Winter Wins By Almond, Monahan, López, Whelchel Courtesy of WOWSA, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. The 2018 United States Winter Swimming National Championships occurred this past weekend in the 36.5°F (2.5°C) waters of Coney Island in New York. Swimmers came from all over the United States as well as from Poland, Belgium and Russia. The event was
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. New York attorney Alan Morrison will attempt a historic two-way 24-mile crossing from the Brooklyn Bridge to Coney Island tomorrow as a charity swim. The swim's roots go back at least 100 years. On September 27th, the 53-year-old Manhattan breaststroking marathon swimmer will attempt the solo swim from the
Alan Jay Morrison completed a 7.5-mile marathon swim doing breaststroke from Sandy Hook in New Jersey to Coney Island Beach in Brooklyn, New York. Lynn Sherr reports, "Alan was aiming to replicate the record set in 1879 by Captain Matthew Webb's crossing from Sandy Hook to Manhattan Beach. Alas, the tides turned and the currents kept Alan from that, but
