Courtesy of Antonio Argüelles, The Olympic Club, San Francisco, California. Many luminaries have gathered in San Francisco to attend the 2018 Open Water Summit and WOWSA Awards ceremony. Among the stars, Lewis Pugh (UK), Shelley Taylor-Smith (Australia, shown above), Aaron Peirsol (USA), Kimberley Chambers (New Zealand), Antonio Argüelles (Mexico), Ben Lecomte (France), Michelle Macy (USA), […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is unfair. It is frustrating. It is cheating. So goes the thought process of some open water swimmers. It is classic tactics. It is strategic. It is all part of the sport. So goes the completely reverse thought process of other open water swimmers. Which is correct? Is

Courtesy of Hall of Fame – Marathon Swimming Ireland. Anne-Marie Ward said after her 8 hour 15 minute Tory Island to Magheroarty swim in 2003, “It was very tough, but at no stage did I feel I was going to quit.” Over the last 15 years, Ward has developed into one of Ireland’s most prolific

Courtesy of Hall of Fame – Marathon Swimming Ireland. Ned Denison is ubiquitous in the open water. He runs global organizations such as the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and served on boards ranging from the Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame to the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. He is influential within his

Courtesy of Hall of Fame – Marathon Swimming Ireland. The Sandycove Island Swimmers is an open water swimming club centered at Sandycove Island, established in 2010. It is a Swim Ireland-affiliated open water club of convenience for adult competent open water swims based in Munster or who wish to swim in Munster open water events.

Courtesy of Hall of Fame – Marathon Swimming Ireland. Stephen Millar is the Chairperson of the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association and Race Secretary for the East Coast Adventure Gunnaway Swim and the Gannaway Rock Swim in Ireland. His long career and sponsorship of open water events was recognized by the Hall of Fame –