Dancing on The Water: How One Coach is Propelling Inclusion in Synchronized Swimming
Crossing The Lane Lines
English - February 26, 2021 11:23 - 31 minutes - 29 MBSwimming Sports Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Over its history the sport of competitive swimming has not been a bastion of inclusiveness for Black folk, and if we're talking about synchronized swimming it's even less so, but one woman is making a tremendous difference in how the sport is seen and who is being seen in it. Today we'll speak to Ashley Johnson, an elite level synchronize swim coach about how she is making the sport more inclusive not only for young Black women, but also welcoming for other marginalized groups.