Lexie Kelly, Alex Meyer Go 2-for-2 In Flowers Sea Swim Courtesy of Flowers Sea Swim, Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Olympian and 25 km world champion Alex Meyer and Californian Lexie Kelly won their second race at the 10 km marathon swim at the 2019 Flowers Sea Swim on Seven Mile Beach in the Cayman Islands. On Saturday, the duo finished
Anup Itwar Working Wonders Courtesy of WOWSA, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. The Flowers Sea Swim is one of the World's Top 100 Open Water Swims. The beautiful venue of Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman, the hospitality of the volunteer crew, the charity events surrounding the event, the $100,000 worth of prizes and awards given out to the participants are
Alex Meyer, Lexie Kelly Win Flowers Sea Swim Courtesy of Flowers Sea Swim, Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Olympian and 25 km world champion Alex Meyer and Californian Lexie Kelly won the featured 1-mile race at the 2019 Flowers Sea Swim on Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands. Kelly finished 8th overall in the 27th
Courtesy of Rob Butcher, Swim Across America. Swim Across America has always been the leader of fundraising innovation in the open water swimming community. 2016 was no different as its scope and touch in the swimming and charitable giving communities continues to grow, a precursor to what will come in 2017. Swim Across America announced its highlights
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Thomas Petersen is an active 70-year-old open water swimmer, coach and triathlete from Tampa, Florida. The extraordinarily energetic masters athlete has traveled all over his home state of Florida and as far away as San Francisco and the Cayman Islands to compete in his chosen sports. His speed remains
Courtesy of Lexie Kelly, Georgetown, Cayman Islands. Former world champion Chip Peterson won both the prestigious 1-mile Flowers Sea Swim and the subsequent 10 km marathon swim on Grand Cayman Islands this past weekend. Copyright © 2016 by World Open Water Swimming Association
"I was working for a chiropractor after college and being a lifeguard on the weekends," said 26-year-old Lexie Kelly of Long Beach, California. "At the time when the economy was not all that great, it was fine because I love being outdoors and meeting people from all walks of life," recalls the California native. "I was getting in some pool workouts in the
Sinclair Flowers was born earlier this year in January. Soon, she became the youngest ambassador of a leading open water swim and the inspiration behind the new logo of the annual Flowers Sea Swim in the Cayman Islands. A beautiful grandchild of race founder Frank Flowers and gorgeous daughter of award-winning Caymanian filmmaker Frankie Flowers, Sinclair
3-time Olympic medalist Megan Jendrick did her first open water swim this weekend at the Flowers Sea Swim. But her first foray was only one mile. Today, Jendrick successfully completed her first 5 km sea swim. But the out-and-back course looked intimidating at first. "Where's the turnaround point?" she asked. It looks so far away on land...until you
Nenad Volaric, a native 30-year-old Croatian living and working in the Cayman Islands at the Grand Cayman Beach Suites, took off his regular shift today. And for good reason: he had his first marathon swim to attempt. Earlier in the year, Volaric decided to swim the Flowers International 10k event that started and finished at his employer's site. The
