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questions are related to workouts, meets, events, goal setting, and
other swimming related needs, please contact one of the coaches.
For all questions related to administrative issues, such as dues,
safety, or policy issues, please contact one of the board
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 Linck BergenHead CoachEmail
THSC welcomes
Linck Bergen as our Head Coach. Linck coached a successful
year at THSC with 1 swimmer qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Trials,
4 swimmers qualifying for Nationals, and 6 swimmers qualifying for
Junior Nationals. For the 5 years prior, Linck was the Head
Age Group Coach for Thunderbolt Swimming and helped lead the way to
the success of THSC. We are excited to continue on with the
commitment to excellence that our club has been striving
for.
- Head Coach, THSC, Beaverton, OR
2004-Present
- Head Age Group Coach, THSC,
Beaverton, OR 1999-2004
- Head Age Group Coach, Napa Valley
Swim Team, Napa, CA 1993-1996
- Head Coach, Cape Swim Team, Cape
Girardeau, MO 1991-1993
- Head Swim Coach/Aquatic’s
Director, Blairwood Racquet Club, Louisville, KY 1990-1991
- Head Age Group Coach, Etobicoke
Swim Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1986-1988
- Santa Ana College, General
Education 1982-1984
- University of California, Santa
Barbara, Liberal Studies 1986-1987
- California State University,
Sonoma, Biology 1995-1996
- American swim coaches association
level 4
- Coached four #1 Nationally Ranked
swims
- Coached in excess of fifty
Nationally Ranked Top 16 swims and more than two-hundred National
Top 16 Reportable Times
- Winner of four consecutive Region
XII/Northwest Section Age Group Championships
- Winner of twelve consecutive Oregon
Swimming, Age Group Championships (2000-2004).
- Coached several Oregon Swimming,
Inc. Records (in excess of 30).
- Winner of four consecutive Ontario,
Canada Provincial Age Group Championships.
- Assistant Coach on four consecutive
National (Canadian) Team Championships (1987-1988).
- Coached two National (Canadian) Age
Group Record Holders
- Coached two (Canadian) Olympic
Trial Qualifiers.
- Assisted in Coaching six Olympians
(2004):
- Inge DeBruijn (NED) 50 FR, 100 FR,
100 FL, 400 FR Relay, 400 Medley Relay
- Chantal Grout (NED) 100 FL, 400 FR
Relay
- Kaori Hamada (JPN) 50 FR, 400 FR
Relay
- Igor Martchenko (RUS) 100 FL, 400
Medley Relay
- Junko Onishi (JPN) 100 FL, 400
Medley Relay
- Dennis Pimankov (RUS) 400 FR
Relay
- Assisted in Coaching Inge DeBruijn,
2000 Olympic Gold Medalist, World Record Holder: 50 FR, 100 FR, 100
FL.
- Assisted in coaching nine US
Olympic Trial Qualifiers (2000 & 2004).
 Ben SwinehartHead Age Group CoachEmail
Ben brings 8 years of coaching
experience to the Thunderbolts. His philosophy is to create a
healthy and safe environment in which athletes feel comfortable
taking risks and accepting personal challenges. Ben is
personally motivated to share his passion for swimming and love of
knowledge with all athletes.
A native Oregonian, Ben grew up swimming on summer recreational
teams in Keizer , Oregon . After graduating from High school
in 1996, he attended Whitworth College where he earned his BA in
History Education in 2000.
As a swimmer, he set school and club records at every team he
joined, including 5 school records and 4 conference records while
attending Whitworth College . Ben was a 4 year All-American and
Team Captain of the Whitworth College swim team his Junior and
Senior year.
Ben Started his coaching Career at Lincoln High School , where he
taught Social Studies. After catching the “coaching
bug”, he worked as Head Age Group Coach of the Puyallup
Aquatic Club and then Head Site Coach when the team merged to
become the South Sound Titans. In 2003, Ben moved to Orlando
, FL. to work as Age Group Coach and Asst. Varsity Coach of
Highlander Aquatics at the Lake Highland Preparatory School .
In June of 2005, Ben made his return to Oregon when he joined the
Thunderbolts.
Aside from coaching, Ben loves to play outdoors; surfing, biking,
disc golf, and rock climbing. He and his wife Lindsey have a dog
“Charlie-Bill”.
Some of Bens Coaching accomplishments:
- ASCA Level 4 Certified
Coach
- Voted 2006 Oregon Swim
Coaches Association “Age Group Coach of the
Year”
- Coached 77 LSC Champions (31
Florida , 46 Oregon )
- Coached more than 10 athletes
to over 33 Individual NAG Top 16 Rankings
- Coached 15 Relays with NAG
Top 16 rankings
- Coached an Individual and
Relay to 1st place NAG rankings
- Won 5 Oregon State team
titles
 Ruth StocksAge Group CoachEmail
Ruth graduated in 1988 with a BA in
Physical Therapy and worked as a Physical Therapist in Minneapolis,
MN before moving to Oregon in 1996.
She began teaching swimming during
high school and continued to teach through college. After moving to
Oregon, Ruth coached CYO swimming for 6 years with Valley Swim
Team. She also volunteered as a swimming Official from 2000 through
2008 working her way from a Stroke and Turn Official to Starter and
finally Referee. Ruth began coaching THSC’s Team Thunder and
JAG group in November 2006.
ASCA Certified Level 2
Email: Ruth @
Thunderboltswimming.org
 Franz ResseguieAssistant CoachEmail
Accomplishments:
USA Swimming "National Team Coach"
2006-2008. This honor recognizes Franz’s contribution
to the National Team’s primary objective of achieving
competitive success at the Olympic Games.
2006, 2007 & 2008 recipient of
the "Coach of Excellence Award," the American Swim Coaches
Association Award that recognizes achievement on the National
Level.
- 2007 National Select Camp
Coach
- 2003 & 2005 Arizona Zone
Coach
- 1999 Arizona All-Star Coach
 Paige LeeAssistant CoachEmail Jeff CrewsAssistant CoachEmail
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