Dr. Mariusz Wirga Swims For His Patients
Dr. Mariusz Wirga will swim a charity kilometer swim for his oncology patients at the Todd Cancer Institute
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Olympians And World Record Holders In The 1991 Swim Across the Sound
Olympians And World Record Holders In The 1991 Swim Across the Sound Courtesy of Bill Rock Productions. Bill Rock Productions documented the 1991 Swim Across the Sound, a 26 km charity swim starting in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Craig Beasley, Rowdy Gaines, and Steve Lundquist joined Swim Across America co-founder Matt Vossler and many others in the annual
Merle Liivand Completes 20 km Mermaid Swim
Sponsored by WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Merle Liivand completed her unprecedented km coastal 20 km mermaid swim in 6 hours 8 minutes 27 seconds in Miami, Florida. She did not use her arms to swim, but relied exclusively on the undulation of her monofin. The Estonian breaststroker and marathon swimmer, known as Mermaid Merle, rubbed her feet raw
Déjà vu – Irish Sea Swim Gets Prepared
Déjà vu - Irish Sea Swim Gets Prepared Courtesy of Ger Kennedy, Irish Sea. Attempted once. Attempted twice. Attempted a third time. The Irish Sea Swim was attempted 3 times before by an Irish relay of six swimmers finally completed the extremely difficult 100+ km crossing in August 1993 in 29 hours 59 minutes and 56 seconds. Another group of six Irish
WOWSA Launches Free Global Event Calendar
WOWSA Launches Free Global Calendar In WOWSA’s annual survey on how to best serve the open water community, 78% of the 2,140 respondents said they wanted more news and information on races and events. In response to these results, WOWSA launched a global event calendar this week. WOWSA Founder Steven
Swim 4 Orán On Oxford Island
Swim 4 Orán On Oxford Island Courtesy of Lurgan Masters and Open Water Swimming Club, Oxford Island, Northern Ireland. Orán Creaney was a 6-year-old young boy from Northern Ireland who sadly passed away due to heart conditions. Orán was born in June 2008 with a single ventricle heart. His heart condition, coupled with a feeding peg, meant that he had
11 Years With Melodee Nugent Across Lake Geneva
11 Years With Melodee Nugent Across Lake Geneva Courtesy of Melodee Nugent, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Melodee Nugent recalled her experiences on Lake Geneva in Wisconsin. "2009 was the first year of my swim across Lake Geneva. Eight of us met at Big Foot Beach Park and swam to Fontana on the other side of the lake. At the time, this would be my longest swim
Berkay’s Butterfly Brings Benefits
GPS tracker courtesy of Evan Morrison, Marathon Swimmers Federation. Melissa Yasmin Berkay writes frequently about open water swimming and elite open water swimmers, from Olympians to channel swimmers, for Swimming World Magazine. It will be interesting to see how she writes about her own 12 hour 37 minute butterfly crossing of the Catalina Channel
US$20,000 Grand Prize At The Mighty Mac Swim
Courtesy of boat pulling Jim Dreyer, known as the Human Tugboat or The Shark, Michigan. The Mighty Mac Swim is an annual Labor Day race across the Straits of Mackinac between Michigan’s peninsulas, alongside the Mackinac Bridge. The Michigan Open Water Championship limits its field to 80 swimmers and will benefit Habitat for Humanity. The first 79
Trent Theroux Is Back
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Trent Theroux completed a 17 hour 30 minute 40-mile circumnavigation swim around Aquidneck Island to benefit RISE Above Paralysis. He explains why he attempted this unprecedented swim around the island in Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay. "13 years ago, I was run over by a motorboat. The propellers