Butterflyer Has A S.C.A.R. In Arizona
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Among the 30 adventurists at the first leg of the 4-day S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge in Arizona, the who’s who of the marathon swimming world participated. All are ambassadors of aquatics, emissaries of endurance, operatives of the open water. These people mean business.
Everyone is special, but there was one competitor who was a little different. He spiced up the event. He ante upped and decided to swim butterfly yesterday.
Dan Projansky was focused and all business in Saguaro Lake with the water hovering around 20ºC. “Even with a strong headwind over the last mile, I felt real good; swam a a real even pace over the 9.5-mile course. It was my first open water [butterfly] swim of the early season. I’m real happy with the effort.”
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. 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), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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