Courtesy of Jamie Burton, Rock Hill Masters, South Carolina. Jamie Burton knows marathon swimmer Cheryl Reinke quite well and shared some insights into the 51-year-old engineer and former collegiate swimmer who runs the Rock Hill Masters swim team in upstate South Carolina. Reinke completed all 7 stages of the 120-mile (193 km) 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. "We had great conditions on the water today with light winds out of the south, but there was boat traffic that created some chop in the Upper Bay," recalled race director Rondi Davies about the 7-stage 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York. "But all of the swimmers finished strong and had a great day. We
Swimming In Stages Down The Hudson River Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Race director Rondi Davies summed up Stage 6 at the longest swimming race in the world, the 6th annual 7-day, 7-stage 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim in New York, "We had a fantastic day when everyone finished. Capri Djatiasmoro fought hard to reach the bridge as the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It was a classic mano-a-mano battle against the only two swimmers left: 23-year-old Paige Christie [shown above] and 51-year-old Cheryl Reinke. Christie got the upper hand over her veteran rival in Stage 5 of the 7-stage 120-mile (193 km) 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim, finishing in 8:24:38 versus Reinke's
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Over the Stage 4, Cheryl Reinke set a new course record in 4 seconds with a 4 hour 10 minute victory. Reinke [shown above] extended her overall lead to 23 minutes over Paige Christie with an impressive record-setting 15.2-mile swim between the Newburgh Beacon Bridge and the Bear Mountain Bridge in the 8
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Unlike Stage 2 when most of the swimmers failed to finish due to turbulence due to winds and a strong flood current, all 17 swimmers completed the Stage 3 in The Hudson Valley from the Mid-Hudson Bridge to the Newburgh Beacon Bridge. Rondi Davies reported, "It was another windy day with head winds of
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The ongoing 2016 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim neck-and-neck battle between Paige Christie and Cheryl Reinke where only 20 seconds separates the leaders after 38.1 miles (61.2 km) reminds us of the famous 120-mile (193 km) race between Rondi Davies and Grace van der Byl in the 2012 event. It was a classic
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Mother Nature had her way in today's Stage 2 during the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim between the Kingston Rhinecliff Bridge and the Mid-Hudson Bridge. Rondi Davies reported on the conditions of the world's longest competitive open water swim. "Today we had a strong headwind that created large swells and
Results courtesy of Rondi Davies, New York Open Water. The world's longest competitive open water swimming competition began today. Race directors David Barra and Rondi Davies, in collaboration New York Open Water, provided the following results from Day One of the 6th annual 7-day, 7-stage 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim. 17 swimmers traversed 18.3 miles
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Race directors David Barra and Rondi Davies, in collaboration New York Open Water, will present the longest swimming race in the world between June 26th through July 3: the 6th annual 7-day, 7-stage 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim. As Barra is fond of saying, "Anything worth doing is worth overdoing." From
