The lane lines at the pool have a rough life. They are constantly being pulled out of the water, put back in, tightened, loosened, attached to water polo goals, configured to create a water polo game course. They are rolled up on metal reels, thrown on deck, thrown back into the pool, and changed to long course. In fact, the lane lines have a lot of significance in how the LMU pool operates. Broken lane line? That means an angry lap swimmer. Missing lane line? Unhappy water polo coach. Lane lines not tightened enough? You can bet the swim coach will let you know. So many things can go wrong with the lane lines to make someone upset and take notice. But when everything is right, no one even seems to realize they're even there.