Earnest In Erne
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The passion of the Irish swimming community for open water swimming is clearly obvious at their Irish Long Distance Swimming Championship 17k & 25K that serves as a National Championship event of Swim Ireland.
The 2015 results of the Lough Erne National Championships just recently completed in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland as reported by the ILDSA are as follows:
Male 25 km
1. Aidan Hickey (Phoenix Swim Club) 6:59:58
2. James Scallon (NAC Masters) 8:55:49
Male 17 km
1. Paul Manning (ILDSA) 4:26:22
2. Jody Clarke (Dublin Swim Club) 4:58:01
3. Jon Glover (Lecale) 5:07:45
Female 17 km
1. Nancy Edmead (Clonakilty Penguins) 4:04:15
2. Lynsey Dunne (ILDSA) 4:54:06
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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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