Grant Wentworth Generates US$11,667 Per Hour
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Grant Wentworth earned US$11,667 per hour on behalf of Swim Across America through his 12 hour 54 second unprecedented 24-mile solo swim across the Nantucket Sound from Cape Cod to Nantucket.
Escorted by John Boreland, coached by Chloë McCardel, protected by a shark team of Andy Olday, Blake Knowles and Chris Jankins, and observed by Paul McQueeney, Wentworth was as well-prepared as possible to deal with the unexpected.
Fortunately, Wentworth’s swim went largely to plan including motivating people to donate over US$140,000 to the fight against cancer.
Janel McCardle, president of Swim Across America, was on his escort boat. “His swim was absolutely incredible. It was one of my favorite Swim Across America days ever. He was a rock star, especially when he got about a 1/2 mile off Great Point and was almost done. He battled a rip for about 1.5 hours before it turned. It was a huge huge collective effort and it was very special to be a small part of it.”
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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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