If Elizabeth Beisel achieves her goal, she will be the first woman to swim from Rhode Island to Block Island Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel is setting out to make history in honor of her late father ...

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (WPRI) — A North Kingstown native and three-time Olympian is set to be the first woman to swim to Block Island from Point Judith, but it might have to wait a few weeks. Elizabeth ...

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (WPRI) — A North Kingstown native and three-time Olympian is set to be the first woman to swim to Block Island from Point Judith. On Thursday, Sept. 9, Elizabeth Beisel hopes to ...

Olympic medalist Elizabeth Beisel became the first woman to swim from the Rhode Island mainland to Block Island on Saturday, completing the grueling 10.4-mile route to raise money for cancer research ...