swimming

Five swimmers from Asphalt Green's team have qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha.

McCarren Pool is offering a preview to people who pay $150 for a fundraiser party.

Family said that Vaughan Mitchell, 15, was afraid of water and never learned how to swim.

Vaughan Mitchell, 15, died in the waters off New Brighton, sources say.

The Wythe Hotel, Brooklyn Fox and Alien Cafe are a few of the many new spots to hit the neighborhood.

A swimmer at John Jay Park wants city officials to implement a bathing cap policy at public pools.

The massive pool at McCarren Park is inching closer to its June 28 opening.

Asphalt Green will use its stationary bikes this weekend in a "Spin for Swim" charity event to help a swim scholarship fund started in honor of two avid swimmers who died on 9/11.

Lori Carena, 57, completed the 17-mile race in five hours and 47 minutes.

One person died and another was critically injured during the New York City Triathlon on Sunday.

All of the city's waterways closed in the wake of the sewage spill at the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant have been reopened, officials said.

The Highbridge Pool will be closed from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Tuesday as crews build the Splash House, a poolside changing area.

Officials are still dumping untreated water into the Hudson River, a day after a four-alarm blaze erupted Wednesday afternoon at the North River Wastewater Treatment plant.

Summer vacation is about kick into high gear as the city prepares to open its 54 pools on Wednesday.

Designers launched a Kickstarter campaign to begin testing a "big strainer" for pools in the East or Hudson rivers.