Over 40 years of Combined Coaching and Swim experience, from 8 & Unders to Olympic Trials
Brent Bergstedt
Head Coach
Telephone: 720.280.8946
Brent Bergstedt has been a swimmer for 24 years. He is a 3 time All American, 5 time Summer Club State Champion, XI FINA World Masters Championship Top Ten Finisher 100M Breaststroke (August, 2006), and Olympic Trial Qualifier. He competed in Australia for the US National Travel Team in 1999. He has over 17 years of coaching experience He started coaching at age 12 doing private lessons. At age 16, he started coaching as a swimmer coach for Genesee Mountain Thunder. After coaching for Genesee in 2004, he started coaching Rocky Mountain Thunder as the head Age Group Coach. Later that season, he became the Head Coach. He will be assisted by qualified coaches, including current and former members of Rocky Mountain Thunder Swimming. He also has been the Head Coach of Genesee Swim Team and Mullen High School Girls Swim Team, the Assistant Coach for 5 Parks Piranhas.
His coaching staff brings a wealth of knowledge to help beginners through Olympic trial swimmers, drawing from age group, high school, college, international swimming and Olympic trial experiences.
His coaching staff ensures that kids learn vital swimming techniques and life responsibilities. They believe in maintaining a structured environment while having fun. We believe it is a framework that breeds exceptional swimmers and young adults.
Nick Barta
Asst. Head Coach
Telephone: 720.939.2726
Nick Barta has been a competitive swimmer since he was 6 years old. He is 24 years old and throughout his whole life he has always loved swimming. He swam all 4 years as a letterman at Wheat Ridge High School. He continued his swimming career at Metro State College of Denver for 3 of the 5 years that he has been there. He swam on a full-ride scholarship his sophomore year. He is currently a graduate with a Business Management degree. During this time, He has coached the Stingrays Summer Club swim team for the last 6 years. One of the most rewarding things that he obtained was seeing his swimmers drastically improve their times in all of their races. He plans to take this knowledge and apply it to this team to help these swimmers achieve their goals and dreams. He brings a wealth of stroke technique and the discipline needed to coach swimmers of all ages.
Sarah T Hamilton
College Coach
Amy Meyers
Age Group Coach
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. She started swimming on the local swim team to the co-captain of 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 for four years. She immediately became involved in open water swimming and triathlons. Competing in the Alcatraz Challenge winning her age group two years in a row; Escape from the Rock, Wildflower Triathlon both on winning relay teams, and qualifying for Age Group Nationals Olympic Triathlon in 2009.
She is looking forward to becoming apart of the Rocky Mountain Thunder Swim Team and seeing what the upcoming season brings.
