Swimming /tags/swimming Swimming en-US Copyright © 2024 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 18:46:06 GMT How Charles Daniels turned American swimming from joke to juggernaut /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-06-07/how-charles-daniels-turned-american-swimming-from-joke-to-juggernaut Michael Loynd’s “The Watermen” digs into the early days of Olympic swimming. Tue, 07 Jun 2022 18:46:06 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-06-07/how-charles-daniels-turned-american-swimming-from-joke-to-juggernaut Sarah Fenske St. Louis Nonprofit Urges Black Families To Teach Their Children To Swim To Save Lives /race-identity-faith/2021-05-31/st-louis-nonprofit-urges-black-families-to-teach-their-children-to-swim-to-save-lives Swim On Foundation, a local nonprofit, is launching a summer swimming campaign to encourage Black families to take swimming lessons and help keep their children from drowning. Mon, 31 May 2021 13:41:16 GMT /race-identity-faith/2021-05-31/st-louis-nonprofit-urges-black-families-to-teach-their-children-to-swim-to-save-lives Andrea Y. Henderson As Summer Approaches, Water Safety Advocates Urge People To Prevent Drownings /health-science-environment/2019-05-27/as-summer-approaches-water-safety-advocates-urge-people-to-prevent-drownings Memorial Day marks the opening of many pools and lakes, and water safety advocates are urging Missourians to keep themselves and their children safe from… Mon, 27 May 2019 11:26:05 GMT /health-science-environment/2019-05-27/as-summer-approaches-water-safety-advocates-urge-people-to-prevent-drownings Sarah Fentem Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad: ‘I didn’t have much regard for other people’s standards of limitation’ /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-11-18/marathon-swimmer-diana-nyad-i-didnt-have-much-regard-for-other-peoples-standards-of-limitation It took four failed attempts before long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad finally became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a… Wed, 18 Nov 2015 17:34:31 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-11-18/marathon-swimmer-diana-nyad-i-didnt-have-much-regard-for-other-peoples-standards-of-limitation Kelly Moffitt Swimming for a cause: U. City’s Henry Biggs raises money for Ferguson youth initiatives /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-07-13/swimming-for-a-cause-u-citys-henry-biggs-raises-money-for-ferguson-youth-initiatives Henry Biggs, an entrepreneur and former dean at Washington University in St. Louis, had a big goal in mind that involved a 27-mile swim for a good… Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:45:01 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-07-13/swimming-for-a-cause-u-citys-henry-biggs-raises-money-for-ferguson-youth-initiatives Omaha Will Host Olympic Swimming Trials /2013-04-27/omaha-will-host-olympic-swimming-trials USA Swimming has announced that the 2016 Olympic swimming trials will be held in Omaha, besting St. Louis and the other finalist for host city, San… Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:54:55 GMT /2013-04-27/omaha-will-host-olympic-swimming-trials Tim Lloyd Two Missouri beaches remain closed despite latest E. Coli tests /2011-06-23/two-missouri-beaches-remain-closed-despite-latest-e-coli-tests Water samples taken this week from 12 coves at the Lake of the Ozarks did not contain elevated E. Coli levels, but two Missouri beaches will remain closed… Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:46:41 GMT /2011-06-23/two-missouri-beaches-remain-closed-despite-latest-e-coli-tests Marshall Griffin Swimming closed at three Mo. state beaches due to bacteria levels /2011-06-08/swimming-closed-at-three-mo-state-beaches-due-to-bacteria-levels If you were planning on going swimming at three specific Missouri state beaches sometime soon, you may want to make other plans.The Missouri Department of… Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:08:58 GMT /2011-06-08/swimming-closed-at-three-mo-state-beaches-due-to-bacteria-levels