Key West Is Chopping Dan Projansky Down To Size
It’s brutal, but Dan Projansky is still going at it. The committed butterflyer from Chicago is in the middle of his 12.5-mile FKCC Swim Around Key West and Mother Nature is giving it all to him. “If you are going to make it, it’s not going to be easy,” is what She seems to say with her surface turbulence, slosh, and wind all day long down at the southern tip of Florida this Saturday morning.
All butterfly. No breaks, no walls, no freestyle.
Postscript: Projansky hit an insurmountable oncoming current and was boat-assisted to the finish. He completed 9 of the 12.5-mile race in tough conditions.
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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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