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 ...

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 ...

One moment Lydia Jacoby was at the center of the global stage, and the next, she was alone with her thoughts. In 2021, the then-17-year-old became the first swimmer from Alaska to qualify for the ...

There's a new champion in women's swimming, and her name is Lydia Jacoby. The American shocked the field by winning the Women ...

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 ...

Lydia Jacoby planned to attend the Tokyo 2020 Olympics last year -- as a fan. A year later, the teenager from Alaska an ...