Ted Romero - Head Coach
Ted is returning to the Fairview swim team as head coach this year from being a
Co-Head Coach last year. Originally from Englewood, Colorado, Ted has
participated swimming, basketball, and football at Regis Jesuit High School
where he graduated in 1999. While swimming at Regis he went to State his Junior
and Senior years. Senior year he place 3rd in the 100yd freestyle and 4th in the
200yd freestyle at State earning a three time All-American status in the 200yd
free, 200yd freestyle relay, and 400yd freestyle relay. Ted's biggest
accomplishment in high school was starting off with a time of 1:03 in the 100yd
free his freshman year and ending up with a 47.5 his senior year.
He continued to swim at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas for two years,
lettering both years. Ted transferred to University of Colorado at Boulder to
pursue a History Degree. While earning a BA in History, Ted took an extensive
amount of course work in Secondary Education. Realizing he didn't want to become
a teacher in the classroom, he went back to school to earn a B.S. in Integrative
Physiology, and graduated in December 2007. Ted is the Health and Wellness
Coordinator at the Boulder Valley YMCA, is a Certified Personal Trainer, and
teaches Cycling classes, Sport Conditioning classes, and Triathlon Classes. At
the YMCA, Ted has trained people to run personal bests in the Bolder Boulder,
how to overcome two knee replacements, and is training mountaineers to become
fit to climb Mt. Everest next August.
Ted has been teaching private and group swim lesson for 11 years and has coached
summer league swim teams in south Denver for three summer seasons, 1999-2001.
Ted coached Masters Swimming for Lakeshore Athletic Club for several years. He
also has started his own online Personal Training business, PEAK FORM TRAINING,
where he coaches and trains people with a variety of interests and fitness
levels. Ted is currently competing in Triathlons, where he continues to place in
the top five overall and in his age group at races. Ted also competes in
Mountain Running events, where his biggest accomplishment to date is an 18th
place finish out of 1600 people at the Pikes Peak Ascent in 2006, with some the
best runners in the country participating in the event.
Amy Brophy Webb - Assistant Swim
Coach
Amy competed for Niwot High School where she was co-captain and also lettered.
She has 12 summers of coaching experience with the BVSSL with both the Flyers
Swim Team and Mesa Swim Team, swimming for Mesa Swim Team for 11 years. She is
the Head Coach at Mesa Swim Team. During the 2002 and 2008 seasons, she was the
Fairview Girls Swim Team assistant swim coach. She also competes on the national
level for Boulder Aquatic Masters as well as coaching for Masters. She also
teaches swimming lessons to all ages through Boulder Swimming Academy.
Tony Novak - Diving Coach
Tony grew up in Germantown, Maryland and started diving as a freshman at Seneca
Valley High School. He later earned a diving scholarship to East Carolina
University. During his attendance at ECU, he placed in the top 8 in the
conference every year on the diving team. Tony graduated from ECU in 1997 with a
B.S. in Physiology and later went back for a degree in Education. He is
currently a teacher and coach at Southern Hills Middle School in Boulder. Tony
is coaching the girls dive team for Fairview too.