Officials reopened beach areas in Newport News and Hampton on the designated time. Water tests came back clean. Ironically, the shutdown actually boosted monitoring efforts elsewhere.
A promising high school swimmer in Cayuga County stunned locals. The teen sensation finished the 400-meter freestyle faster than expected for the first time locally. Meanwhile, a prestigious list highlighted elite high-school swimmers from Pennsylvania. Experts at University of Pittsburgh warned that river water may not be safe because of higher-than-average germ levels.