It’s Good To Be Average
Paul McCoy of Pacific Swims announced that Lucas Barry and Rina Langenberg were the winners of the Mr. and Mrs. Average among the 3,328 finishers (out of 4,500 entrants and nearly 4,000 starters) at the Cole Classic in Sydney, Australia this past week.By being the swimmers closest to the average gender time in the 2K swim, Lucas was awarded the Mr. Average award with Rina as Ms. Average. “I didn’t think ‘being average’ could feel so good,” said Lucas as he received an all-expenses-paid trip to Vanuata for the Vanuatu Ocean Swim in Port Vila on June 12th.
The Average Swimmers will be joining the Fast Swimmers: Josh Beard and Luane Rowe who won the respective 2K divisions at the Cole Classic. As a reward for their victories, Josh and Luane, the 20-year-old who also nearly won the 1K race, will also travel to 2.6K Espiritu Santo Aore Swim across the Segond Channel on their free trip to Vanuatu.
2K Men
1. Josh Beard, 24:00
2. Trent Klouzall, 25:52
3. Max Collins, 26:26
2K Women
1. Luane Rowe, 26:00
2. Claire Nicholls, 26:40
3. Claire Courtney, 28.21
1K Men
1. Tayler Fletcher-Ward, 13:38
2. Spot Anderson, 14.01
3. Lachlan Bruce, 14.39
1K Women
1. Madaleine Owen, 13:11
2. Luane Rowe, 13.20
3. Daniela Wingrave, 15.27
Additional photos of the 2010 Cole Classic at the Mosman Daily here.
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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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