Swimming Coaching Staff
Alec Webster
Head
Men's & Women's Swimming Coach
webster@pacificu.edu
Alec Webster is in his second season as head coach for the Pacific men's and women's swimming programs and continues his quest to bring stability and continued success to the Boxers' young program.
In his first season, Webster commanded a small team comprised of just two men and six women. The team improved by leaps and bounds as the Pacific women picked up their first dual meet victory in four years and saw the men score as much as 52 points in dual meets with just the two swimmers.
Webster came to Pacific in 2006 after seven seasons as the head swimming and diving at Lake Forest College, a NCAA Division III school in Lake Forest, Ill. "I am excited to take over this position, especially with the school putting more of a commitment into athletics and swimming in particular," Webster said. "The level of commitment is coming up and I think I am in position to help Pacific become a powerhouse in the Northwest Conference."
During his tenure at Lake Forest, Webster coached seven All-Americans, two national champions (including the 2006 Division III Diver of the Year), nine Midwest Conference (MWC) Swimmer/Divers of the Year and 51 conference champions. Webster's teams never finished worse than third at the Midwest Conference meet and he led the Foresters' men to the 2001 MWC championship.
In 2005-06, Webster led the Lake Forest programs to a combined 9-7 dual meet record (5-3 for women, 4-4 for men) and led the Foresters' women's team to an 18th place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships. He coached Kendall Swett to a national championship in the 3-meter diving event and saw Maggie Rezac earn All-American honors in the 1-meter event.
Equally interested in his athlete's academic performances as their athletic performances, Webster has seen over 50 of his athletes at Lake Forest earn academic all-conference honors and two earn ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American honors.
Webster began his coaching career at the Division I level, spending one season at Harvard as assistant men's water polo coach and five seasons as the assistant men's and women's swimming coach at North Carolina. While in Chapel Hill, Webster helped coach the Tar Heels to six Atlantic Coast Conference championships and also worked as the head age group coach at the North Carolina Aquatic Club.
A native of Durham, N.C., Webster swam for four years at Division III Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., where he helped lead the Ephs to four New England Conference championships and four top-10 finishes at the NCAA Division III Championships. He graduated from Williams in 1992 with a degree in political science and earned his master's degree in 2003 from North Carolina Central University.
Webster and his wife, Amber, have two daughters, Addison, 3, and one-year-old Alastair.
Alex Crampton
Assistant
Men's & Women's Swimming Coach
Alex Crampton brings a wealth of Division I swimming experience to Forest Grove for his second season as an assistant coach for the Boxer swimming program.
Crampton spent four seasons with the swimming & diving program at St. Peter's College in Jersey City, N.J. A two-year team captain, Crampton set a new school record in 2006 with his time of 1:54.55 in his primary specialty, the 200-yard backstroke. He also saw extensive pool time for the Peacocks as a sprint butterfly swimmer.
At the 2006 Metro-Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships, Crampton placed in the "A" final in four events, including a fourth place finish in the 100-yard butterfly and fifth place finishes in the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke races.
Prior to college, Crampton spent 15 years swimming for the Perth Stingrays club in his native Perth, Ontario.
A 2006 graduate of St. Peter's with a degree in psychology, Crampton is a second-year student in Pacific's School of Professional Psychology. He has earned certifications as both a lifeguard and a level one soccer referee.