Christine Jennings Leaves Others In Her Wake In The Lake
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Christine Jennings gets around the world of open water swimming.
The American with passport has won the BCT Gdynia Marathon in Poland, the Pan Pacific Championships in Canada, the RCP Tiburon Mile in San Francisco Bay, the Traversée Internationale du Lac Mégantic in Canada, the Faros Marathon in Croatia among others. Today, she added the Great North Swim in Windermere, England to her trophy mantle.
In addition to the elite race in the Lake District of England, the Great North Swim offered 1/2-mile, 1-mile, 2-mile and 5 km races over the weekend.
Top 3 Finishers:
1. Christine Jennings (USA)
2. Alice Dearing (GBR)
3. Sophie Evans (GBR)
Elite Participants:
*Sarah Bosslet
*Lexie Kelly
*Philippa Shuttleworth
*Fern Davies
*Georgia Darwent
*Jessie Westnidge
*Megan Bowen
*Harriet Rothwell
*OLivia Gardner
*Georgina Hardwick
*Aisling Ruff
*Georgia Amison
*Hannah Knight
*Sarah Branch
*Rose Foden
*Pheobe Griffiths
*Amber Hughes
*Amy Henshaw
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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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