UP Pool To Host World’s Largest Swimming Lesson

Swimmers-in-training in University Park will again seek to make a splash and ride the wave into the history books — or at least help break a Guinness World Record.

Participants at the Holmes Aquatic Center will join other swimmers from around the globe for the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson (WLSL). The event, started in 2010 to teach children about water safety in an effort to reduce risk of drowning, will run locally from 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. June 25 at the Holmes Aquatic Center (3501 Lovers Lane). To pre-register, click here. It’s free to participate.

The current world record for largest simultaneous swimming lesson conducted at multiple venues was set in 2014 with 35,564 participants across 22 countries. Since its inception in 2010, more than 448,000 children and adults in 56 countries have participated in World’s Largest Swimming Lesson events. For more information, visit WLSL’s website.

The Holmes Aquatic Center hosted its first lesson in 2022. Last year, about 35 swimmers-in-training took part there.

Editor Sarah Hodges contributed reporting to this article.

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Rachel Snyder, managing editor at People Newspapers, first joined the staff in 2019. She's covered everything from Dallas and University Park municipal government to business. Rachel began her journalism career at the daily newspaper The Express Star in Chickasha, Okla. She went on to work for the daily Duncan Banner in Duncan, Okla. the weekly Sand Springs Leader, and WFAA-TV in Dallas. She’s a fan of puns and community journalism, not necessarily in that order.