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Monday to Thursday: 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.(585) 555-0104

Your instructors

Four instructors, one pool

Every instructor holds lifeguard, water-safety instructor, CPR and first aid, and background checks.

  • Rickie Bearden, owner and head instructor, in a white rash guard on a pool deck, with a prosthetic leg

    Rickie Bearden

    Owner and head instructor

    Rickie started Laneline so that a family with more than one kind of swimmer could come to one pool. She wears a below-knee prosthesis, runs every placement visit and teaches Water comfort and Floating.

  • An instructor in a mint swim shirt seated on a deck bench

    Jess Harlow

    Instructor, Water comfort and Kicking

    Jess teaches the afternoon children's classes. She is the first person many new swimmers meet in the water, and she goes at the swimmer's pace.

  • Naydelin Monzon, instructor, in a turquoise swim shirt on an outdoor pool deck

    Naydelin Monzon

    Instructor, Floating and Strokes

    Naydelin teaches teens on Tuesday and Thursday and children on Saturday morning. She likes to show a skill first and let the swimmer try it in their own way.

  • Darshan Gurung, instructor, in an olive rash guard seated on a deck bench

    Darshan Gurung

    Instructor, Strokes and Longer swims

    Darshan teaches the adult evening classes and the older swimmers' strokes. He coaches by the wall, with a quiet voice and plenty of time.

Meet them at a placement visit

An instructor will get in the water with your swimmer and plan the first class with you.