GREAT BARRINGTON — At the age of 4, Jill Fleming of Great Barrington nearly drowned in a New Jersey Lake. Instead of fearing the water, she plunged into swimming lessons. Fleming, 60, is now one of ...

The “wild swimming” trend — aka open-water swimming, or taking dips in lakes, rivers, streams or even the sea — isn't exactly new. Still, it has been increasing in popularity over the past decade, ...

A jet ski pulls in buoys from the CrossFit Games at Marine Creek Lake in Fort Worth on Thursday morning. The Fort Worth Fire Department responded to a call earlier in the morning when athlete Lazar ...

Open water swimmers benefit from a significant boost to their mental health, more so than open-air pool swimmers, according to a new study. Research published in the Journal of Environmental ...

She’s taking home the mermaid crown. A fearless Gotham native is set to stroke across the English Channel’s 21 miles of treacherous waters this week — becoming the first woman from the Big Apple to ...

State officials are again restricting open-water swimming at one of the region’s most popular recreational bodies of water. But at least on Sunday, the first day this season that the swimming rules ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Splash Mountain will be open for lap swimming only June 3 and 4, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The water park will start recreational or open swimming June 10. To learn more, clickhere.

In celebration of the 70th anniversary of Aklan Province, the Provincial Government of Aklan has partnered with Liquid Events to stage the Boracay Platinum International Open Water Swim Race from ...

Riley Anderson, a senior with the Manchester co-op swim team from Colchester, set a State Open record in the 50-yard freestyle and won the 100 butterfly Sunday at the State Open swim championships at ...

Their mission is to save a life, one lesson at a time. Stew Leonard Jr., the CEO of the grocery chain bearing his father’s name, and his wife, Kim, saw their world fall apart when their 21-month-old ...

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (AP) — A swimmer who went missing after being attacked by a shark last week off the Northern California coast and whose body was found days later was identified as an open ocean ...