Great work by Olympian and New England Masters Swim Club member Elizabeth Beisel (@ebeisel34) raising more than $130,000 for cancer research with her 10.4-mile open water swim: https://t.co/CZzmbMqDYM.
Sept. 27, 2021
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Beisel became the first woman to complete the 10.4 mile swim to Block Island, fulfilling her father's dying wish and raising over $135k for cancer research.
Sept. 26, 2021
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Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel Saturday became the first woman to swim to Block Island, a 10.4-mile swim done in memory of her late father.
Sept. 26, 2021
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Rhode Island’s own three-time Olympian Elizabeth Beisel made history on Saturday becoming the first woman to swim from the “mainland” of Rhode Island to Block Island.
Sept. 26, 2021
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FILE - In this June 28, 2016 file photo, Elizabeth Beisel competes in the women's 200-meter freestyle preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb. Beisel competed in
Elizabeth Beisel plans swim to Block Island to raise money for cancer research
A North Kingstown native and three-time Olympian is set to be the first woman to swim to Block Island from Point Judith.Stay in the know with WPRI 12 News. L...
Sept. 10, 2021
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Elizabeth Beisel is postponing her “Block Cancer” swimming event she originally scheduled for Thursday due to the bad weather for at least two weeks.
Local Olympian Elizabeth Beisel postpones swim to Block Island
Elizabeth Beisel is postponing her "Block Cancer" swimming event she originally scheduled for Thursday due to the bad weather for at least two weeks.Stay in ...
Sept. 2, 2021
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Nick Rice (middle) founded the Western Mass site of the Bluefish Swim Club in 2016. He will now take over as owner and head coach of the whole club.
Aug. 23, 2021
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The Water Is My Sky earned the title of being a “best-seller” by climbing into the top 10 rankings on the iTunes top Documentaries charts.
Aug. 13, 2021
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Chuck Batchelor, the longtime head coach at Bluefish Swim Club, has agreed to take over as head coach of SwimMAC Carolina in Charlotte, N.C.
Elizabeth Beisel Gives In-depth Look at the Olympic Games as an NBC Broadcaster
We sat down with 3x Olympian and now 2020 Olympic Analyst with NBC (I think this makes her a 4x Olympian), Elizabeth Beisel. Beisel gave us the FULL rundown ...
Erica Sullivan Explains Let Down of US Trials, Fulfillment of Olympic Medal
We sat down with Erica Sullivan, the 1500 Olympic silver medalist and recently appointed "New Lesbian Supreme". Erica walks us through her summer, starting a...
Bowe Becker on Going From Essentially Retired in 2020 to Olympic Champ in 2021
We sat down with Olympic gold medalist Bowe Becker, the sprinter who put Minnesota on the map and surprised many by making the 2020 Olympic team. Becker take...
Zac Stubblety-Cook Explains Mental Progression from 10th at 2018 Comm Games to Olympic Champion
We sat down with newly minted 2020 Olympic champion in the 200 breast, Zac Stubblety-Cook. After talking about his obsessive coffee habits for the first 7 mi...
Aug. 13, 2021
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After 16 years, long-time head coach Chuck Batchelor will be leaving Bluefish Swim Club and will join SwimMAC Carolina in the same position.
Aug. 6, 2021
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14-year-old Teagan O'Dell touched third in the Irvine 400 IM final at 4:46.73, dropping 3 seconds and boosting up to No. 10 all-time in 13-14 history.
July 28, 2021
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Yui Ohashi has become the latest woman to pull off a seemingly IM-specific feat by winning 2 Olympic gold medals in the same discipline.
June 26, 2021
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The NBC commentating crew also holds a huge number of former Olympians, who have combined to win 76 Olympic medals, 41 of which were Gold.
June 21, 2021
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With the completion of wave II of the US Olympic Trials meet, the US Olympic Swimming Team for Tokyo is now finalized featuring 26 women and 23 men.
