Ashley Twichell, fresh off winning the richest race for professional marathon swimmers in Western Australia at the Swim the Swan 10 km, flew from one continent to another to face several young and veteran swimmers at the aQuellé Midmar Mile in South Africa. Her main competitor, Olympic silver medalist Keri-Anne Payne, was admittedly focused on […]

In one of the classic matchups in its 40-year history, world champions Keri-Anne Payne of Great Britain and Ashley Twichell of America went stroke-for-stroke in last year’s aQuellé Midmar Mile. Payne got the upper hand in 2012 as she just beat Twichell up the ramp in the final run across the finish line in the

How big is the aQuellé Midmar Mile? It is such a large race that there were 1 set of triplets and 70 sets of twins participating in the annual open water swimming event in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Looking at the elite women’s race at the aQuellé Midmar Mile, it appeared that Keri-Anne Payne (left) and