Category: History
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Lakeside Swim Club celebrates 90 years
See WDRB There are a lot of places to take a dip during the summer, but there aren’t many that look,or have a story like Lakeside Swim Club in the Highlands. “It was a working rock quarry,” Asst. Manager, Mary Graves said. That was in the early 1900s, till a spring started to fill the…
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Remembering A Civil Rights Swim-In: ‘It Was A Milestone’
Listen to NPR On June 18, 1964, black and white protesters jumped into the whites-only pool at the Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine, Fla. In an attempt to force them out, the owner of the hotel poured acid into the pool.
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Top 10 celebrities who cheated death, including Ian Thorpe
A good read in general, here on stuff.co.nz Australian Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe was also in New York on the day of the Word Trade Center attacks. Out for a jog, Thorpe planned to visit the observation deck of the World Trade Center, but returned to his hotel when he realised he had forgotten his…
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History making swim for teenager Dan Canta
See 7News A Melbourne teenager has made history by becoming the youngest person ever to swim between Port Phillip Heads. Kristy Mayr reports.
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Otylia Jedrzejczak bows out
Read Thenews.pl “Today marks 25 years since the moment when I first jumped into a swimming pool,†the 30-year-old recalled. “At some point you need to leave the stage,†she added, assuring that this time it was for good, having changed her mind on the matter in the past. Jedrzejczak’s extraordinary career saw her win…
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Stephanie Rice tells of difficulties of transitioning back to normal life
Read news.com.au Olympic champion Stephanie Rice has opened up about the difficulties of transitioning to “normal life” after her success. In the wake of separate and complex difficulties being faced by Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett and Geoff Huegill, Rice said “it’s been really sad to see a lot of the others, the boys in particular,…
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3rd grader brings Ian Crocker back to Maine
See WCSH6 Five time Olympic Medalist Ian Crocker has done a lot in his swimming career. Today though he draws crowds in a different capacity, speaking at schools and holding swim clinics across the country. His most recent was held because of a third grade girl who decided to shoot for the stars and actually…
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John Cheever Reads “The Swimmer,†His Famous Short Story (1977)
See Open Culture The Stories of John Cheever, a collection of 61 stories chronicling the lives of “the greatest generation,†was first published in 1978 with much fanfare. The critics liked it. The weighty, 700-page book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1979. The people liked it too. […] The collection features some of Cheever’s best-known stories: “The…