NBC 10 Philadelphia In Philadelphia, public pools weren’t made private post-Jim Crow segregation, but as NBC10’s Claudia Vargas reports, barriers to access were based on where you lived. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CirNSqn8z34

ABC Nightline - Meet the swim club and the Olympian trying to close the racial gap in swimming https://abc.com/shows/nightline/episode-guide/2022-08/22-mon-aug-22-2022

Inside with Brett Hawke Mike Norment has been an Assistant Coach at Georgia Tech since 2018. He co-founded The Swim With A Purpose Swim School (SWAP) and The Metro Atlanta Aquatic Club (MAAC) in 2013. As a young high school swimmer, Mike moved from Hempstead to Philadelphia to swim for Jim Ellis and the vaunted Philadelphia Department of Recreation (PDR) team. Mike went on to win the 100 Breast at SEC's for the University of Georgia where he was an 8x All-American and 2x USA National teamer. https://podcasts.apple.com/np/podcast/266-mike-norment-on-swimming-for-jim-ellis-coaching/id1498116036?i=1000576147790

Pool: A Social History of Segregation is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. By TaRhonda Thomas and 6abc Digital Staff Tuesday, March 22, 2022 7:19PM PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Right next to the famed Art Museum sits Fairmount Waterworks, a facility that's more than a hundred years old and was created to pump water to the City of Philadelphia. Now the facility is taking on a new role involving water as the host site of a new exhibit called...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Swimming and longtime partner Phillips 66 today announced the three cities that will comprise this year’s Make a Splash Tour. In the first in-person Tour since 2019, the Make a Splash Tour, presented by Phillips 66, will visit Philadelphia (May 9 and 10), Pennsylvania; Borger, Texas (May 18); and Rodeo, California (May 23) to raise awareness around the importance of learning to swim. To reinforce this message, USA Swimming has enlisted the support of USA Swimming Foundation Ambassadors and Olympians Rowdy Gaines, Cullen Jones, Missy...

Jim Ellis, PDR Head Coach and Board of Director President, joins the SwimSwam podcast. This conversation was a truly a joy and an honor. Jim’s been coaching 50 plus years, producing elite swimmers all five decades. He’s in the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the International Swim Coaches Association Hall of Fame. USA Swimming named him among the 30 most influential people in the sport. Lastly, in this list of accolades, Jim is the only swimming coach who has been the subject of a major Hollywood feature film, PRIDE,...

BY COLEMAN HODGES I took a trip down to Philly to go film a practice with the Legendary head coach of the Philadelphia Department of Recreation (PDR), Jim Ellis. Ellis, 75, is sharp and energetic, cracking jokes and interacting with his athletes during the whole workout. Ellis along with Tracy Freeland, a PDR alum who now coaches, ran this Thursday pm workout that had a heavy emphasis on body position and technique. They worked freestyle alignment (snorkels, paddles), kicking position (fins) and holding pace with proper technique (fins, paddles, AND...

Thursday, February 11, 2021 USA Swimming Distributes 12 Inaugural Community Impact Grants to Clubs by USA Swimming COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Swimming and the USA Swimming Foundation are proud to announce a new grant program to increase competitive opportunities within USA Swimming clubs. An inaugural class of 12 recipients will each receive $5,000.00 Community Impact grants, renewable annually for up to three years. Furthering its commitment to making a difference in the community, the USA Swimming Foundation is proud to support the grants for clubs to engage in providing...

Reporter Bill Anderson explores the impact and importance of diversity in sports. From Professionals taking a stand for social justice to community leagues providing opportunities to non traditional sports joining the movement. Are sports truly breaking the ice?

Congratulations Trevor Freeland, Mike Norment, and Byron Davis! USA Swimming has announced the formation of two new committees focused on providing strategic guidance to USA Swimming staff and other sport leaders with regard to equity, diversity, and inclusion. The first group, the Black Leadership in Aquatics Coalition (Team BLAC), is comprised of a group of past and present US national team swimmers and has a mission of being “the aquatics leaders of the Black voice and to impact the sport of swimming through exposure, resources, and mentorship.” The second group,...