Coaches (Vescio Multisport Performance Services)

Coaches

We are competitive athletes and experienced coaches who love to help others go fast.

	Elaine Vescio See Elaine at Wrentham Duathlon, April '09 Elaine has a bachelor’s degree in Human Nutrition, interned at Massachusetts General Hospital, and is certified in sports nutrition through IFA. For five years she set up corporate and community wellness programs, and currently is an adjunct faculty member at Worcester State College. An endurance athlete for almost 30 years, Elaine has made the podium in numerous events in running, cycling, and triathlons, including winning the 1991 Sri Chimnoy Marathon. Currently Elaine competes in triathlons and duathlons, frequently posting the fastest female cycling split. Elaine has been been coaching multisport athletes for over six years, successfully applying her education, experience, and overall love of the sport to help people achieve their endurance sports goals.


	Don Vescio A competitive cyclist for 25 years, Don has set numerous time course records at cycling events in the United States and Canada and has been a multiple gold medalist in New York's Empire State Games, as well as at New York's and Pennsylvania State time trial championships. He also has medaled in the time trial at the United States Cycling Federations' Open and Master's championships. Currently training to set a new master’s world hour record on the track, Don has been burning up the bike courses on the triathlon circuit. Don is a college professor and vice president for technologies at Worcester State College. He brings his years of teaching and racing experience to help his clients achieve their goals in a flexible and supportive fashion. Don has over twenty years of coaching experience and many of his clients have achieved considerable success at the regional and national level.
	Mike Ross Mike was a NCAA Division All-American Swimmer for Princeton University (1986-1990). During that time, he led two NCAA winning relays (1989 and 1990). He was an American record holder in the 200 Medley Relay, a three-time qualifier for the US Olympic Trials (1988, 1992, 1996), and a member of the first United States Resident National Team for Swimming 1994-1996. Currently Mike competes in Master’s swimming events and triathlon relay teams. He is the current World Record holder in 5 Masters swimming events and the current United States Masters Record holder in 9 swimming events. As the assistant swimming coach for the Worcester Wahoos and the Bluefish, Mike is sharing his knowledge and enthusiasm for swimming with up and coming swimmers.
	Chris Benestad Chris is a competitive runner and also a running coach with 11 years experience coaching Cross Country and Track and Field. He holds a USA Track and Field Level II Coaching Certification and also holds the NSCA’s designation as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. Chris raced at the 2002 World Duathlon Championship in Weyer, Austria. Since focusing on running more than the bike, he has run distances from 5k through marathon running a personal best at the 2006 Boston Marathon in 2:43:43. Since beginning in 1996, Chris has coached track and field, cross country, swimming, and lacrosse. He prides himself on helping athletes of all levels reach their potential while enjoying the sport in which they are competing. Mike Ross, Don Vescio, and Chris Benestad teamed up for a few triathlons and have never been beaten.

	Bethany Bergemann Bethany has been swimming competitively for more than 25 years including swimming NCAA Division 1 for Syracuse University. She has set numerous records when swimming for the Worcester County Swim League and when competing in the Bay State Games. Bethany began teaching swimming 17 years ago and has taught hundreds of people how to swim—from young babies to the elderly and every age group in between. For several years, Bethany has been helping triathletes improve their performance in the swim segment of triathlons from sprint triathlons up to the Ironman distance. A swim coach for more than 15 years, Bethany currently is the head varsity swim coach for Westborough High School, with a record somewhere around 90 – 35 – 1. Through those years, she has coached many individuals and relay teams to qualifying for state championships with many placing in the top 6 at the state championship.
	Marc Saucier Marc has been a competitive triathlete for over 25 years and has competed in 11 Ironman Triathlons, including 3 Ironman Hawaii World Championships. In addition he represented the USA at the 2002 ITU Age Group World Championships in Cancun, Mexico and has numerous age group podium finishes in both local and national level races. Marc also has competed in other single and multisport races such as the Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon, Sea-to-Summit Triathlon, the Mt Washington “Inferno” Pentathlon, Weston Winter Triathlon, XTerra Triathlons, both Mt. Washington bike and running races, and several marathons with a marathon PR of 2:59:59. Marc has been successfully coaching both beginner and experienced triathletes for 5 years and is a Level 1 USATriathlon Coach and a Level 1 USA Track & Field Coach. In addition he is the Assistant Track Coach at Littleton HS and the Race Director for the AppleMan Triathlon.