MSU-Moorhead Dragon Swimming Camps

Moorhead, Minnesota

Christina Wavrin
Assistant Swimming Coach – MSUM
Christina Wavrin, one of Minnesota State University Moorhead’s most decorated swimmers, serves as number one assistant to Head Coach Todd Peters. Wavrin swam for the Dragons from 1999-2003 and then joined the coaching staff as a part-time assistant. Wavrin became a full-time assistant coach in 2005 thanks to a NCAA grant developed to encourage the creation of new full-time coaching positions in under-represented programs.

Wavrin held two individual school records and was part of two school record relays and one pool record relay during her college career. She earned Dragon Hardest Worker award and served as team captain for three straight seasons and graduated with honors in May of 2003. Wavrin spent two years teaching science at Park Christian School in Moorhead and spent one season with the Des Moines YMCA Summer Team before joining the Dragon staff. Coach Wavrin has helped coach numerous Dragon school record holders and four All-Americans, including her influential tutoring of Ann Gusewelle, the Dragon’s two-time All-American breaststroker. Wavrin has also obtained her American Swimming Coaches Association level 2 certification.

Wavrin was a standout swimmer for the Monte Swim Club and Montevideo High School and a two-year conference champion in the 100-yard breaststroke during high school. She also placed ninth in the 100-yard breaststroke two years in a row at the Minnesota State High School Championships. She was an honors graduate at both Montevideo High and MSU Moorhead, and participated in basketball, softball, speech, and Drama at MHS.

Wavrin also coordinates the Dragon summer swimming and diving camps and directs the Dragon Swim School. This year-round program offers group and private swimming and diving lessons to the Fargo-Moorhead community and surrounding area. The Dragon Swim School has become the largest swimming lesson program in the area and supports the Dragon Swimming and Diving team, contributing money for equipment, coach salaries, and athlete scholarships.

Lindsey Rorman
Diving Coach – MSUM
Dragon head diving coach Lindsey Rorman is a 1999 graduate of Detroit Lakes High School. Rorman was a six-year high school participant in diving, swimming, and gymnastics, serving as team captain her senior year. MSU Moorhead head coach Todd Peters recruited Rorman out of his college swimming class after seeing her show off her diving skills at the end of class one day. Rorman completed a successful college year of diving and decided to focus on finishing her degree in Early Childhood Education and Community Health.

Rorman served as volunteer assistant until the previous diving coach left at the beginning of the 2006 season. Rorman stepped in and performed admirably as she pushed all three Dragon divers, Sarah Wilker, Kerin Jetto and Samantha Jipson to qualification for NCAA Division II nationals. Jipson placed 13th at nationals, the highest individual placement for the Dragons at the time.

Rorman’s second year resulted in a return trip to nationals with Wilker, Sarah Chaussee and Kayla Koenig. Chaussee was the highest placing Dragon diver, finishing 17th on the 1-Meter board for the second time in her four trips to Nationals. Rorman enters her third season with two returning national qualifiers, Wilker and Koenig, along with freshman Heather Johnson and Sophomore Sara Thanel.

Rorman also serves as the program supervisor for Dragon Swim School, the largest aquatics instruction program in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Rorman manages student staff, teaches youth diving lessons, instructs diving camps, and assists with overall program management. Prior to her work with Dragon Swim School, Rorman spent five years with Fargo’s prestigious American Gold Gymnastics as an instructor and desk manager.

Stacy Bourassa
Assistant Swimming Coach – MSUM
Stacy Bourassa joined the Minnesota State University Moorhead women’s swimming and diving coaching staff in the fall of 2002. Coach Bourassa has been very active in the Moorhead swimming community for many years. She not only swam for Moorhead club and high schools teams, but returned to help coach them as well.

Bourassa assisted the Moorhead Marlins club through two seasons and the Moorhead High School girls’ team. Her priorities included developing proper technique, good sportsmanship and sound racing strategy. Now, she’s applying those same principles to the college setting.

Bourassa’s involvement with Dragon swimming dates to1998 and a meeting with head coach Todd Peters. The two coaches forged a close friendship as they took over the coaching reins of the Moorhead Marlins Swim Club and assisted the Marlin parent board in securing a permanent full-time coach. This experience reignited her passion for the sport and she enrolled at MSU Moorhead to swim Peters and the Dragons for two seasons. Bourassa left MSUM to attend Nursing school and returned to the Dragons when an assistant coaching position became available.

Bourassa is committed to making Dragon Swimming and Diving a unique experience, and believes quality coaching, a supportive team atmosphere and positive attitudes combine to create a team where positive lifelong friendships are formed. Besides her coaching responsibilities, Bourassa is also a full-time nurse for MeritCare Hospital in Fargo.

Staff also includes Assistant Swimming Coach Amy Roness and Student Asst. Coach Lauren Baalman.