Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Devon Clifford knows her first choice, bar none. With a solid and growing track record of success in swims around the world, the 26-year-old has a go-to crew member on her team. Her choice? Her father Richard Clifford who is a two+ decade veteran of marathon swimming competitions. “For

Courtesy of Track.RS, Tampa Bay, Florida. While many were planning a year of action, change, improvement or achievement, Dr. Marcy MacDonald from Manchester, Connecticut, jumped in the coolish waters of Florida (64°F/17.7°C) and swam 24 miles across Tampa Bay at a 3.8 kph pace with a few dolphins in sight to finish the traditional Tampa

Courtesy of Bruce Wigo, International Swimming Hall of Fame, Florida. In the book entitled Speed Swimming by C. M. Daniels, published in 1919, renowned swimming coach George Kistler of the University of Pennylvania wrote, “The crawl stroke is the fastest means today of propelling the body of a human being from its own power through

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 61 men from 34 countries entered and swam their hearts out at the second qualification swim in Setúbal Bay, Portugal on June 10th 2012. The final 15 positions were up for grabs in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in London on August 9th 2012. The athletes had largely devoted

Photos of Jaimie Monahan courtesy of Arik Thormahlen. The WOWSA Awards are an annual selection of outstanding individuals and offerings in the following categories: World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year, and World Open Water Swimming Offering of

Courtesy of James Harrison, Guernsey. The WOWSA Awards are an annual selection of outstanding individuals and offerings in the following categories: World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, Woman of the Year, Performance of the Year, and Offering of the Year. The WOWSA Awards are selected by the public in an online poll. With