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Toby Petty
Gold Group Coach
I am a people person and I have a passion for seeing the positive
in everything. I enjoy being of service to others through teaching
and coaching. Ventura is my hometown. I graduated from Buena High
School in 1975, and Ventura College in 1979. I received my Bachelor
of Science Degree in Physical Education and received my Clear
Secondary Education Teaching Credential from California State
University Northridge in 1981. I am a Mother and a Grandmother. My
Daughter and family live in Ojai and my Son lives in
Sacramento.
Over the years, I have swam competitively and just for fun! I've
taught Middle School and High School, participated in Triathlons,
and completed the Chicago Marathon. I have taught swim lessons and
coached at every age level, including Adult Masters. In 2003, I
founded The Rio Mesa Swim Club and ran a very successful program
for ten years.
The Buenaventura Swim Club holds fond memories for me. In 1967, at
age 10, I joined the team which began my passion for swimming. Then
in 1995, I was the teams Intermediate Age Group coach during
the same time my Daughter and Son swam with the team through their
schooling years. Now in 2018, I am thrilled to be back to share my
passion and joy in coaching swimming.
Betsy Harrison
Silver Group Coach
Coach Betsy has been a member of the
Brittany E Oliver
Director of Nutrition/Swim 4 Triathletes
Britt loves drinking black coffee, sitting on swiss balls, and writing autobiographies. She dislikes foggy goggles, lukewarm foods and drinks that should be hot, and having water in her ears. Her favorite type of sauce is worcestershire, and her favorite color is orange. Fun fact: Britt first started swimming with BVSC at age 8, and competed for the Buena Bulldogs. After swimming as a walk-on at UCLA for one season, she found her real niche in triathlon in 2008 and hasn't looked back. In 2011, she started coaching for BVSC. Driven to merge her passions for coaching and nutrition, Britt completed her Masters in Nutrition in 2014, focusing her research on endurance athletes. In 2015, she became a USA Triathlon certified coach, and will soon be adding a USA Weightlifting certification to her coaching quivver (just for fun). She currently LOVES working with adult and youth triathletes, and enjoys competing in ITU draft-legal triathlons.
Theo Schmeeckle
Masters Coach
Theo grew up in Washington State where he started competitive swimming at the age of seven. He was a four year college letterman in swimming graduating with an engineering degree from the University of Idaho. After many years out of the water he returned to swimming mostly in open water events and channel swims.
Kevin Marble
Masters Coach
Sport has been and continues to be a way of life for me. In my early days I found success in a variety of sports, including, swimming, water polo, basketball, track and field, soccer, volleyball and Triathlons. The rewards of sport opened many doors; a swimming scholarship to the University of Utah, NCAA D1 All America honors, international travel and competition, assistant men’s NCAA D1 swimming coach, a degree in coaching lifetime sports, and later a water related career.
From age 16, I was a seasonal Ocean Lifeguard for Ventura County. After college I returned to my roots and began coaching Channel Islands Aquatics and Oxnard High School boys and girls swimming. Soon I was off to Catalina Island working for Los Angeles County Fire Department as a Paramedic Lifeguard in Avalon and the Isthmus. I later was promoted to Rescue Boat Captain Paramedic and recently finished out my career of 39 years of service.
I returned to competitive sport in my late 40’s by taking up open ocean paddling and traveled with the US Team to Fiji and Australia where I finished top in my division. Also completed a couple Catalina Classic 32 mile paddleboard races with high finishes.
In 2009 I sustained a traumatic brain injury while surfing in Mexico and was asked by my wife to find something less life threatening to participate in. That’s when I joined VCM and began the road back to competitive swimming. Now full circle, I returned one year ago to the deck and coaching. I feel honored to be apart of this team and to work with such dedicated adult athletes. Your daily commitment to pre-dawn workouts is inspirational and I’m proud to be a part of the team.
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