Life After Competition Swimming
Haislett served as an assistant coach for the Florida Gators women's swim team under head coach Kevin Thornton from 1996 to 1997. Afterward, she studied to be a chef at the Florida Culinary Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida, and she formerly worked as a dining room manager and an activities director at an assisted living community for seniors. She has been married to Ricky Bacher, an executive chef, since 2003. She was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2004, and the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. Haislett and her husband have a daughter, Blake, who was born in 2006.
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