SEBRING — While most of the eight kids eased into the new YMCA swimming pool Tuesday, 9-year-old Dalton Hiller splashed everyone else when he hit a perfect cannonball. Everyone laughed, and then practice began. Hiller and the other students, 6 to 14 years old, were preparing for the July 12 Heartland Triathlon. Depending on age, the kids will swim either 100 or 200 yards, bike three or six miles and run either half a mile or a full mile. Hiller is a Cracker Trail Elementary student and said he lifts weights at home. He hopes to improve on last year's 31st place he earned during the inaugural kids event – maybe even enough to win this time. ...more

June 12, 2008

Last week, Kaarla McKenzie awakened suddenly with an uneasy feeling at 3:30 a.m. ...more

June 12, 2008

Saturday's drowning of a 23-year-old man at the City Pier Beach should alert us to the potential dangers lurking in our lakes due to their present low lake levels. ...more

June 12, 2008

As Golda Marcus walked along the pool deck at the Brandon Sports and Aquatics Center, she could hear people whispering the same thing: "It's the LZR Racer. That's the new Speedo swimsuit." ...more

May 28, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Normally a first-year program has to endure the struggle of bringing along green athletes without the benefit of leadership. ...more

May 28, 2008

Gregg Cooke admits he's a part-time swimmer. But he performed like a full-time swimmer in 2007. ...more

May 20, 2008

Plant's Meg Anderson watched her friend, Chelsea Nauta, dominate the Hillsborough County swim scene for the past few years. This year, Anderson stepped in to fill the void left by the Tampa Prep star's graduation. ...more

May 20, 2008

LONGBOAT KEY - Two swimmers were unconscious as bystanders dragged them out of the Gulf of Mexico at about 5 p.m. today. ...more

May 19, 2008

The South Tampa Aquatic Team recently participated in the Florida Swimming Spring Junior Olympic Championships. Each swimmer qualified at meets during the past year. ...more

May 3, 2008

Michael Xipolitas will continue a tradition tomorrow, during the Epiphany Celebration procession, as he leads 61 young men to Spring Bayou, where they will try their best to succeed him as the next successful cross diver. The dive for the cross is one of the highlights of the Greek Orthodox Epiphany Celebration. ...more

January 8, 2008