Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sandra Bucha was honored last weekend by the International Swimming Hall of Fame as one of its relatively few Honor Open Water Swimmers. In the world of professional marathon swimming, 4 women have stood out among their male rivals: Greta Andersen, Judith van Berkel-de Njis, Shelley Taylor-Smith, and Bucha.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dear Long Beach Make a Splash Tour participant, Between the excitement of listening to Olympians and Olympic gold medalists like Anthony Ervin, Rowdy Gaines, Janet Evans, Jessica Hardy, Jason Lezak, and Chloe Sutton talk at the USA Swimming Foundation’s Make a Splash Tour, interested swimmers can also learn
The Perfect Ideal Of A Female Swimmer Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Friendly and fit, intelligent and innovative, personable and professional. These are just some of the characteristics that define the masters swimmers who enter adult swimming competitions from the 2014 U.S. Masters Swimming National Championships to the FINA World
"All things are ready, if our minds be so," wrote Shakespeare in Henry V. The same can be said for open water swimming especially if one's preparation is optimized. But competitive swimmers, solo swimmers, newbies, and ice swimmers can face different issues. While athletes like Petar Stoychev, Greta Andersen, Paul Asmuth, and Shelley Taylor-Smith competed
We had absolutely fascinating discussion and lunch with Juan Enriquez, a former swimmer and water polo teammate who was the founding director of the Harvard Business School Life Sciences Project. He is written on global nucleotide data flow, gene research and national competitiveness, and was a member of Celera Genomics's marine-based team that collected
Penny Lee Dean, the long-time record holder of the English Channel (7 hours 40 minutes from England to France in 1978) and the Catalina Channel (7 hours 15 minutes from California to Catalina Island in 1976), launched her fourth open water swimming book on Amazon in December. Her 196-page softback entitled "Just Try One More" is a page-turner for all those
According to an account in The Catalina Island newspaper on June 16th 1955, Captain Tinch Moricich escorted Amy Hiland of Long Beach, California on a 19 hour 9 minute attempt of the Catalina Channel. Captain Moricich, ever vigilant and cognizant of Hiland’s preparation, made several trips up to five miles out from Emerald Bay in Santa Catalina Island. He
Thinking back about American sports history, it appears that massive amounts of media coverage is cyclical when it comes to American open water swimmers…and that media attention is largely centered around women. Gertrude Ederle in the 1920s, Greta Andersen in the 1950s, Lynne Cox in the 1970s and Diana Nyad in contemporary times for myriad reasons captured
Back in 1968, the cost of a new home in America was US$$26,600 when the median household income was US$7,743 and the cost of a stamp was US$0.05 and a gallon of regular gas US$0.34. Those were the days when the cost of hiring an English Channel pilot and his boat was US$200 an attempt according to this 1968 Sports Illustrated article on The Channel Is The
Greta Andersen, the one and only 1948 Olympic champion and 5-time English Channel swimmer, remains as active and outgoing as ever. Ever gregarious and warm-hearted, Andersen is shown standing in front of one of her trophy cases. Just looking at the awards and medals she earned, reading the certificates she received, and going through her archives from her
