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 ...

With swim caps, goggles and nose clips in place, the girls of the Chandler Starlettes synchronized swimming program learn how to do front walkovers, porpoises and back-tuck somersaults. The strokes ...

What does it take to be a U.S. Olympic artistic swimmer? At a minimum, it demands endurance, power, leonine grace, hair gelatin, dance lessons, mastery of the eggbeater, flamingo, scull and rocket ...

As you reach the end of the long and beautifully appointed main corridor at Mirador Retirement Community, you begin to realize that this isn't your grandma's nursing home. OK, fine. Maybe it actually ...

After the Ohio State synchronized swim team’s win at the U.S. Collegiate Nationals in San Antonio, Texas, head coach Holly Vargo-Brown woke up with next year’s season on her mind. Ohio State added ...

The Paris Olympics stoked fervor for sports that aren’t always familiar. If you watched the games and thought you might want to try pommel horse, breaking, or synchronized swimming, here’s how you can ...

It turns out that synchronized swimming -- often lumped with cheerleading, ballroom dancing and other activities as hobbies rather than sports -- is a lot harder than it looks. It takes flexibility, ...

Aqualillies, Southern California's acclaimed synchronized swimming troupe, holds exactly one public performance each year. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. That performance ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES Founded in 2008, the Aqualillies are a mix of old and new /*Hollywood*/. They are synchronized swimmers and dancers, using Southern California pools as their stage. "What inspires me is a ...