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The Golden Eagles came up just one point short from winning a meet for the first time in program history. It is described in semi-mythical terms by competitors simply as ‘The Island’. On Saturday, ...

Color photograph of Olympian Katie Ledecky holding her medals from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Katie Ledecky is the most decorated female Olympic swimmer in history with nine golds, four silvers and ...

Few swimmers have ever matched the magic Katie Ledecky brought to international competition in her first five years of major meets. A 15-year-old prodigy pulling a huge upset at the 2012 Olympics ...

WASHINGTON -- Olympic swimming champion Katie Ledecky threw out the first pitch at Nationals Park on Wednesday night. The 19-year-old freestyler and D.C.-area native won four golds and a silver during ...

One of the autographs that Katie Ledecky signed in the summer of 2014 was for a 12-year-old Australian named Lani Pallister. “Dream big!” Ledecky inscribed in a small spiral notebook, an image that ...

Every Olympics has its breakout athletes, many of whom turn out to be long-term forces in the sport. You may remember some, ...

Mona McSharry and Ellen Walshe both claim silver medal on day one of the World Aquatics World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan. Sep. 30—There's hitting the ground running, and then there's the blazing-hot ...