Meet Coach Joy   Joy Beseth began swimming on summer swim team at the age of 5 and has been consumed with swimming ever since.  When she turned 12 she began to swim competitively with the KC Blazers.  By the age of 13 she was volunteering to help swimmers with their strokes on the summer team and finally helped coach last year.  She is now employed as a lifeguard and a swim instructor and is very excited about coaching the summer team this year.  Seeing all the returning swimmers and meeting all the new ones will be one of Joy's highlights of her summer.

Meet Coach Jeff I was born on a military base in Texas to a military family.  Many people ask me where I am from and honestly I don't know how to answer since I've lived in 9 states and overseas (Thailand) -- so, "just point" is what I usually say :).  I swam in high school and was the captain of the swim team and the water polo team.  While in high school and all through college, I taught swimming lessons (Red Cross) and had the opportunity to coach a USA Swimming team for a couple of years -- all together, I have taught for 7 years and have had approximately 2500 students.  I have a passion for swimming and believe that in addition to being an important "safety" skill, swimming can be part of a life-long fitness regimine.   I am married to my best friend (Julie) and we have four children (Elise 11, Talmage 9, Seth 7, and Isaac 1) -- the oldest three will swim on the team; the youngest will cheer from the bleachers.  Currently, I work for Sprint (I've been in telecommunications for 13+ years); we live on a small family farm in Peculiar where we raise Angus beef cattle, a small garden, and soon maybe even some chickens.