Head Developmental Coach-Melissa Pehrson
Coach Melissa is a 7th year swim coach. She began competitive swimming at the age of five and continued to swim competitively throughout high school. Melissa taught swimming lessons and worked as a lifeguard for several years. She has always had a love for being in the water and is excited to continue her journey as a coach. She credits her love of swimming to her coaches and hopes that she can pass on that same passion for the water to each swimmer she works with.
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Lead Coach Level 2- Lindsey Sensenig-

Coach Lindsey has a passion for teaching and interacting with children and has done so since her early teen years when she began babysitting. Prior to moving to North Dakota she taught preschool. She and her family relocated to Watford City in 2014 to pursue new job opportunities. She has always had a love for the water and swimming. In middle school she swam in a swim club for 3 years, but later took on other sports. Prior to swimming she coached cheerleading, but her daughters shared love for swimming is what ultimately brought her to coach with the Sea Lions. Lindsey credits some of her most defining moments of self confidence to coaches she had growing up. She is looking forward to the season ahead and hopes to instill a mindset in swimmers to have fun while learning to also be focused, humble, well rounded athletes in and out of the pool. Coach Lindsey will primarily be working with our Level 2 group. [email protected]

Lead Prep Coach-Macy Miller-

Macy was born and raised in Billings,MT and graduated Billings West High School in 2013. In her early childhood, she became a self-taught swimmer and dreamed to be able to be in aquatics for the long term as an adult. At the fresh age of 15, she was hired at the Reef Indoor Water park at the admissions desk in 2010 until she reached the required age of 16 and was able to become a certified trained lifeguard. In her junior year of high school, Macy also began to teach swim lessons at Rocky Mountain college levels 2-5 along with her lifeguarding for another year and a half and was able to build up her teaching skills. While teaching lessons, fellow co-workers who also participate on the high school swim team, took the time to also teach her how to swim competitively to expand her swimming skills and knowledge. Macy continued to work at the Reef until 2016 and decided to take a break from the aquatic life for 6 years. When she moved to the Williston area with her husband Kaedan in 2022, it was then she decided it was time to get back into the Aquatics department again and was hired in September. Macy is currently certified in lifeguarding, lifeguard instructor with CPR, Water Safety, and is now ready to Coach for the Williston Sea Lions!