Swimming – Page 4

After a Mental Health Break, Caeleb Dressel Returns to the Pool

Caeleb Dressel, the seven-time Olympic champion, swam in the nationals after taking a break for mental health reasons. He didn’t win, but he loved everything about being back, even the chlorine.

By Jenny Vrentas

Records and Achievements Swimming

An Unexpected Open Water Challenge: 40 Miles Across Arizona

Bone-chilling temperatures, dramatic scenery and road trip interludes make the SCAR Swim a fan favorite in the niche sport of open water swimming.

By Adam Skolnick

Black People Black People Will Swim Deaths (Obituaries) New York City Nu-Finmen Swimming Swimming Trotman, Robert Urban Areas USA Swimming Youth

Robert Trotman, 82, Dies; Opened Swimming Lanes to Minority Children

The club he started as a coach has helped young Black and Hispanic youths learn to swim and compete in the sport in urban areas not known as oases for it.

By Richard Sandomir

California Deaths (Obituaries) Denmark English Channel Long Beach (Calif) Olympic Games (1948) Records and Achievements Swimming Women and Girls

Greta Andersen, Champion Marathon Swimmer, Dies at 95

As a long-distance, open-water swimmer, she braved waves, sharks and darkness to break 18 world records and become the first American to swim across the English Channel.

By Penelope Green

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