The Hampton Oaks Swim Team (HOST) Board of
Directors (BOD) recently completed our coaching selection process. We
are very excited to announce the new 2005 HURRICANE coaching staff.
Head Coach - Andy Bertolet
Lead Assistant - Tommy Cregan
Assistant - Christine Wishmyer
Assistant - Ambur Humphrey
The
HOST BOD believes strongly that this staff will prove to be the best
ever assembled to coach our young swimmers.
Head Coach
Coach Bertolet recently moved to Fredericksburg from
Jenkintown, PA with his new bride Kate. He currently serves as an
Assistant Coach with the Quantico Sharks.
Coach Bertolet was a four-year, Pennsylvania High School,
All-American and State Champion in the State 500 meter Freestyle. He
qualified for US Senior Nationals in five Events (1650 Freestyle, 500
Freestyle, 400 IM, 200 Butterfly, and 200 Breaststroke). Coach
Bertolet’s numerous coaching positions include:
2001
- 2004: Head Coach, Brandywine Country Club
1998
- 1999: Assistant Coach, Indiana University of
Pennsylvania
1996
- 2000: Head Coach, Manorlu Swim Club
1996
- 1997: Head Coach, Upper Dublin High School
1996
- 1998: Head Coach, Upper Dublin Aquatic Club
1995
- 1997: Assistant Coach, Upper Dublin Aquatic Club
Additional training and experience
include:
-
Attended US Swimming Coach’s Clinic at the Olympic
Training Center in Colorado Springs
- Attended Eastern States Coach’s Clinic
- Director of Indiana
University of Pennsylvania Summer Age Group Camps
Coach Bertolet’s on-going coaching objective is to “help create quality
athletes and citizens through the sport of swimming.” Those who have
seen Coach Bertolet in action with the Sharks know him to be a highly
competent, confident and enthusiastic coach who always maintains a
swimmer-first perspective. Coach Bertolet is a natural leader who will
be actively engaged in teaching our swimmers proper stroke technique and
training his staff how to consistently apply his coaching philosophy to
the entire team. He is dedicated to ensuring our swimmers have a lot of
fun while striving for technical improvement in their strokes. Coach
Bertolet is also a dedicated team builder and will create a positive
environment that will encourage our swimmers to return to the sport each
year. The swimming and coaching experience, and technical expertise
Coach Bertolet brings to the HURRICANES, are most welcomed. We look
forward to the 2005 summer swim season with great expectations.
Assistant Coaches.
Lead
Assistant – Tommy Cregan. Coach Cregan was the Aquia Harbor Head Coach
for the past two seasons, competing in the Battlefield Division; the
most competitive in the RSL. He is currently a senior at East Carolina University. Coach Cregan lettered on the ECU Swim Team
all four years. Coach Cregan will graduate from ECU this May and begin
his career as an Elementary School Teacher after 2005 summer swim season.
Assistant – Christine Wishmyer. Coach Wishmyer returns to the
HURRICANES for her fifth consecutive year as an assistant coach and her
seventh consecutive year as a swimmer or coach for the Hurricanes.
Coach Wishmyer began competitive swimming at the age of seven in 1991
with a summer swim team, the Dunn Loring Dolphins of the NVSL (Northern
Virginia Swim League), and continued every summer up through 2003. She
competed on various year-round teams from age nine until 18. Coach
Wishmyer participated in numerous stroke clinics with Potomac Marlins
and lettered all four years on the North Stafford High School Swim Team,
serving as Captain her senior year. She is currently a Junior at
James Madison University and continues to swim as a member of the JMU
Club Swimming Team.
Assistant – Ambur Humphrey. Coach Humphrey also returns
to the Hurricanes for her second consecutive year as an assistant
coach. She did double duty as a HURRICANE swimmer/coach last season and
swam for North Stafford High School her senior year. Coach Humphrey
brings incredible dedication and enthusiasm to the staff. She began
coaching at a very young age in Texas and has been successful everywhere
she has coached.
The members of your 2005 HURRICANE
Coaching Staff are all outstanding swimmers, experienced and successful
coaches and dedicated to the proper instruction of our young swimmers.
They are all extraordinary citizens and true All-Stars coaches. We look
forward to the 2005 swim season and watching our swimmers grow and
improve under the leadership of Coach Bertolet and the entire HURRICANE
Coaching Staff.
GO HURRICANES!
