black swimmers

Lia Neal and Simone Manuel are the first African-American duo to compete on the U.S. swim team at the same time.

History was made over the weekend when Stanford University women’s swimming teammates Simone Manuel (l) and Lia Neal (r) were named to the U.S. Women’s Olympic swim team. It is the first time two African-American women have represented Team USA in the swim competition for the Summer Games. Neal, 21, and Manuel, 19, are no strangers […]

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Black swimmers Simone Manuel, Lia Neal,(pictured, bottom middle) and Natalie Hinds achieved history recently by sweeping the NCAA Women’s Division I Championship. Manuel and Neal,…