Suck It Up Down The Tennessee
Swim the Suck 10 Mile Open Water Race was hosted by Karah Friberg and Philip Grymes and sponsored by Outdoor Chattanooga, C.O.W.S. (Chattanooga Open Water Swimmers), River Rocks and Speedo. “Karah was a wonderful host and she gave such incredibly thoughtful awards to everyone,” said overall winner Victoria Rian who finished in 3 hours 35 minutes in the 16K downstream swim through the Tennessee River Gorge in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
There were 40 competitors this year, double from the inaugural 2010 event. The top ten results are below:
Swim The Suck 2011 from Ben Friberg on Vimeo.
1. Victoria Rian – 3:35:32
2. Alexus Underwood – 3:39:50
3. Susana Martinez – 3:45:20
4. Jason Howard – 3:48:38
5. Jerry Smith – 3:52:21
6. Bridget Elizabeth – 3:52:22
7. Caitlin Healey – 3:56:47
8. Dana Woods-MacCorquodale – 3:57:47
9. Gary Labine – 3:58:44
10. Jack McAfee – 4:00:07
Copyright © 2011 by Open Water Source
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.
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