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Colorful Champions, Powerful Personalities, Charismatic Characters In The Open Water

There are many colorful champions, powerful personalities and charismatic characters in the open water swimming world with great nicknames (see below).

One of those characters was Julius Carallo who joined the Cole Brothers Circus as a professional clown and was known as Clown Chips after he completed the 1983 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim and before returning to working as a head lifeguard, manager and swim instructor at Berkeley Aquatic Club.  Drury Gallagher, the originator of the event, helped him to learn to swim, culminating in his 10 hour 3 minute circumnavigation swim around Manhattan on his second attempt.

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