For the first time in five years, all 24 Cincinnati city pools will be open this summer, beginning this weekend.Starting Saturday, three locations will open: McKie, Dunham and Oakley.Organizers at the ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Meha Asir admitted she was a late bloomer by competitive swimming standards. But the 15-year-old from Lee’s Summit, Missouri, is making up for lost time. As a member of the ...

Teaching infants how to swim can help instill several long-term benefits. Skills that prevent drowning are among the most important benefits to teaching babies how to swim. Peter and Alex Vanderkaay ...

YEADON, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- As 6-year-old Alina Brinson stood with her tiny toes hanging off the edge of the diving board, there was one word to describe how she looked: terrified. "I'm not good at ...

At last summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, the USA swim team took 53 athletes. Just three of the swimmers were Black. Much has been written about the lack of diversity in the pool, but for swim ...

Swimming is one of the great joys of summer, but for too many kids the water can turn deadly. Drowning is the second-leading cause of accidental deaths of children under the age of 15, according to ...

Peggy Konzack has taught generations of babies how to swim at her local YMCA — and she doesn't plan on slowing down anytime soon Courtesy of Amber Gries Peggy Konzack and one of her students Meet the ...

NAVAJO DAM, N.M. — Turning tragedy into something positive. That’s what one family in the Four Corners has done after they lost their 6-year-old son in 2014. He drowned during a trip to Navajo Lake to ...

When Torrence Thomas heard news that six Black teenagers drowned in Louisiana's Red River as they struggled to save a friend who had slipped into deeper waters, he knew something needed to be done.