Lea Berndsen
Head Coach
This is Lea’s seventh year as Head Coach.
She has been swimming since the age of five, swam
high school and for
Southwest Missouri State University. She currently
teaches Water Aerobics for the City of Webster
Groves and
previously taught swim lessons for Shrewsbury for
nine. Lea coached two summers for Sugar Creek Swim
Club ran
the spring warm-up at Affton School including stroke
development clinics.
ASSISTANT SWIM COACHES:
Nick Beckmann
Assistant Swim Coach
Nick swam for the Webster University Swim
Team and formerly swam for Lindbergh High School his
Freshman through Junior years. In addition to
swimming, Nick, a U.S. Sailing certified instructor,
teaches sailing at Carlyle Lake on the weekends and
has been active in lacrosse and water polo.
Patty Ulrich
Assistant Swim Coach
Patty Ulrich has been teaching and coaching swimming
on and off for the last 11 years. She coached
swimming and water polo for Lindbergh High School,
swimming for St. Louis Spirit, and has taught
swimming lessons at the YMCA. Most recently, Patty
coached the Junior Team for Webster Groves the last
two summers and meets for big
team last year. She will coach 9-18’s and Junior
Swim Team this summer.
Nick Dwyer
Assistant Swim Coach
Nick joins us for his first year of coaching after
having swum with Webster Waves since age 5 (14
years!) He went on to swim for Saint Louis
University High School’s swim team all four years,
with freestyle and butterfly emphasis and just
completed his second year at Mizzou. Nick had stints
with Flyers Aquatic and Spirit Swim Teams as well.
At State his freshman year, he recorded the fastest
leg in the 4x100 free relay, placing 17th.
Stephen Hoerr
Assistant Swim Coach
Stephen
swims for SLUH high School and is a state
qualifier. Aside from swimming, he has played
numerous other sports such as basketball, indoor and
outdoor soccer. He’s a borne leader, having led
three retreats for his church youth group, serving
as STUCO rep, and coaching a CYC basketball team.
Stephen has swum for the Webster Waves since age 7
and is currently a junior at SLUH.
DIVING COACHES
Julia Pearce
Diving Coach
Julia began diving as a youngster in northern
California, and worked her way up to the Junior
Olympics circuit and national competition. She
trained at Stanford in Palo Alto at the Cal-Berkeley
facility, was a high school All-American and can
boast a 40-0 league record, having placed top three
in state all four years. She went on to dive on
scholarship at Kansas University. Julia currently
coaches for Clayton diving Alliance and has coached
private and semi-private diving lessons for years.
Kristen
Karpawicz
Diving Coach
New to
the diving coach staff, Kristen just finished her
junior year at Ursuline Academy, where she dives for
her high school team. She has been a member of
Webster Waves since first grade and advanced to dive
year-round with the Clayton Diving Alliance the past
two years. She qualified for state this past
season. Once again this summer, she will be a
diver-coach, so we’ll have the opportunity to see
her beautiful dives at meets.
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