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With another season of channel swimming coming up in the Northern Hemisphere, we are reminded of Dr. Marilyn Korzekwa‘s heroic efforts in her 16 hour 28 minute crossing of the English Channel in 2011. For her efforts, the 54-year-old Half Century Club member was awarded the Channel Swimming Association‘s Van Audenaerde Cup for Greatest Feat […]
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“When our great grandfather started this company 72 years ago, the oceans and beaches were cleaner places. Four generations later, in a world with polluted water and dirty beaches, Eco Swim by Aqua Green is answering a call to restore our oceans’ health. By making our swimsuits using fabrics made from recycled materials, we are
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Penny Palfrey announced Team Palfrey, 15 highly experienced and professionals who will escort and protect her from the shores of Cuba to the coast of Florida later this month. Her medical team includes Dr. Bill Korey, an emergency room physician who has also swum around Manhattan Island, and Barbara Held, a former firefighter and paramedic
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Furiously Fast Flotsam is a great name in the open water swimming community. The duo of Phyllis Ho and Kenn Lichtenwalter will team up in a two-person relay to swim around Manhattan Island on June 23rd. Both Ho and Lichtenwalter are avid open water swimmers from New York who both volunteer and compete in numerous
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The Nubble Light Challenge is one of the most northerly ocean swim in the continental USA. The 2.4-mile ocean swim in York, Maine starts on Long Sands Beach, continues through the “gut”, the channel between the lighthouse island and the mainland, and finishes with a sprint to Short Sands Beach. The race takes place on
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Leslie Andrews, a former Disney and ESPN executive, wrote a commentary called How To Get Girls in Sports Illustrated Magazine on how the game of golf can attract more women to the game. Andrews writes, “Golf is more of a social activity for most women, not a game or sport. Dig around and find a
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Many great Australian swimmers have tried, but none have succeeded in Trent Grimsey‘s latest attempt to set the world record in the English Channel. Tammy van Wisse, Shelley Taylor-Smith and Ky Hurst have tried, but this season 3-time Australian open water swimming champion will give it a whirl between September 7th and 14th under the
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Trent Grimsey is stepping up from his dominant position in 1-2 mile ocean swims to the ultimate proving ground, the English Channel. A fast pool swimmer and top professional marathon swimmer has begun to prove himself in colder waters from South Africa to Canada. His road to Cap Gris Nez will take him from his
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Kate Greene, winner of the Adventure Swim Contest sponsored by Jamie Patrick, is on her way on her open water swimming adventure across America. Greene’s plan is flexible, but you already has two swims off her list. She swam in Percy Priest Lake to Bear Island in Tennessee on swim #1 and crossed the Mississippi
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Dan Martin will have a constant Internet connection across the Atlantic Ocean so his family, friends and fans can stay in touch with him and he can inform the world of his progress as he strokes from America to England. He tweeted about the swim leg of his Global Triathlon, “We will have internet on
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