114 swimmers will compete in the first National Kimberly Lake Argyle Swim on May 5th.

Swimmers of all ages are traveling to the extreme endurance event from Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria as well as from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to compete in the 10 km and 20 km solo and relays swims.

“I get out there on the lake, it is so beautiful, I have to roll over on my back on the lake and appreciate the ruggedness, the colors of the lake,” said Ian Mcartney from Bathurst, New South Wales who swam 10 km in Australia’s largest freshwater lake (shown below).

There will be nine 20 km solo swimmers, five 20 km duo teams, eight 20 km quad teams, four 10 km soloists, six 10 km duo teams, eight 20 km quad teams, four 10 km soloists, six 10 km duo teams and ten 10 km quad teams. Event organiser Taneille Anderson of Desert Wave Events has high hopes for the marathon swimmers, “We have increased registrations from 27 swimmers in 2010 to 63 swimmers in 2011 and now we have 114 competitors registered for 2012. I’m so excited to be involved. The committee is thrilled to see consistent growth and popularity in the event following the formation of the non-profit Lake Argyle Swim Incorporated.”

Tobais Frenz, Keira Macfarlane, Ryan Seton, Hannah Georgia-Price, Iain Graeme William McGregor, Dominque Beddard, Adrienne Donna Willing, Ben Hutt and James Goins are all entered to do the 20 km solo.



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