Chloë McCardel, Joe Locke, Grace Van Der Byl On The Move
Sunday was a very busy day for Joseph Locke, Chloë McCardel, and Grace van der Byl.Tonight, Joseph Locke is putting his final finishing touches on his 30-mile adventure from the Farallon Islands to the Golden Gate Bridge. His swim is expected to start before lunchtime today.
Meanwhile McCardel is doing the same for her anticipated 103-mile swim from Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida.
She is finally moving from her training base in Bermuda to Havana where she become comfortable swimming with sharks. She will wait out this weather pattern for the next break in action and then hit the Florida Straits swimming hard.
After traveling to Arizona for the S.C.A.R. event and New York for the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, van der Byl is on her way to Cuba. She will serve as one of McCardel’s official observers on the unprecedented crossing by McCardel, a swim that will be measured in days, not hours.
Stay tuned for the intrepid adventures of Locke (follow him here) and McCardel (follow her here).
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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.
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