Plunging In The Bay Of Plenty To Honor Jed Roberts
Ashley Cochrane of Mount Maunganui College in New Zealand, together with Jackson Edwards, are hosting a Polar Bear Plunge on June 27th in the Bay of Plenty on the North Island of New Zealand.They are organizing the charity event in order to help raise money and awareness for the Leukaemia and Blood Foundation, after fellow student Jed Roberts died from his 19-month battle with leukaemia in 2011.
Photo courtesy of Mark McKeown.
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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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