Coaches
Please note: these addresses are available for the purpose of conducting club business only and are not to be used for commercial purposes.
The coaches would like to know your swim goals so please email one or all of us as
to what those goals are and the dates for achieving these goals. We want to
help you be a success in the pool!
| Jane Scott | Curt Colby | Wolfgang Dittrich | Gretchen Johnson |
| Anna Scott | Tiffany Forbes | Lindsay Markin | Amy Brophy-Webb |
| Eney Jones | Roger Knight | Stacey Tobey | Kirsten Meymaris |
Jane Scott, Director
Education:
University of Santa Barbara, California, BS in Exercise Science
University of Colorado, Boulder; MA in Education
Swimming Background:
- Started swimming on a team at age 7
- University of Santa Barbara Swim and Water Polo Team
- Masters Swimmer, Open Water competitor, Triathlon experience
Coaching:
- Have coached Masters swimming for over 25 years in Davis, California and Boulder, CO
- Started the BAM program
Comments:
- Triathlete Magazine Swim Coach of the Year
- Colorado Masters Swim Coach of the Year
- Coach of world class swimmers and triathletes
- Triathlete and Swim clinics within the U.S as well as internationally
- Enjoys teaching beginning swimmers to experienced swimmers
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Curt Colby
Experience:
- ASCA Level II Coach
- Started swimming at age 9
- New Jersey State High School Champ
- High School All American
- Varsity Letter Princeton University Swim Team
- Nationals 1970: breastroker in the Medley Relay
- Curt has coached and taught swimming for a total of 15 years. "I love the water and I love helping people to improve and achieve goals. I believe our possibilities are way beyond the limitations we create for ourselves."
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Wolfgang Dittrich
Swim & Triathlon Experience:
- Started swimming in 1967
- Member of the German Junior National Swim Team
- Member of the German National Swim Team
- Olympic Swim Trials 1984
- Started Triathlons 1984
- Member of the German National Triathlon Team
- Professional Triathlete 1987 - 2000
- Certified Swim Coach since 1982
- Coaching since 1982
- Organizer of International Triathlon Camps since 1992
- Swim Seminars since 1998
- International Triathlon Seminars since 1994
- Triathlon Consultant since 2000
Swim Coach Experience:
- 11 years of triathlon training camps with swim-specific sessions.
- Technique/stroke clinics, video analysis, weight training for swimming, swim equipment use, stretching programs.
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Gretchen Johnson
Personal Background:
- Hometown - Ridgefield, CT
- 1998 Penn State University, B.S. in Exercise Science
- 2000 University of Colorado - Boulder, M.S. in Applied Physiology
- 2004 University of Colorado - Boulder, current MBA student
Athletic Background:
- 1994 CT Swimming National Team Member
- 1994 Penn State Swimming
- 1994 - 98 Penn State Water Polo - Captain
- 1999 - 2000 University of Colorado Triathlon Team President
- Age-group Triathlete, 3 Ironmans completed including Hawaii
Coaching Experience:
- CT summer club team (ages 6 - 16)
- 1999 - 2000 Stroke Development Coach - CU Tri Team
- 2001 Meadows Club Coach (13-14 yr olds)
- 2002 Swim America Instructor (ages 4 - 7)
- 2002 - Present: BAM Master's Swim Coach
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Anna Scott
Anna has been involved with swim coaching and instruction for over 15 years, working with swimmers of all ages (children and adults) and backgrounds from the beginning to the advanced levels. She has coached swimming at the age-group, high-school, collegiate, and masters levels. Anna continues to pursue coaching as Head Coach for the Rock Creek Flyers Summer Swim Team, Master's Swim Coach for BAM and the Flatiron Athletic Club, and teaches group and private swim lessons at the FAC.
Athletic Achievements:
- US National Swim Team Member ('87 & '88)
- US Olympics Trials Qualifier ('84, '88, '92)
- NCAA National Champion
- US Masters National Champion
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Tiffany Forbes
Personal Background:
Tiffany grew up in Indiana, swimming for the Donners Swim Club. She reached top 16 National Rankings on several occasions in the 200 and 400/500 freestyle. Tiffany was part of the Columbus East High School, that won the State Championships with only 4 competing swimmers.
Education:
- Southern Illinois University in Carbondale - Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Science.
- United States Swimming -Graduate Research Assistant.
- University of Colorado - Master's in Exercise Physiology
Coaching:
- Owner and Director of the Boulder Swimming Academy.
- BAM Coach since 1992
- Coach - Olympic Club - San Francisco
- Coach - Dallas Aquatic Masters
- Coach - Mandurah - Australia
- TEAM USA Staff for 2004 & 2008 Masters World Championships
- Boulder Poseidons Swim team Coach. 1989 - 1992
- Volunteer coach for the Colorado School of Mines.
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Lindsay Markin
A native of Chicago, Il, Lindsay attended Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, IN.
Swam on the varsity women's team before switching to Water Polo.
Swam on the DU masters swim team.
Education:
- Masters Degree in Forensic Psychology from the University of Denver
Experience:
- BAM Coach
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Amy Brophy-Webb
Experience:
- Amy has been a swimming instructor in Boulder for the past 14 years.
- She has coached for the BVSSL summer league for 11 years and is currently the head coach of Mesa Swim Team.
- Amy has been coaching and competing for BAM for over 3 years. In 2004 she joined forces with Tiffany Forbes to become Head Coach of the Boulder Swimming Academy teaching kids and adults.
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Eney Jones
Education & Athletic Achievements:
- Swam for the University of Florida where she was an All American and Academic/Athletic All American.
- Placed 2nd in the 200 freestyle at NCAA and was part of the Relay and National Championship Team.
- First woman to complete the Hawaiian Iron Man triathlon 6 times as a professional triathlete.
- 2008 - Winner of the 5k at the World Championships in Perth Australia
- 2009 - 2nd place overall at the Waikiki Rough Water Swim.
- 2009 - National Masters Champion in the 100-200-400-500-1500-1650 and 5k.
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Roger Knight
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Stacey Tobey
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Kirsten Meymaris
Kirsten started swimming at age 5 in St. Paul Minnesota and competed for the University of Minnesota. She has swum in masters programs in every place she has lived, from Minnesota to New Mexico to Germany. Her specialty is backstroke and kicking (both of which have your face above the water!)
Experience:
- 1991 - 1995 Univ. of Minnesota swimming - 4x letter winner
- 1995 - 1996 Univ. of Minnesota swim captain
- 1995 NCAA Swimming All-American Honorable Mention
- 1998 - 2000 Univ. of Colorado at Boulder Triathlon Club
- 1999 4th place finish at the National Collegiate Triathlon Championships
- 1997 - present, age group triathlete, completed 2 Ironmans
- 2001 5th place finish Ironman Florida