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Meet our Coaches
David Nelson
Head Coach
Coach David Nelson has been the head coach of the Aquajets Swim Team and Norfolk High School since the fall of 2002. He has extensive experience in competitive swimming. As a nationally ranked age group swimmer in Canada to a 6 time All American at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota, he has witnessed and experienced a lot in the sport of swimming. A 3rd place at the NCAA Division II National Meet in 1999 for USD ranks as his greatest accomplishment as a swimmer on a team.
Coaching Accomplishments
Midwestern (Nebraska club) Coach of the Year - 2008
Head Zone Coach – 2006, 2008
Assistant Zone Coach – 2005, 2007
GNAC Conference Champions
Boys 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Girls 2003, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Top 10 Finishes at NSAA State High School Swimming Meet
Boys – 6th-2003, 5th-2006, 2007, & 2008, 10th-2015, 8th-2016, 2nd-2017, 5th-2018,
6th-2019, 10th-2020, 9th-2025
Girls – 10th-2003, 9th-2018 & 2019, 6th-2020, 4th-2021, 7th-2022, 10th-2023, 8th-2024,
6th-2025
Nebraska State Swimming Runner Up – Boys Team 2017
2017 State Coaches Association Coach of the Year
Sharon Harthoorn
Assistant Coach
Sharon Harthoorn started coaching swimming in 2007 in Malawi, Africa, where her family lived for 9 years. She was head coach for a club team in Malawi from 2009-2013 and coached the Malawi National Swim team for 5 years. Coach Harthoorn has been a coach for the Aquajets since 2014 and is also the Assistant Swim Coach at Norfolk High School.
Amber Bargstadt
Assistant Coach
Amber has coached the Aquajets since 2020.
Amber Haake
Assistant Coach
Jayven Krepel
Assistant Coach
Contact Our Coaches
COACH DAVID NELSON dnelsonusd@yahoo.com
COACH SHARON HARTHOORN corey.harthoorn@gmail.com
COACH AMBER BARGSTADT amberbargstadt@gmail.com
COACH AMBER HAAKE amberhaake@gmail.com