MSF Global Marathon Swimming Award Finalists
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The year-ending awards season is coming to a close. The Marathon Swimmers Federation announced its finalists for the MSF Global Marathon Swimming Awards:
Solo Swim of the Year (Female)
*Chloë McCardel (124 km in the Bahamas)
*Charlotte Samuels (20-hour Catalina Channel swim)
*Susan Simmons (68 km two-way crossing of Lake Cowichan)
Solo Swim of the Year (Male)
*Bob Fernald (English Channel swim against ‘foot-long odds’)
*Craig Lenning (First solo swim from the Farallon Islands to the mainland since 1967)
*Dr. Otto Thaning (Oldest to swim the English Channel)
Barra Award for Most Impressive Overall Year (Female)
*Emma France
*Elaine Howley
*Charlotte Samuels
Barra Award for Most Impressive Overall Year (Male)
*Anthony McCarley
*Rohan More
*Mo Siegel
Streeter Award for Service to Marathon Swimming
*Roger Finch and Tracy Clark (English Channel crew)
*Greg O’Connor (Boston Light race director, Massachusetts Open Water Swimming Association founder, NEKOWSA volunteer) [shown below]
*Grace and Neil van der Byl (Southern California swim support crew, paddlers, organizers, and observers)
Yudovin Award for Most Adventurous Swim
*Patti Bauernfeind (First Monterey Bay crossing since 1980)
*Katie Benoit (Three-way crossing of Lake Constance, Germany) [shown above]
*Peter Hayden (First-ever circumnavigation of Anacapa Island, and then across the channel to the mainland without stopping)
For more information and background on each nominee, see 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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