Lopsided But Swimming Straight
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Standing at an angle, but swimming straight is often the case when a relay team takes to a channel swim.
As each relay swimmer prepares for their relay exchange, the rest of the team and crew often head over to one side of the escort boat to look and help out.
Photo shows Bangor Boat’s Brian Meharg and Mervyn Kinny at the helm. Ocean Crest was the escort boat of Eleven Feet, a 6-person relay team consisting of David Burke, Alison Cardwell, Adrian Poucher, Barry Patterson, Jacqueline Galway, and John McElroy who completed a North Channel relay crossing in 12 hours 52 minutes on July 5th.
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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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