Staff

The Raise the Bar staff are the heart and soul of our organization.  RTB coaches and staff have a passion for multisport and the people involved in it. They carry out their coaching or administrative duties with passion and enthusiasm, which is the reason RTB feels warm, welcoming, and excellent.

If you have an interest in becoming part of the RTB staff, please contact Patty.  We are always on the lookout for the next passionate, excellent, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic staff member.

Find our Personal Coaches (see below)

Alissa Anderson

Brian Guillen

Cheryl Iseberg

Kathy Morrisson

RTB Staff – Listed Alphabetically

Personal Coach

Alissa Anderson manages RTB’s training plans and provides personal coaching as well as coaching at team workouts. She has a passion for helping athletes set specific, measurable goals, and providing customized training plans and coaching towards achieving those goals. Alissa is also happy to help RTB athletes navigate our online training service, Training Peaks, which provides individual online training logs and access to our training plans. Alissa has been involved in mutisport since 2007 and has competed in distances from Sprint to Half Ironman. She is a USA Triathlon Level I Coach and holds a Personal Trainer cerification from AFAA. Contact Alissa Here

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Courtney Eronemo: Courtney Eronemo comes to Raise the Bar from a 15-year swimming history.  She is a collegiate All-American and Olympic Trialist, as well as an experienced coach of swimmers of every age.  Courtney coaches many of RTB swim workouts, as well as technique classes and private lessons.

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Erin Eronemo: Erin has recently been talked into some swim coaching at Raise the Bar.  He is a Pacific Northwest Elite athlete and has racked up an impressive number of podium finishes in his 20 years of experience.  He can be found giving private lessons at the pool or coaching at one of RTB’s many swim clinics.  Courtney Eronemo (above) is Erin’s daughter.   Read about a big ordeal Erin lived through on his bike Here.  We’re very glad to have him at RTB.

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Personal Coach

Brian Guillen has raced in a Raise the Bar Uniform for the last 5 years and we’ve been very glad to have him!  An engineer by trade, Brian spends his free time training for and racing primarily long course triathlons.  He qualified for Kona at his first Ironman race in Coeur d’Alene in 2008 and has raced in Canada and St. George since then.  He also took a trip to the Half Ironman World Championships in 2011.  Brian is a USAT Certified coach and has a dedicated, personal approach to training athletes for their peak events.  Not afraid of numbers, Brian can address HR, Power, or whatever other numbers you’re in to.  Contact Brian Here

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Chris Hall coaches at many of RTB’s swim clinics and coached swim workouts. He is a lifelong swimmer and an excellent stroke coach.  He has a history in manufacturing swim aids – and a passion for using gadgets like stretch cords that help swimmers make marked improvements in their stroke.

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Personal Coach

Cheryl Iseberg is a 10-year veteran of triathlon and has competed at all distances.  She’s a USAT Certified coach and has the valuable experience of having been coached  by Simon Lessing for the last few years- one of the sport’s most highly decorated athletes.  Cheryl has coached at Raise the Bar’s summer programs and well as having coached individual athletes.  While appearing rather ‘normal’ as gals go, Cheryl has been battling Multiple Sclerosis for 7 years and is a living example of the power of endurance athletics in fighting the effects of neurological challenges.  This experience gives her a unique perspective on the potential that exists in all athletes – and she enjoys exploring that potential both in herself and the folks around her.

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Mary Hanna has been coaching runners at Raise the Bar for 6 years.  Her Wednesday morning track workout at Kent-Meridian High School’s French Field has helped scores of runners get faster.  Mary is a lifelong runner, a marathon maniac, and a genuinely wonderful person to be around.  Mary’s workout on Wednesdays is free for RTB team members.  Check it out!

Mary recently won her age group at the Seattle Half Marathon – way to go Mary!

Toby Mollett is RTB’s Course Director for the Events we produce and other events in the community.  He is a whiz at managing government jurisdictions, course measurement & management, communication, and event procedures. Toby has been instrumental in each of RTB’s events, including the Lake Meridian Triathlon, Friday Night Swim Races, and the award-winning XTERRA Black Diamond.

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Personal Coach

Kathy Morrisson has worked for the RTB since 2007.  She provides team and project management,  handles our registration processes, and athlete data.  She is a great contact if you have any questions about Raise the Bar membership, workouts and events. Kathy also has been a competitive athlete for most of her life. Her background started in running and turned to marathoning in 2003 with several trips to the Boston Marathon. The past few years she has moved to triathlons. Her dedication to training has paid off with trips to the 70.3 Ironman World Championships and the 2011 Ironman World Championships. Kathy enjoys talking about training, working with athletes to reach their goals and learning more about training. She has a degree in Physical Education and is ACE certified as a Personal Trainer. Contact Kathy Here.

Matt Morrisson is a valuable member of our timing team a computer wizard.    His passion for efficiency drives him to continually find the best and most effective way to provide what athletes REALLY want at the races they enter - an accurate, quickly-provided time.  Coincidence that Matt & Kathy share a last name?  Nope.

Phil Spencer is another multi-decade multisport athlete (and he looks so young!).  Phil seems to be able to throw a great race togther no matter what his claimed level of fitness and races all distances from Sprint – Ironman.  He also races as a Cat 3 cyclist.  Phil has written some great, detailed training plans for half Ironman and Ironman distance racing.  You can find them on the Training Peaks libarary Here.  Phil sponsors Raise the Bar through his business Spencer Chiropractic.

Patty Swedberg got RTB’s  ball rolling in 2004 and has been attempting to balance it, a family, and an occasional race here and there ever since.  She has raced Sprint to Ironman distance but prefers a sprint anytime.  She has a degree in Occupational Therapy and a Certificate in Sports Medicine and Human Performance but would consider a formal education in Marketing or Project Management to be pretty helpful right about now.  She earned a USAT Coaching Certificate a few years back and has done a fair amount of Individual and Group Coaching. Contact Patty Here

Brad Williams has been involved in multisport for 25 years.  He loves riding a new bike, swimming in the open water, and hanging out with his buddies on Sunday morning bike rides.  With a pretty dandy background in Business & Operations, Brad helped RTB get off the ground in the beginning and continues now as a partner.  Brad also owns Northwest Tri & Bike – a triathlon and cycling shop in Kent where – like at Raise the Bar – he considers people to be the most valuable resource.