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Douglas McConnell Talks About Virtual Teamwork Courtesy of Douglas McConnell, Vissant Capital Corporation, Illinois. A Long Swim has raised US$500,000 for ALS research, dedicated to the groundbreaking and collaborative research at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, one of the top ALS research laboratories in the world. Douglas McConnell announced the […]
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Avishag Turek Scores A 10 Across The Sea of Galilee Courtesy of Guy Cohen, Sea of Galilee, Israel. On May 5th, Avishag Turek completed her 10th ratified lengthwise crossing of the Sea of Galilee in Israel in 6 hours 19 minutes 15 seconds. “The Galilee Marathon Swimming Association ratified the crossing as the official return
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Doug Woodring Talks About Deplasticizing Open Water On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Hong Kong. Ocean advocate and race director Doug Woodring, a highly energetic 54-year-old American living in Hong Kong for decades, was recently inducted as an Honor Administrator in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame the Class of 2020. He is
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Marcia Cleveland Talks About Balance And Focus On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Lake Michigan, Chicago, Illinois. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Marcia Cleveland talked about a wide variety of issues from collegiate swimming and masters swimming to channel swimming and giving back with International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame chairman
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36-year-old channel swimming pioneer Dr. Caroline Block has been pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland for several years now. She has helped people realize that a two-way crossing of the 35 km channel may actually be humanly possible. Dr. Block, a multi-talented multi-faceted anthropologist, talked
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Reef & Run Redux In 2021 Courtesy of Jane Cairns, Santa Barbara, California. Jane Cairns, race director of the Reef & Run Series, had to come to the same conclusion of tens of thousands of other open water swimming race organizers. She wrote, “It is with a heavy heart that I announce our very difficult
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FORM Upgrades Again And Again Courtesy of FORM, Vancouver, Canada. FORM launched the world’s first augmented reality swim goggles (FORM Swim Goggles) in August 2019 and then later upgraded its offering by adding the Polar® OH1/OH1 and Swim App. Aquapreneur and CEO Dan Eisenhardt and the FORM technology team has taken their goggles to another
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If Captain Matthew Webb Texted And Tweeted, Posted And Published Courtesy of WOWSA, Dover. Captain Matthew Webb was the first person to successfully swim across the English Channel in 1875. The Illustrated London News and the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News covered the Webb’s crossing of 21 hours 45 minutes. Widely covered and celebrated by
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Invitation To Help The Coral Gardeners Courtesy of Moorea Coral Gardeners Association, Moorea, French Polynesia. 3 years ago, the Coral Gardeners Association were established by Titouan Bernicot and his teenage friends. They recall, “Enjoying our time in the ocean is a skill and a passion. When we witnessed our first bleaching event, we learnt about
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El Cruce In Mexico On WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA, Cancún, Mexico. Today’s edition of WOWSA Live with co-host Antonio Argüelles interviewed the following guests: * Rafael Hernández, race director of El Cruce in Cancún * René Martínez Saenz, race director of Boca Laguna Swim & Run Fest in Chapala, Jalisco * Edna Llorens, race
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