Swimming

On Monday the Fred Lynch Invitational Basketball Tournament tipped off at two locations in New Hanover County. On Monday Wilmington's Cari Blalock had a terrific day in the pool. The former New Hanover Wildcat shaved seven seconds off her personal best in the 400 IM at the US Olympic Swimming Trials. Full story...

Former New Hanover swimming standout Cari Blalock is headed to the US Olympic Trials. The Wilmington resident recently qualified in four different events. This will not be the first time for the UNC Tar Heel swimmer at the US Olympic Trials. She also competed in 2008, but Blalock only qualified in one event that year. Full story...

Former New Hanover Wildcat Cari Blalock earned a huge honor this week at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Women's Championship in Alabama. The Wilmington resident is now an Honorable Mention All-America swimmer. Blalock helped lead North Carolina to a 19th place finish at the NCAA meet. Full story...

Former New Hanover High swimmer Cari Blalock is clearly one of the most accomplished swimmers to come out of Wilmington in several years. Blalock will be heading to the 2012 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships later this month. Full story...

Round three of the high school basketball playoffs is complete. Due to severe weather on Friday several playoff games were held on Saturday afternoon. The UNCW men's basketball team also played on Saturday. It turned out to be one of the worst defeats of the season for Buzz Peterson's squad. The UNCW men's swimming team once again is the CAA champ. A local high school wrestler won a state championship on Saturday. Click full story for all this & more. Full story...

Wilmington's Cari Blalock set a school record on Saturday for the North Carolina Tar Heels at the ACC Swimming & Diving Championships in Virginia. Blalock's school record time nearly earned the New Hanover High grad a first place finish in the women's 200 butterfly, but Blalock finished in second place to go along with two third place finishes in other events earlier in the week. Full story...

Former New Hanover High School swimmer Cari Blalock earned All-ACC honors on Thursday with a third place finish in the women's 200 IM at the ACC Swimming & Diving Championship. This is Blalock's first season at the University of North Carolina. Last year she swam for the LSU Tigers. Full story...

Hoggard's Ashley Brem is a state champ. Laney junior Travis Johns is a state champ too. WWAY first introduced our viewers to Travis Johns when he was just a freshman. We even have a link to the video feature that we did with Travis two years ago if you click Full story...

The Tennessee Volunteers have been added to the UNCW swimming & diving schedule. In fact the Volunteers will be coming to the Port City later this month. Full story...

Lifeguards put up red flags today meaning "No Swimming." They also advised swimmers to follow the rule of "knee deep is too deep." Full story...

In an effort to keep up her physical and spiritual health and raise thousands of dollars for African orphans, one soulful swimmer set out to accomplish a big goal Saturday. Full story...

The LSU women's swimming and diving team capped off the 2010-11 season with its first top-15 NCAA finish in 18 years on Saturday. Wilmington's Cari Blalock is a freshman swimmer at LSU. Full story...

Cari Blalock is certainly making a name for herself in her first year on the LSU swim team. Breaking a long-standing school record tends to do that. The Wilmington resident now has her focus on the upcoming NCAA Championship. Full story...

Wilmington City Council has justified spending money on parks and other projects with the 2006 voter-approved Parks and Rec Bond. At its meeting tonight, though, the council wants to change how $700,000 of that bond money will be spent. Full story...

Wilmington has a rich tradition when it comes to swimming. This week the Wilmington Swim League is holding their summer championship meet at the Cape Fear Country Club. 10 teams are competing for the league title. Full story...