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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Mauro Castillo, Esther Gonzalez, Mateo Gonzalez, Monika Gonzlez-Hermosillo, Liliana Ibanez and Angel Martinez represented Mexico, while Alia Atkinson competed for Jamaica at the Central American and ...

Alia Atkinson could become Jamaica’s first Olympic medalist in swimming if she improves on her fourth place finish in the 100m breaststroke at the 2012 London Olympics. She qualified for the final ...