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Coaching Staff

Andrew Brand

Head Coach (Elite Group)

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Andrew has been a member of the Cuda's coaching staff since August 2006. 2011 marks his second year as head coach of the Front Range Barracudas. Andrew started swimming competitively at age nine for the Evergreen Hurricanes club team. He swam with them for nine years and culminated his age group swimming career at the high school state meet his senior year where he was a state champ and garnered honorable mention high school All-American honors for the Evergreen Cougars. He attended the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, ND and swam for the Fighting Sioux. He qualified for nationals (in butterfly and IM events) all four years, and earned NCAA All-American and All-American honorable mention honors during his stint swimming up in the great white north. During his current four year run with the Cudas, Andrew has coached multiple swimmers to Colorado state championships in over 25 events total. He has coached Western Zone Champs, as well as All-Star meet champs. Andrew was, as selected by his peers, the Northern Colorado Age Group Coach of the Year in 2009. He was named Front Range League Coach of the year while head coach of the Northglenn High School girls swim team in 2007 and 2009. In his free time he likes to save orphans from burning buildings, rescue cats from tall trees and help old ladies cross busy streets.

Thomas L Lowenthal

Head Age Group Coach (Black, Gray)

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Hailing from Chicago, Tom brings over 15 years of competitive swimming experience to the CUDAs. Swimming for the Academy Bullets in Aurora Illinois, Tom was a member of a Junior National Championship team in 1995, a Nationally ranked age group swimmer, Illinois High School State record holder and State Champion. He also swam on scholarship for the University of Tampa where he was All-American and an NCAA qualifier in his lone full season before injuries set in. Recently he graduated with his Master’s in Teaching from University of South Florida in Tampa and relocated here to Broomfield. Tom is now a successful open water swimmer, and has a great focus on stroke technique due to his prior injuries with the sport. His enthusiasm for the sport shines while working with our age groupers as he balances fun and learning daily.

Amy Meyers

BCC Head Site Coach (Red, Silver)

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Amy Meyers has been coaching swimmers ranging in age and experience since 2000, and swimming competitively herself from the age of 8. Amy’s swimming career started in a Lafayette, Colorado on the local swim team as well as co-captained the Centaurus High School Swim Team. Her passion for swimming has never faltered and has allowed her to work and compete around the country. After graduating from the University of Northern Colorado with a B.S. in Exercise Science with an emphasis in Exercise Physiology she moved out to San Francisco. She immediately became involved in open water swimming and triathlons, with great success and continues to enjoy training and competing. Amy also works as a personal trainer in her down time putting her degree, ACSM, Sports Nutrition, and TRX certifications to help bring out the athletes highest potential in practice and competition.

 

She is looking forward to becoming apart of Front Range Barracudas and seeing what the upcoming season brings!

Alan Cobb

Assistant Coach (White, Senior)

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Alan is a longtime member of the Northern Colorado Swimming community. He began swimming competitively at age six and swam though high school competing at state and national levels. Beginning his coaching career during his college years well attending CSU, Alan has coached age-group swimmers though regional/national athletes. He served as head age group coach at Longmont Swim Club for seven years while head coaching the Girls and Boy's team at Mountain View High School for four years and more recently head coach for the girls team at Greeley Central High School for three. Currently he serves Colorado Swimming as the Age-Group Coordinator for the state. Alan recently return to CSU to earn his science teaching certification in secondary education

Sarah Walker

Assistant Coach (Developmental)

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Sarah grew up in Northern California where she began her competitive swimming career at age 7.  She swam for 8 years on local club teams and in high school qualified for California State section finals before injuries forced her to stop swimming mid-way through high school. She was given the opportunity to swim again for 2 years in college when she was recruited during a PE class at a community college adjacent to her university.  She spent two semesters taking classes at both Azusa Pacific University and at Citrus College in order to maintain swimming eligibility and stay on track with her degree.  Sarah enjoys competing with her local masters swim team along with competing in long distance open water events during the summer.  Sarah has 2 seasons of high school coaching experience along with experience working with a summer swim team.

Clint Dierking

Assistant Coach

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Clint has been swimming competitively from the age of seven for the Shawnee County Dolphins in Kansas. He swam with the Kaw Valley Tortugas swim team, and swam at the All-star meet. He also competed in the Central ZONES meet as a part of the winning team from Kansas. He swam for the Tortugas from age 12 until he moved to Colorado in 2008. When he moved there he swam for the Barracudas. He also swam for Mountain Range High School, captaining the team. He was a state qualifier in the 100 butterfly all three years, and relays the final two. He also had a third place finisher at conference in the 100 butterfly. He went to college at Adams State on a swimming scholarship and swam there for a year, specializing in middle distance freestyle and butterfly, competing at the RMAC Conference meet. He is now preparing to go to culinary school in Denver, along with pursuing a degree in restaurant management

Teri Jo Hasbrouck

Assistant Coach

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Teri Jo grew up in Southeast Alaska on a small fishing island where learning to swim was more for survival than fun. She began swimming competitively when she was eight, and still competes today. Teri Jo graduated from the University of Tampa where she swam all four years on scholarship and was a four year member of the Sunshine All-Academic team. Recently, Teri Jo has been the head coach of the Horizon girl's high school team and helped Coach Andrew with the Thornton boys high school team.

Paul Bunge

Assistant Coach

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Hi my name is Paul Bunge.  I have been swimming competitively since the age of 8.  From the time I was 8 until I was 18, I swam for the Broomfield Barracudas.  From there I participated in All-Stars, Zones, and Sectionals.  During my high school carrer at Broomfield, I was the state runner-up in the 100 Butterfly.  I was also voted swimmer of my conference, and the 2006 Swimmer of the Year for 4a, my senior year.  From there, I recieved offers from West Chester University, but ultimately accepted a scholarship to swim at Metro State.  I swam one year for them and I am currently finishing up my last semester to becoming an Elementary School Teacher.  I am currently the head coach for the Legacy High School Boys Swim and Dive Team and I look to continue coaching there and finding a job teaching in Colorado.  My favorite stroke is butterfly, but I was an I.M.'er both in high school and college.

Chuck Jackson

Strength & Conditioning Coach

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Chuck Jackson is a Specialist in Sports Conditioning and a Certified FitnessTrainer.  Chuck has been training fitness since 1983.  More recently, Chuck started working with gymnasts and the team saw an increase in strength and core stability immediately and it showed in the increase of state champions jumping from 3 to 11 in a 6 months time.  Chuck is a proud member of the International Sports Sciences Association.  He trained under trainer John Schaeffer who has worked with many Olympic athletes.  Chuck is currently working with high school and college athletes in swimming, basketball, baseball, soccer, football and track as well as semi-pro football players. He has developed new exercises, training equipment and training methods that develop PF3 (power factor 3), core strengthening and increased VO2 MAX (volume of oxygen taken in and utilized while exercising).  Chuck's philosophy is to provide a training program that strengthens and develops the athlete safely, reduces injury and helps rehabilitate the athlete to get them back in the sport as soon as possible.

Chad White

Assistant Coach

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Chad has been a coach for about 15 years, and is returning with his oldest son Kyle. He is a certified Level 1 American Swim Coaches Association coach, and has coached kids ages five to eighteen. Through his leadership, the kids not only learn correct stroke technique, but also develop a lasting love for the sport.
Coach Chad wants swimming to be fun and rewarding. We would like to see young swimmers take up the sport and keep at it throughout high school and beyond. While encouraging hard work, we want to avoid the burnout caused by an over emphasis on arduous workouts or a single-minded focus on winning. Swim smart! Swim fast!
        A skilled swimmer seems to move effortlessly through the water. Coaches describing elite level swimmers speak of their "feel for the water". Swimming fast is 70% the result of proper technique and 30% the result of fitness and conditioning. Chad places great emphasis on the development of proper swim technique. Especially with the young swimmers, practices incorporate technique drills and training. Grinding out yardage is meaningless without proper technique. Young swimmers with proper strokes, starts, and turns will have plenty of time to put in the hours and yards later if they want to reach elite levels of competition in high school and college.
My favorite swimmers are Mary T. Meagher, Steve Lundquist, Matt Biondi, and Tom Jager. My favorite athlete was Lance Armstrong, and my favorite Triathletes are Dave Scott, Mark Allen and Scott Tinley.
In my free time I enjoy camping, boating and anything with my family. I have two kids, Ethan age 6, Kyle age 8 and I am married to Dina