Lea Berndsen
Head Coach
This is Lea’s eighth 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 warmup
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. He has coached
F.A.S.T. for two 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 12 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 three summers and has assisted at
big meets. She will
coach Junior Swim Team this summer.
Nick Dwyer
Assistant Swim Coach
Nick joins us for his second 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 born 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 senior at SLUH. This is his
second year coaching Webster Waves.
Brigid Verhoff
Junior Swim Team Coach
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. This is her second year as Head
Dive Coach.
Sarah Barker
Assistant Dive Coach
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