CHICAGO (WLS) -- On a rainy Sunday morning in Lake Michigan, hundreds of eager and already wet swimmers hit the water for an amazing cause. Sunday marked the first plunge of the relocated Chicago ...

The sport is no stunt, as swimmer Mackenzie Koeck and her support crew learned in the yearlong runup of preparation.

Do not go near it. Polluted. Violent and brutal. Disgusting. These are some of the things the internet and social media have to say about whether it's OK to swim in Lake Michigan. But is that just ...

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) - Jace Morgan is the kind of person who pushes the boundaries of what humans can do. He’s a professional athlete and coach who’s completed ultra-endurance races across ...

LAKE TAHOE, Nev. / Calif. – Sylvia Lacock likens open water marathon swimming to meditation. “You can only focus on your next breath.” That’s important when the finish line is over 21 miles away, ...

"Just do it." Yes, that’s a 20-year-old advertising slogan and practically a cultural joke now. But that tagline gets startlingly real as my bare toes clasp a gnarly rock ledge and I stare 30 feet ...

AND RIGHT NOW, EASTERN LAKE IS HEADED INTO ITS SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK UNDER A SWIM ADVISORY. POLK COUNTY CONSERVATION SAYS E-COLI TESTS ONCE AGAIN SHOWED HIGH LEVELS OF THAT BACTERIA. BUT THE BEACH IS ...

Last summer’s drought kept the sand and surf at Lake Erie’s beaches the cleanest in five years, so the beaches usually remained open. But the region's second-wettest spring on record has changed the ...

SEVERAL SWIM BEACHES ARE TEMPORARILY CLOSING IN ROGERS DUE TO HIGH WATER AND DEBRIS FROM THE RECENT STORMS-- THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS IS TEMPORARILY CLOSING HORSESHOE BEND AND HICKORY CREEK DAY USE ...