Brandon Vickrey

Whenever Chesterton coach Kevin Kinel entered the natatorium this year, the message on his mind extended deeper than the pool's water. Sure, Kinel spent the winter the way he always...

It may be hard to fathom, but there was a time when Chesterton senior Vanessa Krause wasn't sure if she would be good enough to be an elite high school...

While most swimmers across the state are gliding through the water on Monday evenings, Crown Point's Austin Sepke is putting in a different kind of work. The Bulldogs senior has...

Nothing could stop Chesterton freshman Nathan Carlson from winning the 200-yard individual medley at Saturday's sectional. Not a midseason illness that kept him out of the pool for two weeks....

Valparaiso coach Adam Nellessen thought it would be a tough sell. Nellessen knew a senior swimmer surrendering an individual event in the sectional meet was quite the sacrifice. But he...

Hannah Kukurugya certainly wasn't complaining about her wide margin victories throughout the season. But the Crown Point junior embraced better competition at Friday's state meet prelims in Indianapolis. Kukurugya set...

A phone call on Sunday morning from her sister, Kelly, left Katie Craig in disbelief. Katie Craig picked up the phone, received the news and frantically sprinted to her computer....

When Madi Klauer answered the phone on Jan. 4, 2015, she heard four life-changing words from her mother. "You have Lyme disease." Klauer's reaction wasn't one of sadness, anger or...

Kay Foley knew she would be good. But the Munster freshman swimmer has exceeded even her own expectations this season. Foley won two events on Saturday to guide the Seahorses...

Marina Vasquez remembers the days of Lake Central's six-lane pool. She recalls vying with divers for space to swim in the diving well. She remembers swimming-turned-mathematics when she had to...