Seward’s Lydia Jacoby on Friday popped a record-breaking performance at the Minnesota Invitational in Minneapolis. The University of Texas freshman touched the wall in 57.54 seconds to place second in the women’s 100-yard breaststroke, finishing just 0.06 seconds...
PJ Foy of Juneau was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after a dominant performance at the 2022 ASAA state swimming and diving championships. Despite not being able to practice due to illness all week leading up to the state meet,he Thunder Mountain High School junior...
Seward’s Lydia Jacoby is already making a splash at the University of Texas. The freshman breaststroke specialist earned Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honors after posting three podium finishes in her college debut. The 2020 Olympic champion posted a NCAA-B standard...
Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby was one of 31 Olympic medalists named to the 2022-23 roster for the U.S. National Team. The 18-year-old breaststroke specialist who won gold at the Tokyo Games in Japan will represent the red, white and blue in her discipline at 100 and 200...
The queen of the 100-meter breaststroke is looking to expand her reign to the 200 breast. Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby posted a personal-best time in the 200 to pull away from 2020 European champion Sophie Hansson and win gold at the 22nd annual Mare Nostrum Swim Tour...
Seward’s Lydia Jacoby turned in two personal-best performances at the USA Swimming International Team Trials but was turned away for a Worlds berth by nine-tenths of a second. The high school senior placed third, fourth and fifth in three breaststroke races in...
The finalists for the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Directors Awards set the bar incredibly high, but the winners took it to another level. They were out of this world. Swimmer Lydia Jacoby won an Olympic gold medal. Obed Vargas made his Major League Soccer debut at age...
PRIDE OF ALASKA GIRLS FINALISTS For Consistent Excellence in Athletic Competition – For an athlete or athletes, team or coach who not only excelled in sports in the past year or recent years, but did so with integrity and sportsmanship so as to be a positive role...
Seward’s Lydia Jacoby picked up her first medal at the FINA World Swimming Championships after helping the Team USA 4x50-meter medley relay team take silver. She handled the breaststroke leg and posted a split of 29.6 seconds as the Americans (1:43.61) finished behind...
One day she’s making acceptance speeches at USA Swimming award banquets in Miami and the next she’s flying to Abu Dhabi for the FINA World Championships. So is life for Seward’s Lydia Jacoby, who has been on the move pretty much nonstop since the 17-year-old won two...
The Dimond girls continued their dynasty Saturday at the state high school swimming championships. Dimond, spurred by its dominance in all three relays — the 200 yard medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle — splashed to its sixth straight state title with 98 points....