About Para swimmingPara swimming for men and women has been a part of the Paralympic program since the first Games in 1960 in Rome, Italy. Today, the races are highly competitive and among the largest and most popular events in the Paralympic Games. Pa...
Athlete and Sport Program Plan Athlete and sport program plans for U.S. Para Swimming include qualification procedures and criteria for the U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Team, the schedule of national team activities, qualification criteria for U....
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO – U.S. Paralympics Swimming today announced the dates and location of the 2025 U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Championships. The prestigious competition, which will feature many of the country’s top Para swimmers, will be...
Cara Pennington was 5 years old when she first started swimming, the same age at which she learned she had a tumor in her spine.Surgeons removed the tumor, which was cancerous, but the operation paralyzed her left leg. Pennington got infections in the ...
Emma Roberts and her family scheduled their flight home from the U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Championships in Orlando during the afternoon of the last day of the meet.That meant they’d miss the finals, but this being Roberts’ first time at natio...
Katie Kubiak walked across the pool deck at the Rosen Aquatic & Fitness Center in Orlando for what she thought was her final meet ever.She didn’t want her swimming career to be over.She was only a freshman in high school. She wanted to keep swimmin...
