Swimmer Adolph Kiefer, a 1936 Olympic champion, died at his Illinois home at age 98 on Friday, according to the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Prior to his death, Kiefer was the oldest living ...

The oldest living US Olympic swimmer Iris Cummings is celebrating her 100th birthday on Monday. She is the last surviving member of the 1936 US Olympic team, where she finished 18th in the ...

Eighty years ago today, the Ross High School swimmers were making news for taking on a challenge so that they could take on yet another challenge in the pool. It seems fair to say that this was part ...

April 10. UNITED States OLYMPIAN Olive McKean Mucha died in her sleep on Friday, March 31, from heart failure after a short illness. At the 1936 Games in Berlin, Olive McKean won a bronze medal as a ...

Statistics, relating to the winter election of compulsory athletics by the Freshman class, on file at the Department of Hygiene, reveal that, as was the case last year, swimming is the most popular ...