Adam Schumes joined WRTV as a reporter in December, 2021. When Adam is not working, you will find him running, swimming, working out at the gym and hunting for great local places to eat.
INDIANAPOLIS — We are just days away from the 2024 Olympic Swim Trials and in 1924, those very same Olympic trials were held at Broad Ripple Park Pool.
100-years-ago, Johnny Weissmuller dazzled the hearts of those who watched the 1924 Olympic Trials at Broad Ripple Park Pool. Johnny Weissmuller qualified for the Olympics in the 100-meter freestyle at the 1924 trials. He went on to win a gold medal, and historians say he set roughly 28 world records.Broad Ripple Park Pool is also where local historian Sampson Levingston is running his walk and talk tours.The founder of Through2Eyes is running his walk and talk tours through the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials and it will include everything about the history of swimming here in Indianapolis and beyond.
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