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Three Village Swim Club Coaching Staff
Barry Roffer - November 2007 As our head coach, Barry Roffer is the heart and soul of our program and the driving influence of our success as a team.
A graduate of Lincoln High School and Bethany College, Barry has a Master of Educaton from Penn State. An accomplished athlete, he was New York State 100 Breastroke Champion in 1964 and 1965. He was named to the All Presidents Conference and was a seven time NAIA All-American. In 1997, he was honored by Bethany College by being named to its Athletic Hall of Fame.

Barry has been the head coach of TVSC for more than 20 years. During his tenure, he has coached Olympic Trial Qualifiers, Senior National medalist, National Junior Team athlete, Junior National Champion, Junior and Senior National Qualifiers, NY State HS Record holder, Top-16 Nationally Ranked swimmers over 50 times and 10 consecutive County Championship Teams.

Peter Smit - November 2007 Junior team coach Peter Smit joins TVSC after coaching Spirit Swimming of Newtown, Pennsylvania, for five years. He brings a wealth of knowledge, experience that will greatly benefit the TVSC community.

He was born and raised in the Netherlands and was a middle-distance freestyle swimmer and water polo player for his Dutch swim club, while in HS and college.

After receiving his engineering degree in the summer of 1979, he came to the US for a job in Santa Clara, California. Before and after work he trained for one year with the well-known Santa Clara Swim Club, coached at that time by Mitch Ivy. One of his teammates was the 15 year old Pablo Morales, who later became the 100 fly Olympic Champion in Barcelona 1992.

Peter became a US Citizen in 1990. The Smit family moved from California to Newtown, PA, in 1991 and moved from Newtown to Mount Sinai in the summer of 1999. In between trying to stay in shape as a master swimmer in the morning and coaching the age group swimmers at night, Peter is a Sr Systems Engineer for Anorad in Shirley.

Mary Fleckenstein - November 2007 Senior team coach Mary Fleckenstein grew up in Poughkeepsie, NY where she swam age group and competed on her high school boys team (there was no girls team at that time). She attended Plattsburgh State, where she swam for 2 years. Mary broke 7 school/pool records for Plattsburgh in her freshman year. She began coaching in Salisbury, Maryland in 1987 and has been coaching ever since. In addition to her duties at TVSC, she is the coach of the Stony Brook Seawolves Masters Swim Team and a teacher assistant at Port Jefferson Elementary School. She is also chair of the Metropolitan LSC Swimming Board. The Fleckenstein family resides in Port Jefferson.

Paul Furbeck - November 2007 Head Novice Coach Paul Furbeck is entering his 8th season as a coach with TVSC. Paul has coached numerous novice swimmers ranked in the Top 8 in Metropolitan Swimming, Metropolitan Champions, Metropolitan record holders, and swimmers who have gone on to become ranked Nationally. Although proud of these achievements, Paul takes pride in the accomplishments of each and every swimmer on the team by creating an environment in which every child can realize his or her full potential. Coach Paul has completed the coursework for the level III certification from the American Swim Coaches Association and has attended numerous coaching clinics across the country.

Coach Paul swam on TVSC for 8 years, and Ward Melville High School for 4 years, specializing in the distance freestyle and backstroke events. Paul swam for coach Roffer in his senior year, forming a lifetime friendship. Coach Paul is currently a Physical Therapist with an MS in Physical Therapy from Touro College, and an MBA in Business from Clarkson University.

Katie Oldenborg - November 2007 Junior team coach Katie Oldenborg , is another TVSC Alumnus. Katie is thrilled to have returned to the Three Village Swim Club after coaching the East End Swim Club for the past three years. She started swimming with TVSC at age 12 and finished her competitive swimming career at the University of Richmond, where she obtained a BS in Biology and an elementary education certification. Katie recently completed her master's degree at Stony Brook. To stay in shape she swims with the Seawolves Master team.

Allison Cotes - November 2007 Novice & Junior team coach Allison Cotes

Cole Fleming - November 2007 Junior team coach Cole Fleming

Allison Kane - 2007 Novice team coach Allison Kane

Art Fortin - November 2007 Novice team coach and TVSC alumni Art Fortin

Nicole DaSilva - November 2007 Novice team coach and TVSC alumni Nicole DaSilva

Vickie Fresolone - November 2007 Novice team coach and TVSC alumni Vickie Fresolone

Heather Ogiejko - November 2007 Novice team coach Heather Ogiejko

Chris Gordon - November 2007 Dolphin Team team head coach Chris Gordon