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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- On a rainy, cold day like today open water swimming is probably the furthest thing from your mind, and the suggestion of jumping into the Chicago River, of all places, even further ...

There’s a new breed of swim wetsuits out there – these aren’t dedicated triathlon wetsuits, but instead they focus on open-water swimmers. Are they for you? To help you make that purchase, 220 ...