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Courtesy of A Tribute to Maurice Ferguson, British Long Distance Swimming Association. We can barely imagine the charisma, energy and passion that Maurice Ferguson possessed. At the age of 11, he first met his wife Milly who he later married for 53 years and who nearly always accompanied him in or on the water at […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lilian Gemma Harrison (1904 – 1993) was an Honour Swimmer from Argentina who was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1973. She grew up in England and learned to swim in college in Hertfortshire. She later swam for Club Náutico de San Isidro after she
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Georgian Bay is the body of water to the east of Lake Huron. Pam Lazzarotto was swimming on the western side of the Bay near Midland during a dark, dreary day when water was “blackish and kind of spooky. It’s black due to the black volcanic rocks – part
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Resurface Documentary Trailer from Eric Alexander-Hughes on Vimeo.Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Today, Wallace J. Nichols, Ph.D., launched Blue Mind Rx, a campaign to change the conversation about the true value of healthy, wild waters for good, and for all people. “The launch coincides with the United States Department of State’s Our Ocean Conference.
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The 52nd annual International Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Weekend on October 28th-30th in America’s Top Swim City, Santa Clara, California. “Coming as it will after the Rio Olympic Games,” says ISHOF Chief Executive Officer Bruce Wigo. “We believe that it will provide a great opportunity to promote swimming and the new Santa Clara Community
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2016 International Marathon Hall of Fame Induction Awards Ceremony will be held in San Pedro, California on Friday, November 4th at the San Pedro Doubletree Hotel. A full-service two-course dinner plus complimentary wine, beer, and soft drinks will be offered at US$50.00 per ticket. Tickets for the ceremony
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Kevin Murphy at Lake Geneva with a Swiss girls team who are currently planning an 8-person relay the length of Lake Geneva later this month. Kathy Batts in Italy instructing a team of 16-year-old Swiss girls who eventually comprised of two 4-person relay teams, both of which successfully swum the English Channel this August. White
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The oldest individuals to have successfully crossed the English Channel include renowned members of the Half Century Club: 1. Otto Thaning (South Africa), 73 years, E/F, 12:52 in 2014 2. Cyril Baldock (Australia), 70 years and 9 months, E/F, 12:45 in 2014 3. Roger Allsopp (England), 70 years and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The San Jose-Santa Clara, California, area topped the 2015 #1 city Ann Arbor, Michigan as America’s Top Swim City in a study commissioned by USA Swimming and Speedo USA. The land of channel swimmers, Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk in Connecticut won its first bronze medal in the study. 2016 Top 10 Swim
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Japanese fishermen and escort boat crews often fly a flag that says 遠泳中 when a swimmer is swimming alongside their boat. The three-character word is pronounced “en-ei-chu“. The three characters, in order from top to bottom, mean in English “distance” (or long or far), “swimming”, and “in the middle”
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