(Pictured: Ballard continued to compete in long-distance, open-water swim races until he was 65. Photo courtesy of Ballard.)
(Pictured: Ballard (kneeling second from left, second row) and fellow Peace Corps volunteers at the Peace Corps training center in South Korea in 1975. Photo courtesy of Ballard.)
(Pictured: Ballard earned second and third place medals for the 2018 International Gay Games in Paris.)
(Pictured: Ballard preparing for his one mile swim race across the Hudson River. Photo courtesy of Ballard.)