Danielle Hulick Tansel has big plans for Galesburg aquatics — and she's just getting started

Danielle Hulick Tansel has big plans for Galesburg aquatics — and she's just getting started

Danielle Hulick Tansel at WGIL studios, April 17, 2026. (WGIL) Danielle Hulick Tansel learned to swim at Hawthorne Pool. She competed on her first swim team at Lakeside. She set records at Galesburg High School, ranked sixth in the country her junior year, and went on to swim at the University of Notre Dame. Then she spent 25 years coaching at Michigan, Ohio State, SMU, Richmond, and Oakland University. Now she’s back — and she’s running the poo…