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Some athletes go out to bars and restaurants after a competition. Others, like open water swimmers, seem to stay in their comfort zone. Joey Pedraza, Nadine Williams, Kristy Kowal, Lexie Kelly, Luane Rowe, Brooke Bennett, Heather Maitland, Eney Jones, and Zsofia Balazs enjoyed swimming with sting rays at Rum Point on Grand Cayman Island in […]
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6-time Olympic medalist Rebecca Soni lives right near the Pacific Ocean in Manhattan Beach, California. In addition to her outstanding pool swimming talent, she is “awesome” in the open water according to the USA Swimming national team coach Catherine Vogt. This morning in the Cayman Islands, Soni will compete in her longest open water swim
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The River Nene Swim will be held on August 4th at the Oundle Town Rowing Club in Barnwell, 0.5 miles Oundle Town in Northamptonshire, about 85 miles from London. Race Director Jeremy Hunter explains, “There is very easy access into the water from a jetty. The river is wide, clear and clean with a water
On Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman Island on Monday morning, arguably the greatest set of female breaststrokers to ever compete in a single open water swim will try their hand in the Flowers Sea Swim 5 km international race. Rebecca Soni (3 gold and 3 silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London
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Kristin Foreman was ecstatic before, during, and after finishing the 1-mile Flowers Sea Swim this weekend. Guided by her coach Eney Jones, the part-time Cayman Islands resident was all smiles all the time before, during, and after her swim. Her eyes sparkled and the ambiance she created was pure positivity. “She is always so upbeat,”
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Nenad Volaric, a native 30-year-old Croatian living and working in the Cayman Islands at the Grand Cayman Beach Suites, took off his regular shift today. And for good reason: he had his first marathon swim to attempt. Earlier in the year, Volaric decided to swim the Flowers International 10k event that started and finished at
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Scott Simmer traveled from Santa Monica, California with his teammates and coach to do a lot of racing and training in the Cayman Islands. Too fun, too warm…and too fast was Simmer as he won today’s Flowers International 5 km Swim on Seven Mile Beach. Simmer took it out and never was in jeopardy of
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If there was any place ideal to relax, the Cayman Islands is it. One week for the USA World Championship (pool) Trials for the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, and 5 weeks before she represents the United States in the 5 km open water race, Haley Anderson is fine-tuning her navigational skills and distance work
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Zsofia Balas had 4 goals in mind at today’s Flowers International 10 km race on Grand Cayman Island: (1) get used to her new swimsuit for the upcoming FINA World Championships in Barcelona, (2) win the inaugural 10 km race along Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman, (3) understand how hydration affects her core body
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