swimming


  • Jake Jacobs teaches generations how to swim

    Jake Jacobs teaches generations how to swim

    A fish out of water. That’s what Jake Jacobs is to the many excited, yet confused children who run into her at the grocery store. They tug at…

  • Champs top Marlins in friendly swim meet

    Champs top Marlins in friendly swim meet

    While adults alternately chatted, cheered and cooled off under sun umbrellas on a steamy summer night, young swimmers from the host Middlebury Marlins and the Vergennes Champs on…

  • Champs ace TEST, stay on winning path

    Champs ace TEST, stay on winning path

    The Vergennes Champs coasted past the visiting Town of Essex Swim Team (TEST) on Thursday, July 14, by a 349-141 margin.

  • Marlins drop meets, but many multiple winners

    Marlins drop meets, but many multiple winners

    Before a scheduled home meet vs. Vergennes on Tuesday, the Middlebury Marlins swim team competed twice last week, dropping one meet at home and one on the road.

  • Champs split two swim meets

    Champs split two swim meets

    The Vergennes Champs split two recent away Champlain Valley Swim League meets, falling to the Burlington Tennis Club on July 7, 274-225, before edging St. Albans on Tuesday,…

  • Marlins start open swim season with setbacks

    Marlins start open swim season with setbacks

    The Middlebury Marlins opened their Champlain Valley Swim League season with two setbacks away from home heading into a home meet this past Tuesday against title favorite Burlington…

  • Defending titleist Champs claim opener in pool

    Defending titleist Champs claim opener in pool

    The defending Vermont summer swim team champion Vergennes Champs opened their 2022 Champlain Valley Swim League season on June 30 by swamping visiting Winooski, 337-113.

  • Putting in the miles pays off for young swimmers

    Putting in the miles pays off for young swimmers

    After the pandemic closed their local pool, a dozen Addison County kids swam competitively in South Burlington.

  • Connor Husk 4th in New England Swim Championship

    Connor Husk 4th in New England Swim Championship

    Ten-year-old Connor Husk of Ferrisburgh qualified for the 10-and-under New England Swim Championship this past weekend, which took place at the University of Rhode Island.

  • Middlebury Marlins prevail in their swim division

    WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Middlebury Marlin swimmers capped off an enjoyable summer by winning their division at this past weekend’s Vermont Swim Association State Championship Meet, hosted…