Coach's Corner

Karen Halvorson Co-Head Coach

I learned to swim early in my childhood at Loon Lake. I first started speed swimming when I was 8 years old with the Y Marlin-Dolphin Swim Club at the Port Arthur Y. I transferred to the Thunderbolt Swim Club not long after.  I swam with the Thunderbolts until part way through high school when I switched to competitive running. 

I went back to the pool as a varsity swimmer when I was doing a post baccalaureate year at the University of North Dakota.  I continued to swim while pursuing my graduate degree at the University of Wisconsin. After graduating I swam with the Region of Waterloo masters and coached the age groupers.  When we moved back to Thunder Bay I swam with the Thunderbolt Masters in the mornings at the LU pool. Since then I have been swimming with friends at the complex a few mornings a week.  My favourite event is still the 200 fly! I enjoy many sports, and have found a new passion for stand-up paddle boarding when I am not relaxing at Loon LakE.

Nancy Petrick Co-Head Coach

I went back to the pool as a varsity swimmer when I was doing a post baccalaureate year at the University of North Dakota.  I continued to swim while pursuing my graduate degree at the University of Wisconsin. After graduating I swam with the Region of Waterloo masters and coached the age groupers.  When we moved back to Thunder Bay I swam with the Thunderbolt Masters in the mornings at the LU pool. Since then I have been swimming with friends at the complex a few mornings a week.  My favourite event is still the 200 fly! I enjoy many sports, and have found a new passion for stand-up paddle boarding when I am not relaxing at Loon Lake.