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What possibly could be in common between Hillary Clinton and Lynne Cox? One is a politician and a former Secretary of State and First Lady while the other is an open water swimmer, adventurer and author. Answer: Lake Baikal. While Cox swam in it, Clinton is a graduate of Wellesley College where a summer field […]
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Swimmers and race directors often look to Speedo or other swimsuit product companies for sponsorship. It is difficult for Speedo or any swimsuit company to accept, let alone review, all the sponsorship requests that come in. But it is always nice to see a great fit between an event sponsor and an open water swim.
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56-year-old triathlete and endurance athlete Steve Sponagle of Laguna Niguel does a variety of sports and branched out to the open water to win the 2013 Southern Pacific Masters Swimming Open Water Series. On his bike, on the road running, and in the pool and open water, Sponagle is competitive and focused. Coordinator Tanya MacLean
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Former USA Swimming national team member Beth Margalis won the 2013 Southern Pacific Masters Swimming Open Water Series. Coordinator Tanya MacLean explains, “Thank [everyone] for making 2013 a successful open water season and we look forward to you joining us for the 2014 open water season.” The season series was a five-event circuit of all
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The Heart Of Lions Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. An interesting bit of trivia researched by Ned Denison on Ireland: nearly 44% of the honorees in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame have swum across the English Channel: Denison is pictured on left with International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductees Dale Petranech,
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Sandy Neilson-Bell, together with her husband Dr. Keith Bell, organizes a series of innovative open water swimming events in the Austin, Texas area under the American Swimming Association brand. The races vary from Money Box Cap 2K and the 12-mile Lake Travis Relay to the five-day Highland Lakes Challenge and the ASA Open Water Collegiate
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American referee Sid Cassidy was caught on tape at the 2009 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Florida giving a yellow card to one of the swimmers. The process of blowing a whistle, giving hand signals to the athletes, writing the swimmer’s number on the white board and reporting the infraction to the
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Bruce Williamson, the Team Leader of the Antigua and Barbuda open water swimming delegation, pondered, “Could swimming be the medium to unite the world?“ Williamson postulated, “Water activities bring the world together every two years where the politics and economics of our sports, the culture and the needs of undeveloped, underdeveloped and developed countries are
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bill Goding and Linda Kaiser started the Ka’iwi Channel Swimmers Association and are offering certificates to all 28 of the past successful swimmers of the 26-mile Molokai Channel. “We have a Molokai (Ka’iwi) Channel Swim website that will answer most of the questions including how to get to Molokai,
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This slice of history about swimming from the Farallon Islands to the Golden Gate Bridge is provided by Ted Erikson. This story, resurrected from old dusty files, is updated to include details of open water marathon swims that are generally unknown to most of the public (even some swimmers) particularly tidal current problems caused by
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