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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. William “Davis” Lee from Man-O-War Cay, Abaco, Bahamas became the 50th swimmer to join the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with his successful circumnavigation around Manhattan Island in New York City yesterday. After his 2010 English Channel swim in 12 hours 41 minutes and his 2010 Catalina Channel […]
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The swimming community throughout Guam was ecstatic last week to hear that Benjamin Schulte, the 16-year-old swimmer from Guam, was invited to the Olympics by FINA. As the first swimmer from Guam to qualify for an Olympic swimming final in recent times, Schulte was justifiably proud and beyond joyous. On the other hand, the news
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James Fitzpatrick of Laguna Niguel, California became the 51st swimmer to join the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with his successful circumnavigation around Manhattan Island in New York City yesterday. A member of the Half Century Club and Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association, Fitzpatrick crossed the England Channel in 14 hours 32 minutes in
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Darren Miller has a busy life and goals to reach. And he is knocking off those goals one by one. Miller, a private banker and head of the Forever Fund, became the 52nd swimmer to join the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with his successful circumnavigation around Manhattan Island in New York City yesterday.
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The 2012 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim had 38 solo swimmers enter the water and all 38 swimmers finished. A perfect score for a tough 28.5-mile marathon swim. “It was a gorgeous day on the water yesterday,” said veteran Dave Barra. “It’s a great community to be a part of.“ More information on the race and
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As ultra-marathon swimmer Penny Palfrey gets ready for her 103-mile attempt from Cuba to Florida, Tropical Storm Debbie may delay things a bit…and gives a hint to the difficulty of picking the right time for such an attempt. The storm cluster in the Gulf of Mexico is being tracked across the Caribbean from Mexico to
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With Adam Walker‘s nearly 17-hour conquest of the Molokai Channel along an unprecedented route that torturously took him along the southern coast of Oahu yesterday, the British swimmer joins the growing group of marathon swimmers who are closest to the exclusive goal of the Oceans Seven. With a brutal encounter with Portuguese man o war
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The world is covered 70% with water … presenting almost unlimited opportunities to do unprecedented open water swims. Swim from point a to point B, swim across a lake, swim around an island, swim between two islands or across in a channel…outside of the usual waterways like the English Channel or the Rottnest Channel…and it
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Without a doubt, Michael Phelps would be a great open water swimmer, if not one of the best of all time. The open water swimming world may never see Phelps body surf into shore, be fed from an escort boat or lead a pack around a turn buoy, but his aquatic talents would grace the
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Oracle founder Larry Ellison reportedly purchased 98% of the Hawaiian island of Lanai which is the start of the annual Maui Channel Swim and site of 234 swimmers who have crossed the 9.6-mile channel. The third-richest American with a net worth of US$36 billion, the US$500+ purchase of the sixth-largest island in Hawaii, loves big
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