Jim Loreto Does Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming Courtesy of WOWSA, Anne Arundel, Maryland. 46-year-old Jim Loreto is following in the wake of iconic personalities in the sport of open water swimming: * Craig Lenning * Elaine Kornbau Howley * Ned Denison * Gordon Gridley * Ciaran Byrne * Colleen Blair * Jaimie Monahan * Helen Beveridge *
Swimming SLOW In Utah Courtesy of Gord0n Gridley, Great Salt Lake, Utah. SLOW - or the Salt Lake Open Water Swim Club - is an open water swimming team and group of event organizers who live in the state of Utah and are based out of the Great Salt Lake. In addition to promoting open water swimming in Utah, SLOW monitors solo and relay crossings and the Utah
Courtesy of Kip Jensen of eBay on Chad Starks' swim across the English Channel, coached by Gordon Gridley of Utah Open Water
Courtesy of Gordon Gridley, Salt Lake Open Water, Utah. Chad Starks was finally able to walk upon the shores of France in his swimsuit, cap and goggles on September 20th. "After years of training, Chad finally got to live his dream and successfully swim the English Channel. He was pushed much further to the east than the ideal of Cap Gris Nez.
Courtesy of Gordon Gridley, Bear Lake, Utah. Fifteen soloists completed the annual 7-mile Bear Lake Monster Swim, across the width of Bear Lake despite some very rough conditions. "75 swimmers to date have successfully completed swimming the width of Bear Lake," says Gordon Gridley. "Also, Triple Crown swimmer, Joelle Beard completed her fifth crossing
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Chad Starks became the sixth person to swim the 19-mile length of Bear Lake in Utah in the western United States. One of the handful of individuals who have completed the Utah Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, Starks completed the 30.5 km lengthwise traverse of Bear Lake in 13 hours 9 minutes under the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Like the famed Loch Ness in Scotland and Lake Memphremagog that stretching from Quebec, Canada to Vermont, USA, legend has it that there is a monster of sorts that lives in Bear Lake, located on the border of Utah and Idaho. Monster or not, the swimmers in the annual 7-mile Bear Lake Monster Swim performed
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Gordon Gridley is one of the most renowned open water swimmers in the state of Utah. He has years of experience swimming in the salt water not only in the world’s oceans, but also in the Great Salt Lake. Utah is the location of the Great Salt Lake, one of the saltiest bodies of open water in the world.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the most intriguing figures in the sport of open water swimming is the relatively unheralded Charlotte Brynn. The personable, ever-optimistic New Zealand coach and swimmer is currently living and coaching in Vermont has tremendously picked up her pace of aquatic adventures since 2011. But she has
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 42-year-old Gordon Gridley became the 84th person in history to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. The Utah swimmer completed the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 8 hours 10 minutes as well as an English Channel crossing in 11 hours 30 minutes in 2012 and a Catalina Channel crossing in 11
