Dr. Markus Rogan, PsyD, LMFT (43, Austria, IISA bio here, World Aquatics bio here, @markusrogan.official) lived up to the hype as a four-time Olympic swimmer. The 2004 Athens Olympics silver medalist won the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, and 200m freestyle events at Vermont’s Lake Memphremagog in the annual Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival on February 21st and 22nd in -0.83°C water.

Other multiple race winners include Juliet Kadlecek (56, USA, MSF bio here, IISA bio here) who won the 200m freestyle and the Hat Competition while Irena Requena (35, Mexico) won the 25m freestyle, 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 25m breaststroke, and 25m butterfly among the women. 

The relative youth of the winners were balanced with their septuagenarian swimmers Derek Yack (70), Pam Ladds (76), and Martha LaRiviere (73), and octogenarian competitors, Michael Donaldson (86) and Ginny Peck (80). Race visionary Phil White said about Donaldson, “I could see in the twinkle of his eyes and the smile on his face that we both know that every day is a miracle and every day can be an opportunity for something new.”

White also recognizes volunteer who participate with special diligence and a genuine joy.   “We call it the Bob Kraft Happy Hooker Award. A few years ago, we extended it to all volunteers, not just Hookers, but also Strippers, Escorts, Gunners, Skimmers and Huggers. This year the award went to Karina Palmorino along with a walking stick, hand carved by our community’s beloved, retired gynecologist, Bill Peck.  Karina first volunteered for the Games as a long distance yacker at Kingdom Swim. She’s also a winter swimmer. She then volunteered as a Stripper. Recently she has also signed on as an escort pilot for In Search of Memphre, our swim the length of Lake Memphremagog between Vermont and Quebec. She is part of our family now and her broad smile is never far from the moment.”

200m Freestyle Top 10 Female Results

1. Juliet Kadlecek 2:51.03
2. Amy Meskill 2:52.89
3. Shea DeWald 3:11.73
4. Irina Requena 3:12.18
5. Vera Rivard 3:15.74
6. Margaret Rivard 3:22.34
7. Arlene Gonzales 3:34.52
8. JB Lanza 3:38.62
9. Ruth Gilgenbach 3:43.66
10. Rebecca Thompson 3:53.30

200m Freestyle Top 10 Male Results

1. Markus Rogan 2:24.46
2. Stephen Rouch 2:28.32
3. Frederik Masson 2:33.79
4. Larry Spollen 2:50.42
5. Brian Jaskot 3:00.69
6. Miroslaw Krzysztof Gabrys 3:02.13
7. Jake Dolce 3:07.03
8. Julian Flear 3:08.43
9. Frederick Hirsch 3:09.01
10. Derek Yach 3:42.80

100m Freestyle Top 10 Female Results

1. Irina Requena 1:16.58
2. Juliet Kadlecek 1:17.35
3. Amy Meskill 1:22.10
4. Shea DeWald 1:30.15
5. Andie Nelson 1:30.19
6. Arlene Gonzales 1:35.86
7. Margaret Rivard 1:36.56
8. Vera Rivard 1:38.24
9. Nicole Hopkins 1:42.72
10. JB Lanza 1:42.73

100m Freestyle Top 10 Male Results

1. Markus Rogan 1:04.07
2. Frederik Masson 1:08.75
3. Stephen Rouch 1:09.70
4. Marc-André Levasseur 1:14.51
5. Larry Spollen 1:19.00
6. Frederick Hirsch 1:24.82
7. Chris Spearing 1:26.32
8. Jeff Rubin 1:26.50
9. Andrew Wallace 1:35.85
10. Tom Heyerdahl 2:14.11
11. Nicholas Pavey 2:51.00

50m Freestyle Top 10 Female Results

1. Irina Requena 34.50
2. Amy Meskill 35.32
3. Stephanie Kors 35.51
4. Andie Nelson 37.66
5. Laurie Craigen 39.37
6. Isabella Gerardi 39.41
7. Vera Rivard 40.86
8. Arlene Gonzales 41.35
9. Margaret Rivard 41.60
10. Shea DeWald 42.62

50m Freestyle Top 10 Male Results

1. Markus Rogan 28.76
2. Marc-André Levasseur 30.83
3. Frederik Masson 31.28
4. Drew Nemetz 32.41
5. Daniel Burval 34.37
6. Larry Spollen 36.06
7. Thomas Hale 37.06
8. Jake Dolce 37.16
9. Miroslaw Krzysztof Gabrys 37.91
10. Matt Baranko 38.14

25m Freestyle Top 10 Female Results

1. Irina Requena 15.34
2. Stephanie Kors 16.39
3. Andie Nelson 17.10
4. Sarah Law 17.11
5. Sara DiNardo 17.69
6. Vera Rivard 18.09
7. Isabella Gerardi 18.09
8. Heather Roka 18.26
9. Margaret Rivard 18.36
10. Emma Lacey 18.42

25m Freestyle Top 10 Male Results

1. Benjamin LaRiviere 15.20
2. Adam Fisher 15.59
3. Thomas Hale 15.86
4. Samuel LaRiviere 16.89
5. Miroslaw Krzysztof Gabrys 17.41
6. Masa Tanaka 18.07
7. Barry Devitt 18.14
8. Joseph Orlowski 18.84
9. Chris Kaas 19.29
10. Jonathan Gladstone 19.74

25m Breaststroke Top 10 Female Results

1. Irina Requena 19.84
2. Sarah Law 21.01
3. Amy Meskill 22.38
4. Sara DiNardo 22.81
5. Isabella Gerardi 22.98
6. Nicole Hopkins 23.48
7. Heather Roka 23.67
8. Margaret Rivard 24.64
9. Vera Rivard 24.64
10. Lynne Czech 25.10
11. Rebecca Thompson 25.99

25m Breaststroke Top 5 Male Results

1. Julian Flear 19.24
2. Andrew Wallace 20.55
3. Joseph Orlowski 20.93
4. Barry Devitt 21.81
5. Neil Greenspan 26.39

25m Butterfly Top 10 Female Results

1. Irina Requena 17.27
2. Isabella Gerardi 18.76
3. Stephanie Kors 18.01
4. Amy Meskill 18.93
5. Abbey Jackson 19.38
6. Rebecca Perry 19.80
7. Holly Donnelly 20.81
8. Vera Rivard 20.83
9. Rebekah Peterman 21.28
10. Arlene Gonzales 21.30

25m Butterfly Top 9 Male Results

1. Adam Fisher 14.30
2. Markus Rogan 15.05
3. Daniel Burval 16.01
4. Drew Nemetz 16.47
5. Chris Spearing 17.51
6. Brian Jaskot 17.82
7. Miroslaw Krzysztof Gabrys 18.63
8. Jonathan Gladstone 21.01
9. Derek Yach 23.04

Photos courtesy of Robbie Bailey, Robert Bailey, Nick Pavey, Kathleene Marcil, and Phil White.

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