Swimmer's Daily

  • No more adult swim at your neighborhood pool. The news is about to make this the best summer ever for kids at Quince Orchard Park, but the adults who wait each hour for that quiet relaxation time —- you’re not going to like this.

    People in the neighborhood along Great Seneca Highway were very confused about what the lifeguards were telling them each time they blew the whistle over the weekend.

    “I grew up thinking it was time-out to help prevent fatigue but this weekend if the kids wanted to stay in the pool they could during this timeframe,” one person told FOX 5.

    The Homeowner’s Association cleared up the confusion Tuesday afternoon in an email to residents of Quince Orchard Park. It explains that one man who lives in the neighborhood is an attorney and pointed out that Adult Swim is discriminatory.  So, they’ve changed the rules.

    Adult Swim has been replaced with “lap swim time,” where anyone is free to use the pool as long as they swim laps.

    It turns out Adult Swim is a Violation of the Federal Fair Housing Act in that it discriminates against families — certain members of the family can’t use the pool when other individuals can.

    See Fox5

  • Take the Guesswork out of Swimming Training, with the new Triton 2

  • One man on a mission to raise awareness of plastic pollution.

    Ocean advocate Ben Lecomte will swim 300 nautical miles – up to eight hours a day – through the smog of plastic pollution known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, collecting scientific data and debunking the myths surrounding ocean plastic.

    See The Vortex Swim and read Forbes

    https://youtu.be/35Uo7Nd03XQ

     

  • Here’s what you need to know – at the lake or the pool – to stay safe while swimming this Memorial Day weekend. The American Academy of Pediatrics has some new recommendations.

  • Swimming with whale sharks at the Georgia Aquarium

  • Starting Memorial Day weekend, swimmers in Ocean City are under the watchful eye of dozens of lifeguards.

    Ocean City Beach Patrol Ready To Keep Swimmers Safe This Summer

  • A man died after jumping off of a pier and struggling to swim Sunday evening at Lake Glenville.

    Emergency crews responded after a man went under water and did not resurface, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

    According to deputies, Marquise Maurice Dukes, 21, of Harmony, jumped off of a fishing pier and attempted to swim back to the designated swimming area at the pines.

    After Dukes jumped off of the pier, he became distressed and called out for help, deputies said. A witness attempted to help Dukes but was unable to get him back to shore.

    See WSPA

  • Even as the temperature outside rises with the summer months, the temperature of the water is still dangerously cold. Here’s how you can stay safe.