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This is a love story that especially melts the hearts of swimmers. Pete and Kim Tarnapoll met swimming, got married and enjoyed their life together. Then, Kim was diagnosed with multiple myeloma and is fighting this form of cancer with Pete‘s help. As Pete says, “Cancer sucks. Plain and simple. Kim’s strength in her fight […]
Next year’s all-important USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships will be managed by Gregg Cross in Ft. Myers, Florida between June 10-12. The venue will be a warm-water glassy-flat course at the privately maintained Miromar Lakes. Gregg will host the USA Swimming 10K World Championship Trials, the 5K national championships, the U.S. Masters Swimming
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Diana Nyad has her dream swim from Cuba to Florida. What other dreams swims or adventure swims are out there? Hundreds of others? Thousands of others? Millions of others? The Ventura Deep Six Relay are going to start their dream swim from Santa Barbara to San Diego next week.
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With the water temperature hovering between 23°-25°C (73-75°F) under pleasant weather conditions, English Channel world record holder Petar Stoychev will face off against Olympian Mark Warkentin, Rondi Davies and Tobey-Anne Saracino today in a world record attempt around Manhattan Island in New York City. During the technical meeting before the race, it was interesting to
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Tobey-Anne Saracino took up open water swimming in 2005 ten years after ending her pool swimming career as a six-time All-American at Springfield College. But today, Tobey-Anne is literally and figuratively entering the big-time in the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim World Record Attempt. The physical education teacher from Scarsdale, New York will not only take
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At least one Hollywood star is considering the open water. Katie Holmes, lead attress in the movie The Romantics and wife of Tom Cruise, may entr the Coney Island Polar Bear Club’s ice dip in the Atlantic on New Year’s Day. “I can appreciate [diving into cold water] because there is a thrill aspect, so
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Colleen Mallon won the women’s British Championship in Windermere last weekend, bringing the Jack Hatfield Cup to Ireland for the first time in the race’s history. British swimmers had an exclusive stranglehold on the 17K event since it started in the 1950’s. But the 24-year-old Bessbrook broke the streak with a 4 hour and 9
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George Brunstad, the elder statesman of the English Channel community, became the oldest person to swim the 22 miles across Lake Winnipesaukee on August 26th. 76 years old and still swimming 22 straight hours. Nothing short of remarkable for people half his age and unbelievable for his contemporaries. Photo by Katie Barnes. Copyright © 2010
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Ian van der Hulst of the Netherlands won the 22nd annual Kalamata – Koroni Open Water Swimming Marathon, a 30K (16.5 nautica mile) swim across the Messiniakos Gulf from Kalamata to Koroni in Greece. Under calm seas, light winds and 26°C (78.8°F) waters, Ian was followed by two professional marathon swimming women to lead the
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If an athlete had time and resources to do an open water swim in all 50 states of the USA, this state-by-state list could be one possible starting point. This is only a small sliver of the outstanding number of swims across America. It is just one mere point of discovery – similar to the
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