Oh Wow In Auau, Meredith Novack Completes Two Way
A double crossing of the Maui (Auau) Channel has now been done three times. Meredith Novack of Oahu set a goal of replicating Dr. Peter Attia‘s Lanai-to-Maui-and-back crossing in 2008. His completed the 20-mile Maui Channel double was completed in 11 hours 45 minutes. In 2003, Californian Dea Ann Joslin completed the first solo round-trip crossing of the Maui Channel in 9 hours 20 minutes from Maui to Lanai and back.
37-year-old Novack completed her 2-way crossing on Sunday in 11 hours 1 minute.
For more details, visit Novack here.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. 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).
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