Beth Bedell's competitive swimming career began in California when she was nine years old. She swam for the Brea City Thunderbirds, at Brea Olinda High and into college at Fullerton College. Her teaching career began at 18 when she realized teaching children to swim was more rewarding than the monotony of life guarding. 

In 2003, Beth moved to the Northern Virginia area. She began coaching year-round at the Mason Makos and as a head coach in the NVSL summer league at the Little Rocky Run Stingrays. Beth began attending seminars, talking to other coaches, watching videos and learning everything she could to increase her knowledge of coaching.

In 2007, Beth founded Swim With Beth when she realized that there was a need for quality developmental swim programs targeting young swimmers in the Northern Virginia region. Since its development, SWB has now expanded to serve over 500 swimmers.

Rachel Anderson-Ridenour swam for the LRR Stingrays and Mason Makos while growing up, and competed at The College of William & Mary from 2014-2018. Her favorite strokes/events were the 200 fly and the 400 IM. Rachel grew up coaching for the LRR Stingrays, before transitioning to a head coach position at Lake Braddock Lakers for four years. Rachel has been a coach at SWB for many years, and has worked with swimmers ranging from beginners learning to swim to year-round competitive athletes. Currently, she is one of Beth's right hands you will often receive email communication from her, or see her on the pool deck making sure that lanes are operating appropriately, helping to train staff, or leading lanes. Her favorite part of coaching is seeing swimmers develop their love and confidence for the sport. Rachel's fun fact is that she competed at least once in all swim events (including the mile!) by the time she was 11 years old.

Chris Bedell has worked for SWB since he was 12 years old. His passion to teach can be seen and heard! Chris enjoys watching his swimmers develop good strokes. As he is one of Beth's right hands you will often receive email communication from him, or see him on the pool deck making sure that lanes are operating appropriately, helping to train staff, or leading lanes. 

Jessica Dickinson started swimming at Sully Station when she was four years old, and joined the Mason Makos at the age of seven. Her favorite event was the 500 free, but she loved anything distance. Jessica started coaching for her summer swim team at age 13, started coaching for Swim with Beth in 2018, and eventually became the head coach of the Annandale Swim and Tennis Club. Her favorite part of coaching is instilling the love of swimming in children.

Amanda Kendell swam for the Mason MAKOs while growing up, and has an extensive list of swimming accomplishments, including: 7x Virginia State Champion in the 50 and 100 freestyle; 17-time High School All-American Honors; LSU Record-holder; NCAA First-Team All-American and Six-time Honorable Mention All-American; 4x Gold Medalist - US 2011 Pan-American Team in Guadalajara, Mexico; Olympic Trial qualifier in 2012, 2016, 2020 in (50,100, 200 free, 100 fly); Member of the US National Swim Team 2017-2021, retired April 2021; Ranked in the top 16 in the world 2018-2020 in the 100m butterfly.

Amanda is very passionate about swimming, and loves sharing that passion with the younger generation by helping them take their swimming and competing to a whole new level. Outside of swimming and coaching, Amanda loves participating in outdoor activities and adventures, as well as spending time with her family. 

Andrew Ridenour began swimming at the age of 5 for the Burke Centre Penguins. His favorite strokes/events are the 200 IM and 100 backstroke. Andrew's favorite part about coaching is creating a fun environment that kids want to learn and develop in, and being able to see that growth. Andrew's fun facts: he competed for the Centreville HS track & field team and was on the varsity football team that won the state championship in 2013! 

Dylan McGill is currently a sophomore at West Springfield High School. He started as a lane coach for the Hunt Valley Stingrays during the summer, and developed a passion for coaching after watching how the swimmers developed and improved under his instruction. He holds four pool records at his summer club and his favorite stroke is breaststroke. When he’s not coaching with SWB, he is detailing cars for his detailing business.

Katie Yost started swimming for the Little Rocky Run Stingrays when she was 7 years old, and became a Mason Mako quickly after. Katie started coaching when she was 12 years old and has been coaching for Swim with Beth since 2008. Katie swam year-round for a number of years and loves backstroke and butterfly. She graduated from Paul VI High School in 2013. While attending PVI, Katie was Captain of the Panthers Swim and Dive Team her senior year. Katie has coached for the Lake Braddock Lakers as their co-head coach and assistant coach, and is returning for her fourth year as the head coach of the Junior Swim Team at Army Navy Country Club. Katie graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in May 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Special Education. She is currently teaching in a K-2 emotional disabilities classroom at Laurel Ridge Elementary. Katie has been coaching and teaching children of all ages and abilities how to swim for 15 years and enjoys working with swimmers and watching their confidence and ability in the water grow. She has a true love for swimming and hopes to instill the joy of the sport in all her swimmers. 

Hannah Warnick started coaching for Swim with Beth in 2011. She began swimming at the age of 6 and swam for numerous teams growing up, including the Poplar Tree Pirates (NVSL), Mason Makos and Chantilly HS Swim Team. Her favorite stroke to swim was backstroke. Hannah was also a Mini Mako Coach for 6 years and spent 7 years coaching for the Poplar Tree Pirates in the NVSL. Hannah graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor's in Mathematics in 2020 and a Master's of Education in Curriculum & Instruction in 2021. She currently works as a middle school math teacher in FCPS. Hannah looks forward to helping the swimmers improve their stroke technique, while maintaining a positive atmosphere and fostering a lifelong love of swimming.

Megan Ice is currently a senior at Marshall high school. She has been swimming competitively year-round for 12 years at Mason Makos and Lee Graham. Her favorite stroke is breaststroke and she also plays volleyball! Megan's favorite part of coaching is looking forward to helping the next generation of swimmers, and she's very excited to continue coaching at Swim with Beth!

Hudson Mar currently attends Marshall High School. He has been swimming his whole life for both Lee Graham and York Swim Club. Hudson's favorite part about coaching is working with the swimmers and seeing their progress first-hand. A cool fact about Hudson is he can unicycle (a little bit).

Anna Helms is a freshman in high school. She began swimming with Coach Beth at age four, and has since swam for the Crosspointe Cruisers and Mason Makos. Her favorite events are 50 and 100 freestyle, and 200 backstroke. She enjoys coaching because it makes her excited to see new, young swimmers create a love for the water and start their swimming future, just like she did.

Aine Maloney swims for the Villa Gorillas and Fairfax Foxes swim teams. She started swimming at age 7 for the Gorillas and swam with Coach Beth for two years before joining the Foxes. She has been coaching since she was 12 and for Swim with Beth since 2021. She loves coaching because she gets to share the sport she loves with kids and foster an environment where they can learn to love the sport, too. Her favorite events are the 100 and 200 breaststroke, as well as the 100 butterfly. Outside of swimming, Aine enjoys cheering for her favorite sports team, Washington Nationals.

Rebecca Prunty has been coaching for SWB for over three years. Rebecca currently swims for the Mason Makos during the year, the Orange Hunt Sharks in the NVSL during the summer, and competes on the West Springfield HS varsity swim team. Her favorite events are the 100 Fly and 200 Back, and her favorite part of coaching is getting to work with all of the amazing young swimmers!

Lyla Devlin is a previous SWB swimmer who developed a love for swimming. She decided to pursue swimming competitively and currently swims with the Mason Makos and for the varsity team at Woodson High School. Lyla returned to SWB as an instructor, and is currently in her fourth year of coaching at Swim With Beth. Lyla's favorite part of coaching is seeing the excitement on the swimmers' faces when they figure out a new skill. 

Josef Gruendel currently attends Robinson Secondary School. He has been swimming since he was six years old, and started swimming competitively with the Mason Makos at age seven. Josef enjoys coaching because he loves to help kids improve their strokes and get better at recreational and competitive swimming. His favorite event/stroke is the IM. A cool fact about Josef is that he runs Robinson Cross Country and plays lacrosse for Top Caliber.

Leah Magenheimer is a sophomore at Centreville High School, and is a part of their high school swim team and cross country team. She has swam for her local neighborhood swim team, the Stingrays, since she was five years old, as well as competed on the Makos and CSC club swim teams. Leah has a passion for teaching young children to swim. She has been coaching with Swim with Beth for four years now, and she loves to see them progress and enjoy the sport. 

Carleigh Devlin is a previous SWB swimmer who has returned as a swim coach for the program that helped her develop a love and passion for the sport of swimming. Carleigh specializes in working with the younger swimmers on the steps and in lane 1. Her favorite thing about coaching is seeing young swimmers overcome their fear of the water and learn how to swim by themselves for the first time. Carleigh's fun facts: her favorite stroke is backstroke, and she also runs track (although swimming is her favorite!)

Swim With Beth is incredibly grateful to all of the coaches that help make this program a success. Not all of the coaching staff are featured above due to the large volume of coaches that work at SWB, however this program could not function without its wonderful coaching staff. We would like to give an additional shout out to:

Autumn Reininger, Cally Codding, Leo Estes, Lexi Van de Graaff, Madison Sayen, Naomi Scherber, Nathan Harvey, Olivia Roca, Petra Gruendel, Rebecca Prunty, Samantha Estabrooks, Sara Radcliffe