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Ashley Twichell, the quiet, hardworking distance swimmer from Duke University, was nominated by USA Swimming for its annual Golden Goggle Awards: in the Breakout Performer of the Year category. The USA Swimming Foundation Golden Goggle Awards are a star-studded awards gala celebrating the top accomplishments in American swimming. This year’s event will be held on […]
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Alex Meyer, the Harvard intellectual who takes a studious approach to marathon swimming, was nominated by USA Swimming in two separate categories in its annual Golden Goggle Awards: in the Breakout Performance of the Year category and in the Perseverance Award category. The USA Swimming Foundation Golden Goggle Awards are a star-studded awards gala celebrating
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The Rotary Club made an announcement about its Global Swimarathon with a bit of additional news on the open water swimming front. According to the press release issued on World Polio Day, Penny Palfrey is going to attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida sometime in June 2012. The past 22 years, the Rotary Club
Sure the water is warm, but on most days, the Molokai Channel is completely unswimmable. So when the conditions align, swimmers just gotta go for it. Darren Miller (shown on left) and Bruce Gordon are in Hawaii this week to make a go of it. As the indomitable Forrest Nelson says, “The weather is breaking
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “This was, by far, the hardest,” said Stephen Redmond about today’s crossing of the Catalina Channel in an unofficial time of 12 hours 39 minutes from Catalina Island to the California mainland. “My stomach locked up…it was horrendous. I never said so many prayers in my life. It was
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Nominations are being accepted for the 2011 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year. Please send nominations to the Nomination Committee here. Nominations are received and judged by experienced open water swimming commentators from five continents. The award is meant to honor the individual(s) who (1) best embody the spirit of open water swimming,
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Marathon swimmers around the world eat a wide variety of foods during their long hours in the water. While English Channel swimmers swear by Maxim, the scope of foods used is also interesting to learn about. What is normal and nutritious for a Japanese swimmer may not be agreeable to a Brazilian swimmer. But chocolate
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Dr. Keith Bell, leads the first day of the Tex Robertson Highland Lakes Challenge with a 1:29:18 first leg in Lake Buchanan, Texas. Despite the surface chop caused by the 20 mph winds, Keith and the rest of the swimmers swam well and are preparing for Stage 2 on Day 2 in Inks Lake. Keith’s
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The family and friends of Jon Sharp gathered in Zuma Beach on Sunday for a traditional paddle out. The touching memorial service was held just before sunset on a glorious fall evening as the sun was setting over the Pacific Ocean for a husband, father, son, brother, teammate, friend, mentor, co-worker and neighbor loved by
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Leanne A LaFave, a physical education teacher at Holly Tree Elementary School is an open water swimmer who completed an unprecedented 10-mile swim from Carolina Beach to Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina, U.S.A. in 5 hours 9 minutes. As can be expected, the water was choppier than her practice swims in the area leading up
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