Positive Swim Signs: Brooklyn New School in the LIU Pool
In March Brooklyn New School started an in-school time swim program at Long Island University. It’s a first-time partnership between BNS—a public elementary school located in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill neighborhood—LIU and Inclusive Community Wellness, a NYC non-profit focused on health and wellness.
The New York Times Gets it (Mostly) Right on NYC Swimming
Mara Gay of The New York Times gets it that more New Yorkers need swim instruction—but misses the point that a healthy exercise like swimming has tremendous health benefits.
Yes, Brooklyn DOES Swim!
In what may be the hottest summer on records, New Yorkers will flock to public pools and beaches. But, without life-saving swim skills, there’s risk. A pop-up swim program in downtown Brooklyn hopes to make summer safer for NYC children.
LIU to host Water Polo Clinic with Felix Mercado & Gabby Juarez
LIU will host Felix Mercado, Brown men’s and women’s water polo coach, for a two-day clinic on July 16 and 17 in Downtown Brooklyn.
Tom Hyham Retires from La Salle—Just When the Explorers Were Finding Themselves
With one last match—La Salle vs. Marist in the MAAC postseason—the Hyham family East Coast water polo odyssey ended, as Tom, Kalista, Marina and Tori ended an epic run.
Sharks and Terriers Do Battle by Land and Now by Sea
St. Francis College and Long Island University have been rivals for the past eight decades. This Saturday their athletic rivalry will move to the LIU pool for the first-ever women’s water polo match between the host Sharks and the visiting Terriers.
La Salle’s Tom Hyham talks MAAC Water Polo
Despite his team’s loss to daughter Marina’s Marist squad in the 2021 MAAC Championships, Tom Hyham is bullish on the future of La Salle women’s water polo.