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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The three-man relay team of Chris Kraus, Brian Ross, and Rick Gaenzle has a specific goal. The men want to become the first relay team to complete the Oceans Seven. After crossing the Tsugaru Channel, Molokai Channel, English Channel, North Channel, and Strait of Gibraltar, they have two channels […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Melodee Nugent, Anthony McCarley and Janet Manning entered the realm of the unknown, untested and unfamiliar when they completed the 1st annual 30 km Three Rivers Marathon Swim organized by Darren Miller on September 13th. The 30 km Three Rivers Marathon Swim in the middle of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame issues Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming Certificates of Merit and place each person’s record of achievement in the Hall of Fame’s archives. “They look stunning,” says Hall of Fame inductee Ned Denison. “I received one in the official International Marathon Swimming
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Timothy Donovan became the 101st member of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with his Catalina Channel crossing of 10 hours 23 minutes where he was Walkerized for 20 minutes with a large pod of dolphins in mid-channel. The former Australian competitive swimmer now living in the United
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Loretta Cox became the 100th individual in history to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. At the age of 58, the British marathon swimmer from Westerham, Kent, United Kingdom became one of the oldest Triple Crowners. She crossed the English Channel in 15 hours 37 minutes in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Urban river swimming is a fast-building worldwide trend. For every long-running tradition like the Vibes & Scribes Lee Swim in Ireland that celebrated its 100th centennial anniversary this year, there are a number of locations around the world where urban river swims that run through large municipalities are becoming
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Order of the Knights Memphre is a fraternity of open water swimmers who includes all who have taken part in the 25-mile (40 km) In Search of Memphre. The Order includes all swimmers, escort pilots and crews, and patrol boat pilots and crew, since the expedition started in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Three is most definitely a charm for Tony Bailey. Not only did the British swimmer finally complete a swim across the English Channel after failed attempts in 2007 and 2012, but he also did the entire swim breaststroke and he joined the esteemed 24-hour Club in the process. After
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Waikiki Roughwater Swim has a motto that has served as its mission statement since it was first established in 1970: Lifetime Vigorous Swimming for Fun, Sport and Health. It is a great mission statement for an open water swim. What other mottos are out there in the open
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimmers often discuss and debate what foods and drinks are best to use before, during and after training swims, races and solo marathon swims. An interesting research study – perhaps irrelevant, perhaps not, to swimmers – that demonstrated that elite distance runners from Kenya and Ethiopia excel
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