ALL TEACHERS AT LITTLE FINS SWIM SCHOOL ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP THEIR

CPR CERTIFICATIONS CURRENT!

Owner/Istructor Rockell Ridgway

on the right shown with

Southern California's Master

Infant Survival instructor

Linda Ross Miles

 

Rockell Ridgway

could swim before she could walk. She started on a swim team at age 4 and continued through High School. Rockell swam in The Jr. Olympics in 1982 and ranked top 10 in the Nation. She and her team mates hold the medely relay record to this day in Southern California. Rockell trained under Linda Ross Miles in Southern California from 1992-2003.  She came to Colorado in 2006 and furthered her swim career by teaching children the swim-float-swim and the infant survival method at a local swim school.  Following this positive experience Rockell felt she could better serve the Colorado Springs community by opening her own swim school.  The school was a success from it's inception, and she looks forward to serving the community for many years!

 

 

 

Melissa Flack

Completed Infant Survival

Swim-Float-Swim training

with Linda Ross Miles

Melissa Flack was swimming before she was walking!  She also participated in year-round competitive swim teams from age 5 through high school.  She began lifeguarding at age 15 and began swim instructing at 16.  Melissa still swims for recreation and exercise in the pool on a regular basis. Melissa has been with Little Fins from the day it opened. She has enjoyed watching Little Fins grow and become a major part of the Colorado Springs community.

 

 

Ren Stanton

Ren also started swimming before she could walk. Her father was a competitive swimmer and swimming was part of family life. She trained at Park Crest in Madison, Wisconsin completing Senior Lifesavings skills by age 15. She is also trained in swim-float-swim, and taught at a local swim school 2 years prior to joining Little Fins. Ren has taught students from 12 months through 60 years. Ren is also teaches figure skating in Colorado Springs. She enjoys teaching at all levels both in the water and on the ice!

 

 

Karen Collier

is our Special Needs and Beginning Swim teacher. She is also a licensed sign language teacher. Karen is able to communicate with deaf children in the water and help them feel comfortable and safe.

She also teaches children with autism, downs syndrome, and children with severe fear of the water. Karen did not learn to swim herself until she was 22 years of age. She therefore, really understands adults and kids that have fear of the water. (it's never too late to learn.) Karen enjoys teaching the "baby splash" classes as well as beginning levels of swiming. Karen is a married mom of 4 sons; 2 married and 2 in high school. She is a proud Nana to 2 grandchildren (and has 2 more on the way!) She is a certified doula and a volunteer for First Visitors. Karen is an enthusiastic, fun, swim teacher and is a definite asset to Little Fins Swim School.

 

Kimberli Mallek

has loved being in the water her whole life. She started swimming before she started walking. She began formal swimming lessons at the age of 5 and went on to complete Junior lifesaving skills. Kimberli continued competitive swimming through highschool as well as competitive figure skating. Kimberli has a heart for teaching young children and uses her skills now to teach both. She was trained to teach the swim-float-swim method at Little Fins Swim school

and loves to see non-swimmers become confident,safe swimmers so quickly with this method.