Nancy is a charter member of our club and currently coaches our advanced skaters. She was a four-time Olympian (1976, 1980, 1984, and 1988) and now coaches skaters on a national level. She has coached Olympians Nancy Swider-Peltz Jr. and Brian Hansen, among others.

Nancy Jr is our beginners coach and a 2010 Olympian, daughter of head coach Nancy Sr. Though Nancy Jr made the Olympic team, she did not start skating till she was 13. Nancy Jr did competitive swimming, baseball, and golf among the sports she tried before she chose to follow her mom's path. One of her highlight moments of her skating career was her first Olympic trial in 2002, when she was scheduled to race against Nancy Sr.

Gary has skated for fun for years but started training and competing in 2008. He has been to many training camps around the country and is a U.S. Speedskating certified level 2 coach. He uses video feedback for skaters and can work with participants of all ages. Gary coached soccer for 14 years while his sons were playing in Park Ridge and enjoys biking in the forest preserves with his wife. When he is not skating he takes care of patients and teaches at Northwestern University Medical School where he also serves as Vice Chairman for Faculty Affairs for the Department of Medicine.

Jeffrey Swider-Peltz was a US Speedskating World Team Member from 2014-2018 with success as a multiple-race US Champion in 2016 achieving 8th in the 2015 World Championships. Jeffrey grew up playing many sports including tennis, baseball, and football for his dad at Wheaton College. Jeffrey graduated from Wheaton with a BA in Studio Art, and believes in the incredible power of CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY and IMAGINATION to achieve the limits of one’s talent and be personally successful.