Coaching:

Twin Cities Swim Team: 

• Assistant Coach: Mound/Minnteonka 2001-2002
• Head Coach in Waconia from 2002 - 2004

South Metro Storm

• Head Age Group Coach 2004 - 2007
• Head Sr Coach - Prior Lake 2007 - Present
• Vice President/Treasurer 2005 – Present

ASCA Achievements

• Level 5 Swim Coach - only 3% of all coaches hold this designation

Athletic Achievements

Swimming

• Six-year letter winner at Lakeville High School
• Two time all state in 100 Fly and 200 IM
• Captain during his Sr Year

Track and Cross Country

• Four-time letter winner in both sports at Lakeville High School
• Two time all state in CC and two time all state in track
• Competed at the University of Minnesota in both sports for four years
• Lettered during his Junior year
• Two time Academic All-Big Ten

Triathlon

• Placed 6^th in the country as an amateur at USA Nationals in 2004
• Placed 27^th in the country as a professional at USA Nationals in 2005
• Won 10+ races in the Minnesota and surrounding area from 2003 – 2005

Personal

Chuck is married to his lovely wife Nicole and they have son named Braden and a daughter named Chloe!  They love the outdoors, playing Ultimate Frisbee, Mountain Biking and camping. If you’re up for a ride, you can join Chuck on most sunny days at Murphy Hanrehan!

Coach Gunnar started with Storm in the Fall of 2019.  Gunnar is also currently the Co-Chair of the Nominating Committee for MNSI.

Linay’s Swimming Involvements:

· Swam for Prior Lake high School for 6 years

o   Section Champion

o   All American

o   6-time letter winner

o   6-time All-Conference winner

o   5-time state participant

· Swam for University of South Dakota in College

• Recorder Holder in the Mile
• 4-time letter winner
• Swam for Storm for 12 years
• WSI Instructor/ Lifeguard for Prior Lake Schools for 6 years

Linay started as a coach for Storm in the fall of 2021. In her time outside of the pool she enjoys being outside, spending time with her nephew and family, and being a board member of the Richfield Foundation and Chamber. She also works as a community outreach coordinator at a senior living community during the day and is very excited to be back working as an Age Group Coach with Storm!

Coach Christina started with Storm in the Spring of 2023.    She grew up in Faribault and was a swimmer and diver for the Faribault Falcons from 7 ^th  – 12 ^th  grade.    She was a 5-year letter winner and was given the team’s Most Inspirational Swimmer/Diver award by her teammates her senior year.    In college, Christina’s school didn’t have a swim team so she developed one, organizing practices and informal competitions with other local colleges.    She also trained for and successfully completed a 20-mile swim as a fundraiser for charity during her senior year in college.    In her spare time, Christina still loves to swim and attempts to keep up with her three kids while working her day job as a social worker.    She also loves hiking, hanging out with friends, writing, and jamming out on the guitar.   

Karin swam competitively for several years, starting at the age of seven. Throughout her life, she’s enjoyed participating in a variety of other water sports, including waterskiing, wakeboarding and scuba diving. Her love for swimming was reignited as an adult when she and her family moved to Costa Rica, where they lived near the ocean. It was there that she joined a Masters swim team, which included open-water swimming, and was trained by some of the best coaches in that area. She’s been hooked ever since, and she continues to be an avid Masters swimmer.

At Storm, in addition to coaching the AG groups, she also teaches adult swim lessons and coaches an adult technique-focused group. During the fall, Karin is one of the coaches for the Lakeville middle school girls swim team. Outside of Storm, she volunteers as an Adult-Learn-To-Swim instructor through a MN Masters community outreach program because she’s passionate that swimming should be accessible to anyone who wants to learn. Because Karin’s first experiences in water as a very young child weren’t positive, she aims to make swimming a fun, enjoyable, safe experience for her swimmers of all ages, with the goal of it being a lifetime sport for them.

Karin enjoys spending time with her husband, three children (one who swims for Storm’s senior group), and her dog. She also enjoys swimming, biking, competing in triathlons and traveling. 

High School Years:

• Graduated from Eastview High School in 2011.
• Captain in 2010-2011 season.
• Four year letter winner in swimming.
• Three time state participant in 2008-2009 and 2010-2011 seasons.
  • 2008-2009- 9^th in 200 free relay.
  • 2010-2011- 10^th in 200 freestyle and 23^rd in 500 freestyle.

College Years:

• University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, BS in Recreation Management 2015
• Four year letter winner in swimming
• Three time WIAC Conference Champion
  • 2011-2012- 200 Freestyle
  • 2012-2013- 200 Freestyle
  • 2013-2014- 800 Freestyle Relay
• Two time school record holder
  • 200 Freestyle
  • 800 Freestyle relay

Garrett enjoys spending time with family and friends when he isn’t working. During the non-winter months he enjoys playing golf and spending time at the cabin.  During the winter months he enjoys downhill skiing with his family.  Garrett has a huge love for the sport of swimming and wants to do as much as he can to improve the younger generations of swimmers.  He spent time in 2015 being a volunteer swim coach for the La Crosse Special Olympics. 

Kimberly grew up in Bloomington MN and started swimming competitively when she was 8 years old.   She swam in high school for the Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars and lettered her first year starting in 8th grade and was captain her senior year.  Kimberly decided not to swim in college and instead focus on her academics to pursue a double major. She graduated from Concordia St. Paul with a Bachelor of Business degree in both Accounting and Finance and obtained her Master’s degree from Bethel University.  She has always enjoyed swimming any event that included the butterfly but an injury to her shoulder early on made her  switch  her focus to distance freestyle events, specifically the 500 freestyle. Back in 1996 she qualified to go to zones in the 500 free.  She currently lives in Shakopee with her husband and two kids who are also swimmers swimming for Storm.  When Kimberly isn’t at the pool coaching and cheering on her kids you will most likely find her sitting behind a computer, crunching numbers and auditing procedures. She has worked for Portico Benefit Services as an auditor since 2019 and loves every minute of it. In her free time she loves to travel with her family.

Coach Megan started with Storm in summer of 2022. She grew up in Green Bay, WI where she swam for the Green Bay Swim Club and Preble High School. Megan attended college and swam her freshman year at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. Also in college, she was a coach for the La Crosse YMCA swim team, focusing on the younger swimmers that were new to the sport. Her favorite events growing up were the 100 and 200 fly. 

Megan lives in Lakeville and enjoys anything outdoors-hiking, biking & taking her dog Molly for walks. She’s excited to be back in the pool and coaching with Storm! 

Lakeville Area Community Education

• Water Safety Assistant 2007-2008
• Water Safety Instructor 2007-2008
• Lead Water Safety Instructor 2011-2013

Lifetime Fitness

• Aquatics Supervisor 2008-2013
• Masters Coach 2012-2013

Gustavus Adolphus College

• Swimmer 2008-2012
• Swim Camp Counselor 2012

South Metro Storm

• Swimmer 2000-2008
• Age Group 1-3 Lead Coach 2013-Present
• Junior Group Assistant Coach 2014-2015
• ASCA Level 2

Steph enjoys swimming, softball, and hanging out with her family and friends.  She recently joined the Impact Academy Team at Orchard Lake Elementary School as the 4/5th grade teacher.  Steph is excited and grateful to give back to the Lakeville community she grew up in!