Grace van der Byl is setting the pace at the S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge. She dominated the 4-day stage swim on the first 2 days, but today’s 17-mile (27.3 km) swim in Apache Lake is really in her wheelhouse. We asked her about her impressions of yesterday’s 9-mile swim in Canyon Lake. “The course zig-zagged a […]

Grace van der Byl won the first stage on Day One of the S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge in Saguaro Lake in Arizona this morning. “It was beautiful, really beautiful. Water was clean with the water temperature between 20-22ºC (68-72ºF). The scenery around the lake was amazing with 10-foot cactus all around,” recalls the fast channel swimmer.