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
