Coaches and Directors
Coach Michelle started swimming when she was six years old. She swam at Reading YMCA, Amity Aquatics Club, and West Chester University. She has coached at the Phoenixville YMCA, Upper Merion Aquatics Club, and has been the head swim coach of the OJR Aquatics Club Team since 2017. Coach Michelle's favorite stroke is breaststroke and her favorite event is the IM.
Coach Bob swam and dove for the Pottstown YMCA, OJR High School, and Kutztown State College. He has been the head dive coach for the OJR Aquatics Club Team since 1995. Bob is also a certified swimming and diving official. His favorite dives are the reverse dive and any kind of twisting summersaults.

Coach Taylor started swimming at the age of 5 years old. She swam at the amity aquatic club ,Boyertown YMCA , hillside aquatic club , parkland aquatic club and the Pottstown YMCA. Taylor was a district, state, and national qualifying swimmer and continued her swimming career at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her favorite events are sprint freestyle and backstroke.
Coach John is a former swimmer and a father of five young children. He began swimming competitively as a child and continued swimming through college at the University of Rhode Island as a sprint freestyler. He has coached at the Phoenixville YMCA for 9 years and is excited to be part of the team since becoming an OJR Aquatic Club parent.
Beka Shea is a mom to 3 amazing girls and an avid real estate investor. She swam competitively from age 8 until her senior year of college. A consistent sprinter, she finished her career in longer races after she realized that the key to distance swimming has less to do with physical ability and more to do with mental stamina. She has coached various children's sports through the years and believes that the foundation for a good program consists of small, consistent, measured improvements.
Stefania Fedun is currently a Senior at Owen J Roberts High School and has been swimming since she was 8 years old. She swam for the OJR aquatics club and currently swims on the OJRHS girls varsity team. She loves being on the high school team because of how many friends she has made and how much fun it is! Stefania's favorite stroke is backstroke and her favorite events are the 100 backstroke and 50 free. Stefania is also a competitive golfer and hopes to play golf at the collegiate level. She looks forward to a great swim season!
Coach Bob started swimming when he was eight years old. He swam for Sunnybrook pool, Pottstown YMCA, The Hill School, and competed in Masters Swimming. He has coached at the Phoenixville YMCA, Upper Perk Aquatics Club, and has been coaching for the OJR Aquatics Club since 2017. Coach Bob's favorite stroke is butterfly and his favorite event is the 100 fly.










