Learning What Swimmers Did Not Expect
Courtesy of Rene Martínez Saenz and México Pelágico.
In addition to participating in the Swim Across America Catalina Channel Crossing together with Brett Cohen, Malena Hankins, Carolyn Hollingsworth, Naomi Kent, and Dan Simonelli and the Pan-American Colibrí Swim, a cross-border swim with Kimberley Chambers, Oded Rahav, Jean Craven, Antonio Argüelles, Ben Enosh, Ryan Nelson, Melissa King, Kamini Moodley, Neil Macaskill, Luc Chetboun, Nora Toledano, Mariel Hawley, Ben Enosh, and Dan Simonelli, 35-year-old Mexican swimmer Rene Martínez Saenz collaborated on a shark conservation film called México Pelágico this year.
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