Ashley Twichell Wins Outside And Inside
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After winning her fourth career aQuellé Midmar Mile in South Africa (2013, 2014, 2017, 2018), Ashley Twichell returned home and continues to train and race well.
In Atlanta, Twichell broke 3-time Olympic gold medalist Brooke Bennett‘s 1500m record (16:15.58 from 1995) at the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series competition with a 16:08.70 time. Twichell was pushed by Chile’s four-time Olympian Kristel Köbrich (16:11.09) and other American open water swimmers Erica Sullivan (16:38.40), Kensey McMahon (16:42.91), Kaitlynn Sims (16:42.98), and Chase Travis (16:48.04).
The upcoming summer season in the U.S. looks to be fast with 5 of the top 6 1500m pool swimmers in Atlanta also competing in 5 km and 10 km races on the national and international levels.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010).
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