Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Abigail Bergman (Smith College, Class of 2018), Rebecca Nevitt (Wellesley College, Class of 1988), Charlotte Samuels (Smith College, Class of 2020), Eliza Cummings (Smith College, Class of 2017), Gabriela Kovacikova (Wellesley College, Class of 2014) and Cathleen Pruden (Mount Holyoke College, Class of 2016) will attempt a 40.4-mile (65 […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. David Bosch from Sunnyside, New York was a member of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club. He participated in various winter swimming events from China’s Taierzhuang Winter Swimming Festival to the U.S. Winter Swimming Championships in Vermont and New York. He helped raise money for Camp Sunshine that provides

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In the early 21st century, USA Swimming asked Rick Walker, Denny Ryther and Dave Thomas to put together an elite training camp for its best potential open water swimmers. The camps were held in Lake Placid, New York and Fort Myers, Florida. Between June 6th and 10th, the USA

Courtesy of Rondi Davies, Hudson River, New York. Four of the 53 participants in the upcoming 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York will attempted to complete all eights stages of the world’s longest competitive open water swim. 40-year-old American Abby Fairman, 59-year-old Brazilian Harry Finger, 58-year-old American Edward Riley, 51-year-old Brazilian Flávio Toi,

Courtesy of USA Swimming, Castaic Lake, California. When the men’s USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships scheduled for 11 am on May 19th and the women’s race scheduled for 1:30 pm, most eyes of the Americans, Australians, Canadians, British, Malaysian, Italian and Tunisian swimmers and coaches are on the water temperature that is bordering

Courtesy of Evan Morrison, Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association, California. Photo on left by John Gibbons of Arch Academy Zombies training for the Catalina Channel and the English Channel. Evan Morrison, president of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association announced the following swimmers who will attempt SBCSA-sanctioned marathon swims this summer: * Amy Appelhans Gubser

Courtesy of 100 Days of Blue. On May 29, Dr. Wallace J Nichols will ceremoniously launch #100 Days of Blue at Lake Austin Spa Resort in Austin, Texas. “Please join us (wherever you are) on Day 1 and for 99 days thereafter as we inspire people around the globe to connect with their water and

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After training in America over the last several weeks, including with Team Santa Monica under the intensity of USA Olympic open water swim coach Dave Kelsheimer, Japan’s Yasunari Hirai is off to compete in the 7th Asian Open Water Swimming Championship in the Putrajaya Lake in Malaysia on May