Swimming News

Every night, Jeanne Brault said she thanks God for the three young lifeguards who rescued her husband from William M. Welch Community Swimming Pool after he suffered cardiac arrest last week.

After 31 years, Jim Kelly is stepping down as the head men's and women's swimming and diving coach at Hendrix College.

The Chicago Blackhawks say Marian Hossa will be back in the lineup for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final and that the line of Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Bryan Bickell will likely be reunited... Actor James Gandolfini, best known for playing Tony Soprano on the hit HBO series The Sopranos, has passed away in Italy, according to news reports.

Kenneth and Edward Freeman will be among over 3,000 athletes going to Sofia, Bulgaria for a week of competition at the end of July.

A First Nations grandmother living on B.C.'s north coast is literally diving into the fight against cancer, with a 60 kilometre swim through frigid ocean waters between Prince Rupert and her village of Lax Kw'alaams .

A Lake Braddock High School baseball player who was paralyzed in a tragic swimming accident last summer is graduating Wednesday.

OXFORD, Ohio The Miami University men's swimming and diving team will add 12 incoming recruits to its roster for the 2013-14 season.

Bulgarian star marathon swimmer Petar Stoychev , who recently spent two months in office as caretaker Minister of Sport, has announced plans to resume sports career.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, June 18. BILL Jewell has been banned by USA Swimming for three years following Code of Conduct violations stemming from "a pattern of inappropriate behavior, including making sexually explicit comments toward athletes and other individuals affiliated with the club."

After Monday's shark attack at Surfside Beach where a teen was attacked by a black tip shark, Local 2 decided to go swimming with the sharks to learn more about them.

Tens of thousands of kids and adults around the world are united to set a new Guinness World Record and this is the first time Topeka is splashing in.

Desert Breeze pool on Spring Mountain Road and Hollywood pool on Hollywood Boulevard are open on a first-come, first-served basis Tuesday morning to about 150 record-breaker hopefuls.

Katy residents are mourning the loss of 19-year-old Dustin Kruthaupt, a community lifeguard preparing to attend the University of Alabama.

It's a fairway fairy tale, how a 16-year-old East Bay girl qualified for the U.S. Women's Open only four years after picking up a golf club for the first time.

Members of the Riverside AQuettes perform at the grand opening of the Riverside Aquatics Complex in 2011.

One of the most dangerous aspects of children being in the water is the misperceptions about drowning, says Kevin Stoker, aquatic director the YMCA in Highlands County.

And for the first time the third annual Express-backed event will include an Aquathlon made up of a 1k swim and 5k run.

About 100 southwest Riverside County kids took an early morning dip in the pool on Tuesday, June 18, that came with some valuable lessons.

Currently, the championship trophies from the men's Big Ten and NCAA Championships are sitting on University of Michigan swimming and diving head coach Mike Bottom's desk, facing outward toward the pool deck.

David, who won silver in the 10k open water swim in Beijing 2008, taught them how to do a corkscrew turn, put them through a series of drills and watched from the sidelines as children took part in a relay race.