Michael Read, president of the Channel Swimming Association who will appear on the next podcast on Open Water Wednesday, reported on the 2010 season, "2010 was one of our best and busiest years on record. The ratified swim successes are detailed below. Very many congratulations to all our latest solo swimmers."1. Chloe McCardle (21) - E/F (10:37) + F/E
Dr. Julie Bradshaw MBE On Today's WOWSA Live Courtesy of WOWSA Live, Huntington Beach, California. 14 hours and 18 minutes of non-stop butterfly...across the English Channel. That is only one example of what Dr. Julie Bradshaw MBE has done in her lengthy marathon swimming career. Amazingly, but not surprisingly for Dr. Bradshaw, she did not break her
Australian John Van Wisse will be attempting a triple crossing of the English Channel soon, depending on the weather, as he tries to follow in the footsteps of the legendary Jon Erikson, Alison Streeter and Philip Rush.Piloted by International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame pilot Michael Oram, everything has got to go right physiologically, psychologically
The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame honored the offspring of Reg Brickell Senior in its 2009 Class, Reg Brickell Jr. and Ray Brickell.While the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame has honored husband-and-wife (Roger and Valerie Parsons and Ray and Audrey Scott), twins (Carole and Sarah Hunt), father-and-daughter (Robert and Christine
