Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. "#20 swim done," wrote Chloë McCardel. "Done!! New Aussie Record!! [Husband] Paul [McQueeney] and I are very excited. 10 hrs 19 min." The 31-year-old from Australia broke the long-standing English Channel crossing career record of fellow Hall of Famer Des Renford and Canada's Hall of Famer Cindy
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Before Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat, GPS, gel packs, Flickr, blogs, YouTube, iPhones, jammers, and techsuits, there was Cindy Nicholas. She swam gracefully, efficiently and old-school, leaving a legion of fans around the world. Wayne Strach, "I followed Cindy's story for decades. She was so
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In years past, swimmers like Alison Streeter, Michael Read, Kevin Murphy, Cindy Nicholas, and Des Renford did repeated English Channel crossings. In contemporary times, there are a handful of full-time working women who cross from England to France on a seemingly regular basis, including American
Chloë McCardel Makes It Look As Easy As 1-2-3 Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 10 down...and many more to go. 30-year-old Chloë McCardel is making crossings of the English Channel look easy, both as an athlete and coach. But as the open water swimming community knows profoundly well, nothing great is easy. Behind the scenes, McCardel has
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the greatest marathon swimmers in history, Canadian Cindy Nicholas, is a barrister and solicitor in Scarborough, Ontario. "I no longer do long distance swimming, but I still try to swim two miles a day in the summer and maybe 8 miles a week during the winter. And I have put swimming in Loch Lomand
Cliff Lumsdon (Canada), Kevin Murphy (Great Britain), Des Renford (Australia) and their female counterparts Cindy Nicholas, Alison Streeter and Shelley Taylor-Smith call to mind how incredibly resilient and passionate open water swimmers can be. The training that goes behind channel swims, lake swims and marathon swims is largely unseen．They are largely
