Month: August 2023
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Alice Dearing: Olympic Swimmer | Find Your Wonder | Disney UK
The Disney Princess ‘Find Your Wonder’ initiative encourages children to try new things and ignite their personal passions and interests. Presenting Wonder Webisode Ep 2 starring Alice Dearing, Olympic swimmer.
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Person Gets Sick, Dies After Swimming in Lake LBJ | KXAN
A Travis County resident got sick and died after developing an illness caused by an amebic meningitis infection after swimming in Lake Lyndon B. Johnson earlier this month.
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Clayton’s ‘Superman’ Ed Petner Swims for a Cure, Dreams of Walking Again | WRAL
We only get one life, but Ed Petner believes he’s been given two. The Clayton resident was paralyzed from just above the belly button down when he was forty-four years old. On the anniversary of his accident, he swam a half-marathon in hopes of raising money to find a cure.
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Friday Morning Swim Club Canceled for Rest of the Summer | CBS Chicago
Organizers made the announcement on Instagram saying, “We will not host any additional swims due to last Friday’s events…”
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Florida Residents Seen ‘Swimming Out of Their Windows’ to Escape Floodwater | MSNBC
A Florida couple described seeing residents “swimming out of their windows” to escape floodwater from Hurricane Idalia. Some residents have been rescued while others were able to evacuate on their own.
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Family of Late Swim Star Jamie Cail Reject Od Claims, Claiming She Was Beaten to Death | New York Post
The family of ex-swim champ Jamie Cail, who died of an alleged fentanyl overdose in the US Virgin Islands, claims she had been beaten — and that her death was not an accident. Local police have said the 42-year-old woman, who hailed from New Hampshire, allegedly died of “fentanyl intoxication with aspiration of gastric content,”…
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Filam Gian Santos to Represent PH at World Aquatics Junior Championships | TFC News California, USA | ABS-CBN News
FilAm swimming prodigy Gian Santos looks to bring home more medals to the Philippines when he represents the country at the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships.
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