SWIMMING

Many pools will be reopening this Memorial Day. And if you’re planning to take your little ones swimming, there are some safety tips parents should keep in mind.

Bolles' Lila Higgo is the All-News4JAX girls swimmer of the year.

The Nassau County Sheriff's Office posted a warning and video of a three year old who nearly drowned after falling into a swimming pool.

St. John’s County Marine Rescue came to the aid of multiple swimmers in distress at beaches from the State Park to Crescent Beach.

The Red Cross says 54% of adults can’t swim well enough to save themselves. Amanda DeVoe used to be part of that statistic, but now, she officially knows how to swim.

Even though summer is over, lifeguards are still warning people that drowning can happen year-round.

A man who was severely injured in the waters off Jacksonville Beach on Saturday might have been bitten by a shark, lifeguards told News4JAX.

Nancy Hogshead-Makar, a four-time Olympic swimming medalist, Episcopal School graduate and advocate for women’s rights in sports, said that it’s not fair for biological women to have to compete against transgender women in sports.

After earning a spot on Team USA, former Bartram Trail swimmer Morgan Ray arrived at the Paraswimming World Championships in Portugal only to test positive for COVID-19. After being cleared on Wednesday, he was in the pool for the first time at the meet and nearly broke an American record.

It is National Water Safety Awareness Month and according to the CDC, more children ages 1 to 4 die from drowning than any other cause of death except birth defects.

Either exercising more or achieving greater fitness goals are usually popular New Year’s resolutions for people, but have you thought about an even bolder resolution that will ensure you either get or remain in great shape?

Well, that was as fast as Caeleb Dressel swimming the 50-meter freestyle.

We lost a lot last summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of those things was the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The US swimming trials are in the books and the results are in.

Caeleb Dressel looks ready for Tokyo.

Caeleb Dressel is heading back to the Olympics.

Qualifying for the Team USA swimming team picks back up Sunday and quite a few local swimmers will be in the mix.

The race to make the U.S. Olympic swimming team begins on Friday in Omaha, Neb. Six swimmers with area ties compete in the first wave of qualifying over the next four days.

The Olympics countdown is on and Ryan Murphy is ready.

The Bolles girls have 33 in all, including 27 straight. The girls team had a close call in 2016 with a 10-point team win over Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest, but haven’t been threatened before or since that. Bolles has 35 boys qualifiers (32 individuals and all three relay teams), making its depth. The Bolles girls have similar depth, with 29 individual qualifiers and all three relay teams. Creekside’s girls team brought home the Class 4A team state championship last week.