Tom Speedling
Assistant Coach
Thomas Speedling joined the Scarlet Aquatic Club (now Scarlet Aquatics: Rutgers Division) coaching staff as an assistant in 1996, and took over as Head Coach in 2002. A USA Swimming National Team Coach from 2004-2010, Speedling has trained multiple world-class swimmers.
Among the swimmers that Speedling developed are USA Swimming National Team member Rebecca Soni, a Gold and double Silver Medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Soni is also a three-time World Champion swimmer, World and American Record Holder, and six time NCAA Champion, NCAA All American, and NCAA Record Holder. In addition, he also developed Canadian National Record Holder, NCAA All American, and former World Record Holder Stefan Hirniak, and Ashley Steenvoorden, a US National Champion, NCAA All American, and USA Swimming National Team member.