Jul. 25—On to the Olympic semifinals. Seward teenager Lydia Jacoby swam the second fastest time in the preliminaries of the women's 100-meter breaststroke Sunday at the Tokyo Olympics. She finished ...

Jun. 24—Alaska's newest Olympian was greeted by a cheering, flag-waving crowd Wednesday night at the Anchorage airport. Lydia Jacoby, a 17-year-old from Seward who last week became Alaska's first ...

Jul. 27—Seventeen-year-old Lydia Jacoby of Seward became an Olympic champion in dramatic fashion Monday in Japan to become the first American woman to win a gold medal in swimming at the 2020 Summer ...

One moment Lydia Jacoby was at the center of the global stage, and the next, she was alone with her thoughts. In 2021, the then-17-year-old became the first swimmer from Alaska to qualify for the ...

United States swimmer Lilly King may have come up short in her bid to secure back-to-back gold medals in the 100m breaststroke, but she was part of a wonderful display of sportsmanship and camaraderie ...

The women's 100m breaststroke gold medal is staying stateside, just not in the lower 48. There's a new champion: Alaska's 17-year-old Lydia Jacoby. The American shocked the field by winning in 1:04.95 ...

Teen Lydia Jacoby made history on Monday night, upsetting favorite Lilly King to claim gold in the women's 100m breaststroke. At a watch party in Jacoby's hometown of Seward, Alaska, spectators went ...