About Us

Starfish Aquatics Club Inc. operates out of Drew University, located in Madison, New Jersey. Starfish Aquatic Club provides a variety of swimming instruction opportunities to accommodate every individual. Our year round lesson program begins at a very basic level and advances to teach the four competitive strokes. In addition, our program can be modified to teach your child special skills that are required by summer clubs.

 
Director - Rebecca Mitchell
Rebecca Mitchell is beginning her first year as the head Men's and Women's Swimming Coach at Drew University. She takes over after two successful years as the assistant. Becca had four extremely successfull years in and out of the pool at Salisbury State University. She holds school records in sixteen events, was her team MVP twice and qualified for Nationals three times all while on the way to graduation summa cum laude and garnering Academic All-American honors three times. Coach Mitchell brings a lot of expreience to Starfish Aquatics with five years coaching while she worked with over 90 swimmers of all ages each summer.
Manager - Tamara Purwin
Tamara Purwin is taking on the task of managing Starfish Aquatics this year. A senior at Drew University, she is majoring in Behavioral Science. The last seven years Tamara has managed her high school swim team and is now the Drew University swim team manager. Tamara looks forward to working with both the parents and swimmers!
Owner - Maggie Bintz
Maggie Bintz, a former collegiate swimmer for the University of Delaware, has been a swim lesson instructor for students of all ages for the past 11 years. She has had experience coaching with USS, and YMCA swim clubs. She is a Red Cross certified Lifeguard Training Instructor and a Water Safety Instructor. Maggie has a masters degree in exercise physiology, and is currently employed by the State University of New York at Morrisville as the Head Swim Coach for both the men's and women's varsity teams.
 

Webmaster - Josh Smith
Josh Smith, also a former swimmer and record holder from the University of Delaware, has been involved with teaching swim lessons since the late 1980's. Josh has coached at many different levels including USS and summer league teams. Currently Josh is a fourth grade teacher in the Cazenovia School District outside of Syracuse, NY. He has earned a Masters in the Arts of Teaching, at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison.

Instructors

Our instructors, many of whom are college students and varsity swim team members, are certified lifeguards and Water Safety instructors. More importantly, their knowledge and patience will provide your child with a rewarding and fun swimming experience. We have compiled a listing of our current instructors with their phone numbers and e-mail adresses. All incoming campus calls are in the (973) area code and have a (408) exchange. To send an e-mail, click on the name of your instructor or give them a call.

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