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 ...

Prior to my synchronized-­swimming lesson, I’d imagined something serene: delicate flapping of arms, elegant surface glides, a single leg raised in the air. Then I hopped into the pool at the Silver ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The swimmers move in graceful unison, performing somersaults in the water. They are the ladies of The Brooklyn Peaches Synchronized Swimming Troupe, who have created a new sense of community at the ...

If you’ve been watching the Olympics, you may have noticed that synchronized swimming has a new name. In July 2017, the International Swimming Federation, or FINA, announced that the sport would be ...