It’s A White Winter In The Mighty Memphremagog
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Phil White announced the detailed schedule of the 2015 will see the inaugural United States Winter Swimming Championships be held in Lake Memphremagog on February 21st and 22nd, hosted by Darren Miller, Cristian Vergara, Melissa O’Reilly, Brad McVetta and Janet Manning.
“We will be having a press conference and reception for our 40 participants and the public on Friday evening February 20th at 6:00 pm at the Northeast Kingdom Tastings Center in Newport, Vermont. Get a chance to meet, greet, welcome, and get to know some of these wonderful swimmers as we kick off an extraordinary weekend of winter swimming. The public is also welcome to come out and watch this unique moment of swimming in the waters of Mighty Memphremagog.”
The weekend schedule is as follows:
Saturday:
10:00 am – 25m breaststroke
1:00 pm – 25m freestyle
6:00 pm – Seafood Buffet at The EastSide Restaurant
Sunday
10:00 am – 50m freestyle
1:00 pm – 100m freestyle
To learn why these 40 individuals (see below) enjoy swimming in near freezing temperatures in the middle of winter, visit here (The Whys of Swimming In Really Cold Water). Brad McVetta, Seth Bornstein, Bethany Bosch, Bill Bradley, John Coningham-Rolls, Rena Marie Demeo, Capri Djatiasmoro, John Gladstone, George Glum, Elaine Howley, Amanda Hunt, Aleksandr Jakovlevs, Mark Johnston, Kellie Joyce, Roman Karkachev, Kenn Lichtenwalter, Helen Lin, Darren Miller, Jaimie Monahan [shown above], Greg O’Connor, Elena Pavlova, Ranie Pearce, Iosif Plagov, Lelané Rossouw-Bancroft, Yuta Tsuboi, Bryanna Tucker, Cristian Vergara, Sarah Watson, Paula Yankauskas, and Mariia Yrjö-Koskinen.
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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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