University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point Women's Swimming

Boelk Head Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Coach Since taking over the UW-Stevens Point program in 1997, head coach Al Boelk has led the Pointers to 24 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) titles establishing the program among the best in the nation. In 2015-16, the mens swimming & diving program captured its 17th consecutive conference crown. The title was also the 18th in 19 seasons for UW-Stevens Point, dating back to Boelk's first season of 1997.  During his tenure, he has also guided the women's program to six team titles in the WIAC. Boelk is a 16-time WIAC Coach of the Year, having earned the honor 11 times for the men and five times for the women. Boelk has coached two NCAA Division III national champion relays that both set Division III records, while also coaching his brother, Randy, to a national title in the 200 backstroke in 1998. Boelk has coached the Pointer men to seven top-10 national finishes, including a fourth-place performance in 1999. He also guided the womens team to their three highest-ever national finishes, including an eighth-place finish in 2001 and a 10th-place effort in 2006. Overall, Boelk has coached 37 mens All-Americans and 11 honorable mention mens All-Americans. He has trained 21 womens All-Americans and 12 honorable mention womens All-Americans. Boelk has guided 62 All-American mens swims, including 25 All-American relays and has coached 25 All-American womens swims, including 18 All-American relays. A native of Embarrass, Minn., Boelk came to UW-Stevens Point from the University of Minnesota, where he was a four-year letterwinner on the Gopher swim team before joining the coaching staff, where he served as an assistant coach for the Gopher mens swimming and diving team and as the head coach for the distance competitors. He was also an assistant coach for the Twin Cities Swim Team (USS) for over two years.   Boelk made his mark in the high school ranks when he became the first swimmer in nearly 40 years from Northern Minnesota to win a high school state championship (1991). He earned his bachelors degree from Minnesota in kinesiology with a coaching minor and has a masters degree in exercise physiology. Boelk has also published research regarding Power Generation in Female Swimmers.   Boelk resides in Amherst and has two children, Otto (11) and Ivy (7).

Stoffel helped lead the mens swimming and diving team to its 15th straight conference championship. Stoffel swam and coached with high school, USA and YMCA swimming programs for 16 seasons, coaching 27 state title swims and seven records. Stoffel leads the highly successful UW-Stevens Point Swim Camp in the summer and has also worked as a Longhorn Swim Camp Coach under Olympic coach Ed Reese. A Stevens Point native, he also serves as the UW-Stevens Point aquatic director. Justin resides in Stevens Point with his wife, Erin and son, Matias and daughter, Jerra.