For land athletes new to the water, passing and exceeding the standards for swimming require a combination of technique, cardio endurance in the pool, and pace. Five hundred meters or 500 yards are ...

Cornellians, like most college students, have many requirements to graduate, including reaching a certain number of credit hours, completing different distribution subjects and — if they are Arts and ...

On Friday, Nov. 10, the Cornell Water Competency Graduation Requirement was updated according to “more modern water safety competency based on industry standards.” The new test requires students to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Since late last week, public pools have been extremely busy, but in the city of Portland, there are also some new rules for those looking to swim in the deep end, including passing a ...

Portland’s public pools are now requiring visitors to pass swim tests before they may plunge into the deep end. The change, which went into effect June 20 when outdoor pools opened for the summer ...

A few weeks back, my eight-year-old failed our local pool’s swimming test. It’s the one kids need to pass to use the diving board. He rushed back in tears, complaining about the unfairness of it all, ...

The National Zoo's Sumatran tiger cubs have been cleared for their public debut. Both cubs passed their swim reliability test at the Great Cats exhibit Wednesday. During the test, the 13-week-old ...