Swimming News

It's looking all but certain that Prairie Village won't have a Water Show this July for the first time in more than 50 years.

There's a small chance of rain Saturday, but it'll be a good day to get wet in Fort Worth regardless.

Carry retired after the 2012 London Olympics , but won gold in the 400m freestyle and individual medley at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

With a 3.5 GPA, and a handful of college credits, what if a swimming test was the only thing holding back your High School Senior from graduating? That's the situation for one Detroit Lakes, Minnesota senior who didn't quite meet all the graduation requirements.

A Virginia man who was once one of the nation's most prominent swimming coaches is scheduled to be sentenced for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.

Hours Monday through Friday, 1-5:25 p.m. and 6:30- 8:30 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays hours are 1-8 p.m. However, Tuesday, May 28, and Wednesday, May 29, which are Decorah School makeup days, hours are 4- 8 p.m. Daily admission fees are free for children 3 years and younger , $4.50 for 4 to 64-year-olds and $3.50 for 65 years and older and special ... (more)

Mark Molina Sports Editor It is no secret that summer swimming in Alice is popular among the locals, but new faces from surrounding cities have taken interest as well.

TULARE, California, May 22. The girls title at the CIF Central Section Division 2 Swimming and Diving Championships, held May 17-18, was decided by just seven points.

A study of public swimming pools performed during last summer's swim season found that feces are frequently introduced into pool water by swimmers.

After two drowning deaths at high schools in neighboring towns, state Rep. Prasad Srinivasan voted with the rest of his House of Representatives colleagues Wednesday in favor of a bill that creates new pool safety standards.

Half of seven- to 11-year-olds in England, some 1.1 million children, cannot swim the length of a standard pool, research suggests.

Seattle Synchro 13-15 Age Group swimmers warm up their gold medal routine. The team includes swimmers from the Eastside.

The Queen has hosted the first Buckingham Palace garden party of the summer for Olympians, Paralympians and London 2012 officials.

Burke County Dive Team members pulled the body of Antonio Lee, 24, from the water about 10 feet from where he was last seen before going under, said Screven County Emergency Management Director and Fire Chief Harvey Cryder.

CHIPPENHAM ASC swimmers Jack Cook, Matt Cruse, Peter Holden, Matt Hare and Henry Moore were the second fastest team in the country in the 2013 Swimathon, raising money for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

In the pool at P.S. 125, a Harlem elementary school, he was a sweetheart as he laughed, splashed and assured nervous 4-, 5- and 6-year-olds that they shouldn't be afraid to get wet.

Baywave hosted the 2013 Swimming Bay of Plenty relay championships on Sunday with a number of teams pulling out all the stops in order to claim regional bragging rights.

SWIMMING: Plymouth College Preparatory School pupil Lauren Hession has beaten top swimmers at prep schools from around the country to be crowned IAPS national swimming champion.

Shocking is also known as super chlorinating. It's a way to keep pool water safe and clean by adding three to five times the normal amount of chlorine or other chemical sanitizer to the pool water to drastically raise the chlorine level for a short time.

A 2-year-old child is in critical condition at Wolfson Children's Hospital after falling into a pool Tuesday at an unlicensed day care on the Westside, Jacksonville authorities said.