine finishes at the U.S. Collegiate Championship.