A swim practice can be full of emotions, along with pain. But when an athlete completes the workout, pride typically sets in.

Growing up, I never really knew what to make of swimmers. They seemed a wacky bunch: clannish with chlorine-streaked hair, always boarding buses at the crack of dawn for aquatic centers around the ...

There was something in the air last evening at the pool, something more than the smell of chlorine and the shrieks of young children. There was nervous energy for the first swim team practice. Our ...

In 2011, I received a call that is every parent’s nightmare. My beautiful, sweet, smart 12-year-old daughter Jenny, who had gone to a friend’s birthday party, had been rushed to the hospital. She ...