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The Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association (NEKOWSA) announced its 2014 schedule. The jam-packed schedule includes the 2014 WOWSA World 10-Mile Championships and 6th annual Kingdom Swim in July, 8 lakes – 43 Mile – 4 Marathon Swim the Kingdom Week in August, In Search of Memphre, a 25-mile expeditionary swim the length of Lake […]
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Christine Jennings not only won the 19.5 km BCT Gdynia Marathon for the second year in a row, but she also remain competitive with the men. She placed third overall behind male Olympians Alex Meyer and Vladimir Dyatchin and won the US$10,000 first prize. 1. Christine Jennings (USA) 4:13:57 2. Alexandra Sokolova (Russia) 4:15:46 3.
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Alex Meyer handily won the 19.5 km BCT Gdynia Marathon in Poland, winning US$10,000 for his dominating effort. Under less than ideal conditions, the swimmers impressed the sponsors, organization, fans and media. Krzysztof Szymborski, CEO of Baltic Container Terminal in Gdynia, summed up the competition, “Last year level of competition was very high. What Alex
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Blair Cannon is taking the 8 and 2 slot on the Night Train Swimmers’ 228-mile attempt to swim along the California coast. His 8-and-2 slot means that he will swim at 8 am, 8 pm, 2 am, and 2 pm every day for at least 5 days along the coast. “The winds picked up over
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“Yeah the albacore are running,” said the lifeguard on the beach. “Fishermen are saying that when they pull up the albacore, 6 or 7 squid are pouring out of their mouths. And there are giant bait balls out there. We went out yesterday to fish on our 11-foot kayaks. It was great fishing a few
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Blair Cannon, one of the tough Night Train Swimmers is still smiling, but conditions are getting massively tougher out in the Pacific Ocean. Captain Vito Bialla reports from the Sequel, “Rough conditions [so we] changed course, [but we] will not compromise on distance. The Coast Guard channel is broadcasting gale force winds . Forecast two
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Nighttrain228 Alert: When Grace van der Byl started the Nighttrain228 relay precisely at 3 pm today, there was a slight wind blowing across the Pacific Ocean. The afternoon winds were relatively mild. Nothing too strong and typically steady. And then, as expected, the unexpected happened. Blair Cannon reports from the Sequel, the escort boat of
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Phil Cutti, a former baseball player, is the lead-off man, of sorts, for the Nighttrain228. Nighttrain228 is the Night Train Swimmers attempt to swim 228 miles from Santa Barbara – and the strategy of 6 relay members is fascinating. The 6 swimmers will each swim four times per day. So Cutti is in the 1
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Wendy Trehiou of Jersey completed her third and fourth crossings of the English Channel with a 39 hour 9 minute two-way crossing under the guidance of escort pilot Neil Streeter on Wednesday. After surviving breast cancer, Trehiou has gone on to win the Gertrude Ederle Award in 2012 for the most meritorious Channel Swimming &
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