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“He was my friend and teammate,” explained American Olympic marathon swimmer Alex Meyer at the Fran Crippen Sunset Mile last night during an impassioned speech to several hundred swimmers, coaches, parents, and administrators. “Fran touched so many people in so many different ways. The Fran Crippen Elevation Foundation is part of his legacy.” Meyer held […]
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Back in the 20th century, registrations for open water swimming events were largely done by paper and hard copy entry forms. And timing was done by stopwatches and old-fashioned timing pieces. Dial forward to the 21st century, and registrations in the open water swimming community – and many activities – are offered, compiled, and managed
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From his high school senior year in southwest desert oasis of Phoenix, Arizona to 3 YMCA national titles in 2012 and his first year at the Naval Academy, it has been a whirlwind period for 18-year-old Noah Martin. And his first-year experiences will only continue. “Growing up in Pennsylvania and then Arizona, I never did
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Ron Mita has been running around a lot this week. As the race director for the Fran Crippen Sunset Mile and the 2013 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships, he has hundreds of details and many volunteers to oversee. And the opening events went smoothly last night on a warm, calm California evening. But
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At the H2OpenPlus event this evening in Castaic Lake, little kids entered the introductory 100m swim. The H2OpenPlus Summer Sunset Series is a 7-part series from May to August that kicked off with today’s Fran Crippen Sunset Mile. The mission of H2OpenPlus is to promote and encourage family fitness through community events and programs. And
At the Fran Crippen Sunset Mile in Castaic Lake this evening in Santa Clarita, California, hundreds of age-group swimmers took to the water lake waters – some of them for the first time. And few were as energetic and competitive as the younger boys. Once the start gun went off, the little ones dashed as
Bruce Gemmell, a former collegiate swimmer and passionate supporter of open water swimming, is now the head coach at Georgetown Prep for the Nation’s Capital Swim Club in Washington D.C. The long-time Delaware resident moved south from Delaware to Washington D.C. as his University of Georgia son Andrew moved north from Georgia to join the
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Eva Fabian just finished her freshman year at Yale University. The music major loved her first year at the prestigious university where presidents, CEOs, and many pillars of the community have been educated over the centuries. “Oh, I loved it. The school is wonderful. The team was great. I got my butt kicked in practice.”
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20 years yesterday Gary Emich (shown on left) did his first Alcatraz Island. And he has been doing an average of one Alcatraz Island swim a week for 20 years, in conditions that have ranged from tranquil to treacherous with only 2 weeks off for vacation per year. Emich will join Steven Hurwitz of the
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Captain Tamas Hamor provided the official log and total cumulative distance and data from Jennifer Figge‘s 32-day continuous stage swim from Cape Verde off the western coast of Africa to Antigua in the Caribbean Sea. Her Atlantic Crossing 4 was her best swimming effort yet of her 4 crossings to date. She swam a total
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