West Arundel defeats West Laurel in swim meet featuring rivals

Teams in the Columbia Neighborhood Swim League and the Central Maryland Swim League competed at pools across the county on Saturday, June 29.

Cool down for the summer in your choice of seven of Baltimore's best pools.

New coach Ritter enjoys first victory with Russett swim team

A child drowning is every parent’s worst nightmare. And  about 10 drowning deaths occur every day in the United States, according to the CDC.

Mount de Sales' Juliette Whittaker grew into one of the top middle-distance runners in the state as a freshman.

Count McDonogh graduate Giles Smith, who will compete for the DC Trident, as an enthusiastic participant for the International Swimming League.

Most people probably don't think much about all the organisms riding the tides of Delaware's coastal waters, especially fecal bacteria.

Towson swimmer Michael Phelps is living the dream as the fastest butterfly swimmer in the world at age 18.

How a teacher grieves when a 12-year-old student dies.

If bacteria levels are down and the Inner Harbor is safe for swimming, let's Mayor Jack Young and the city council jump in.

Three firms have submitted ambitious plans for revitalizing the Middle Branch waterfront in South Baltimore.

Despite an onslaught of 260 million gallons of sewage contamination into waterways, much of Baltimore's harbor was technically safe for swimming in 2018.

A new pro league for swimmers will launch in October and hold meets across the world, including the Natatorium at the Eppley Recreation Center in College Park.

Personally, I find the blue jays to be the worst of the worst. Though they are quite handsome birds (typically so are Vikings in Hollywood movies) they are raucous, belligerent, and willing to pick a fight with almost anyone else.

Looking for something to do with the kids this summer? To keep them cool? Maybe even teach them something new?

Harford County’s 10 individual student-athletes and six relay teams that earned state championships in swimming, indoor track and wrestling were honored by the county's Board of Education Monday night.

Mt. Hebron scores 794.5 points to capture the Howard County Invitational swimming team championship for a fifth straight year on April 7 at Howard Community College.

Jessica Long, a gold-medal winning, paralympic swimmer for Team USA will be the keynote speaker at the 2019 Women’s Conference at Oak Grove Baptist Church on March 30.

Arena Club Aquatics is sending seven individual swimmers and four relay swimmers to the 2019 Eastern Zone Southern Region Sectional Meet in Christiansburg, VA. later this month.

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12-year-old Alex Dillon, a resident of Fallston and a sixth grade student at Fallston Middle School, had a spectacular showing as a competing member of the Bel Air Athletic Club swim team, coached by Peter Leib.

The Patterson Mill swim team brought home six state championships Saturday from the Class 1A-2A-3A state swim meet held at the Eppley Recreation Center at the University of Maryland.

The C. Milton Wright girls swim team won the region title and the CMW boys were second at Saturday’s Class 3A-4A East Region meet at the Arundel Swim Center.

Five region records were broken and Patterson Mill boys and North Harford girls swim teams won region titles Saturday at the Class 1A-2A-3A North championships contested at the Magnolia Middle School pool.

After second place finish in 2018, Patterson Mill scored 357 points as a team on Feb. 6 to capture the 2019 UCBAC boys swimming championship.

C. Milton Wright freshman Hannah Chan and sophomore Kassidy Hare won two events each and the Mustangs won six events overall to win the Harford County girls swim championship.

Snow showers tapered off by the end of the Friday evening commute around Baltimore, but meteorologists warned conditions could remain treacherous on roadways into Saturday morning after days under the chill of the polar vortex. Then, a significant warm-up is in the forecast.

The Havre de Grace Warriors swim team was victorious Monday night, winning a quad meet at Magnolia Middle School. The Warriors, led by its girls team that also swept, defeated Elkton, 178-132; Aberdeen, 178-133; and Harford Tech, 168-139.

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No. 1 Mount Saint Joseph was coming off a loss to No. 7 Boys' Latin in basketball on Wednesday, and the Gaels narrowly avoided a second straight loss to a

A strong night in the pool for the Patterson Mill boys and Bel Air girls Thursday night resulted in a rare tie between the teams inn a tri-swim meet at Magnolia Middle School.

River Hill graduate Donovan Pines, a towering defensive anchor during Maryland's improbable run to the NCAA soccer championship last month, will forgo his

Pallotti girls swim teams eyes title in the pool

The year in sports, as shown on The Aegis sports pages or on the website, was an emotional one for many, both of happiness and sadness as the year rolled along.

Morgan State athletic director Edward Scott announced that a national search for a permanent head football coach will begin immediately.

Dorris B. Russell, a champion swimmer and homemaker, died Sunday of heart failure at Encore at Turf Valley, an Ellicott City nursing home. She was 98.

The unlikely national championship teams of the 1994 and 1995 North Baltimore Aquatic Club were honored Saturday as they were inducted into the Maryland Swimming Hall of Fame.

Myra Goldgeier, the retired chair of Roland Park Country School’s history department, died of cancer Oct. 12 at Duke University Hospital. The former Baltimore resident was 80.

Athletes Serving Athletes pairs able-bodied athlete volunteers with disabled athletes to compete in triathlons as well as running and cycling races. The Lutherville-based nonprofit also stages its own annual event, the ASA RunFest 2018 5K/10K coming up in Hunt Valley on Saturday, Oct 13.

In recent times, Aberdeen has developed a penchant for trying to fix things that aren’t broke.

Loyola Maryland and Hereford are part of a growing number of college, high school and professional teams using GPS and/or heart monitoring systems to protect their players.

The Maryland Swimming Hall of Fame will hold its induction and service medal ceremony Nov. 10 at noon at the Mount Washington Conference Center in Baltimore.

As community residents struggle with problems from increasing use of Kilgore Falls in northern Harford County, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources has an opportunity to add hundreds of acres of parkland to the state’s inventory, a county councilman said Tuesday.

A Harford County councilman would like the state to consider a ban on swimming at one of the most popular swimming holes in Harford County — Falling Branch at Kilgore Falls, he said.

Towson senior Jack Saunderson was named to the U.S. National Team in swimming on Tuesday, his first nod. Maryland swimmers Chase Kalisz and Katie Ledecky were also listed on the roster.