She represented the United States women as a Team Captain at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, taking a gold medal in freestyle relays both years.

After taking All-American honors swimming for the University of Southern California, where she led the team to their first NCAA National championship in 1997, she served as their Assistant Coach for five years.

Lindsay made her reputation dominating the 100- and 200-yard freestyle events, taking eight individual state championship titles in her four-year high school career.

[5] Not surprisingly, during her high school swimming career, she was an Indiana State champion in multiple years in the 100-yard freestyle and retained the record from 1993-2001.

[4] At the University of Southern California from 1995-1999, Lindsay was a 21-time All-American swimmer for Hall of Fame Head Coach Mark Schubert.

[3] Graduating from USC in 1999, with a Bachelor's in Communications and a Minor in Business, she acquired the academic background that would soon launch her career in both swim coaching and sports management.

"[16] In the episode, Morgan Hudson (played by Courtnee Draper) fights to have girls soccer reinstated after it is canceled, and Nick Lighter (played by Michael Galeota) uses a news crew to promote girls soccer and to raise money for the school's team with a fundraising car wash.

[7][18] After five years as an USC assistant coach, she was appointed to the staff of USA Swimming's National Team, a position she held from 2006-2017.

[3] During her service on the National Team staff, U.S. swimmers received a total of 95 medals spanning the Olympics in 2008, 2012 and 2016 and captured an additional 177 appearances on podiums in swimming competitions in long-course FINA World Championships from around 2012-2017.

[27] Swimming her mother's signature event, Lindsay's daughter Madi Mintenko was a Girl's 200-meter freestyle champion at the 2023 Summer Junior Nationals for age group 15-16 with a time of 1:58.07.