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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...