Chad Hundeby Passes Away. A Hero Will Be Missed
Chad Hundeby passed away at the age of 49 on June 12th 2021 as one of the greatest and most humble professional marathon swimming champions in history.
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Rough, Rough Waters In The 1993 Swim Across The Sound
Rough, Rough Waters In The 1993 Swim Across The Sound Courtesy of Bill Rock Productions. Bill Rock Productions documented the 1993 Swim Across the Sound, a charity swim starting in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The top professional marathon swimmers in the world including David Alleva, Diego Degano, Karen Burton, Shelley Taylor-Smith, Silvia Dalotto, Marian
Greg Streppel Talks About Global Travels & FINA Victories On WOWSA Live
Greg Streppel Talks About Global Travels & FINA Victories On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Canadian Greg Streppel of Cambridge, Ontario is an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer. The pharmacist and father of three has a fascinating story - told with his typical self-effacing humble manner - on
David S. Clark Talks Safety And The Catalina Channel Season On WOWSA Live
David S. Clark Talks Safety, Catalina Channel Season On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Administrator David S. Clark has swum, kayaked, crewed, coached and coordinated over 150 channel swims around the world - including Catalina Channel, English Channel and North
Watching Over Many, Impacting All
Watching Over Many, Impacting All Courtesy of Kevin Murphy. One of the greatest coaches of endurance swimmers, Tom Watch [with glasses on left] died at the age of 93. Watch, a 1986 Honour Coach in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, was from Weymouth and had been ill for some time. Kevin Murphy recalls, "Tom was on the escort boat as
World Record Progression Of English Channel Crossings
World Record Progression Of English Channel Crossings Courtesy of Julian Critchlow, English Channel. Out of curiosity, we wondered what the gradual progression of the English Channel crossing records were since 1875. Based on Julian Critchlow's database, we found out these nuggets of history of swims from France to England and from England to
The Comeback Of The Greatest Native American Swimmer
The Comeback Of The Greatest Native American Swimmer Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The unbelievable lifestory of Wayne William Snellgrove will be broadcast by CNN. His story, rooted in both the Sixties Scoop issue in Canada and his success as an open water swimmer, will be filmed before and during the Swim Miami event on April 16th.
Wayne Snellgrove Continues To Negative Split
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Wayne William Snellgrove, a former national-level swimmer, unexpectedly tore his rotator cuff three months during his senior year before the Eastern Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championship. It effectively put the fast swimmer out of the water in his senior year. "The doctors said it was a
How Fast Do You Have To Be?
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. If a person wanted to break Trent Grimsey's record across the English Channel of 6 hours 55 minutes or the 1990 relay record of 6 hours 52 minutes by Americans Jay Wilkerson, Chad Hundeby, Martha Jahn, Karen Burton, Dirk Bouma, and Sid Cassidy from England to France, how fast would they have to swim from
A Powerhouse – 1990 USA National Open Water Swim Team
The 1990 relay of Americans Jay Wilkerson, Chad Hundeby, Martha Jahn, Karen Burton, Dirk Bouma, and Sid Cassidy set not only the long-standing England-to-France relay record of 6 hours 52 minutes, but they also set the France-to-England relay record coming back in the second leg of their two-way crossing in 7 hours 26 minutes and remain the fastest overall and fastest 2-way relay (England-to-France-to-England) in 14 hours 18 minutes in 1990.
