Linda McGill, IMSHOF & AMSHOF Honor Swimmer
Linda McGill is an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
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Steven Munatones Receives 2022 Dale Petranech Award
Ned Denison, chairperson of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, announced Steven Muñatones was selected as the sixth recipient of the Dale Petranech Award for Services to the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF).
This award - named after long-time IMSHOF chairperson and International Swimming Hall of Fame
The Legacy Of Dale Petranech
Dale Petranech left an unparalleled legacy of unselfishness and dedication to the sport of open water swimming.
Marathon Swimming Heroes In Memoriam
IMSHOF honorees who passed away during 2020 included Ersin Aydin (Turkey), Cor de Bruin (Netherlands), Dennis Miller (Fiji), George Park (Canada), Dale Petranech (USA), Tom Watch (Great Britain), and Barry Watson (Great Britain)
From Notes To A Typewriter And A Laptop: A History Of Marathon Swimming
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In order to preserve decades of marathon swimming history, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of Fame dual inductee Dale Petranech maintained a huge stack of type-written pages from Joe Grossman for over three decades. "Grossman was a public information officer
Dale Petranech On WOWSA Live
Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. In a throwback episode (from June 2012) of Open Water Wednesday (the precursor to WOWSA Live), USA Swimming open water swimming coordinator extraordinaire and an International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of Fame dual inductee Dale Petranech spoke with Steven
On Course – Eventually – To The Olympic Marathon Swim
On Course - Eventually - To The Olympic Marathon Swim Courtesy of WOWSA, Catalina Channel, California. When Commander C. Gerald Forsberg, OBE served as President of the British Long Distance Swimming Association and hosted the Windermere International Championships in England, he described how a small group of open water swimming enthusiasts met in
Standing On The Shoulders Of Dale Petranech
Standing On The Shoulders Of Dale Petranech Courtesy of International Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Scotland, Dr. Ivonne Schmid introduced Dale Petranech as an International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Open Water Contributor. The ISHOF induction Class of 2014 included Mercedes Gleitze
An Interview With Dale Petranech
An Interview With Dale Petranech Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in 2010, International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame dual inductee Dale Petranech gave an interview as the IMSHOF Honorary Secretary. He passed away yesterday from pancreatic cancer. At that time, Petranech oversaw an
What A Great Man, Dale Petranech
What A Great Man, Dale Petranech Courtesy of WOWSA, New Jersey. "What a great man. What a wonderful life he led. He touched so many people so profoundly in so many different ways over several decades," said Steven Munatones of his mentor and dual inductee in the International Swimming Hall of Fame and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Dale
