The students of the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) Conservation Police’s 11th Basic Training Academy recently completed their 16-hour Officer Water Survival (OWS) course in accordance with the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) Boat Operations and Training (BOAT) Program. The purpose of the course is to provide our new officers the skills necessary to survive in and around the water. This course prepares the officer for the unexpected immersion into the water. A key element of this course is preparing the participants to become proficient in water survival skills and awareness on how to use their duty gear and survival equipment to increase their chances of survival. The students demonstrated proficiency of each of the subject areas outlined in the course modules through a compilation of measures including objective testing, scenario review, class discussion, practical activities, and verification of course prerequisites.
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Swim Team Returns to Roxbury YMCA | YMCA of Greater Boston
Daly Richelieu-Hamilton is bringing the swim team back to the Roxbury YMCA! After not having a team for seven years, Daly has seen success with the program and is recruiting members directly from swim lessons, Giving new swim students the goal of joining the swim team has built confidence in his students along with a sense of family.
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Polar Plunge: Swimmers Brave Bitter Cold Weather to Take Dip In the Bay | KPIX CBS SF Bay Area
Temperatures in the 40s weren’t enough to delay a morning swim in the Bay
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Stanford extends lead in second day of Pac-12 Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships | Pac-12 Networks
Stanford holds a 99-point lead on USC through the second day of the Pac-12 Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships after adding more titles. Torri Huske won the 200 Individual Medley while the Cardinal won the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:26.52. Stanford’s Anya Goeders and USC’s Anicka Delgado tied for first in the 50-yard freestyle event and Arizona State’s Erica Lanning won the 500 freestyle title.
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First Colonial Girls Swim Team’s History-Making Performances | 13News Now
A Virginia Beach high school swim team is shining a spotlight on Hampton Roads. The First Colonial High School girls swim team took home their first state title in 2019. Then they did it again in 2020. And last weekend, they made it a three-peat! Philip Townsend spoke with them today about the history-making moment.
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Simon Ince Is the Oldest Person to Successfully Swim The 34km False Bay Crossing | eNCA
A new Guinness World Record will soon be awarded in South Africa. 62-year-old Simon Ince is set to receive it as the oldest person to swim from Simon’s Town to Rooi Els, crossing False Bay. Ince took on the almost eleven-hour long swim this past Sunday.
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Artistic Swimming Avengers | FINA World Championships Budapest 2017 Team Brasil
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Rottnest Swimmers Can Now Optimize Route | The University of Western Australia
Swimmers taking part in the iconic Rottnest Channel Swim this Saturday (26 February) will be able to design a personalized, optimized route for their crossing that can be uploaded to their GPS, Garmin watch or the Rotto Swim app.
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Rottnest Channel Swim Preparations | 10 News First
The Rottnest Channel Swim is just days away and a team of former champions are joining forces to raise money for men’s mental health.