Category: Organization
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North St. Louis Swim Team Is Growing and Diversifying the Sport | KSDK News
“It’s about self-confidence and diversity in a sport.”
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World Aquatics Scholarship Athletes – Their Stories
Dedication, perseverance, and a passion for the water. Meet the inspiring athletes who have earned a World Aquatics Scholarship and are making waves in the world of competitive swimming
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Lifeguard Training Sessions Begin in Milwaukee County to Avoid Summer Closures | WISN 12 News
The Milwaukee County Parks Department began searching for summer lifeguards. A shortage led to the closure of more than half of the county’s pools last summer.
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Why Did the World’s Best Teenage Swimmer Move to Sarasota? | Social Kick
Double World Champion Summer McIntosh recently moved training bases from her home in Canada to Sarasota Florida. Social Kick enjoyed a Friday afternoon with the Sarasota Sharks enjoying the team culture and clearly understanding why a rising Superstar of Swimming would make the move down south. Here are Head Coach Brent Arckey and Canadian Ace…
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Junior League of Tyler’s ‘Girl Power’ Summit This Weekend to Feature Olympic Swimmer Natalie Hinds | KETK NBC
The Junior League of Tyler is gearing up for their annual Girl Power event this weekend that’s being held on the campus of UT Tyler. The goal is to equip young women with the tools necessary to become successful, civically engaged women. See KETK
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Education Queensland to Audit Every State School’s Swimming Program | 7NEWS
Every Queensland state school’s swimming program will be reviewed after it was revealed the compulsory lessons are failing some children. There’s now a fresh hurdle to keeping students safe in the water: a lack of instructors.
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Water Polo Coach Teaches Underserved Students How to Swim | CBS 8 San Diego
Generations of goodwill are colliding at the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA. In this Zevely Zone, I caught up with a Coronado water polo coach who is helping underserved students thousands of miles apart. Last August, I introduced you to Asante Sefa-Boakye. The Coronado water polo coach introduced the sport he loves to the people of Ghana.…
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Swim Safety Advocate Laurie Lawrence Calls for Better Swimming Lessons in Queensland | 7NEWS
Of the 84 people who drowned in Queensland in the year to June 2022, 16 were under 17. It’s prompted swim safety campaigner Laurie Lawrence to call for swimming lessons in Queensland schools to be overhauled. “Water safety is not a wet session … a lot of the schools are getting around saying they’re doing…
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New Calls to Overhaul Swimming Lessons in Queensland Schools | 7NEWS
One is a high-profile safety campaigner; the other is an Olympic swimmer turned swim teacher. Together, Lawrie Lawrence and Glenn Buchanan have joined calls to overhaul swimming lessons in Queensland schools following devastating drowning figures.