Readers of the Connection may not be aware that our local team, the Reston Masters Swim Team (RMST), participates in national as well as regional swimming competitions. It regularly punches above ...

A 16-year-old Illinois swimmer is accused of "hate speech" for speaking out against biological males being allowed in the girls' locker room at a Springfield YMCA. Abbigail Wheeler says she was ...

For months, Wheeler and her family have been protesting rules at the YMCA regarding the organizations locker room policy. Wheeler, who was a member of the swim team at the YMCA, took issue with ...

At a swim meet just outside St. Louis ... regulation 15-meter markers for the team. Once a week, parents drive the team to a different YMCA pool that has starting blocks. That pool is about ...