Swimming doesn’t have to be a sport that ends after the club or college days. Thanks to its low-impact nature and wide-ranging health benefits, it’s one of the few sports that can be enjoyed well into ...

Pulling on my wetsuit, as well as my neoprene gloves, socks and hat and watching the mist rise from the chilly lake, it’s ...

A Redding art teacher recently accomplished a feat only a few hundred other elite athletes ever achieve. Long-distance swimmer Lura Wilhelm, 43, swam the entire 28.5-mile circumference of Manhattan ...

Juneau’s Open Water Swim Series continues to be a hit among local swimmers looking for a few more strokes outside their normal pool routines. On Saturday, roughly 15 hearty souls entered the third ...

There’s a new breed of swim wetsuits out there – these aren’t dedicated triathlon wetsuits, but instead they focus on open-water swimmers. Are they for you? To help you make that purchase, 220 ...

SAN FRANCISCO, California (KPIX) — A Berkeley teen is swimming her way into the history books. Maya Merhige is the youngest person to swim the Catalina Channel, which was one third of her completion ...

Maya Merhige, a 16-year-old marathon swimmer has successfully conquered the English Channel making her one of the youngest swimmers in history to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.

Donner Swim Club’s, from left, Eli McIntier, Mridula Muthukumaran, Abby Proffitt and Cora Tregoning competed in the Indiana Swimming Open Water State Meet in Fishers. Submitted photo Donner Swim Club ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- On a rainy Sunday morning in Lake Michigan, hundreds of eager and already wet swimmers hit the water for an amazing cause. Sunday marked the first plunge of the relocated Chicago ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Swimmers in the Holy City are preparing to make waves in a fight against cancer as the 9th Annual "Swim Across America - Charleston-Kiawah Open Water Swim" is officially set ...

For the first time in almost a century, hundreds of swimmers will jump into the Chicago River for an open water swim on Sunday. The Chicago River Swim kicks off with an opening ceremony at 6:30 a.m.