James Kegley Describes His Journey On WOWSA Live Sponsored by KAATSU, Huntington Beach, California. James Kegley was always friendly, personable and successful on the professional marathon swimming circuit in the 1970's and 1980's for a decade. He could put everyone and anyone at ease including all of those who were in his escort boats and crews on his
John Goodbody On An Open Water Swimming Icon, Thomas Watch Courtesy of English Channel swimmer and Olympic journalist John Goodbody, London, United Kingdom. The following article by John Goodbody about Tom Watch, who passed away over the weekend, originally appeared in Swimming Times in 2007: For Channel swimmers over the last 60 years, he has been part
Watching Over Many, Impacting All Courtesy of Kevin Murphy. One of the greatest coaches of endurance swimmers, Tom Watch [with glasses on left] died at the age of 93. Watch, a 1986 Honour Coach in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, was from Weymouth and had been ill for some time. Kevin Murphy recalls, "Tom was on the escort boat as
Colder, Further, Tougher, Older To Islas Cíes Courtesy of Ned Denison, Ría de Vigo to Islas Cíes, Spain. As open water swimmers get older, some get tougher, go longer, and acclimate better. "If you assume that it is more difficult to swim further and faster in colder water, then open water swimming is one of the few sports in the world where you can get
50 Is The New 30, 60 Is The New 40 In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With so many individuals getting into open water swimming, especially members of the Baby Boom generation, certain designations like the Half Century Club and divisions over 50 years old are booming with new participants. From a downward perspective, the
Where Are They Now? David Alleva Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. David Alleva was inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 1992 as an Honor Swimmer. Dr. Alleva’s six-year professional marathon swimming career started in 1988 with a third place at the 42 km (26-mile) Traversée Internationale du Lac
