The sport is no stunt, as swimmer Mackenzie Koeck and her support crew learned in the yearlong runup of preparation.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- On a rainy Sunday morning in Lake Michigan, hundreds of eager and already wet swimmers hit the water for an amazing cause. Sunday marked the first plunge of the relocated Chicago ...

"Just do it." Yes, that’s a 20-year-old advertising slogan and practically a cultural joke now. But that tagline gets startlingly real as my bare toes clasp a gnarly rock ledge and I stare 30 feet ...

The Chicago River Swim has been moved to Lake Michigan, organizers said Monday, a month after the city denied a permit for the open-water swimming event because of safety concerns related to the ...

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KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) - Jace Morgan is the kind of person who pushes the boundaries of what humans can do. He’s a professional athlete and coach who’s completed ultra-endurance races across ...

SEVERAL SWIM BEACHES ARE TEMPORARILY CLOSING IN ROGERS DUE TO HIGH WATER AND DEBRIS FROM THE RECENT STORMS-- THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS IS TEMPORARILY CLOSING HORSESHOE BEND AND HICKORY CREEK DAY USE ...

AND RIGHT NOW, EASTERN LAKE IS HEADED INTO ITS SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK UNDER A SWIM ADVISORY. POLK COUNTY CONSERVATION SAYS E-COLI TESTS ONCE AGAIN SHOWED HIGH LEVELS OF THAT BACTERIA. BUT THE BEACH IS ...

Last summer’s drought kept the sand and surf at Lake Erie’s beaches the cleanest in five years, so the beaches usually remained open. But the region's second-wettest spring on record has changed the ...

ROGERS -- The swim beaches at two Beaver Lake campgrounds are going away permanently. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday it is permanently removing swim beaches at Rocky Branch and ...