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Courtesy of WOWSA, San Francisco Bay, California. Ken Mignosa was nominated for the 2018 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year for his unprecedented 65.98 km swim around Santa Cruz Island and Anacapa Island off the coast of California in 29 hours 22 minutes in September last year. It was the second longest solo […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame dual inductee Michael Read of Great Britain was recently honored with the Poseidon Award. In addition to his induction in two Halls of Fame (IMSHOF in the Class of 1978 and the ISHOF in the Class of
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Tita Llorens Is Number One Courtesy of Francisco Pons, Ibiza, Spain. One of the most remarkable ocean swims in history was completed – after years of training and trying – by 49-year-old Tita Llorens last year when she pioneered an unprecedented 101.6 km swim between the Spanish mainland and Cala Colodar on Ibiza across the
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Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Petar Stoychev [shown above swimming in Antarctica] will be honored as an Honor Swimmer together with British swimmers Rebecca Adlington, American swimmer Amanda Beard, Australian swimmer Libby Trickett, American water polo player Brenda Villa, American water polo contributor Andy Burke, Russian diver Irina Lashko, Australian
The Unprecedented Lake Malawi Swim By Martin Hobbs Courtesy of WOWSA, Lake Malawi, Africa. Lake Malawi is the third largest lake in Africa and the eighth largest lake in the world. Located between Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania, it is one of the most bio-diverse freshwater lakes in the world. Lake Malawi has been crossed widthwise
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Courtesy of END-WET, Red River of the North, North Dakota – Minnesota. Mitchel Schoenfeld (65), Linda Stewart (30), Landon Ascheman (38), Arlo Lorenz (42), Ashley Gregory (33), Bryan Hill (30), and Karl Kingery (30) are the first 7 swimmers who have registered for the 58 km Extreme North Dakota Watersports Endurance Test (END-WET) is a
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Blue Mind Movie Sizzle Reel from Working Pictures featuring Dr. Wallace J Nichols. Red Mind vs. Blue Mind
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Courtesy of Jorge Ferrero, Thousand Oaks, California. Nancy Reno was honored as the 2018 Coach of the Year by the Southern Pacific Masters Swimming. Reno is the coach of the Conejo Valley Multisport Masters in Thousand Oaks, located north of Los Angeles, California. In 2018, she coached multiple Southern Pacific Masters Swimming champions, 2 Pan
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Photo of Anthony McCarley in the Cook Strait by Lauren Fitzgerald, courtesy of Marathon Swimmers Federation. The Marathon Swimmers Federation produced its fifth annual photo calendar featuring the following swimmers, crew members, kayakers and photographers: * Cover: Diego López in English Channel by Guillermo Puerta * January: Caroline Block in Cayuga Lake, New York by
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Marcia Cleveland Hits A Grand Slam Courtesy of Ron Collins, Tampa Bay, Florida. Author, coach, administrator and long-time swimmer Marcia Cleveland completed the fastest cumulative time for the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in 24 hours 38 minutes 3 seconds (that includes a 9 hour 44 minute crossing of the English Channel, an 8
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