Collis Williams Wins 3rd Straight In Highland Lakes
Collis Williams won his third consecutive Tex Robertson Highland Lakes Challenge with the fastest cumulative stage swim time over the last five days. Collis’ aggregate time for the 5-lakes-in-5-days Monster Challenge was 5 hours 30 minutes and 58 seconds. Californian Ali Hall won the women’s division with a time of total 6 hours 47 minutes and 50 seconds.
Collis completed a sweep of all 5 stages with his win in the 3.25 mile Lake Travis Stage on the last day, claiming all five of the whole Bluebonnet Cafe’s World Famous Pies, one of which is awarded to each day’s Monster Challenge Stage winner.
Robert Alford won the 3-day-3-lake Weekend Warrior event overtaking Ken Turner on the final stage to squeak out his third consecutive victory.
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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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