When I was a small child, my mother often brought me along when she taught physical education at a small women’s college, run by nuns who were happy to have a young married woman to handle fencing ...
BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — Kids in the Town of Tonawanda got a chance to make a splash and try something new over the weekend. The Aquettes held a free synchronized swimming class Sunday morning. They are a ...
What does it take to be a U.S. Olympic artistic swimmer? At a minimum, it demands endurance, power, leonine grace, hair gelatin, dance lessons, mastery of the eggbeater, flamingo, scull and rocket ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — 9-year-old Cammie Engel grew up around the pool. “She was born in Florida and we obviously had to get her in swimming lessons really quickly,” her mom, Mollie Engel, said. But ...
Introduction to Synchronized Swimming is one of many new programs offered this fall at the Blacksburg Aquatic Center, a part of the Town’s Parks and Recreation Department. Often thought of as “water ...
If you, a die hard Olympics nerd [enthusiastically thrusts hand into air], have been feverishly sifting through your TV guide in search of synchronized swimming these past few weeks with no success, ...
Unlikely Twin Cities synchronized swim team goes for gold in Paris With limited training but plenty of drive, the Subversive Sirens aim to make synchronized swimming more inclusive — and perform a ...
On Saturday, June 25, the Brooklyn Peaches put on a synchronized swim show extravaganza. They entertained the audience by swimming to the sounds of David Bowie and Prince. The show raised almost $500 ...
Marathon swimming or open water? Artistic swimming or synchronized? There’s a bit of aquatic confusion at the Olympics, where two of the disciplines are referred to by conflicting names. Officially, ...
The sport, formerly known as synchronized swimming, has a new name as well as more muscular athletes and more risky tricks. At a minimum, it demands endurance, power, leonine grace, hair gelatin, ...