Fresno Pacific University Men's Swimming

Christensen was named the Fresno Pacific swimming & diving programs second head coach on May 3, 2012.   Under Christensens guidance in 2014-15, the Sunbirds broke several records and earned many program firsts. The men placed third at the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference (PCSC), while the women finished fifth. Christensen earned Co-Coach of the Meet. On January 31, the Sunbirds took down California Baptist in a dual meet for only the second time in school history. The Sunbirds also excelled in the classroom under Christensen, as the men earned CSCAA All-Academic and ranked 25th in Division II with a 3.39 team GPA.   Christensen also had several members of his team earn individual honors under his leadership. Alex Hussain was named FPUs Scholar of the Year and earned Capital One Academic All-American honors, while diver Duston Gragg was named the PCSC mens Diver of the Meet. Wesley Coles qualified for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100 butterfly (54.58), while Daria Belova won the 100 (1:14.16) and the 200 (2:40.43) breaststroke at the FINA Masters World Championships. Christensen also help bring media attention to record-setting swimmer Kendall Swanson, who ranked first in NCAA Division II in the 100 and 200 breaststroke during the regular season.   In 2013-14, Christensen was named the PCSC mens Coach of the Meet after leading the men to a third place finish. The Sunbirds also ranked fifth in all of Division II with a 3.35 team GPA, while the women ranked 14th with a 3.40 team GPA as both teams earned CSCAA All-Academic under Christensen.   In his first year at the helm, Christensen had the Sunbirds ranked #8 in the nation and the women #12 in their first year at the NCAA Division II level in 2012-13. Christensen led FPU to a second-place finish at the PCSC Championships, while the women took home third. In the classroom under his leadership, the men held a 3.01 cumulative GPA to earn the CSCAA All-Academic Team honor. In his three seasons as head coach, the mens and womens programs have broken into FPUs top five records 55 times.  Prior to FPU, Christensen spent two seasons at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix as the head assistant and recruiting coordinator for one of the top swimming programs in NCAA Division II. Under Christensen, the GCU mens team, which had finished 16th the year before he arrived, put together two consecutive NCAA top-five finishes and was ranked #1 in the nation in January 2011. He took the womens team from a 31st-place finish at NCAA nationals two years ago to a 5th-place finish this season. Christensen, whose entire swimming and coaching career has been at the Division II level, has a coaching philosophy that is not only centered around highly-competitive swimming, but also stresses the importance of a family atmosphere and a genuine care for each student-athlete. Originally from Mesa, Ariz., Christensen swam at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas as a student-athlete before joining the OBU coaching staff during his junior year of college. He was an assistant coach from 2007-2010 and during that span the mens team never finished lower than fifth and the womens team never lower than 10th at the NCAA Division II national championships. After returning to his hometown to take the position at GCU, Christensen established himself as a proven recruiter with a knack for finding talent and building recruiting connections throughout the West Coast. He put together top recruiting classes in each season as the recruiting coordinator at GCU, including his final class which landed the program the top high school swimmer in the state of New Mexico. Swimmers under him have won eight individual NCAA titles, three relay titles and set three NCAA national records. In each of the last two seasons, GCU has also received the CSCAA Scholar All-American team award. In the summer of 2011 he coached Team Canyon of USA Swimming Club at the USA Swimming National Championships hosted by Stanford with one of his athletes qualifying for the Olympic Trials in two different events. He holds a bachelor's degree in history & political science from Ouachita Baptist,  where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, and a Master's degree in Business Administration, with a leadership emphasis, from Grand Canyon.   While in college he married his wife Jenny, an NCAA All-American swimmer at OBU who was part of an NCAA-record setting relay team. The two reside in Fresno and have a son named Levi.

Weigley was part of Fresno Pacific swimming's first ever recruiting class and in many ways laid the foundation for the program to turn into the swimming power it is today. In his four years as a student-athlete Weigley led the Sunbirds to two NAIA National Championships (2010, 2011) and won 11 national championships either in individual events or as part of a relay. He also set eight NAIA National records. As a senior he was an NAIA All-American and was NAIA National Champion in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke. He was also a part of three national champion relay teams including setting national records in the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays. Weigley went on to compete in three events at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha. A native of Tacoma, Washington, Weigley graduated from Mount Tahoma High School where he won two state championships in swimming. In 2011 he graduated from Fresno Pacific with a degree in Kinesiology and a minor in coaching.

Hall joined Fresno Pacific as the program's diving coach in 2012, bringing more than 30 years of coaching experience with her. Hall, a 1985 graduate of Fresno Pacific, returned to her alma mater after spending the last 16 years as a Clovis Unified School District club and high school coach. During her career, which included stints as the diving coach at Hoover High School and Madera High School, Hall has coached numerous high school league, area and CIF champions. She began coaching diving and gymnastics in 1978 in Madera with Bill "Coach" McAllister. McAllister inspired her to get into teaching and after earning her credentials from FPU, she taught elementary school in Madera for seven years. After a break, she came back to teach five years at Firebaugh High School and has also served as a teaching assistant at FPU in the graduate studies program. Hall has also attended and hosted numerous USA and AAU diving clinics and camps. She holds a B.A. in liberal arts and a master's in bilingual education from FPU.