Stephen Rouch Wins 100m Freestyle at the Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival
Phil White reported on the 2022 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival held in a 25m pool cut in the ice of the frozen Lake Memphremagog in Vermont, USA, “Dominating among the men were Stephen Rouch, now of Kingston, Pennsylvania, Christopher Graefe of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and Jeremy Welchel of Walnut, California. They took first, second and third place in the 200m freestyle, the 25m freestyle, the 50m freestyle, the 100m freestyle, and the 25m butterfly.“
Men’s 100m Freestyle Results:
- Stephen Rouch, 40, 1.10.43
- Christopher Graefe, 45, 1.11.69
- Jeremy Whelchel, 35, 1.13.39
- Brian Jaskot, 43, 1.17.75
- William Hodgess, 38, 1.19.07
- Billy Lyons, 40, 1.20.51
- Florian Gollnow, 41, 1.22.28
- Edward Gabriels, 60, 1.22.78
- Ted Hirsch, 61, 1.23.87
- Andrew Wallace, 56, 1.26.50
- Josef Polcz, 62, 1.41.85
- Josh Kalin, 46, 1.43.54
- Thomas Young-Bayer, 42, 1.55.36
- John Gale, 64, 1.56.70
- Chuck Flayhart, 54, 2.02.16
- Billy Baker, 44, DNF
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