Pioneer. World champion. World record-holder. Five-time Olympian. Businesswoman. Author. On International Women’s Day, Swimming World looks at the life and times of Alia Atkinson. Alia Atkinson ...

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority’s Beta Sigma Alumni Chapter held a free swim clinic to teach kids water safety and basic swimming ...

Former Texas A&M swimmer Alia Atkinson advanced to the Olympic Finals of the women's 100 meter breaststroke on Sunday in Rio. Atkinson was the seventh-best swimmer in Sunday morning's preliminary ...

Five-time Olympian Alia Atkinson received an honorary doctor of laws (LLD) degree from the University of the West Indies on Thursday. “So many accolades I never expected in this life; and it was all ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Five-time Jamaican Olympian and former Texas A&M women’s swimming & diving letterman Alia Atkinson was selected as the chair of FINA’s Athletes’ Committee. The organization ...

Former Texas A&M swimmer Alia Atkinson advanced to the Olympic Finals of the women's 100 meter breaststroke on Sunday in Rio. Atkinson was the seventh-best swimmer in Sunday morning's preliminary ...

Olympic swimmer Alia Atkinson is partnering with the Boys and Girls Club to teach swim safety at the Eatonville Community Pool.That class will start at 9 a.m. and will take place at the Eatonville ...

Alia Atkinson made swimming history on Saturday by becoming the first black woman to win a world swimming title: the women’s 100 breaststroke at the world short-course championships in Doha, Qatar.