SARASOTA - Fifteen miles in, Allen Hillman was in “the zone,” that place of total focus in the present moment. The 55-year-old Sarasota resident remained in this ...

Katie Pumphrey, a Baltimore open-water ultra-marathon swimmer, is preparing for another long-distance challenge, her third English Channel crossing. Pumphrey completed a six-hour swim on Thursday in ...

A 17-year-old nicknamed the ‘Ginger Swimmer’ has swum the English Channel – powered by Jelly Babies. Lowenna North trained for four years, clocking up countless miles both in the pool and on the ...

Just over a year ago, Anchorage’s Jordan Iverson set out to accomplish a feat that only a few hundred people in the world and just one other Alaskan have ever done: complete the open-water swimming ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --NYC open-water swimmer Fleur Sohtz has completed the English Channel swim, earning the prestigious Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. With her Channel crossing, ...

LOS ANGELES, May 17 (Reuters) - New Hollywood film "Young Woman and the Sea" brings the story of Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle to the big screen, shining a light on the Olympic gold medalist's feat to ...

A long-distance swimmer is on the brink of attempting to achieve a lifelong dream by swimming the English Channel. On Monday morning Lindsey Walke, 49, from Plymouth, said she was waiting for the call ...

Local ultra-marathon open water swimmer and artist Katie Pumphrey kicked off her 2025 open water swim season Thursday morning. Last year, Pumphrey made history when she swam from the Chesapeake Bay ...

From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know. This week, professional musician and New Jersey native Andrew ...

EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen's Allen Media Group, has acquired U.S. rights for sports biopic Vindication Swim. The drama recounts the true ...