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Ice swimmer Cristian Vergara is shown above focused and ready for his winter swimming competition, with hands gripping the pool ladder surrounded by icicles. Photos above and below are courtesy of Nuala Moore. Vergara is the co-organizer, together with Phil White, Darren Miller, Melissa O’Reilly, Brad McVetta and Janet Kylander Manning, of the first U.S. Winter Swimming Championship in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont in February 2015. The competition is sanctioned by the U.S. Winter Swimming Association.
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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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