Thor Larson has more than 20 years of coaching experience and a strong record of building programs and developing athletes to the national level. His coaching philosophy centers on creating a positive, joyful training environment where swimmers, parents, and coaches are all visibly engaged in the process of improvement, while also achieving measurable competitive excellence.

National-Level Athlete Development
• Guided multiple Olympic Trials qualifiers across different programs.
• Known for progressing athletes from age group through to national-level competition.

Program Recognition & Growth
• Built two programs (Tsunami and iNspire) from the ground up into nationally recognized clubs.
• Earned Silver Medal Club Excellence recognition for iNspire despite its size, a testament to the quality of athlete development and coaching.

Head Coaching Roles
• AGUA (New York City): Head Age Group Coach and Aquatic Manager for 4.5 years, overseeing three assistants and contributing to one of the nation’s premier age-group programs.
• Kansas City Blazers: Co-Head Coach for 4 years, coaching 6 athletes to Junior Nationals (including 2 finalists).
• Tsunami Swim Team (Kansas City): Founder and Head Coach, developing swimmers from their first strokes all the way to the Olympic Trials.
• iNspire Swim Team (Omaha, NE): Founder and Head Coach for 9.5 years, growing the team from 5 swimmers to 105 pre-pandemic. In 2024, iNspire became the smallest club in the country to earn USA Swimming Silver Medal status with only 49 registered athletes; the next smallest Silver Medal club had 210 swimmers (Tsunami Swim Team). At iNspire, Thor developed swimmers who achieved Olympic Trials cuts, USA Swimming Top 10 rankings, and
NCAA Division I Top 10 recruits.

YMCA Leadership
Thor also brings a strong administrative background with his experience as CEO and Executive Director of the Grand Island YMCA, where membership grew from 3,600 to 7,000, annual revenue improved from $860,000 to over $2.3M, and the endowment grew 220% under his direction. His analytical nature served him well as he relied on KPIs and cost-benefit data to drive results that furthered the organization’s mission and goals.

Brian Wingert has been coaching for Wichita Swim Club since August 2011.  He coaches White Squad and also serves as the Director of Business Operations as well as the Executive Director of Wichita Swim School.

Coach Brian is from Peabody, KS, where he began swimming at age 6 and swam for 10 years for the Peabody-Burns Super Swimmers.  The 200 Medley Relay is his favorite race to swim, and breaststroke is his favorite stroke to swim.  His favorite things about coaching swimming are watching swimmers develop and continuously improve and (of course) the good, free food in the hospitality room at swim meets. 

Brian received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Wichita State University in 2014, and his Associate of Science at Butler County Community College in 2011. 

Brian is an avid golfer and spends much of his free time on a golf course. He also enjoys running, writing and recording music, appreciating and creating art, and reading.  He is proud of his younger brother who is in the National Guard.

Coach Brian is a fan of all the Kansas City Sports teams.  If he could spend a day with any Olympic swimmer, he’d spend time with Olympic freestyler Anthony Ervin so the two of them could talk about philosophy, music and tattoos.

Jason began coaching with Wichita Swim Club in 2024, where he currently serves as the Lead Coach for the Red Squad and assists with the Bronze Squad. He is also the Head Boys Swimming Coach at Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School and previously spent five years coaching with Swim Newton/Newton Nitros. Beyond swimming, Jason has coached a variety of sports including soccer, track, baseball, and basketball.

Growing up in Wichita, Jason swam for Edgemoor, Rockwood, and briefly for Wichita Swim Club. His favorite events as a swimmer were the 100 and 200 Breaststroke. An all-around athlete, he also played soccer, baseball, basketball, hockey, and football during his youth. Jason continued his athletic journey in college, competing in soccer at both Benedictine College and Bethel College while studying Biology, Chemistry, and Theatre Arts.

As a coach, Jason is passionate about helping athletes grow into successful, well-rounded individuals both in and out of the pool. He is USA Swimming Shield Certified Gold Head Coach, Senior ADM Coach, and Age Group ADM Coach.

Outside of coaching, Jason enjoys supporting his own children in their activities—from watching his oldest swim at the collegiate level with Barton Community College to watching on his youngest in swim lessons at Wichita Swim School. He also enjoys attending his children’s theater productions and, in his free time, playing retro transportation games and Civilization V.

Christine started coaching with Wichita Swim Club in 2025.  She previously was a coach for the Stingray Swim Club in Fairbanks, AK, and as an assistant coach for Ponoma College.  She is currently the Head Girls Swim Coach for Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School.

Christine grew up in Alaska where she swam and participated in cross country skiing.  She swam and played water polo for Ponoma College where she studied Pyschology.  Christine's favorite events when she swam were the 200 IM and the 200 Backstroke.

In her free time, Christine enjoys to travel.

Caroline joined Wichita Swim Club as a coach in 2025.  She previously coached at Enid High School and Meadowlane Summer Swim Team.

Caroline grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska swimming for the Greater Nebraska Swim Team and in college, swam for Texas A&M.  Caroline competed at the US Olympic Trials in 2016, 2021 and 2024.  At Trials in 2021, she made it to the Semifinals at the in the 200 IM while competing in her home state. She has also represented the United States at the 2023 World University Games where she took the Bronze Medal in the 200 IM.

Caroline has a Master's Degree in Entrepreneurial Leadership and a Bachelor's Degree in Health from Texas A&M.