Teaching safe swimming in the Conejo Valley since 1987
Daland Swim School is a family-owned business, founded by Ingrid Daland who, after 15 years of teaching and coaching in Westlake Village, opened the doors to Daland in 1987. Since then the school has taught over 100,000 students to swim. Ingrid was a German and US champion swimmer and married to Peter Daland, a two-time
Head USA Olympic swim coach and a thirty-five year veteran coach of the USC men's swim team, winning 9 NCAA team titles.
Daland Swim School was awarded 2016 Business of the Year by the Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Leslie Daland-James, Ingrid’s and Peter’s daughter, took over the reins in 2006. Prior to working at the swim
school, Leslie worked in athletic administration at USC as the Director of Compliance for 11 years. She was an
All-America swimmer for Westlake High School and USC, National Champion in the 1500 meter freestyle and ranked #1 in the world in 1986 in that event.